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Last year’s Grand Effie winner Halo and client Pineapple show they are not a one-hit wonder, as they are awarded with the 2025 Gold Effie for Sustained Success - Products, Services.

One of only four Gold Effies awarded last month at the ACA Effie Awards, the Volkswagen Night School: Rewriting the Rules of the Road campaign from Ogilvy is an example of how traditional marketing has changed, and how a campaign can bring about real societal change.

Winning a Gold Effie Award at the ACA Effie Awards held last month, Sanlam’s The F-Show with agency Accenture Song is a campaign that captured reach and impact through humour, and resonated with the market.

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.

The 6 th annual Bokeh South African International Lifestyle & Fashion Film Festival Gala Awards took place this past weekend, 13 July at the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town.

The second edition of the SA Indie Film Fest took place in Johannesburg on 18 May at The Bioscope and on the 26 May 2019 at The Labia Theatre in Cape Town. SAIFF showcased talented, short-form indie filmmakers, both local and international.

The Labia, Cape Town's oldest independent cinema, celebrated its 70th anniversary with the first international screening of Rocketman, just three days after the film on the life and times of Elton John, was launched at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

The Cape Town International Film Market and Festival (CTIFMF) recently announced the winners of the 2018 edition of the festival at the Cape Town City Hall.

The recent Red Bull Amaphiko Film Festival took place at various venues in Braamfontein, Johannesburg from 27 to 29 October 2017. The festival aims at offering youth an opportunity to telll stories through their own lenses and to introduce new and different perspectives on storytelling.

The winners of the 2017 Cape Town International Film Market and Festival (CTIFM&F) were announced at a red carpet event, held at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town. The event was hosted by Pearl Thusi and Maps Maponyane.

The team behind new dance film Pop, Lock ‘n Roll, producers Mayenzeke Baza and Pascal Schmitz, and director Ziggy Hofmeyr, hosted a VIP screening of the film at CineCentre Killarney on Wednesday night, 21 September, ahead of the film's release next Friday, 29 September.