LIA 2026: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire wins Silver and Bronze in TV & Cinema, SICKDOGWOLFMAN scores Bronze in Online Film
Bear Meets Eagle On Fire and SICKDOGWOLFMAN have picked up Statues in the final round of results from the 2026 London International Awards (LIA), with the TV & Cinema and Online Film, and Creativity in PR juries announcing their winners to close out this year’s on-site judging in Las Vegas.
Australia’s tally from the final round of results stands at one Silver and two Bronze.
TV & Cinema and Online Film
Bear Meets Eagle On Fire won a Silver Statue in TV & Cinema in Finance Series for the Bankwest Worries campaign ‘Future’, ‘Doll’ and ‘Mother’, and Bronze in Tech Series for the Telstra Satellite Messaging series ‘Hiker’, ‘Miner’ and ‘Farmer’, adding to the Bronze the Telstra work won in Production & Post.
SICKDOGWOLFMAN won Bronze in Online Film in Foods Series for the Maxibon Go Full Cookie series ‘Hero Film’, ‘Meta, Birds’, ‘Meta, Milk’, ‘TikTok, Crumbs’ and ‘TikTok, Dance’.
Led by Jury President Chaka Sobhani, Global Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Worldwide, the TV & Cinema jury awarded a Grand LIA, seven Gold, 11 Silver and nine Bronze Statues. Australian expat Samira Ansari, US Chief Creative Officer, Grey New York, served on the jury.
The Grand LIA went to VML Thailand, Bangkok for Shield Insurance ‘After Shit Happened Service EP.1-5’ and ‘After Shit Happened Service EP.6-10’.
In Online Film, the jury awarded a Grand LIA, seven Gold, eight Silver and 14 Bronze Statues. The Grand LIA went to Imago Ogilvy, Zagreb for Studena ‘A Cry For Hydration’, the first Grand LIA awarded in Croatia.
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Creativity in PR
Led by Jury President Sophie Raine, Managing Director, Havas Red London, the Creativity in PR jury awarded a Grand LIA, eight Gold, 10 Silver and 11 Bronze Statues. Australian expat Laura Petruccelli, Co-Founder/Chief Creative Officer, nice&frank New York, served on the jury.
The Grand LIA went to BETC, Paris and AKQA for Levi Strauss & Company ‘Unsponsored’, adding to the Grand LIA the campaign won in Design.
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Across the Tasman
Colenso BBDO won Bronze in Creativity in PR in Health & Pharma for Testicular Cancer NZ ‘Lump Lottery’.
Says Barbara Levy, President & Founder, LIA: “Every Winner and Finalist should be enormously proud. Their work was seen and discussed by some of the industry’s most respected creative minds, and it earned its place here. Congratulations to everyone whose ideas will undoubtedly go on to inspire the next generation of winners.”
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