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best production company 2006 ....
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May 31, 2006 17:14 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 best production company 2006 worldwide - GORGEOUS. best agency worldwide 2006
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May 31, 2006 17:08 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
and the best agency worldwide for 2006 ... MOTHER LONDON.
The best agency is awarded by our rankings & is based on the number of featured spots on the site. Next year we hope to include print as well. (This year we didn't have a complete year of print submissions). GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!
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May 31, 2006 16:53 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 The bestads GOLD Winners for 2006 are now on the main page. A line up of some of the most credentialed creatives in advertising have finalised this year's judging & the 6 gold award winners have been announced at our HUGE awards night. For a full list of judges go to the awards page. (Thankyou judges!) And the GOLD award winners are:  Guinness "noitulovE"  Sony Bravia "Balls"  Carlton "Big Ad"  Honda "Choir"  Honda "Impossible Dream"  Sky One "Simpsons" The absolutely amazing thing about the voting is that with 27 judges (!) "noitulovE", came out in front of Sony "Balls" by just 1 point!!! Fantastic result. So of course, we're exceedingly happy. For that matter, we're extremely happy with ALL of the GOLD & SILVER winners. Well done everyone of you & thanks again to the Jury. Now ... for those of you who are interested in the PSYCHOLOGY of awards. here's a couple of observations: If an ad comes out early in the awards year its got a much harder job to pick up a BIG award (eg. grand prix) than one that comes out later in the year. If something wins at a few awards, judges (even the best ones) are influenced & go ... yeah .. That IS good isnt it. It gains ground. bestads AWARDS ... check your details!
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May 11, 2006 03:47 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 the rankings shown are as of 9th may ...prior to this week's postings. as of MAY 31st we'll be announcing our AWARD WINNERS The Gold & Silver (& best ad) awards will be decided by our judges panel (go to the awards page for all of the info), but the best agency, best production co & best director will be decided by rankings - so CHECK YOUR DETAILS. the site ranks you according to featured work ... but some of our info could be incomplete, inaccurate, or just plain wrong. Also if your name has incorrect spelling on some featured work the site might think you're multiple people or production companies. Let us know & we'll correct any errors. Thanks. beamo. 
Interesting Outdoor Work from Clarity Coverdale Fury
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May 11, 2006 00:39 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 MAMMOTH CIGARETTE LANDS OBIE FOR CLARITY COVERDALE FURY MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobaccos QUITPLANSM services and Clarity Coverdale Furys 30-foot high cigarette grabbed the attention of OBIE judges who deemed it the best of the year in the public service outdoor category. Minneapolis, long known as a city rife with creative talent, placed a half dozen finalist in the competition this year but Clarity Coverdale Fury was the lone Twin Cities agency to walk away with the big prize. This marks Clarity Coverdale Furys seventh OBIE, which is viewed by most industry insiders as the crème de la crème in outdoor advertising. Its rewarding to add the industry accolades as a bookend to the kudos weve heard to date and for an idea that was so right for the client, says Jac Coverdale, Chief Creative Officer and partner for Clarity Coverdale Fury. Clarity Coverdale Fury worked in tandem with 3 Ring Scenic production company to translate the 8 1/2 x11 concept into the 30 plus foot high cigarette and ashtray that resides roadside at a key highway crossroads north of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The location of the installation works as a great multiplier as it is on one of the most traveled routes that Minnesotans take back and forth to the North Shore, the family cabin or a large gaming facility in Northern Minnesota. Jim Landry, Art Director for Clarity Coverdale Fury oversaw the project insuring that the final product was true to the initial vision. This execution brings the kind of immediate payoff you need when your audience is traveling 70 miles an hour on an interstate. With outdoor you should always try to make it a quick and simple message. The snuffed out QUITPLAN services cigarette is unmistakable and definitely delivers for the client, says Landry. The oversized cigarette was installed in the middle of December 2005. Since that time more than 90,000 per day have laid their eyes on the oversized outdoor ad. The copy on the billboard is straight forward quitplan.com on one side and the QUITPLAN services logo and toll free number on the reverse, each directing Minnesotans to MPAATs services for help quitting smoking. Its big, yet simple and direct. And now you can add award winning. To view the print click .... HERE production company rankings - CURRENT AWARDS YEAR
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April 28, 2006 21:32 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 And the production company rankings for the CURRENT AWARDS YEAR ... from June last year: Ranked FIRST worldwide: with 6 spots featured ... Untitled, Toronto Ranked SECOND worldwide: with 5 spots featured ... Curious Film 5 Egg Films Independent Films MJZ London Partizan Plaza Films Revolver Film Ranked THIRD worldwide: with 4 spots featured ... Academy Films Blink Productions Gorgeous Films MJZ Nexus Productions RSA Stink Ranked FOURTH worldwide: with 3 spots featured ... Caviar EXIT FILMS Film Construction Kleinman Productions Luscious International Outsider Reginald Pike Production Company Rankings - LAST 12 months
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April 27, 2006 07:08 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
Here's the production companies rankings for last year, 2005: we stuffed this up a bit ... we sould have been having a closer look at current awards year rather than last 12 months, so it's now in the item above. Sorry. bestads.[/b] Ranked FIRST worldwide: Untitled, Toronto 11 spots Ranked SECOND worldwide: Independent Films 9 spots Ranked THIRD worldwide: Partizan 8 Stink, London 8 Ranked FOURTH worldwide: Hungry Man 7 MJZ London 7 Ranked FIFTH worldwide: Academy Films 6 Curious Film 6 Gorgeous Films 6 MJZ 6 Reginald Pike 6 Revolver Film 6 The Sweet Shop 6 Ranked SIXTH worldwide: Blink Productions 5 Egg Films 5 Film Construction 5 Nexus Productions 5 Plaza Films 5 Ranked SEVENTH worldwide: @radical.media 4 EXIT FILMS 4 Kleinman Productions 4 LDM 4 Moving Picture Company, London 4 RSA 4 Silverscreen 4 Velocity Films director rankings ....
