The Cristal Festival will be opening its doors on the 7th December for the 11th edition of the prestigious event and is now calling for entries for the 12 official competitions!
The 11th edition of the Cristal Festival is back with a bang! This year there will be one new official competition: Design and the Festival is also launching new contests for young talent.
Putting creativity at the heart of the event the Festival is now calling for entries for the twelve official competitions for agencies to enter their work and have the chance to receive a coveted European Cristal award. The deadline is 14th October and as with last year the competitions are Film, Cyber, Production, Outdoor, Press, Consumer Marketing, Radio, Brand Content, Integrated, Media and Print Craft. This year the Festival is also launching one brand new competition: Design, to expand its reach in the industry.
The jury Presidents, made of leading international experts will feature:
- Mathias APPELBLAD, Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director & Director of innovation of BBDO New York has been appointed as President of the Integrated and Brand Content Jury. Mathias has won several Grand prix for the launch of the Volvo XC90 and is a well known creative director in the US.
- Eric Quennoy, Executive Creative Director of Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, handling the creation for all European offices and clients, has been appointed to the Film, Press, Outdoor, Print Craft and Radio jury. Eric won numerous international awards for EA’s FIFA Street 3, Nike Women’s ‘Here I Am’ campaign, “Write the Future” for Nike Football campaign but also Heineken with “The Entrance” and “the Date”.
- Filip NILSSON, Executive Creative Director & Chairman of Forsman & Bodenfors Sweden will chair the Cyber Jury. F&B has been ranked as the World´s 3rd best independent agency and in 2011 the Gunn Report named F&B the worlds no 1 digital agency.
- Belinda ROWE, Managing Partner worldwide from Zenith Optimedia Group has been appointed as President of the Media Jury. Belinda has been in senior management of creative and media agencies over the last 13 years – she ran Publicis Mojo in Melbourne in 1995 before taking up the position of managing Optimedia in 1997 to create an award winning agency. In early 2010 Belinda joined the ZenithOptimedia Worldwide office to become Managing Partner – Worldwide.
- Marco TINELLI, CEO of Fullsix Group will chair the Consumer Marketing Jury (previously featuring on the Promo & Direct Jury). For the last 12 years, Marco Tinelli has participated in the creation and development of innovating marketing strategies for numerous Start Up companies and major media groups on a European level. In addition, he is considered as an authority on next generation marketing in Europe as founder of the Fullsix Group, after having found Grey Interactive and developing the interactive activities of the Publicis group.
This year the Cristal Festival emphasises its position as a supporter of young talent by launching new contests for young talent. As always the Young Director’s Forum and the Poster contest will feature this year but in addition there are the new contests for sound design, script writing, Photography and illustration. So if you know of any young talent that deserve a break into the competitive world of advertising this could be their big break! The Cristal Festival continues to invest in the talent and the finalists will receive an all expenses paid trip to be at the event.
Furthermore, the Festival is hosting the Forum of Creative Freedom, which will be held on 10th December. Imagine a strike day in a university with a gathering of students debating passionately about a subject they feel strongly about. It will be a chance for creative directors to unleash their creativity and inspire each other through debates and discussions, with some guest appearances from people outside the creative universe.
Christian Cappe, CEO of the Cristal Festival says, “The Cristal Festival gets stronger every year and is one of the most recognised European competitions. We pride ourselves in showcasing the best European creativity and forecasting the tendencies of the sector and coming international prizes, as well as being major supporters of the emerging young talent and helping them get in front of the key players in the industry in order to advance their careers.”
The deadline to submit entries is fast approaching and you have until the 14th October 2011 to enter your work at www.cristalfestival.com/register and show the advertising world your creativity!
