September 2008
Cannes Lions have withdrawn the Bronze Press Lion awarded to TBWA Paris for Amnesty France. The significant debate which this campaign has fuelled required the organisers to investigate the entry and it was ascertained that the entry did not appear in media between the required deadline of 1st March 2007 and 30th April 2008 and so is ineligible.
TBWA, who have supplied all relevant material requested, have concurred with the Festival that this is the correct course of action.
Commenting on the withdrawal, Terry Savage, Chairman of the Festival said "Whilst it is not our policy to discuss specific cases, if we have doubts about a specific entry for whatever reason we will fully investigate the matter to its conclusion.
To be clear, some ads were withdrawn during the judging process whilst other entries are going through a similar checking process. It is important for the advertising and the awards industry that entries made comply fully with the rules and spirit of the Festival."
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