Saturday 25 June 2016: The 63rd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has concluded with a final awards ceremony to announce the winners of the Film, Film Craft, Titanium and Integrated Lions, alongside this year’s remaining special awards.

Cannes Lions chairman Terry Savage said the festival organisation will not “make a hasty decision” about the ‘fake” Grey Singapore app which won a Bronze Lion in Promo & Activation last week.

DDB has finished its Westpac The People’s Chopper campaign, with more than 1000 people uploading their Facebook Profile pictures. The unique entry mechanic was designed to reward generous Kiwis. The chopper was skinned earlier this month and was on display at Fieldays.

Global ad industry leaders are warning of an adspend slowdown as Brexit sinks in across Europe. And M+AD is keen to gather readers’ views.

A design for the Wellington offices of FCB took out the Emerging Design Professional Award for Samantha Scrymgeour of ctrl Space, who picked up her $1500 prize at AGM Publishing’s 2016 Interior Awards show, held last night in St-Matthew-in-the-city.

The Paris-based Epica Awards – the only global creative advertising competition judged by journalists (including M+AD ed David Gapes) – has launched a new ad campaign, created by French agency Altmann+Pacreau.

A relatively quiet time at the Cannes Lions Festival yesterday – no Lions ceremonies, just two shortlists.

The Cannes Lions management is to review the eligibility of Grey Singapore’s controversial I Sea app, labelled a “terrible fake” after it won a Bronze Lion earlier this week.

Special Group has made the shortlist in the Entertainment Lions for Music – the only New Zealand agency to qualify.

There’s no stopping Y&R’s Burger King McWhopper campaign in Cannes. Last night McWhopper took out its second Grand Prix – and NZ’s third.