PETALING JAYA: Grey Malaysia was named Agency of the Year at the Kancil Awards 2023, Malaysia’s premier creative awards competition, while Coway Malaysia was awarded Advertiser of the Year, and Directors Think Tank was awarded Production House of the Year.
The Golden Kancil was awarded to Fastman Studios for their campaign with Julie’s Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, “KisahRaya P.E.R.I.T”.
Other awards included the Kancil for Good, which went to C27 for their campaign “Voteordie”, and the Creative Effectiveness Kancil, which went to Fishermen Integrated for their campaign with Time Internet, “2Gbps Time Kabel Besar”, while the Innovations Kancil went to Grey Malaysia for their campaign with Coway Malaysia, “Coway: The Art of Dreaming”.
Kancils Jury chairperson Graham Drew, Chief Creative Officer of Grey Malaysia & Singapore in a statement said: “We saw such a healthy range of winning campaigns that embraced both traditional craft and the new frontiers of tech. This year's Golden Kancil shone a light on how to re-boot the existing tropes of the festive Raya film with a fantastic use of humour and craft. We also saw how abandoned cars could become a product demo, and some really innovative use ofdata from dreams to pizzas.”
In the Sick Six: Young Director’s Challenge sponsored by Maxis, the winner was Fish Cheng who was mentored by Graph Studio to bring her film “Push-Pull” to life, whilst the People’s Choice Award went to Carmen Cheong who was mentored by Another Planet on her film “Aisya Lam”.
In the Young Kancils Challenge sponsored by Bask Bear, the Gold was awarded to the ONE team from TBWAKuala Lumpur. As their prize, one member of the team will get to attend London International Awards’ Creative LIAsons programme in Las Vegas, and two members will represent Malaysia at ADFEST Young Lotus mentorship programme and competition in Pattaya, in 2024.
Drew added: “The Kancils are a great honour unto themselves, but they are also a stepping stone - a training ground for us all to learn from. The theme of this year is ‘Make It For Malaysia’; that has many interpretations, but primary amongst them is work that represents our country on the regional and global stage. I am confident that some of the winners from this years festival can do just that, you haven't heard the last from them yet."
Organised by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents of Malaysia (4As), the Kancil Awards 2023 presented 145 awards across 10 categories. A total of 739 entries were received in the professional categories, while a further 404 student entries were received for the Kancil sCoolers Student Awards 2023 sponsored by Resorts World Genting.
