Belgrade - Saatchi &
Saatchi Belgrade has won Grand Prix and Crystal awards at the Ad Stars festival
held in Busan, South Korea's second largest city, with the “One Photo a Day in
the Worst Year of My Life” viral campaign against domestic violence.
The video was
awarded Grand Prix in Public Service Advertising category and also won the
Crystal award in the Public Relations category. The jury was comprised of 155
prominent advertising professionals from 46 countries.
"One
Photo a Day in the Worst Year of My Life" gives a realistic portrayal of
how relationship violence can transform its victims' lives. It launched in
March and quickly spread via social networks, getting extensive media coverage.
The video has had 5.5 million views on YouTube and caused tremendous buzz, both
locally and globally.
The Ad Stars
festival was established in 2008 with the objective to promote marketing
communications characterized by openness and humaneness and has seen a steep
rise in the number of entries ever since, with approximately 12,000 entries
from 59 countries in 2013, making it the biggest advertising festival in Asia.
See the campaign video at http://www.onephotoaday.rs/