Archive for the ‘awards’ Category
Mofilm and Paper from Portugal offer trip to Cannes Lions 2012
A little news to possibly cheer up filmmakers. Mofilm and Paper From Portugal are running a contest to send a film or video about Portuguese paper to the Cannes Lions 2012. The winner will spend three days at the world’s foremost advertising trade fair with the guest of their choice (let me check my diary). [...]
Finalists announced for Midemlab 2012
It’s no secret: the music biz has changed irrevocably, and now connects to audiences in ways that were completely unthinkable only a few years ago. Each year, Midem showcases the best new upcoming music apps and services under the Midemlab sidebar. This year’s finalists - chosen by UK digital consulting company Music Ally and French [...]
MidemLab 2012 open for submissions
The news, in case you missed it, is that Midem has a shiny new coat of paint. Despite all the changes of previous years, successive drops in attendance pushed it to re-think its role in the industry. Visitors to Midem in January 2012 will find a completely new layout and focus. First, the bad news: [...]
Disney/ABC pres is MIPCOM personality of the year 2011
Despite the summer, business news rolls in. Anyone attending MIPCOM will be interested to hear the news that the 2011 personality of the year is a woman, Anne Sweeney. She is the President of Disney/ABC Television Group and co-chair of Disney Media Networks. “We are extremely pleased to honour Anne Sweeney as our MIPCOM 2011 [...]
IKEA to be advertiser of year at Cannes
Big news from Cannes is that the prestigious Advertiser of the Year Award at the Cannes Lions will go to the Swedish home furnishing retail company IKEA. The award is given to advertisers who “have distinguished themselves for inspiring innovative marketing of their products and who embrace and encourage the creative work produced by their [...]
Cannes Independent Film Festival open for submissions
Nothing to do with the official festival, the Cannes Independent Film Festival is a standalone sidebar that hopes to promote indie and low budget film-making during the big event. The 4th edition promises outdoor film screenings, networking, speed-dating and enlightening panels of filmmakers and Q&As. There’s a fee to submit films, and screenings take place [...]
Cannes Pan-African Film Fest gets new president
Latest news from the 8th Pan-African Film Festival in Cannes is that the RFI journalist Catherine Ruelle has been nominated as honorary president. Ruelle joined Radio France in 1969, which became RFI two years later. Working there as a journalist, she began specializing in cinema in 1973, producing Dialogues, Cinémas Sans Frontières and L’Actualité du [...]
Cruise industry awards at Cannes and Nice
The winners of the 2010 Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards will be announced at the historic City of Nice Opera House, as part of the Seatrade Med Cruise Convention. These highly respected industry accolades, including the renowned Cruise Personality of the Year Award, will be presented in true French Riviera style – in the opulent surrounds [...]
Mapic awards go to Lego, Brussels, Wolfskin
Lego, Jack Wolfskin, Brussels and the Odysseum shopping centre in France were the high-profile winners of the Mapic awards 2010, distributed in Cannes. Among the highlights of the ceremony held on November 18 in the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, Frederic Lefebvre, France’s Secretary of State at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, gave the [...]
Application deadline MidemNet Lab Oct 31
MidemNet Lab is Midem’s showcase of the start-ups and applications that could well change the music business. A panel of experts chooses the companies for their innovation and possibilities for creating business opportunities. The companies can then present themselves to the Midem participants and also win one of the main categories. At the end of [...]