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April 27, 2006 07:02 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
Ranked FIRST worldwide Noam Murro with 4 spots featured Ranked SECOND worldwide (with 2 spots featured) Ben Fisher Garth Davis James Spence Jess Bluck Paul middleditch Smith & Foulkes Ranked THIRD worldwide (with 2 spots featured) Tim Godsall Brent Harris Brian Lee Hughes Chris Palmer Daniel Kleinman Dom & Nic Gord McWatters James Pilkington Kevin Fitzgerald Koen Mortier Michael Wong Nic & Sune Peter Thwaites Robby Douglas Turner Robert Nylund Sebastian Strasser Steve Rogers agency rankings as we enter award season
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April 27, 2006 06:55 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
 In the lead-up to Cannes (& the bestads awards 2006!), who's ranking where according to the bestads rankings? based on work featured on the site since June last year (our 2005 awards) ... as of last week. Ranked FIRST worldwide Mother London with 10 featured spots Ranked SECOND worldwide BBH London with 8 featured spots Ranked THIRD worldwide AMV BBDO, London with 4 featured spots DDB London with 4 featured spots DDB Paris with 4 featured spots TBWA London with 4 featured spots Highest ranking USA agency: Mother, New York Highest ranking Canadian agency: DDB Canada, Toronto Lowe Roche, Toronto Zig Inc. Highest ranking Australian agency: DDB Sydney George Patterson Y&R Melbourne The Furnace Highest ranking New Zealand agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, New Zealand Highest ranking South African agency: Lowe Bull, Cape Town, South Africa 3 NETWORK BBDO 3 bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Sylvain Thirache Sylvain Thirache ECD DDB Paris Sylvain Thirache has been DDB paris creative director since 2003 with Alexandre Hervé. 18 months after their arrival, DDB paris was ranked third in Cannes, winning 5 lions last year for Lequipe, Volkswagen, Stihl-Viking and Le Barran, Hes now working on accounts like Nike, Audi, Volkswagen, lequipe, Loto, Bouygues, Brandt or MTV. As a an art director he won many awards including Clios, Epicas, Cannes Lions and Eurobest for his work on Volkswagen, Nike, Ikea or Eurostar. Hes father of two boys and lives in Paris. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Matt Eastwood Matt Eastwood National Creative Director/Vice Chairman DDB, Sydney. Matt Eastwood has been identified by Britains Campaign Magazine as one of the industry's unicorns - a young, proven talent, capable of inspiring and managing a large agency creative department. Matt has overseen some of the most innovative and recognizable creative projects in advertising today. His ability to guide an integrated agency vision across all accounts and into multiple and surprising media outlets establishes him as a star at in the advertising world as a whole. Matts career path has spanned numerous agencies, specialties, and countries. Beginning with stints in Sydney at DDB and Saatchi & Saatchi, Matt quickly excelled to become a partner and founding Creative Director of M&C Saatchi Melbourne in 1996. Under his creative direction, the agency went on to be named Agency of the Year a record four years running. In 2001, Maurice Saatchi caused a stir in Britain by installing Matt an Australian as Executive Creative Director of his newly established M&C Saatchi London. Then, in 2003, he went on to be appointed Chairman and Executive Creative Director of M&C Saatchi New York. Settled into North America, Matt joined Y&R as Chief Creative Officer in 2004. With home beckoning, Matt re-joined DDB in early 2006 as National Creative Director and Vice Chairman. During his career Matt has been accepted into almost every major international award show from Cannes to Clio to One Show, and has worked with a presitigious range of clients including British Airways, Cadbury Schweppes, Campbells, Xerox, Krug, Fosters, Reuters, Natwest Bank, ANZ Bank, BMW, The Daily Mirror, UK Police Department, Tip Top Bakeries, Toyota, Samsung, and SC Johnson. His accomplishments are undeniably impressive and, at 38, some say this is still just the beginning. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - John Norman John Norman - ECD Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam Like creative partner Al Moseley, John Norman joined Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam in 2005, creatively leading the agency on business for the likes of Nike, Coca-Cola, Electronic Arts and HypoVereinsbank. John is a classically trained graphic designer and an art director with extensive experience in the communication industry. His work in graphic design, television and print advertising has been widely recognised, with numerous international accolades. He fundamentally believes that all communication has roots in design; that the best advertising and design contains a strong concept and a simple form. John has worked with design boutique Pinkhaus in Miami, as design director for Benetton in Italy (where he also served as director of the international design school Fabrica). He also did an earlier stint at W+K/Amsterdam as creative director on Coca-Cola, Microsoft and the award-winning Nikepark Soccer experiential environment for the 1998 World Cup. In 2000 John worked as a consultant for adidas, Telecom Italia and Nike, before going on to establish his own agency Tilford:Norman in Dallas, Texas. Clients included The Limited Inc., Pizza Hut and Chilis Restaurants. More recently, as group creative director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners, John led the award-winning Hewlett-Packard +hp brand campaign. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Phil Cockrell and Tony Hardcastle Phil Cockrell - AMV BBDO London Tony Hardcastle - AMV BBDO London PHIL COCKRELL Phil joined AMV in July 04 after spending 7 years at Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe, where he worked (with his partner of 21 years, Graham Storey) as Creative Director on several accounts, including The Times, Virgin, Powergen, Royal Marines and the Energy Saving Trust. He has collected awards while working at a cross-section of the industrys top agencies, including Cogent, Lowe Howard Spink and Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow and Johnson.  