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Mannes in Cannes: F-bombs and redemption
It has not been a good week on earth for South Africa. Our cricketers played with all the resolve of wet biltong. Our Baby Boks, despite having a fullback who rivals the roadrunner for energy and pace,...
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Mannes in Cannes: Hope and the electric recorder
I am the Guinness Surfer. I am waiting. Tic toc. Although there are no white horses charging through the waves above me, and I am not a good looking salty blonde surfer dude, and I am staying in a...
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Mannes in Cannes: Final SA Cannes Lions winners of 2013
The final day of the 60th Cannes Lions saw South African agencies finish the week in style with wins in both the Film and Branded Content categories. TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris continued their winning streak...
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Judgement day. A few alternative Loeries predictions
Judges, referees and people who are supposed to decide things have done a fairly shoddy job recently. First there was the Napoleonic halfwit referee who sent off Bismarck Du Plessis in the big game at...
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The official unofficial Cannes predictions 2014
The film festival is over. The porn film festival is over. Which means the beleaguered residents of Cannes can get ready for the ad festival. Surely the ad festival should come before the porn festival...
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Mannes In Cannes: A world famous Belgian
I see tall people. I must still be in Holland. Yes, I see some cheese and a canal, and a bicycle, so Holland it is then. As it turns out, I am not yet in Cannes, having been waylaid by a weekend break...
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Day 2: SA Cannes Lions winners and shortlists
Yesterday night saw six more Lions for SA, bringing the countries tally so far to six Bronze, two Silver, and one Gold Cannes Lion, with FCB SA and their Coke Rainbow campaign topping the tables....
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Mannes in Cannes: We give you flying cars. And crappy wifi
We are in full swing here on the Riviera now. Last night I bought a round of drinks that cost the same as a decent set of garden furniture, and I really need new garden furniture. Still, the post...
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SA Cannes Lions winners day 4 – design, press and radio
So on a night that saw Chile eliminate Spain in Brazil (no doubt spurred on by their countries World Cup supporters ad), in the South of France we saw Ogilvy Joburg light up the palais with one Grand...
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Mannes in Cannes: #Winning!
Life sometimes pivots dramatically on a single phone call. Sometimes it’s bad news, and it changes everything. And sometimes, perhaps less frequently, it’s something so lovely and amazing you’ll never...
View ArticleBye Chris! And welcome to a new Mannes in Cannes
Gotz: The heavy hitters are packing their bags and loading up their credit cards this week, because it’s time for the Cannes Festival of Creativity. A few years ago it was just the Cannes Advertising...
View ArticleAds at peak phoney right now and other creative agency views
There’s too much nonsense out there. Time to cut through the crap and do what is right and good, not that which is phoney and bad. There are vast amounts of people talking a vast amount of shit,...
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