Stunned mullets: Australia scores first Cannes win with Young Lions triumph

By Paul McIntyre | 20 June 2011
 
Gold Young Lions winners, Matt Swinburne and Mike Felix.

New Leo Burnett Sydney recruits Matthew Swinburne and Michael Felix have won the Young Lions Press Award for their work on an African charity water pump aid.

Against a 24-hour deadline the two New Zealanders came out with the winning campaign against 41 other countries.

Both creatives aged 28 had entered the Young Lions before. "This was our last chance," Swinburne said. "We were a bit like stunned mullets." 

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