Cannes Lions announces final juries

18 Apr 2012

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the final three juries for this year's event: Branded Content & Entertainment, Film Craft and Mobile Lions jury.

The jury members will meet in Cannes in June where they will join their respective jury presidents to view, debate and award the work. Avi Savar, founder and chief creative officer of Big Fuel, USA, will chair the first ever Branded Content & Entertainment Lions jury; Ivan Zacharias, director of Stink, UK, will lead the Film Craft Jury; and Tom Eslinger, digital creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, takes the helm of the inaugural Mobile Lions jury.

Branded Content & Entertainment Lions Jury

Avi Savar, founder and chief creative Officer, Big Fuel, USA - Jury President
Rodrigo Figueroa Reyes, founder & chief executive officer, FiRe Advertainment, Argentina
Michael Hilliard, executive producer, FINCH, Australia
Silvia Goh, managing director, LiquidThread/Starcom MediaVest Group, China
Jan Godsk, creative consultant/Branded Content Specialist, Ideatakeaway, Denmark
Cyrus Oshidar, creative director, Bawa Broadcasting, India
Marc Ros, partner & general director, AFTERSHARE.TV, Spain
Dean Baker, managing director, JWT Entertainment, United Kingdom
Mary Lisio, senior vice-president, Non-Fiction & Branded Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, USA
Doug Scott, president, OgilvyEntertainment, USA
Bill Davenport, president, Wieden + Kennedy Entertainment, USA
Scott Donaton, chief executive officer & president, Ensemble, USA

Film Craft Lions Jury

Ivan Zacharias, director, Stink, United Kingdom - Jury president
Dulcidio Caldeira, director, ParanoidBR, Brazil
Ralf Schmerberg, Artist/director, Atelier Ralf Schmerberg, Germany
Sneha Iype Varma, executive producer/partner, Nirvana Films, India
Seiichi Hishikawa, executive creative director, Drawing and Manuel, Japan
Espen Horn, executive producer, Motion Blur, Norway
Alex Roman, director, The Third & The Seventh, Spain
Peter Raeburn, creative director, Soundtree Music, United Kingdom
Michael Sagol, executive producer & managing partner, Caviar, USA
Diane Jackson, executive vice-president/director of Integrated Production, DDB Chicago, USA

Mobile Lions Jury

Tom Eslinger, digital creative director, Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, Global - Jury president
Barney Loehnis, digital lead Asia Pacific, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Asia Pacific
Leo Xavier, founder, Grupo.Mobi, Brazil
Paul Gunning, chief executive officer, Tribal DDB Worldwide, Global
Daisuke Yanasawa, chief executive officer, KAYAC, Japan
Hoon-Joo Shin, vice-president of Corporate Image, KT, Korea
Per Holmkvist, founder & board director, Mobiento, Sweden
Salvador Carillo Bardo, chief executive officer, Mobile Dreams Factory, Spain
Peter Sells, head of mobile, BBH, United Kingdom
Laura Marriott, chief executive officer, NeoMedia Technologies, USA

Entries close 20 April 2012. For late entry enquiries, please contact moc.snoilsennac@seirtne. For further information and tips on how to enter please visit http://www.canneslions.com/awards/. The Festival takes place from 17-23 June 2012.

The new Mobile Lions category is sponsored by AT&T AdWorks and the Film Craft Lions category is sponsored by FilmBrazil.

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