. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
On Youtube you can find a few one-minute films that are part of an interesting festival for sixty-second feature films. Here is a sample with a focus of key importance for all people living on this planet…
If we are going to have 100 days of on-air advertising with a brand, 25 or 300? How is it possible that we still believe that we can “sell” intelligent people with paid messages focused on superlatives, plastic situations and posed models? [...]
It is essential that you put on some headphones, turn up the volume a little and prepare yourself for an exceptional listening experience. Just imagine the possibilities. To Gabriel Alfaro, thanks for the link!
“In Costa Rica, advertising agencies have no spelling and have not been buying dictionaries for years”, said Mr. Alberto Cañas in the article published a few days ago, which I am including in PDF format. Given the case cited, I am afraid [...]
Everything remains the same in advertising in our country, or am I wrong? (I want to be wrong!). However, I think we are on our way to a new edition of Volcanoes with a little more than three months to go, the [...]
Today is Friday the 13th and I’m in Montevideo. I’ve been watching commercials for hours and enjoying this opportunity to judge at the Ojo de Iberoamérica, with the DVD they sent me on my laptop and a Diet Coke without ice, while [...]
The upcoming Volcán, an advertising contest organized by ASCAP, the Costa Rican association of advertising agencies, could be a turning point, a milestone in our creative history, a point to trigger a breakthrough, leaving behind the past and defining together the future. [...]
This wonderful story told in an innocent Iranian production, became a worldwide success with nominations and awards all over the world. It is easy to recognize that big budgets are not needed when an idea is so wonderfully powerful. This film should [...]
Starting Movie Reviews integrated to the blog, I invite you to include your recommendations. On my side and my first, I have to include a story that takes place in Mongolia, unusual, unique and surprising. Its pace is slow, however, it is [...]
In only 6 days of the month of October, A Fuego Lento has received 2,143 visits, with an absolute majority of those visits going to the image of the Truchiles, with a second place in the article It is preferable NOT TO [...]
A friend left today. Lucio: “See you soon, pata, count on me when it’s my turn”. Sincerely hurt by his sudden departure, I send a big hug to his brothers, his parents, his wife, his children, to everyone in his family, as [...]