TONY HARDCASTLE Tony has worked at many of Londons top agencies including F.C.O., Still Price Lintas and WCRS as well as a stint as Head of Art at Y&R Adelaide in Australia. He is at present a senior Art Director at AMVBBDO, working on Mars, Pepsi, BBC and RSPCA. Prior to that he worked at WCRS on the much awarded and Campaign of the year 118-118 campaign. (AMV BBDO don't have creative titles ... CD/ ECD etc) bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Jae Goodman and Jon Soto Jae Goodman and Jon Soto Co-ECDs Publicis & Hal Riney San Francisco Jae Goodman is Co-Executive Creative Director at Publicis & Hal Riney, where his clients include Sprint, HP, 24 Hour Fitness, Jamba Juice and others. He began his career as an account guy, then woke up and became a copywriter at Wieden+Kennedy and Leagas~Delaney, working on Virgin Mobile, Mavi Jeans, Sega, Linkin Park, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and many more. Jaes work has been recognized by award shows and annuals alike, but he is most proud if his 2005 MVPA award for a Fatboy Slim video he co-wrote with director Brian Beletic. An early believer in the collision of advertising and entertainment, Goodman consults on music videos for a variety of artists and directors, and he creates and executive produces television shows. Jon Soto is more likely to play you a song he just learned on his ukulele than to tell you about his Cannes Grand Prix winning Nike campaign. (He's even a little mad that we started his bio by mentioning it.) The fact is, Jon has a career-full of breakthrough, award-winning campaigns that he's not talking about because he's having too much fun creating the next big idea. Put simply, Jon loves ideas: pure, simple thoughts that tend to make people like (and buy) one brand over another. This holds true for brands selling everything from multi-million dollar technology products to pants that show off your belly button. That's welcome news for clients including Levi's, Anheuser-Busch, Nike, Saturn, Hewlett-Packard, Emerald Nuts and more, and agencies including Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Chiat/Day, and Mad Dogs & Englishmen. As Co-Executive Creative Director at Hal Riney with his partner Jae Goodman, Jon's role is to make sure that every client gets great thinking on every assignment. He spends his days "doing everything possible to make the work better." This means everything from inventing new media instead of relying on the old way, to the occasional rendition of the (oddly motivating) Sex Pistols' "God Save The Queen" on soprano ukulele. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Toby Talbot Toby Talbot CD Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand Saatchi & Saatchi NZ ... currently leading the rankings for NZ agencies in the current awards year. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Roger Pe Roger Pe ECD DDB Phillipines. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Paul Warner
Paul Warner ECD TBWA South Africa
PAUL WAYLAND WARNER Paul Warner was appointed as Executive Creative Director of TBWA Hunt Lascaris South Africa in September 2005 after being employed as a middle-weight Art Director by Tony Granger and John Hunt only five years prior. TBWA Hunt Lascaris has enjoyed being voted Financial Mail's large agency of the year seven times and has been known as the most awarded ad agency in South African history. Paul Warner has contributed to this by producing many of South Africa's most awarded ads, much of his print and TV work has won silver, gold or Grand Prix at the major festivals which include the South African Loeries, The Eagles, the U.S Clio awards, the Young Guns, the U.S One show, D&AD in London and the highly coveted Cannes advertising festival in France. Paul Warner believes that in a world of marketing overload, clients are now beginning to seek highly creative ways of breaking through the clutter in order to attract consumers to their products. He believes "consumers watch TV to be entertained, so best we entertain them". In 2005 three of the six most loved ads in South Africa, as voted by consumers, were created by Paul Warner's creative teams. Likewise in 2004 and 2003. The Apex Awards, which measure creative ads that produced outstanding sales or results, have awarded his teams work annually. Oh, one last thing. He also believes clients really really need to understand that they are not yet consumers. They are audiences first. And audiences like to be entertained. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Olivier Altmann Olivier Altmann ECD Publicis Conseil Paris. Resume Olivier Altmann (6th of May,1964) Married, three boys (Leonard 7 years old, Samuel & Joseph twins of 5 years old) Chairman of the Publicis Worldwide Creative Board and Co-Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Conseil (France) Olivier started as a copywriter in 1987. He has worked at Y&R, FCB, Australie, BDDP, and has produced creative work for clients such as Mercedes, Nikon, Nestlé, Caisse dEpargne, Epson, Mc Donalds, BMW, Michelin, Sara Lee, Samsung, Manix, Clan Campbell, La Poste In 1998, he founded BDDP & Fils (TBWA Group) alongside two other partners (Nicolas Bordas and Valerie Henaff). In 1999 BDDP&Fils was voted best young advertising agency, and best creative agency three years in a row (2000, 2001, 2002). At the 2001 Eurobest festival, it was the second most awarded agency in Europe, and the sixth in the world (according to the Gunn Report). In 2001, Olivier was elected President of the French Art Directors Club for two years and became the CEO of his agency in 2003. Since 2004, Olivier has joined Maurice Levy (Chairman of Publicis Group) and Christophe Lambert (CEO of Publicis Conseil), as Co-Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Conseil. As a copywriter and as a creative director, Olivier has won numerous awards (more than 200) including Cannes Gold Lions, Clio Golds, Eurobest awards, D&AD, French Art Directors Club He has already been a jury member for Clio, Eurobest, D&AD and Cannes Festival. He loves cigars, nice cars, but above all advertising. