I start typing with an overwhelming sense of defeat. Not because the trip I’m about to describe — at the end of August — went badly, but because it feels almost impossible to put into words what I experienced there. No adjective seems big enough to capture what it truly means to live “Burning Man.” […]
When in December we talked about reaching 20,000 in a year, I never imagined it possible to pass 100,000 in October, obviously. This is very entertaining and different, both as a contact experience and as a personal exploration. From every point of [...]
Possibly nothing is more difficult than achieving a culture and protecting it over time. We are in continuous evolution and reinvention, however, there are values and conditions that we wish to turn into commitments, to renew, to strengthen, to retake. This video [...]
We are going back to Costa Rica with an invitation: Get on board, we have a lot to win and enjoy in this great creative game in Cannes. So get on board, get on board, get on board…! illustrated with a commercial [...]
A few hours ago we started the meeting of representatives, and since the first presentation we have begun to take note and learn from what is being done in the world to promote the festival, and as a consequence, advertising creativity. At [...]
Today we arrived in London for the first meeting of Cannes representatives attended by Costa Rica, and on its behalf, Manolo Gavilán from Ogilvy and myself. I guess because the festival’s headquarters are located in London, they prefer to convene their representatives [...]
I have just returned from the closing party of the Antigua Festival, with a mixture of emotions that although I find positive in the final balance, they originate in satisfactions and also frustrations. First and foremost, Costa Rica’s role was visible, clear, [...]
Winning at Film is difficult, and yet, as this example shows, it is more than possible. We already know the formula: that the idea surpasses what has been done before and surprises us afterwards. This piece was bronze at Cannes 2008, it [...]
Today began the Antigua Festival in Guatemala, organized by UGAP. With almost a thousand pieces participating from agencies all over Central America, the organization and enthusiasm in this city is simply contagious. After our meeting yesterday of FECAP, the Central American Federation [...]
