After making the decision to cancel the 3-day festival due to the political unrest in Thailand, ADFEST has announced that the judging of the 2010 ADFEST Lotus Awards will take place from May 24-28, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
“The ADFEST Organizing Committee has worked tirelessly to ensure our Jury Panel will come together in Asia in less than two week’s time to assess the region’s best advertising ideas of 2010. ADFEST prides itself on being the region’s 1st major awards festival every year. The agencies that win at ADFEST usually go on to shine globally, and this year will be no different – regardless of the fact that our Jury Panel will meet in Japan this year, rather than Thailand,” says ADFEST President Jimmy Lam.
More than 50 of the world’s most esteemed creative executives, executive producers and directors will come together in Tokyo for the Jury session to determine winners in the following categories: Film, Press, Poster, Outdoor, Direct, Cyber, Radio, Design, Print Craft, Film Craft and New Director, as well as INNOVA, 360 and Lotus Roots awards.
Representing the Philippines in the Juries are TBWA Santiago Mangada Puno’s Executive Creative Director and Partner Melvin Mangada who is part of the Outdoor Lotus Jury and DM9 JaymeSyfu’s Chief Creative Officer Merlee Jayme who is a member both the Film Lotus Jury and the Radio Lotus Jury
Finalists and winners will be announced and showcased via www.adfest.com in the week commencing Monday May 31, 2010. In-depth interviews and videos with the 2010 Jury members will also be published on ADFESTbuzz.
“We would like to thank our friends across the region for their unwavering support, understanding and patience. Despite the postponement of this year’s 3-day festival, ADFEST will return in 2011, and we are more committed than ever to fostering creativity in the Asia Pacific,” says Vinit Suraphongchai, Chairman of the ADFEST Working Committee.
For further information, please visit www.adfest.com
