Mon, 06 Feb 2012
Cinemark, the official South African representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and its affiliated global advertising awards programmes, has announced the appointment of three more jury presidents for this year’s event taking place 17 to 23 June in Cannes, France.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012
Cannes Lions, the International Festival of Creativity which runs in France from 17 to 23 June, has announced the addition of a Young Lions Design Competition to the 2012 event.
Mon, 23 Jan 2012
The Dubai International Advertising Festival has announced that Raja Trad, CEO of Leo Burnett Group MENA and member of the Leo Burnett Wordwide Global Leadership Council (GLC), will receive the prestigious Dubai Lynx Advertising Person 2012 Award.
Tue, 17 Jan 2012
The Jupiter Drawing Room (TJDR) in Johannesburg ranked third overall at the prestigious global financial advertising and marketing Midas Awards in December, becoming the only South African advertising agency to have received such recognition.
Mon, 16 Jan 2012
The SABC1 brand has returned from a period of absence with a national billboard campaign, launched in December 2011.
Mon, 16 Jan 2012
For ad agency TBWA, director Malo 8 of Johannesburg-based Frieze Films spent three days on a cross-country shoot for a new television commercial for Cotlands, which tells a tale from the childhood of popular music star, Loyiso Bala.
Tue, 10 Jan 2012
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is pleased to announce that Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, will head up both the Film and Press Juries at the 59th Festival, taking place in Cannes, France, 17-23 June 2012.
Tue, 10 Jan 2012
The 2012 edition of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity will take place from 17 to 23 June in Cannes, France.
Mon, 12 Dec 2011
JWT Johannesburg’s new campaign for arguably the world’s most beloved breakfast cereal, Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies®, is titled Holiday Chefs and asks moms and their kids to “mix, shape and share” their most interesting recipes to stand a chance of winning a family holiday worth R20 000.
Wed, 07 Dec 2011
TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Durban has been awarded digital and social media business from their existing client, aQuellé. This comes hot on the heels of their integrated new business win of Epic Canola, a Johannesburg based company.
Mon, 05 Dec 2011
The Financial Mail AdFocus Awards ceremony announced Ogilvy Africa as the winner of the AdFocus African Agency Network of the Year award for the third year running. The agency has dominated this category every year since its inception in 2009.
Wed, 30 Nov 2011
Conceptualised by agency Fox P2 and directed by Egg Films’ Bruno Bossie, The Cigarette That Saved Lives is a controversial new commercial for non-profit organisation, The DNA Project.
Tue, 29 Nov 2011
Abey Mokgwatsane will take office as the new CEO of Ogilvy South Africa as from January 2012. Longtine incumbent CEO Nunu Ntshingila will remain with the Group and has been appointed Chairman.
Thu, 24 Nov 2011
Cape Film Commission (CFC) CEO Denis Lillie is inviting the commercials and advertising sector in Cape Town to meet with him and the CFC management team on 6 December to discuss concerns over permits and locations. This follows the circulation of a petition by the Commercial Producers Association (CPA) and the South African Association of Stills Producers (SAASP), signed by more than 1,000 individuals in the industry, calling on the Mayor of Cape Town and the Premier of the Western Cape to address the film industry locations crisis.
Tue, 22 Nov 2011
As part of efforts to establish itself as a next generation production company, Masters & Savant Worldwide is now backing acclaimed photographer Chris Saunders.
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
At the Assegai Integrated Marketing Awards held on 17 November Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency won three gold awards and the overall Inkosi award for best entry overall.
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
DraftFCB Johannesburg celebrated ‘the end of a tough but rewarding year’ with a cocktail function for media and clients including Vodacom, Old Mutual and South African Breweries at their offices in Sandton on 17 November.
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
A television commercial which will promote the work done by the Prison Broadcasting Network (PBN) is now in full swing thanks to advertising agency Ogilvy Cape Town and Platypus Productions.
Fri, 18 Nov 2011
The International Festival of Creativity – Cannes Lions - has announced that Mobile will be added as a new awards section, launching at the 2012 Festival.
Wed, 16 Nov 2011
A new spot for an online dating site directed by Jeana Theron of Johannesburg based commercial production house Bouffant reflects her unique, stylised aesthetic.
Mon, 14 Nov 2011
Conceived by Ogilvy Johannesburg, I-Pledge, the new IMPERIAL campaign, aims to affect a behavioral shift in the hearts and minds of the people using South Africa's roads every day by encouraging them to make a commitment to be safer and friendlier.
Tue, 08 Nov 2011
All the winning work from the 33rd Annual Loerie Awards, which took place in Cape Town in September, can be viewed on www.theloerieawards.co.za. The Loeries are South Africa’s premier brand communication awards.
Mon, 07 Nov 2011
It was irresponsible meeting Bioscope Film’s director, Hylton Tannenbaum, and Lowe Bull Cape Town creative director, Alistair Morgan, at Fireman’s Arms. These are two entertaining guys and when I checked my notes later it was a
Sat, 05 Nov 2011
Call it a wrap on any location and most crews will clean up without a trace. But Fresh Eye Films and Dulux left their locations in downtown Joburg with a bold new perspective.
