Archive for the ‘Cannes Lions’ Category
Cannes news and tips to your desk
If you attend Cannes for Midem, Mipim, MipTV or the Cannes Film festival, perhaps you should get the relevant news straight to your desk rather than coming across it by accident on the web. Cannes or Bust runs an occasional newsletter with just that: tips, news, special offers and links to people with bright ideas. [...]
Politics pick up awards at Cannes Lions
Politics is generally the very last subject that is talked about at Cannes. So I was surprised to find that two political campaigns left Cannes with trophies to put on their mantelpieces. Barrack Obama’s presidential campaign picked up two awards for its combination of new media, door-to-door and grass roots campaigning along with highly tactical [...]
Hotels for Cannes Lions 2009 selling out
The Cannes Lions has to be one of the most expensive events in Cannes, with the entrance fee of $3500 being the biggest chunk. After also spending to enter some work in one of the categories, it might be an idea to go easy on the hotels. We have good and bad news. First the [...]
Cannes Lions: What are you missing?
The annual advertising get-together is often portrayed as a gigantic piss-up (excuse my French). But there are nonetheless lots of events there worth a spin. I just checked out the seminar programme here. A few things caught my eye: notably the much-maligned Rupert Murdoch in conversation with Y&R; a talk titled “A day in the [...]
Rupert Murdoch to address Cannes Lions
With a portfolio that goes from the New York Post to MySpace, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has managed to maintain a leading role in media across many platforms. The ad agency Young & Rubicam has invited Murdoch to address the Cannes Lions, most likely on how the media industry is changing and in particular the [...]
Craig Davis nominated as Cannes Lions Film and Press
The worldwide chief creative officer of JWT, Craig Davis, has been nominated president for the Film and Press jury at the Cannes Lions 2008. “The fact that Craig has experienced different cultures, is in a global leadership position and has demonstrated a clear track record of creative achievement makes him ideally suited to be the [...]
Cannes Lions: "Should we laugh? Should we whistle?"
Interesting post from an assistant brand manager of Campbell Company of Canada. Although largely an agency get-together, some brands send teams to Cannes to check the latest trends. Nicolle Nordmann, I must say, seems to be doing it diligently (remember what I said yesterday: some people come to work) as she has been sitting through [...]
Cannes Lions: Behind the noise, real talk
From running Cannes or Bust for some time now, I can see a very definite pattern. Journalists globally feel obliged to mention the parties, the beach and the excess. It’s as if editors worldwide wouldn’t believe people come here for something other than a “jolly”. But I’ve got news for them: work does actually get [...]
Cannes Lions: Converging branding and direct marketing
Award-winning Richard Rosen will discuss his method of converging branding and direct marketing at the 54th International Advertising Festival in Cannes from June 17. “The essential link between marketing and branding is uppermost in everyone’s minds now,” said Alastair Tempest, director general of the Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing (FEDMA). “This seminar will [...]
Young creatives "come back for pleasure"
I almost forgot to mention this little gem. The Cannes Lions, Shots magazine and the City of Cannes ran a competition for a campaign to encourage visitors to come back to Cannes. The fun part was they were given a super-duper Nokia phone and Apple editing software and told to come back in three days [...]