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Al Moseley Al Moseley ECD Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam Biography: Al Moseley, Executive Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam After a stint at Art College there was a short period when he thought he would become a professional chess player. Instead he fell into advertising in 1993, landing a job at the first Saatchi and Saatchi break-away, Cowan Kemsley Taylor. Being such a small agency he got to work on everything from Drum Cider (winning a D&AD pencil), to Psygnosis computer games, the BBC and of course, every single pitch. In 1995 Robert Saville, then the newly appointed Creative Director of GGT, hired him. He had a great time there working on accounts such as John Smiths, the Jack Dee campaign (winning campaign of the year at the British Television Advertising Awards) and Blockbuster Video. He also got to work on Jack Dees TV show, hired as writers by Jacks production company. Al also got the chance to go to Bosnia and write a fundraising documentary for the BBC. Robert left to start Mother and Trevor Beattie took over. They went through two mergers at GGT, eventually becoming TBWA in 1998. At TBWA Al worked on Playstation, winning a second D&AD pencil for the Champions League sponsorship. In 2000 he became a creative director with accounts such as Apple, The Labour Party, Strongbow Cider, and yet more Playstation. Robert Saville rehired Al once again, as creative director at Mother in 2002, where he was instrumental in the success of Orange and Boots accounts. In 2005 Al joined Wieden+Kenendy/Amsterdam as Executive Creative Director, forming the senior management triumvirate with creative partner John Norman, and Managing Director Tim O'Kennedy bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Al Young Al Young CD St Lukes London Background: After college, Alan spent three years as a commercial writer whilst creating comedy and stage-plays in his spare-time. In 1990, he enrolled in the British Design and Art Direction Workshop and was bitten by the advertising bug. He went on to write a number of famous advertising campaigns for Boots 17, IKEA, Foxs Biscuits, COI, Mothercare and BT. Alan is a founding member of St. Lukes and after his first year as Creative Director, the agency was voted Campaigns agency of the year. In January 2001 and 2002, Campaign magazine listed Alan as one of the UKs ten hottest Creative Directors. In 2004 Al was elected to the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Creative forum and in 2005 he was voted onto D&ADs Executive Committee. In 2005 he also Chaired both the Newspaper Societys Creative Juice awards and Radio Advertising Bureaus Aerial Awards. His approach to advertising attracts considerable media attention, and he is interviewed regularly by the national press, television and interviews with him have been broadcast on the Today Programme and Pick of the Week on Radio 4. Alan is now active on the lecture circuit , runs D&AD workshops, delivered talks to MA students at St. Martins School of Art and at the National Film Theatre. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Scott Linnen Scott Linnen - VP/Creative Director CP+B. No judging panel is complete without a representative from acclaimed creative US agency CP+B. bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Emma Hill Emma Hill CD Clemenger BBDO Melbourne. For a quick overview of Emma Hill / Clemenger BBDO Melb, quick search "Emma Hill" & you'll see featured work for Snickers, Dulux paint, Mercedes Benz, & Just Jeans. Clemenger BBDO Melb is currently ranked number one Australian agency over the last 3 years in the bestads rankings. bestads awards 2006 - and the judges are .....
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March 15, 2006 18:09 (Edited: February 17, 2023 04:19)
Judges for the bestads 2006 awards: I'm sure you know all of these CDs/ECDs/creatives/ but we'll put a few photos & biogs further down the news page. Al Moseley ECD Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam Al Young CD St Lukes London Andy Fackrell - ECD 180 Amsterdam Danny Brooke-Taylor CD - TBWA London David Alberts ECD Grey London Emma Hill CD Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Glen Ryan CD JWT Australia (Melb) Jae Goodman and Jon Soto Co-ECDs Publicis & Hal Riney San Francisco James McGrath CD George Patterson Y&R Australia (Melb) John Norman - ECD Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam Mark Fairbanks CD AMV BBDO London Matt Eastwood ECD DDB Sydney Mike Schalit - Net#work BBDO South Africa Murray White CD Springer & Jacoby Amsterdam Olivier Altmann ECD Publicis Conseil Paris Paul Warner ECD TBWA South Africa Peter Ampe CD Duval Guillaume Brussels Phil Cockrell - CD AMV BBDO London Roger Pe ECD DDB Phillipines Rose Sauquillo CD Taxi Canada Sam Walker Mother London Scott Linnen - VP/Creative Director CP+B Sylvain Thirache ECD DDB Paris Toby Talbot CD Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand Tony Bradbourne CD Generator New Zealand Tony Granger Chief Creative Officer Saatchi & Saatchi NY Tony Hardcastle - CD AMV BBDO London Tony McTear CD TBWA London Thanks to these fine people!!!!!! bestads awards 2006 - Judges - Sam Walker
Sam Walker Mother London
