NY Festivals: Ruf Lanz, Walker, Euro RSCG, JvM, Publicis and Lowe/DraftFCB in the final

The Zurich advertising agencies Ruf Lanz, Walker, Euro RSCG, JvM, Publicis and Lowe/DraftFCB have made it to the final of the prestigious New York Festivals competition.

  The Zurich advertising agencies Ruf Lanz, Walker, Euro RSCG, JvM, Publicis and Lowe/DraftFCB have also made it to the final of the prestigious New York Festivals competition. Ruf Lanz's "George W. Bush" radio ad for Sport Factory Outlet was shortlisted three times in the categories Retail Stores, Best Humorous Spot and Campaign. The print motif "Prince Charles" for Airport Outlet also has a chance of winning a medal in the Retail Stores category. And finally, the Suva campaign by Ruf Lanz is well in the running: with the subject "Without warming up" in the Personal Development & Safety category. The campaigns of the Walker advertising agency are also pleased once again with the good results from the Big Apple. After winning two silver and three bronze medals at the Oneshow Awards last week, the smallest advertising agency has now been shortlisted a total of eight times for its latest work at the New York Festivals. The Fleurop spot "Wedding Day" is represented four times in the final round. In the Retail Stores, Best Copywriting and Cinema Commercials categories. Anna Massay was also nominated for her role as a widow in the Best Performance category. Two shortlist places also go to the latest Fleurop TV commercial series "Hunt for words". Both the series and the TV spot "Zelt" scored well in the Retail category. In the Business to Business category, the audio manifesto "Small" was shortlisted. This homage to the size of the Walker advertising agency, written by Tim Delaney, was also honored in the Best Copywriting category.
The Zurich branch of Euro RSCG is represented seven times in the final of the New York Festival. With four nominations, the biggest hopeful is the work "Love Life, Stop Aids" for the Federal Office of Public Health, which was voted "Campaign of the Year" by the Swiss public. The "Browser" online campaign for 20 Minuten, the "Shark" ad for Zueri-Sub's underwater cameras and the campaign for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra also have a chance of winning bronze, silver or gold.
Jung von Matt/Limmat is competing in the NYF International Advertising Awards with six entries. The Zurich agency qualified for the final with the following entries: "Wave" for Beach Mountain in the "Apparel" and "Retail Stores" categories, "Playground" for Health Promotion Switzerland in the "Health & Hygiene" category, "Chameleon" for Panasonic in the "Home Entertainment" category, "Love curves?" for Mini in the "Automobiles" category and "Agonize!" for the U28 competition of the ADC/BSW creative school in the "Best Illustration" category.
A total of 12 works by Publicis Zurich have made it onto the shortlist. After its great success at the One Show, where the agency was even honored with a Gold Pencil, it is now moving on to the NY Festivals final with work for clients such as UBS, Chocolat Frey, ZVV, Schauspielhaus and Blaues Kreuz. The nominations were made in a total of 11 categories: "Best Art Direction", "Transportation/Travel/Tourism", "Business to Business Products", "Financial Services", "Retail Stores", "Health & Hygiene", "Apparel", "Auto Products and Service", "Guerrilla Advertising", "Civic/Social Education" and "Confections/Snacks".
Lowe/DraftFCB is also still in the running for an award at the NY Festivals as a finalist in the Innovative Media, Public Services category.
Every year, the New York Festivals jury outstanding advertising from all over the world. In the next round, it is decided which works will be awarded a Bronze, Silver or even Gold World Medal in New York.

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