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.” […]
This year Cannes is not over yet and it is already impossible for me not to think about the next one. After five festivals, it is becoming clearer to me every day the cyclicality, the turn of life, the 365 days, the [...]
Mobile adoption is happening in a thousand ways, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear path, so there is a global obsession to take advantage of it. The context and location of mobile makes people use it more than a computer. [...]
Live from Day Two at Cannes Lions 2010 Read this email online <https://list.canneslions.com/t/293993/15521106/3208/0/> Six shortlist exhibitions opened at Cannes Lions this morning and tension is already mounting ahead of the first awards ceremony tonight. BEFORE THAT, BE IN THE PALAIS TODAY TO [...]
Today we have celebrated in Cannes a new Lion for Costa Rica for jotabeqú and its extraordinary case “Virtual Pilgrimage” for the Catholic Church, although I am still dying to see which was the case that could have taken away the gold [...]
Where does Inspiration come from? By David Harris After decades of searching for sources of inspiration, David looked to history to find his sources. Inspiration actually comes from inner breathing. He mentioned Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung with their contributions of inspiration, [...]
And it happened! At Tribu, we had not known for weeks how many fingers to cross for our only bet in Cannes: Six Thousand Colors by Protecto. When I arrived at my room a few minutes ago, after a scenic 12 and [...]
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 [...]