Sam Walker has worked for Mother London for over six years and has been responsible for, amongst other things, campaigns for Egg, Orange, Typhoo, Observer, and Hoegaarden. We thought it was important to get a judge from Mother London ... the agency currently leading the world in our rankings. Sam has kindly offered to fill that role. RUSHES SOHO SHORTS 2006 Call for Entries From the good people at Rushes: Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, now celebrating its eighth consecutive year at the forefront of the European film festival calendar, is delighted to announce its first call for entries in 2006. The deadline for entries is 5th May and films must be no longer than 12 mins for each of the five categories: Short Film, Newcomer, Titles & Idents, Music Video and Animation. For more details and an application form go to: www.rushes.co.uk The landmark annual festival, which showcases the work of some of the UKs most talented young filmmakers, will run for a week from 29th July until 4th August. Awards for the best director in each category will be presented on Thursday 3rd August at the star studded Festival Awards night held at one of Londons hottest venues, The CC Club in Piccadilly. This years spokesperson is one of Britains best-loved actors, Bill Nighy, whose credits include The Constant Gardener, Enduring Love and most notably his hilarious performance as the un-cool-aging-rocker-Dad in Love Actually. This will be the second time Nighy, well known for his enthusiastic support of short film, has been a spokesperson for the festival. Also lending his support for the first time this year as a festival judge is British actor David Morrissey, soon to be seen cavorting with Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 2. Other new judges joining the ranks alongside Time Outs film critic Dave Calhoun and the Observers Jason Solomons, include Dave Waters, Creative Director and Founder of acclaimed advertising agency DFGW and Maggie Ellis from the UK Film Council. The Vue Cinema in Leicester Square will continue to be the delegate centre and main venue in the West End. Vue Cinemas will also host regional screenings in Shepherds Bush, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Cambridge and Leeds. Other screenings planned for the festival schedule include Straight 8, APA, Futureshorts and Shorts International. The BBC Film Network will also feature a selection of the festivals best films from the last 7 years on their website. Confirmed sponsors so far include Ascent Media, Sony, Black Sheep, Tip Top, Cobra Beer and Kodak. A reminder from the NY Art Directors club. A reminder from the NY Art Directors club. Call for entries The NY Art Directors Club is calling for young gun entries YoungGuns print & outdoor winners. A selection of the YoungGuns 2005 print & outdoor winners is now in the bestads print archives. Go to "archives" in the menu, and then "browse print archives". YoungGuns 2005. A few words from Andy Fackrell. By Andy Fackrell, Co-ECD, 180 Amsterdam 2005 YoungGuns Jury Chairman YoungGuns 2005 was a show dominated by film; not necessarily in the 30 second spot - although there were some beauties - but ideas that pushed into longer and unconventional formats. It is relevant, and hugely encouraging, that younger creatives are leading the way. Two of the Gold Bullets given in Film, to the mesmerizing Sony Balls cinema spot and Mini Counterfeit are examples of brilliant communication that are not only fresh in ideas but fulfilled through execution. The Sony spot will no doubt pick up a few gongs over the next 12 months - it was nice that the jury here in Sydney got to see it first. It was less effective over shorter lengths but got full value in its longest format: a great choice of music, director and editor, it reached its maximum potential due to it's craft. Counterfeit similarly showed an amazing depth, yet instead of one simple idea well honed, it was a simple idea jam packed with parody. Both were clearly made by real talents who understand that an idea is but the first stage in the process. Viral film had some highlights with interesting craft decisions you would hope for in young teams. But where were the young directors? The jury struggled to find any stand out piece of work to include in this category. The same applied in other craft categories, aside from the animated Duke Spirit music video. You need a pretty decent song to kick-start a video but this one had it all going on. And kept you there till the last note. It must be said, that print and the student entries were a little disappointing this year; both seemed hamstrung by old formats when compared to the above. You hoped that wouldn't be the case at YoungGuns. There was the Gold winning Playstation Bus Shelter from Malaysia, a really interesting DM piece for Singapore's Navy, but the best idea was probably a Bottom Drawer number from Sweden, that hoped to counteract an annual Nazi Rally held in a small town there. Check that one out in the book. Maybe print really is slipping, in terms of relevance, and not the place to learn the business of advertising anymore? Yet, look at how good it can be, when pulled off with confidence, as with the Student Entry of the Year for Hubba Bubba. Congratulations Menno Kluin; you had a great idea and you showed great taste and restraint in your art direction. Your execution carried it off. Interestingly, the same attributes apply to the Sony Balls spot, easily voted by the whole jury as Best of Show; its creator Juan Cabral (Fallon London) honoured as the 2005 YoungGun of the Year. So, in all, a really good show if not a little skewed to moving pictures. Some fantastic talent is out there, in all parts of the world, pushing advertising into new areas and blurring the lines between medias. I'd like to thank the jury for the great effort and healthy, open debates that makes this show a little bit special. Also thank you YoungGuns for organizing a smooth event and their excellent hospitality; our livers, the weather and the Sculptures by the Sea all held up well that week. Thank you Sydney. Andy Fackrell To view the Sony "Balls" spot click .... HERE To view the "Counterfeit Minis" spot click .... HERE YoungGuns 2005. A few words from Nobby. By David Nobay, Chairman of Print / Outdoor Jury How old is old? And how young is young? Its a question that bounced around both sides of the jury over the 3 days of judging this year. The simple fact is theres a fair few 29 year old heavyweights in the industry these days; complete with heavyweight salaries, titles and an enviable clutch of precious metal. Which, perhaps, explains just how young so much of the winning YoungGuns work is. Frankly, if