New record of the number of entries for Cannes Lions 2012

Compared to the previous year, an increase of 19 percent was achieved in the number of submissions in the 15 categories. Philip Thomas, Chief Executive of the festival, says: "The high number of entries in the "Mobile" and "Branded Content & Entertainment" categories are further proof of the dynamism of the industry. But it is also interesting to see the consistency of the more traditional media genres such as "Radio", "Film" and "Press". I am convinced that the Cannes Lions winners will once again excite and inspire the industry with the possibilities of creative brand communication." Due to this unexpected development, additional jury members, in addition to the previously announced extra judges for the "Branded Content & Entertainment" and "Mobile" categories, have been appointed. 287 judges will evaluate the works at the Festival of Creativity, which will take place in Cannes from June 17-23, 2012. Cannes Lions welcomes the following additional jury members:

Design Lions
Ricardo Saint-Clair, Founder/ Creative Director, Dialogo Design, Brazil
Katrin Oeding, Creative Director, Studio Oeding, Germany
Gesina Roters, Creative Partner, DAY, Netherlands
Chris Moody, Creative Director, Wolff Olins, United Kingdom
Richard Bates, Chief Creative Officer North America, The Brand Union, USA

Promo & Activation Lions
John J. Steere, Regional Managing Director APAC, Momentum, Asia Pacific
Ove Gley, Creative Director, Home, Germany
Hiroko Uchigaki, Account Planning Director/Communications Planner, ADK Japan
Hector Fernandez, Co-Managing Director/Chief Creative Officer, Publicis, Mexico
Gonzalo Figari, President & Creative Director, D6, Spain

Radio Lions
Sara Haag, Director/Founder, Sarah Haag AB, Sweden
Publicitas Cinecom is the Swiss representative of the "International Festival of Creativity" in Cannes and supports, among other things, the festival participants during the preparations and the organizers in the implementation. This year's festival will take place from June 17 to 23, 2012 in Cannes. Applications for participation in the 59th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity are available at Canneslions.com possible.