Film & Cinematography Multimedia

The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.

The Loeries 2025 in-person jury judging session took place on Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 October, in Cape Town. VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity caught up with some of the jury presidents to glean some of the highlights of the entries and what constitutes a winning entry.

Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

In October Mr Philip Thomas, CEO of the Lions Festivals and acclaimed industry expert, was brought out to South Africa to share insights from the pinnacle of the advertising's industry, Cannes Lions, on winning brand communication campaigns across the globe and what they mean for business top line performance.

The fourth season of the highly anticipated alternative film festival, Short and Sweet kicked off in the Mother City on Tuesday, 23 September 2014.

The Cinemark 2013 Cannes Lions Winners Showreel event held recently at Cinema Nouveau, Cedar Square, Fourways, saw top industry players from the South African world of creativity and advertising experiencing Cannes style gaming, sultry jazz singer Hannah Foster, astonishing Adage performers, a surprise diamond giveaway and the highlight of the evening - the screening of the 2013 Cannes Lions winners reel!.

Cinemark celebrated their year-end with a fun family holiday "Christmas in July" event with Christmas themed snacks, hot chocolate, a colouring-in competition, face painting and a private viewing of 'Despicable Me 2'. Clients and their families were invited to join in the celebration and fun was had by all.

Cinemark, cinema marketing experts, recently hosted the 2012 Cannes Lions Winners Reel Screening at Ster-Kinekor Cedar Square, Fourways. The exclusive event saw invited guests from valued clients, media and top industry players.

The new Ster-Kinekor Cine Prestige, which opened its doors to the public on 3 April 2012, recently held a press launch at The Zone @Rosebank, Johannesburg.

As part of the extensive support Starcom Media Group and the Leo Burnett Group offer the Vulingquando crèche throughout the year, a Christmas party as well as a small graduation ceremony is held annually for these children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The premier for the homebrewed film, The Bang Bang Club, was held at Sandton Ster Kinekor in July.

Pop Up Cinema is a film screening concept in South Africa which allows people to immerse themselves into the very heart and soul of film. It's free, it's strictly limited and it encourages people to enjoy movies in a completely different way.