wed been told we were judging a major international grown up award, I dont think any of us would have been thrown. In a way, thats a compliment to the high levels of craft and the general sense of sophistication in the conceptual thinking. But its also kind of sad, and a bit odd. Like a teenager walking around in his Dads business suit. Personally, I was expecting more spectacular failure wild, radical and dangerous new thinking that totally ignored industry law and broke some new ground, albeit with a crude naivety. Admittedly, there were some glaring exceptions that felt fresh from the asylum Counterfeit Mini (Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami) is a corker, across all media. The Gold Bullet winning PlayStation bubble-wrap outdoor (McCann Erickson Malaysia) is a genius alchemy of brand and consumer. The safe sex cards (Leo Burnett Canada) deserved their gong in copywriting and who could forget Gay Nazi Rally (????) in the Bottom Drawer section? (By the way, a pure gift of a category criminally thin on outrageous creativity given the criteria is work the client didnt have the balls to run. Come on guys!). Overall, the winning work is genuinely world class and the creators deserve to be proud. That said, this show is as much about sticking a cattle-prod up us industry old farts as celebrating youth, and Id like to question whats driving young creatives based on the bulk of the work. After all, its all very well repeating the sins of your fathers, but the real fun is thinking up some fresh sin all of your own!. DN 2005 YOUNGGUNS INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS
2005 YOUNGGUNS INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING AWARDS PRESS RELEASE
Friday night, November 25th saw the YoungGuns team host their 5th annual awards ceremony, exhibition and party in Sydney, Australia. Continuing with their Hardly Legal theme on the night, a mixture of the industrys personnel partied hard until the early hours of the following morning. In the closest race in 5 years for the Agency of the Year title, Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami looked certain to take the honours for the second year running after winning the highest number of Gold and Silver bullets across the most categories; that was until the jury unanimously voted Juan Cabrals magical Balls spot for Sony Bravia (out of Fallon London) as the Best of Show. This honour saw Fallon London leapfrog CP+B to claim the title. The Sony Balls spot picked up 2 Gold Bullets as well as Best of Show. Its Argentinean creator and 2005 YoungGun of the Year Juan Cabral, will enjoy the US$5000 prize purse as well receiving an invitation from the YoungGuns organisers to sit on the 2006 YoungGuns Jury. Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide also picked up the YoungGuns Network of the Year award for the second time (also winning in 2003) with wins from its offices in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, Norway, Malaysia, USA and Singapore. As Jury Chairmen, Andy Fackrell (180 Amsterdam) and David Nobby Nobay (Saatchi Sydney) both commented, the overall standard of work entered in 2005 was great, although film proved to be a lot stronger than print (something quite the opposite in 2004). The Student Award impressed yet again, with Menno Kluin (Miami Ad School Hamburg) taking the top prize for his Hubba Bubba print campaign. Menno is currently working for ex-pat Aussie young gun Leo Premutico at Saatchi & Saatchi New York and was in Sydney to accept his Gold Bullet. For more information about YoungGuns or for press enquiries, please contact Michael Kean on +61 402 277 492 or email Michael@ygaward.com YoungGuns Agency & Network of the uearBest of Show: 20 points GOLD: 10 points SILVER: 5 points BRONZE: 3 points FINALIST: 1 point YOUNGGUNS AGENCY OF THE YEAR 1) Fallon London 49 points 2) Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 46 points 3) Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney 28 points (=3rd) 3) Colenso BBDO Auckland 28 points (=3rd) 5) Leo Burnett USA 26 points 6) JWT London 25 points 7) Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 20 points 8) Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia 15 points (=8th) 8) McCann Erickson Malaysia 15 points (=8th) 10) Buck USA 13 points 11) Springer & Jacoby Amsterdam 12 points 12) Publicis Mojo Sydney 9 points (=12th) 12) Publicis Mojo Melbourne 9 points (=12th) 12) Leo Burnett London 9 points (=12th) 15) MTC New Zealand 8 points YOUNGGUNS NETWORK OF THE YEAR Points tallied from individual agencies within the network. For a network to be eligible, points must have been scored in 3 or more individual agencies within the network. 1) Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide 84 points 2) Leo Burnett Worldwide 46 points 3) BBDO Worldwide 35 points 4) JWT Worldwide 34 points 5) Publicis Worldwide 31 points YoungGun 2005 Rankings2005 YOUNGGUNS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS 1. Juan Cabral Fallon London 45 2. Tiffany Kosel Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 28 3. Guy Rooke Colenso BBDO Auckland / Crispin Porter + Bogusky 22 4. Dave Derrick Leo Burnett USA 18 5. Jeff Benjamin Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 15 =6. Ryan Honey Buck USA 13 =6. Thomas Schmid Buck USA 13 =6. Ben Langsfeld Buck USA 13 =9. Murray White Springer & Jacoby Amsterdam 12 =9. Andy DiLallo Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 12 =9. Gaston Bigio Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 12 =9. Jonathon Gurvit Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 12 =13. Wayne Robinson JWT London 11 =13. Liong Khoon Kiat Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia 11 =13. Ruyi Yuen Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia 11 16. Chee-Wee Choo McCann Erickson Malaysia 10 =17. Tony Haigh Publicis Mojo Sydney 9 =17. Alex Derwin Publicis Mojo Sydney 9 =17. Selena McKenzie Publicis Mojo Melbourne 9 =20. Josh Lancaster MTC New Zealand 8 =20. Darren Keff JWT London 8 =20. Maria Lishman Colenso BBDO Auckland 8 =20. Andy Dao