2009 Loeries finalists announced

Winners will be announced at the Loeries Festival Weekend in Cape Town, 24 - 27 September. The judging took place last week, 13 - 17 July, at Vega Johannesburg, where more than 130 of the best creative minds in the industry judged the more than 3000 entries received this year.

Advertising

Design

Experiential

Integrated

Student

Travelling Expo

The Loeries Travelling Exhibition will be visiting the Mother City, at Vega's Cape Town Campus, 24 July - 1 August, the second time the expo has been to the Western Cape this year after its February launch at Design Indaba. The exhibition, which is sponsored by the SABC, travels both locally and internationally to museums, festivals, agencies and educational institutions, showcasing the best of the southern African brand communications industry.

The major sponsors for the 31st Annual Loerie Awards are the SABC, Ads24, Cape Town Tourism, The City of Cape Town and Gearhouse South Africa. Additional sponsors and official suppliers are Brandhouse, Lightworks, Sappi, Vodacom Mobile Media, Cape Film Commission, Aon South Africa, Mango Airlines, Hetzner, Tempest Car Hire, MetropolitanRepublic, Hello Computer, Zero One One, Wicked Pixels, DJ Badly, Media Host, Orchestra Blue, Sonovision Studios, Gallo Images, Paygate, Ornico Group, Rocketseed, Newsclip, Lifesense Financial Services, Egg Films, Crowne Plaza Johannesburg - The Rosebank, Grand Daddy Hotel, Cape Town Partnership, Audio Militia, H-Factor, Universal Music Group, EMI Music Publishing South Africa, Ultra Litho, juju and the Core Group.

For more information, go to www.theloerieawards.co.za. To listen to the radio ad finalists, go to www.rab.co.za/topics/creative-corner/loeries-2009-radio-finalists/.