History made as Revolver is the first Australian production company to win the Palme d’Or in the history of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

In an historic first, Revolver has been announced as the first Australian production company to win the Palme d’Or in the history of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity.

The win for Revolver was in addition to winning the Film Craft Grand Prix and Film Grand Prix. The Film Craft Grand Prix was shared with Australian agency Bear Meets Eagle on Fire for their work on Telstra’s Better on A Better Mobile Network campaign. The Film Grand Prix was awarded to Australian director Steve Rogers’ ‘Considering What?’ for Channel 4’s coverage of the Paralympic games.

These wins mark the second year in a row that Revolver has won both the Film and Film Craft Grand Prix at the festival (the Sydney production company received both accolades in 2024 for director Kim Gehrig’s Play it Safe and Steve Rogers’ 1 Square Meter respectively).

Following the monumental success for the company, Revolver’s Managing Director/Co-Owner Michael Ritchie reflects on the wins, and what it means for Australian production: “For myself and our entire team, this is an enormous honour, and honestly – pretty overwhelming.  Our country is home to some of the best talent globally, and these wins only reiterate the high calibre of work from our region.

“Brent Smart‘s (CMO, Telstra) and Micah Walker’s (CCO/Founder – Bear Meets Eagle on Fire) industry defining vision for Telstra, and the trust and respect they offer to their production partners and the Directors they work with, is something we are so grateful for, and a direct contributor to our success this year.  Similarly, a huge thank you goes to the entire team behind Steve’s ‘Considering What?’ campaign, which is a brilliant piece of work with an unflinching grit that celebrated the athletes at the heart of the Paralympics.

“We are also incredibly grateful for our long standing partnership with Biscuit Filmworks in LA and UK whom we worked with across a number of our winning works.  For twenty years we have worked together and to see this coming to genuine fruition now, is as rewarding as the work itself.”

The Palme d’Or, and dual Grand Prix wins were in addition to four Gold Lions for Steve Rogers in Film Craft, a Gold Lion in Film for Better on a Better Mobile Network; totalling five Gold, four Silver and seven Bronze Lions across the Film and Film Craft categories for Revolver.

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