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Adelaide's big night in: AADC Awards

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Adelaide's creatives had a big weekend with the 35th Annual Adelaide Advertising and Design Club (AADC) Awards, held at the Adelaide Festival Theatre on Friday night. It was hosted by Wil Anderson.

Curious Films show what boys like

Adolescent boys think about sex a lot. A lot of adolescent boys think about sex with their stepmother. Then there's the whole Oedipal thing. Add up all the numbers and Curious Films' I'm The One was always going to rate highly with at least one of its target audiences.

Cannes Lions Aussie haul wrap up

Over the past week at Cannes, Australia has won a record number of Lions pulling in 59 gongs in total, with George Patterson Y&R winning the most Golds.

Leo Burnett Sydney picks up Gold Lion for Creative Effectiveness

Leo Burnett Sydney has taken out the Gold Lion for Creative Effectiveness at Cannes. It is the only Australian winner and the Asia Pacific region in the category for its Watermark campaign for Bundaberg Rum / Diageo.

Whybin wins at Cannes for MJ Bale

While an initiative for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico won the PR Lions Grand Prix, M.J. Bale's 'Grazed on Greatness' push by Whybin Sydney won three of the 10 Aussie Lions and was a close contender for the top spot.

Goodoil's Michael Spiccia wins at SFF

Goodoil director Michael Spiccia, has won the Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short at the Sydney Film Festival for his film Yardbird.

Promax love for The DMCI

The DMC Initiative has won gold for General Branding, silver for Best Design and a bronze for its branding campaign for the FOX Classics project.

Emerging film maker wins SFF Vodka O scholarship

(L-R) winner Adam Marshal and Bruce Davey from Icon Entertainment

Emerging Sydney film maker Adam Marshal has won the inaugural Sydney Film Festival Vodka O Scholarship award for his short film.

Five Words wins Intel/Pedestrian.tv Blogster of the year

The winners of the 2012 Ultrabook Pedestrian.tv Blogster Awards supported by Intel were announced on Friday night at the Creative Sydney Ideas Exchange.

Adam Pretty AIPP Photographer of the Year

Adam Pretty won in both Photographer of the Year and Sports Photographer of the Year categories.

Sydney photographer Adam Pretty was awarded by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) at a gala dinner in Melbourne last night.

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Did it lose something in translation?

Such a great video story. Such an awkward tagline. Such a strong agency. Perhaps Australian Creative's editor isn't quite as good at French as she imagines?