Lionsgate CEO nominated MIPCOM “personality of the year”
Jon Feltheimer, Co-Chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, is MIPCOM ‘s 2010 Personality of the Year. The Cannes event is recognising Feltheimer “for his leadership at the helm of Lionsgate and for driving creative productions and developing award-winning TV programs”. These include the recently successful “Mad Men”. Feltheimer will be honoured on 5 October during the annual MIPCOM Gala Dinner. On [...]
Minimal fuss at the Plages Electroniques
Closing night at the Plages Electroniques festival was dubbed the Minimal night, featuring local heroes and the German duo Tiefschwarz. Unsurprisingly, the grooves were pretty pared down, sometimes close to old school electro. But before talking about the music, it’s worth mentioning the festival itself. The Plages Electroniques is France’s only beach festival, held right under the wing of the [...]
Hotel review: Modern Waikiki
Location is probably the first thing I look for in a Cannes hotel, as I really want to be able to reach everywhere by foot. And this is what makes the Waikiki Modern Hotel such a good tip. It is located on the Rue des Serbes, just off the Croisette and almost opposite the Palais des Festivals. I had been [...]
Crowdsourced photos of the Cannes fireworks
La Croisette, Cannes, France – Fireworks show 2010. from Geode06 on Vimeo. More and more people are using their phones for the fireworks show in Cannes. So, for those that couldn’t make it, here is a selection almost live from Twitter, taken August 7, 2010 during the show organised by Weco (Germany). Wish I could add the music as well. [...]
Where can I find a market in Cannes?
If you’re staying in Cannes, you have to try some of the markets. Marché Forville is perhaps the best known, although there are others worth checking. You can pick up ultra-fresh fish and vegetables, cheap underwear and sunglasses, get some good wine or some cute simili-antiques to bring home (vintage postcards are always a gas). Marché Forville (fruits – vegetables [...]
The big news in Cannes poker is that the Main Event of the Season 3 Partouche Poker Tournament will take place September 2-7 2010 at the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes. The organisers are guaranteeing a monumental €3 million in prize money, which makes it one of France’s most important events. The last season saw some 35,000 people battle it [...]
If you’re looking for things to do in Cannes this summer, why not enjoy some free open-air cinema? Every year, the city organises a series of shows that are free and open to all. The films are recent hits, dubbed in French. All you have to do is turn up on time for a seat (or two). Our tip is [...]
On July 13, the beach at Cannes will become a massive dancefloor for the fifth time. Between now and August 17, five nights of electronic music will bring together a happy crowd for what is France’s only beach festival. Les Plages Electroniques is a fun event, attracting a young crowd from across the south of France. Headliners this year include [...]
If you’re serious about the music business, you simply have to attend MIDEM in Cannes next January. This is the music trade show that other trade shows want to be when they grow up. Over the past few years, of course, the business has shrunk. Yet MIDEM has kept its place by offering the best networking possibilities and a superb [...]
German low-cost airline Germanwings won an award at the 2010 Cannes Lions advertising festival with a cheeky guerilla marketing clip that shows comments supposedly being made on the rival airline Easyjet. It’s a cheeky but brilliant idea that is very simple and very effective. Germanwings fly to many airports in Germany and Greece from Nice airport.
MIPCOM, to be held October 4-8 this year, will have a special focus on financing. The TV and content trade fair will host a Producers’ Forum designed to help the right content find the right financing opportunities through conferences and networking events. The goal is to enable people to develop the contacts and content needed to secure financing through production funding, [...]
For the 8th year, Cannes is celebrating the best in fashion photography with an exhibition in a number of venues around town. This year, the International Festival of Fashion Photography invited the noted fashion photographer Jacques Olivar. The Palm Beach Casino, main partner of this event, hosts on its cymas the 2010 selection of contemporary photography creation. Ninety fashion photographers [...]
The countdown really is on, and with figures up on last year, accommodation has become an issue again. But we have a selection of hotels – from the insanely expensive to cheap and (hopefully) cheerful. Inside Cannes itself, there is still room at the 5-star Palais Stéphanie (renovated only recently). You’re on the Croisette in total luxury, so expect to [...]
Although it only has a short slot in the seminar programme, our Cannes Lions tip is to put the Go Viral talk on your agenda. The internet puts existing business models on the rack. The newspaper and music businesses in particular have suffered. This seminar explains why the advertising industry could be the next. Endemol and Simon Cowell have reinvented [...]
In the summer of 2000, MassiveMusic heralded its birth with a party on a beach in Cannes during the annual International Advertising Festival, Cannes Lions. On the 23rd of June, MassiveMusic will host its 10th party with clients and friends on that same beach in Cannes. A lot has happened since 2000. The seed that was planted in Amsterdam, still [...]