Leo Burnett USA 8 =20. Matt Miller Leo Burnett USA 8 =20. Nanat Teparak Leo Burnett USA 8 =26. Dustin Ballard Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 6 =26. Larry Corwin Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 6 =26. Wayne Robinson JWT London 6 =26. Anthony Moss Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 6 =26. Nicholas Pringle Leo Burnett London 6 =26. Clark Edwards Leo Burnett London 6 =26. Steve OConnell Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 6 =45. Eron Broughton Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 6 =34. Jae Soh Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore 5 =34. Robin Tan Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore 5 =34. Tim Huse Colenso BBDO Auckland 5 =34. Eddie Azadi McCann Erickson Malaysia 5 =34. Ryan Kutscher Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 5 =34. Jae Morrison Colenso BBDO Auckland 5 =34. Pablo Tayer Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 5 =34. Hernan Rebalderia Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 5 =34. Aricio Fortes Publicis Salles Norton Brazil 5 =34. Woof Wan-Bau Nexus Productions London 5 =34. Tom Paine MTC New Zealand 5 =34. Mike Knight MTC New Zealand 5 =46. Andrew Petch Publicis London 4 =46. Jim Dive Grey London 4 =46. Sam Hibbard Grey London 4 =46. Nicola Hawes Grey London 4 =46. Ross Fowler Grey London 4 =46. Joao Caetano Brasil JWT Sao Paulo 4 =46. Keka Morelle JWT Sao Paulo 4 =46. Brian Merrifield Saatchi & Saatchi NZ 4 =46. Rohit Devgun RMG David India 4 =46. Amit Nandwani RMG David India 4 =46. Mike Ferrare Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 4 =46. Primus Nair Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia 4 =46. Ong Kien Hoe Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia 4 =46. Ali Alvarez Fallon London 4 =46. Hital Pandya JWT India 4 =46. Karan Amin JWT India 4 =46. Guadalupe Pereira Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 4 =63. Mark Molloy EXIT Films Melbourne 3 =63. Steven Mathias RMG David India 3 =63. Priya Pardiwalla RMG David India 3 =63. Dimirti Guerassimov CLM BBDO Paris 3 =63. Fred Lutge CLM BBDO Paris 3 =63. Colin Jeffery Arnold Worldwide USA 3 =63. Lawrence Katz Saatchi & Saatchi South Africa 3 =63. Olivia Tesson Saatchi & Saatchi South Africa 3 =63. Ang Sheng Jin 10AM Communications Singapore 3 =63. Clarence Chiew 10AM Communications Singapore 3 =63. Tan Chee Keong Leo Burnett Malaysia 3 =63. Donevan Chew Leo Burnett Malaysia 3 =63. Karl Fleet Publicis Mojo NZ 3 =63. Derrick Kim Publicis Mojo NZ 3 =63. Peter Hibberd Young & Rubicam Melbourne 3 =63. Vince Lagana Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 3 =63. Rishi Chanana RMG David India 3 =63. Naz Nazli Leo Burnett London 3 =63. Gareth Hare Leo Burnett London 3 =63. Daniel Cojocaru Ogilvy & Mather Germany 3 =63. Tim Green Publicis Mojo Sydney 3 =63. Tim Cairns Publicis Mojo Sydney 3 =63. Darren Borrino TBWAHUNTLASCARIS Sth. Africa 3 =63. Veann Leps Leo Burnett Canada 3 =63. Jake Mikosh Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 3 =63. David Gonzalez Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 3 =63. Justin Kramm Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 3 =63. David Povill Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 3 =63. Rahul Panchal Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 3 =63. Gianluigi Bellini Saatchi & Saatchi Italy 3 =63. Antonio Di Battista Saatchi & Saatchi Italy 3 =63. Jens Paul Pfau Saatchi & Saatchi NY 3 =63. Menno Kluin Saatchi & Saatchi NY 3 =96. Tom Zukoski Crispin Porter + Bogusky Miami 2 =96. Rebecca Carrasco Saatchi & Saatchi NZ 2 =96. Danielle Thornton Saatchi & Saatchi New York 2 =96. Hernan Tomassini Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 2 =96. Denison Kusano Y&R Chicago 2 =101. Anthony Chelvanathan Leo Burnett Canada 1 =101. Steve Persico Leo Burnett Canada 1 =101. Ivan Hady Wibowo McCann-Erickson Singapore 1 =101. Kate Clough Ogilvy & Mather London 1 =101. Jo Griffiths Ogilvy & Mather London 1 =101. Mike Blanch TBWATORONTO 1 =101. Greg Buri TBWATORONTO 1 =101. Jorge Poma Betti Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 1 =101. Hernan Tomassini Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 1 =101. Andre Faria AlmapBBDO Brazil 1 =101. Graeme Hall DDB London 1 =101. Fabio Rodrigues Talent Brazil 1 =101. Ricardo John Talent Brazil 1 =101. Jorge Poma Betti Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi Argentina 1 =101. Alberto Jaen Virtruvio Leo Burnett Madrid 1 =101. Simon Chew BBDO Singapore 1 =101. Joseph Cheong BBDO Singapore 1 =101. Jatinder Sandhu Leo Burnett Singapore 1 =101. David Joubert Leo Burnett Singapore 1 =101. Nic Buckingham Saatchi & Saatchi Australia 1 =101. Mark Forgan Clemenger BBDO Wellington 1 =101. Jamie Standen Clemenger BBDO Wellington 1 =101. Frank Anselmo BBDO New York 1 =101. Jayson Atienza BBDO New York 1 =101. Chris Maiorino BBDO New York 1 =101. Simone Brandse Lowe Hunt Sydney 1 =101. Michael Canning Lowe Hunt Sydney 1 =101. Felipe Massis Leo Burnett Brazil 1 =101. Guy Denniston PublicisMojo NZ 1 =101. Emmanuel Bougneres PublicisMojo NZ 1 =101. Onur Kece BWM Sydney 1 =101. Matt Lawson BWM Sydney 1 =101. Hidetoshi Kuranari Dentsu Japan 1 =101. Teng Run Run McCann-Erickson Singapore 1 =101. Gayle Jill Lim McCann-Erickson Singapore 1 =101. Zach Hilder Energy BBDO 1 =101. Dario Nucci 180 Amsterdam Libo/TBWA 1 =101. Lina Elfstrand Lowe Brindfors Sweden 1 =101. Johan Holmstrom Lowe Brindfors Sweden 1 =101. Dave Bowman The Glue Society 1 =101. Matty Burton The Glue Society 1 =101. Antero Jokinen 180 Amsterdam Libo/TBWA 1 =101. Morgan Kurchak Leo Burnett Canada 1 =101. Raul Garcia Leo Burnett Canada 1 Obsessives onlyD&AD ... on sale now You can now enter the D&AD Global Awards 2006 at ... http://www.dandad.org/awards06/. Enter before 9 December to receive a 10% discount. Deadline for entries 27 January 2006. D&AD Global Awards 2006. Obsessives Only. ADC 85th Annual Awards The ADC 85th Annual Awards competition opens November 1, 2005 during our anniversary year. Winners will be celebrated at the Annual