TOKYO: Thirasak Tanapatanakul is Worldwide Chairman at Creative Juice, Bangkok, and he was this year’s Jury President for Design Lotus and Print Craft Lotus.

ADFESTbuzz caught up with Thirasak, who is better known as ‘Guy’, to find out what he thought of this year’s Lotus candidates. Here&rs >>>

TOKYO: Judging from the tiny number of awards given out in the Film Craft category at ADFEST 2010, this year’s Film Craft Jury at ADFEST was not easy to impress.

Overall, the Jury gave out just 1 Gold, 8 Silvers and 6 Bronze Lotuses in Film Craft, with Australia and New Zealand outdoing >>>

TOKYO: At the ADFEST 2010 Lotus Awards judging, the noisiest Jury was definitely the Jury overseen by Ted Lim, Jury President of the Press Lotus and Poster Lotus categories.

For three days, raucous laughter, debates and clapping could be heard coming out of the Press & Poster judging room.

Why all the noise? ADFESTbuzz asked Ted Lim, ECD >>>

TOKYO: London creative Steve Henry traveled to Tokyo last week as Grand Jury President at ADFEST from 20^th -23^rd July.

Henry has a reputation for being a creative who loves to break rules. In its heyday, his agency HHCL created irreverent, hilarious campaigns that made the agency famous. In 2000, HHCL was named Campaign’s Agency of the Dec >>>

TOKYO: On Thursday 22^nd July, Vinit Suraphongchai, Chairman of the ADFEST Working Committee, thanked the Juries for their hard work over the past three days.

At a Thank You Party held on the glamorous 44th floor at Dentsu Inc’s headquarters, Jurists enjoyed sweeping views of the Tokyo skyline and melt-in-your-mouth sushi prepared by a team of gourmet chefs.

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TOKYO: The atmosphere in Tokyo on 20-24^th July 2010 was one of excitement, diligence and friendship. Almost 50 Jurists flew in from 17 different cities to judge the ADFEST 2010 Lotus Awards, and were overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness shown to them by their Japanese hosts.

By day, they worked at conference rooms at Dentsu Inc and Aoi Advertising Promotion Inc, sc >>>

TOKYO: Leo Burnett / Arc Worldwide Singapore’s ‘Funeral’ campaign, written and directed by the late Yasmin Ahmad, is the winner of the Best of Film Lotus at ADFEST 2010.

“It’s just a stunning piece of work: it’s emotional, powerful, beautifully scripted, acted and d >>>

TOKYO: The winners of the ADFEST 2010 Lotus Awards are unveiled today, with IMG SRC Inc in Tokyo picking up the Grande INNOVA Lotus for Uniqlo ‘Lucky Switch’. The campaign ingeniously embeds a ‘Lucky Switch’ widget onto blogs and websites, converting every image on any website into Uniqlo Lucky Tickets. >>>

TOKYO: More than 50 advertising executives gathered in Tokyo last week to judge the 2010 ADFEST Lotus Awards. Not only was it the biggest international advertising event ever held in Tokyo, but it was also the first time ADFEST has moved its Jury session outside of Thailand in the festival’s 13-year history.

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TOKYO: A total of 7 Jury Presidents will meet in Tokyo next week to oversee 14 different Lotus categories, including the 360, INNOVA and Lotus Roots.  In addition to these Lotus categories, Special Awards will also be determined from the finalists and winners of these Lotuses.

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