Largest jury panel ever - Kancil Awards Official

Also in the news:

Leo Burnett wins Agency of the Year award (via theStarOnline)

PETALING JAYA: Leo Burnett Advertising Sdn Bhd made a strong comeback at the Kancil Awards 2009 yesterday by winning the Agency of the Year Award and one of the two Golden Kancil Awards. It won the Golden Kancil Award in the film category for its piece entitled Funeral. The company was not in the top 10 ranking in the Kancil Awards last year. Read More >

Leo Burnett wins Agency of the Year (via TheEdgeMalaysia)

Yasmin Ahmad’s last TV commercial, Funeral, won Leo Burnett Malaysia one of only two Golden Kancils handed out at the Kancil Awards 2009. The three-minute advertisement also won two Golds and a Bronze — helping Leo Burnett clinch the Agency of the Year title. The second Golden Kancil was awarded in the digital category to IF Interactive for its art installation, Seconds Away. Read More >

48 creative luminaries join forces to create Kancil’s largest jury ever

With seven international and forty-one local judges coming together for this year’s judging, this is by far the largest line-up of jurors ever assembled in the history of the Kancil Awards. This massive gathering of creative talents spanning the region serves to elevate and enhance the prestige of the 2009 Kancil Awards.

“In most years, the Kancils have had 30 or so jurors. But this year, the larger panel is necessary as the ten new categories require more specialists within each discipline. This also reflects the call for a larger representation of an award body which has grown to include over 100 member agencies,” said SP Lee, Jury Chairman of the Kancil Awards 2009, who is also the Managing Director and Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Malaysia.

International award-winning heavy-weights such as Thirasak Tanapatanakul of Creative Juice Thailand, Tay Guan Hin of JWT Singapore, Agnello Dias of Taproot India, Andy Blood of TBWA\Whybin\Tequila Auckland, Dirk Eschenbacher of Tribal DDB China, Spencer Wong of McCann Erickson China and Richard Yu of Bates 141 Taiwan, will be joining our local experts in the arduous task of judging so that only the best of the best creative effectiveness will be celebrated and acknowledged.

As such, the awards organizers wholeheartedly encourages more solid work for big clients with the optimism that the awards will reflect greater relevance to the big-brand campaigns that have strong ideas which resonates with the public.

“Communication has become far more complex, employing all manner of media and technology to sway and persuade an increasingly discerning public. For all these reasons, we are eager to see what this highly competitive industry has to show for a whole year of late-night slogs,” added SP Lee.

Among the jury invited are the top creative names from the top 15 agencies on the latest Campaign Brief Malaysia rankings. In addition to those on Campaign Brief's list are industry veterans, and established talents who run independent advertising, design and digital firms.

The Seven International Jury Members
Thirasak Tanapatanakul, Woldwide Co-Chairman & Executive Creative Director of Creative Juice Thailand is a key player in the international awards circuit. He has on his mantle many Gold Lions, many Gold Clios, many D&AD Yellow Pencils, many Pencils The One Show, Andy Awards of Excellence and 2 Grand Prixs in Asia Pacific Ad Fest 2001-2005.

Tay Guan Hin, Regional Executive Creative Director South East Asia of JWT Singapore, has also been awarded Gold Lions in Cannes, D&AD, One Show, Clio, AdFest, Award and Spikes. On top of that, Guan Hin has judged for D&AD, One Show, AdFest, Spikes & Award in Sydney and Cannes in 2007.

Agnello Dias is the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Taproot India. Before Taproot, he was with JWT India and he made history by winning India’s first-ever Grand Prix at Cannes and the first-ever Titanium-Integrated Lion, with JWT India not only being the network’s top performer but also returning the best ever performance by an Indian advertising agency at the festival.

Andy Blood, partner and Group ECD of TBWA\Tequila\TBWA Digital needs no formal introduction as he is one of the most awarded creatives in Australasia. Almost two decades in advertising across several continents with above, below, through, and ‘erasing’ the line. He has picked up 2 Cannes Grand Prix, 14 Cannes Lions (mostly Gold), a D&AD Yellow Pencil and ‘In book’ 3 times, One Show Silver, Bronzes and Merits, and plentiful Clios (inc Grande Clio).

Dirk Eschenbacher, Executive Creative Director & Managing Partner Asia Pacific of Tribal DDB China, is well-known for his award-winning online, offline and through-the-line campaigns for some of the world’s best brands. Dirk is a frequent speaker at industry events, judges many local, regional and international advertising award shows and lectures at several Beijing universities on the topics of design, advertising and digital marketing.

Spencer Wong, Head of McCann Erickson Hong Kong & Executive Creative Director of McCann Erickson China has more than 200 major local and global creative awards to his name. He was also one of the international judges at D&AD, Clio, Cannes, AdFest and China Advertising Festival.

Richard Yu is the Executive Creative Director of the top agency in Taiwan, Bates 141 Taiwan. Accolades under Richard’s belt numbers a staggering 500 awards including awards from D&AD, One Show, Cannes, AdFest, London International Advertising Awards, New York Festival, Mobius, Long-Xi Advertising Awards, Media, 4A Awards, Times Asia Pacific Advertising Awards, Times Chinese Advertising Awards, and Times Advertising Awards.'

Click here to view the full jury list.

Also in the news:

• Record 50 agencies vying for Kancil Awards (via TheStaronline)

PETALING JAYA: Twice as many agencies submitted entries for this year’s Kancil Awards compared with last year despite criticisms of its jury selection process.

About 50 agencies have confirmed participation in the competition organised by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) this year, president Datuk Vincent Lee said. Read more >

• 48 Creative Luminaries Join Forces to Create KANCILS’ Jury Ever! (via ADOImagazine.com)

• The Kancil Awards must go on (via TheStaronline)

THE Kancil Awards, the local advertising industry’s main creative awards show, will still go on this year despite the challenging economic climate, but gone are the hive of activities building up to it. Last year, the Kancil ceremony was part of a month-long celebration in conjunction with its 30th anniversary, while in the preceding year there had been week-long events leading up to it. This year, however, it will only be the Kancil Awards plus the Advertising Unplugged workshop for college and university students, says Kancil Awards 2009 committee chairman Ng Chiew Ping. Read more >

• Kancils to give out gold awards for 10 categories (via TheEdgeMalaysia)

THIS year’s Kancil Awards will see the overall Best of Show Golden Kancil being dropped. Instead, each winner from 10 categories will receive a Best of Show Golden Kancil. The change comes about as part of the Kancil Awards committee’s efforts to emulate prestigious international advertising awards such as the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival which recognises the best campaign in each category. Read More >