Loeries Young Creatives winner, student judging panel announced

Twenty-five-year-old Darren Cronje has won the Loeries 2008 Young Creatives Award and, with it, an all-expenses-paid trip to the One Show in New York - and the Student Judging Panel for the Loeries was announced yesterday, Monday 1 June 2009. 2 Jun 2009 11:57

Loeries Migrate showcases the sinfully creative

The Seven Deadly Sins edition of Migrate, The Loerie Awards magazine, is available this December, showcasing a compilation of some of the best writing, illustration and photography that the industry has to offer. 15 Dec 2008 09:32

Early orders discounted for 2008 Loeries Annual

With the Loeries having celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, the 2008 Loeries Annual, designed by Net#work BBDO, promises to be a bumper edition. It will close off the 2008 theme, “Make your mom proud”, taking on the appearance of a family photo album. It also comes with a DVD set featuring the TV, radio, experiential and digital winners. 3 Dec 2008 11:43

Loeries scholarship to nurture grassroots creativity

The Loeries Scholarship was awarded this year for the first time to enable a talented student from a disadvantaged background to further their studies in communication design at a tertiary institution. The scholarship has the broader aim of increasing awareness of the creative industry as a career path for disadvantaged students and to increase the flow of creative talent into the industry. 18 Nov 2008 11:38

Giant Films

Music video wins Loeries Craft award

The Parlotones hit, "I'll Be There", received a Craft certificate for animation and special visual effects. This reportedly marks the first time a music video has won at the Loeries. 11 Aug 2008 11:59

Producing the audiovisual goods for Loeries

A recommendation by Velocity Films executive producer, Peter Carr, saw Be Phat Motel Film Company approached early in 2008 to produce a series of visuals for this year's 30th anniversary Loerie Awards ceremony, specifically the six musical performances. Be Phat Motel is an up-and-coming collaboration between a number of young South African industry professionals. 5 Aug 2008 08:50

Draftfcb (South Africa)

Draftfcb South Africa Group claims second overall spot in Loeries tally

A strong creative performance by Draftfcb Johannesburg and Joe Public in Margate has Draftfcb South Africa ranked second - as a group - on the points table for The Loerie Awards 2008. 1 Aug 2008 20:13

Velocity

Keith Rose of Velocity wins Grand Prix for Allan Gray 'Beautiful'

This year's Loeries judges awarded the TV Grand Prix to the craftsmanship and masterful storytelling of Allan Gray 'Beautiful'. The commercial was conceptualised by agency King James and directed by Keith Rose of Velocity. 1 Aug 2008 16:26

Loeries Grands Prix for youth market campaigns

[Tshepiso Seopa] Whose mother wouldn't be proud if her creative child brought home a highly treasured bird, the Loerie Grand Prix award, after a weekend in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal? It's been almost a week since the excitement of the Loeries festival weekend and today we find out more about the concepts that won the judges' hearts, featuring Trigger Communications and the duo of Net#work BBDO and Gloo Digital Design. 1 Aug 2008 09:00

Velocity

Seen beside the Velocity poolside

The Velocity party by the pool at Margate last weekend for the 30th annual Loeries was its usual rockin' self. Sweat.x got those feet tapping and all those folks going down brown, whilet the girls in tight lycra introduced everyone to Jose and the boys in gold shorts and painted toenails shook their well-formed booties. 31 Jul 2008 17:01

FoxP2

FoxP2 finish fourth on overall Loeries winners' list

[Jennifer Vivier] FoxP2 left Margate over the moon and under the weather in the early hours of Monday morning, 28 July 2008, with the joint highest number of golds won and in fourth position in the overall Loeries ranking, with 2250 points - just a hundred points short of creative powerhouse Net#work and ahead of agency giant Jupiter. 30 Jul 2008 16:51

Frieze Films

Frieze Films features at The Loeries

Frieze Films directors Tony Baggott and Steve Tanchel projects picked up Loerie awards this past weekend: Baggott notched up two Bronzes, one each for Audi and KFC 'Love Notes'; while Tanchel won a Bronze for Soweto Rugby Club. His MTN 'Snapshots' commercial, which he directed for Metropolitan Republic, picked up a Gold editing craft. 30 Jul 2008 15:08

Joe Public

Joe Public brings home 12 Loeries

Advertising agency Joe Public has great reason to celebrate. Over the past 12 months, the agency has worked hard to meet strategic and creative goals, culminating in 12 Loerie Awards and as a result of the newly implemented Creative Circle Creativity Points system, Joe Public has received an overall fifth place ranking at the 2008 Loerie Awards in Margate. 30 Jul 2008 13:36

Scarce Gold Loerie goes to microsite

Gold Loeries were at a premium this year, with only 23 (19 Professional and four Student) being awarded. Communications services agency proximity#ttp was one of the select few, with a Gold Loerie for its Cell C campaign, Hummerville, in the Experiential, Digital - Microsite category, which also received a Silver, Bronze and a Craft Certificate in other categories. 29 Jul 2008 13:01