Thu, 03 Nov 2011
M-Net TAG (Television Awards for Good), formerly the Vuka! Awards, invites newcomer and professional creatives in the film and advertising industry to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for charitable organisations.
Thu, 03 Nov 2011
Concept in June 2010. Full treatment in September. A year in production. 37 people involved; 20 of them full time. You might picture a production line at full capacity, but that’s what it took to create Clover’s Way Better production line.
Thu, 03 Nov 2011
Two spots edited by Johannesburg-based Aces Up Post Production were honoured at the recent Loerie Awards in Cape Town. A Campaign Silver Loerie was awarded to The Walking Dead – Loved Ones Lost
Tue, 01 Nov 2011
Arnold Vermaak and Graham Merrill do indeed love to Jam. Vermaak is one half of the evocative electronica / jazzy music act, Prankster. Merrill is the bluesy voice and trombone slider for the bands Late Final and The Thunderbirds.
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
Marcus and Mack, two new characters created by Draftfcb for Vodacom, feature in a 60-second television commercial (TVC) that launches the mobile operator’s communication platform for summer, ‘Connect to the Summer of More'.
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
Bruce Mac of the Fabulous Boomtown Boys has become well known for directing commercials featuring charming kids and babies, with his latest Cerelac spot being no exception.
Wed, 19 Oct 2011
With all the talk of the power of social media in marketing, the two MCs of this year’s Loerie Awards couldn’t be more important.
Wed, 12 Oct 2011
The latest Engen television commercial from Draftfcb Cape Town features a succession of Engen 'employees' in a ‘sing-along’ that covers the length and breadth of South Africa to demonstrate the trustworthiness and diversity of the brand.
Fri, 07 Oct 2011
After seven years at the helm of the Loerie Awards, South Africa’s premier brand communication awards, Andrew Human will end his tenure as Loeries CEO at the end of February 2012.
Wed, 05 Oct 2011
During October Ogilvy Johannesburg will help South African pay-TV broadcaster M-Net to celebrate its 25th birthday with a print and outdoor media campaign that salutes the stars that have helped the M-Net brand become synonymous with 'magic'.
Wed, 05 Oct 2011
South Africa has taken 13th place in the overall country rankings in the 2011 Cannes Report which offers the official and definitive guide to the rankings from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Wed, 05 Oct 2011
Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town developed an animated short film to introduce Executive Education, a sub-brand of the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), by showing how curiosity grows with new discoveries and in return rewards one.
Wed, 05 Oct 2011
International financial services group Old Mutual launched its new television commercial (TVC) in South Africa on 2 October on SABC 1, 2, 3, e.tv and DStv.
Tue, 04 Oct 2011
The Loeries Travelling Exhibition, sponsored by Adobe and showcasing winning work from The Loerie Awards, will visit the Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography between 3 and 17 October.
Mon, 03 Oct 2011
On 15 August this year, Samsung kicked off its SurgeSafe TV campaign in Africa with Didier Yves Drogba Tébily, an Ivorian football star who currently plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League.
Thu, 29 Sep 2011
Direct life investment company Frank.net was awarded a gold, silver and bronze Loerie at the recent 33rd Annual Loerie Awards held in Cape Town, making it the 8th most awarded brand. Its campaign is a non traditional, straight talking 'you die we pay' approach.
Mon, 26 Sep 2011
The seventeenth Pendoring awards event at Vodaworld, Midrand on 21 October promises to be an evening of big ideas, big winners and big prizes, says Pendoring GM Franette Klerck.
Sun, 25 Sep 2011
Just under 3 000 entries were received for this year’s Loerie Awards, which take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) this month. Recognising creativity, innovation and excellence in brand communication, the Loeries are open to South Africa, Africa and the Middle East.
Wed, 21 Sep 2011
After winning several awards at last weekend’s Loerie Awards, Velocity Films has retained its number one Production House ranking.
Tue, 20 Sep 2011
A total of 230 awards were handed out at the 33rd Annual Loerie Awards, which took place on 17 and 18 September at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
Anton Crone writes… In a year when the South African film award tally at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity was at a low, I asked a variety of advertising folk about the potential for distinctly African advertising to wow judges and consumers alike.
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
South African director Jeremy Goodall is a dab hand at shooting action scenes that have explosive energy and grit.
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
A commercial developed for POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) by Ogilvy and produced by Frieze Films was one of the few South African films recognised at Cannes.
Fri, 16 Sep 2011
South African cinema advertising broker Cinemark was honoured for service excellence in the TV and Cinema category of Wag the Dog’s MOST Awards presented on 5 September at Johannesburg’s Montecasino.
Mon, 05 Sep 2011
Well known South African director of photography (DOP) Rob Malpage has joined Frieze Films as a director.
Fri, 02 Sep 2011
LINDA KRIGE writes…The latest global trends in brand communication were revealed at the Loerie Awards Seminar held at The Campus in Bryanston, Johannesburg, in July.
