Asia-Pacific entries to Cannes Lions jump by 20% on last year: Australia + Japan lead the way with 1,782 and 1,736 entries respectively
Entries from the Asia Pacific region to the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity account for nearly 22% of all entries received. Last year Asia Pacific entries to Cannes numbered 7,730 and this year this figure has jumped by a whopping 1,582 entries to 9,312 entries.
Overall Cannes Lions received 43,101 entries.
Australia and Japan lead the way in Asia Pacific in numbers of entries. This year Australia submitted 1,782 entries – up on the 1,523 entries in 2015. Japanese entries this year have seen a huge increase – up 448 on last year’s 1,288 entries to 1,736 this year. Entries from New Zealand went up from 461 last year to 526.
Submissions from China are also up to 1,022 (933 last year). Entries from Singapore went up by 100 this year to 688 and Thailand numbers dropped from 625 to 558.
The USA were again the largest country in terms of entries – up from 8,150 to 9,702 this year. The second largest number of entries came from the United Kingdom with 3,214 (up from 3,167), followed by Brasil with 2,805 (down from 3,117), Germany with 2,163 (up from 1,885) and Australia with 1,782 (up from 1,523).
Top 15 Asia-Pac Countries for Entries in 2016
2015 entries and number of Lions won last year in brackets.
1. Australia – 1,782 entries (2015: 1,523 – Lions won: 51)
2. Japan – 1,736 entries (2015: 1,288 – Lions won: 35)
3. India – 1,315 entries (2015: 1,035 – Lions won: 15)
4. China – 1,022 entries (2015: 933 – Lions won: 17)
5. Singapore – 688 entries (2015: 588 – Lions won: 18)
6. Thailand – 558 entries (2015: 625 – Lions won: 9)
7. New Zealand – 526 entries (2015: 461 – Lions won: 20)
8. Hong Kong – 386 entries (2015: 336 – Lions won: 2)
9. Malaysia – 325 entries (2015: 403 – Lions won: 6)
10. South Korea – 309 entries (2015: 448 – Lions won: 11)
11. The Philippines – 253 entries (2015: 222 – Lions won: 1)
12. Chinese Taipei – 144 entries (2015: 76 – Lions won: 0)
13. Indonesia – 119 entries (2015: 141 – Lions won: 4)
14. Vietnam – 89 entries (2015: 136 – Lions won: 0)
15. Sri Lanka – 31 entries (2015: 104 – Lions won: 0)