- News from c d c’s Día C!
Día C, which will begin on 23 March and is organised by the c de c, will have many new features this year, including the new “Meet the speakers” space. According to the organisers, this “offers the opportunity to have a direct encounter with some of the event’s star speakers and find out more about their creative process or their way of working. An informal conversation, in small committee, which will take place behind closed doors in a room at the Kursaal. As there is limited availability, if you are going to sign up for any of these sessions, make sure you will be able to attend”. Speakers will include Laura Visco, Gus Lauria, Pelle Sjönell, Max Burtsev and Olha Burtseva.
You can get your ticket for Meet the speakers here.
- The deadline for entries for the AMP Awards is approaching.
The AMP Awards, to be held on 22 May, will close for entries on 5 March.
The awards are known for their support of the music industry, celebrating “the best in music and sound across a wide range of categories”. However, they are also notable for their involvement in advertising: “We have paid tribute to advertisers with our AMP Hall of Fame inductions, while ensuring that we properly honour the people who have made our industry the vibrant creative force it is.
In addition, this is a special edition, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the awards and the 25th anniversary of AMP.
You can view the entry rules here.
- The registration period for El Sol is now open.
The El Sol Festival will celebrate its 37th edition in Malaga on 8 and 9 June.
The registration period is now open until 25 April. Until that date, “Spanish and Portuguese-speaking agencies and companies will be able to present their campaigns”.
In addition, there are several new features, such as the new section, “Sustainable Development, in collaboration with UnLimited Spain. This will recognise and reward ideas, actions, organisations and agencies that have a positive impact on the world”.
You can register here.
- Meet the new Cannes Lions Emerging Talent Scholarship.
Cannes Lions (19-23 June) is supporting young talent with its “Lions Scholarship”, an opportunity to support emerging creatives, which launches this year. As the organisation announced recently, this “new initiative adds to a series of talent programmes that are part of LIONS’ campaign to provide more opportunities for under-represented groups through fully funded talent programmes at Cannes Lions”.
You can find out more about this scholarship through their website.
- Who will be the jury of the AICP Show?
Several professionals belonging to APCP production companies will be part of the AICP as part of the jury.
Among them are Jordi Molla and Ivo Van Vollenhoven from Twentyfour Seven, Laia Vidal and Joan Amat from Smile, Alba Barneda from Canada, Carlos Vidal-Ribas and Jorge Llama from The Production Club.
We remind you that these awards “are an ongoing archival project with a cultural and artistic significance. Since the inception of the Showcase in 1992, the award-winning work is preserved in the state-of-the-art archives of the Film Department of the Museum of Modern Art for future generations to study and is available for use or exhibition by the Museum’s curators. All individual works and each year’s shows in their entirety can be viewed exclusively at www.aicpawards.com, the AICP Awards Archive website.”