Awards gala on June 8, 2006 in New York, and published in full color in the Art Directors Annual 85. Our International Traveling Exhibition will showcase winning work across the globe in the following year. Enter online at www.adcawards.org Professional Deadline: January 10, 2006 Student Deadline: January 31, 2006 Cannes launches Promo Lions The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has announced a number of changes for next years festival. A new category, Promo Lions, has been created awarding creative excellence in the areas of sales promotion, including retail marketing, environmental design, in-store advertising and media. The new Promo Lions jury will judge entries designed to create immediate activation and will award Lions to the freshest creative ideas. For the first time, outdoor will run separate to press. A separate outdoor jury president will head a dedicated jury voting solely on entries in the Outdoor section. The Cannes organising committee said this will allow for a clearer judging of the entries based on the merit of their medium without being influenced by how they perform if also entered in the press competition. A separate jury president will preside over both the film and press sections. A new award, Media Agency of the Year, will be presented to the agency that obtains the highest score for entries in the Media Lions section. As with Agency of the Year, Direct Agency of the Year and Interactive Agency of the Year awards, the calculation will be based on all of the awards won by an agency, but will include a maximum of 10 points for shortlisted entries. Gold, silver and bronze Lions will be awarded in the Media Lions competition due to increased interest in the category - since its introduction in 1999, entries have risen from 421 to 1076 in 2005. Two new categories in film, print and outdoor are included in the 2006 festival, to run from 18-24 June 2006. Household separates into Household Cleaning (ie: washing powder, bleach) and Household Other (ie: glue, batteries, etc.). Toiletries & Pharmaceuticals will now be separated into Toiletries and Over the Counter Pharmacy. Ten half-day workshops will also be introduced next year, each accommodating 75 to 100 delegates. A Young Creatives Film Competition will be added to complement the Young Creative Print and Cyber competitions. The competing teams will be required to create a 30-second mobile phone ad in 72 hours for a charity or non-profitable organisation, whose name, objective, strategies and target audience remain secret until disclosed at the briefing session. Story supplied by AUSTRALIAN CREATIVE. News from the Art Directors Club NY From the Executive Director This is the time of year when the ADC unveils its Annual Call for Entries. Ernest Lupinacci and his terrific team at Anomaly have created a dazzling poster for the 85th, which will soon be on its way. For the first time, it will also premiere on our new dedicated website, www.adcawards.org. Getting into this show earns you a secure place in history. You'll keep company with the legends that march through 85 years of Art Directors Annuals, tracing the path of advertising and design from 1920 into the future. Be part of that record. Inspire your peers and future generations. And if you take home a cube, it'll give you a whole new idea of heavy. Here's to your best. Myrna Davis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Young Guns Online registration for the Young Guns 5 competition will open on December 1st. In the meantime, we asked and they answered. Below are some thoughts from Young Guns 4 winners. Stefan Boucher writes ... "I remember how excited I was when I found out that I got chosen as a Young Gun. One of the best creatives age 30 and under in the whole damn world?! Now that's bragging rights. And a swift kick in the ass, too: Time to get serious! Time to pull out all the stops and see what's possible. Being named a Young Gun isn't the end of the race, it's the sound of the starter pistol. Who wants to peak at 30? Julia Hoffman reports ... that since winning YG4, she has designed the bestseller "America The Book," with Jon Stewart, which took a full 5 months of her life. She continues to freelance. In addition, her website had 1200 hits in the month of the young guns opening, September 2004. Julia writes, "Suddenly I got emails from all over the world, and a chinese magazine published an article on me. Freelance clients started to have more respect for me, and I could ask for more money. Personally it may change my life drastically, my lawyer said it will benefit me a lot in the greencard application that I am starting to go through right now. Some advice to people who are only out of school for a year or two (as she was then): "Wait for the next Young Guns to submit your work, if you can. You should be really proud of the work you submit, because that's what the people will know you for, that's the first impression in the real world." First director to sit on the Young Guns Award Jury. Director Alan White has been chosen as the first director to sit on the Young Guns Award Jury. Alan is represented by Bob Industries and has recently signed to Curious Film for Asia/ Pacific representation. EGG CONTINUES TO SIZZLE Recipe for Success: Just add Egg (Cape Town, South Africa 20 October 2005) At the recent Loerie Awards the team at Egg Films won two of the five Golds, 12 Silvers and eight Bronzes. This years total of 22 awards for seven different ads makes it the sixth consecutive year that Egg has shown its mettle. With only four directors, work produced by Egg won more Loerie awards this year than any other South Africa production company. Exit the strength lying in numbers adage and enter the small company that continues to command dominance in the market. Eggs executive producer, Colin Howard, explains that their strategy is simple: We keep a small and creatively-driven shop. We hand-pick our projects and director-producer teams rather than following a blanket approach. « First « Previous Next » Last » 2 of 3 |
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