That's Entertainment
Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Daily Digest. We’ll continue to bring you the latest from Cannes Lions Live every day this week.
Entertainment brands are refining the art of delighting us via screens.
One of two Grands Prix in the Entertainment For Music Lions is Mercado Livre's Feed Parade. It starred Brazilian transgender musician Gloria Groove, a Pride regular and an LGBTQIA+ idol, who, with GUT Agency in Buenos Aires, created a music video with a difference. An avatar of Gloria Groove dominated São Paulo's Paulista Avenue, where Pride usually occurs. Sixty thousand people tagged their names on the avenue where they usually enjoyed Pride, and the music video included their Instagram handles. "The most beautiful thing is the community felt the truth in it," said Bruno Brux, Executive Creative Director of GUT Agency.
The Digital Craft Grand Prix went to Epic Games for Astronomical. Blending music and gaming on Fortnite, the live event attracted an audience of 12.3 million and showed how to double down on must-see, unforgettable digital experiences.
And digital events will endure. Bob Bejan, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Global Events, Production Studios and Marketing Community, says that future events will combine face-to-face engagement with digital interaction. Bejan predicts that “big brands will activate against a digital core with local and regional activations.”
New styles of storytelling Compelling stories are being crafted and told in new ways. Sinyi Realty's tender tale, In Love We Trust, through dentsu mcgarrybowen Tapei City, is a lesson in long-form content and won a Grand Prix in the Entertainment Lions. A second Grand Prix went to Tinder for Swipe Night, via 72andSunny, which blended interactive storytelling onto the dating platform. House Of Lapland's Salla 2032, via Africa DDB São Paulo, showed a brave structure for storytelling; duping audiences, then hitting them with a big reveal and a meaningful message.
#Wombstories and Courage Is Beautiful picked up their second Grands Prix of the week, in Film Craft and Industry Craft respectively.
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Entertainment For Sport Lions Grand Prix: House Of Lapland's Salla 2032: "Optimism, positivity... and meticulous attention to detail in the craft"
“Salla 2032 dealt with the most important issue facing us in our lifetimes in a light-hearted way. It had a sense of optimism and positivity to it that made you feel good, while the meticulous attention to detail in the craft was incredible."
Entertainment For Sport Lions Juror | Gabi Mostert Creative Director | Iris
With data from WARC revealing that just over half - 52% - of viewable ads are looked at for an average of 3.3 seconds, the time is ripe for finding new ways to merge advertising with entertainment. Film Craft Jury President Kerstin Emhoff, Co-Founder and CEO, Prettybird, urges brands to consider creating content which isn't necessarily related to their core function. Instead, use platforms that prioritise storytelling, like the Film Craft Grand Prix-winning #Wombstories for Libresse.
“Audiences are discovering, not being interrupted by, advertising, which is why we aren’t seeing as many 30-second spots. That is a different set of rules, with a much more complicated set of challenges because you don’t have a built-in audience; you have to find the audience and entertain or engage them.”
KERSTIN EMHOFF
Co-Founder and CEO, Prettybird, Film Craft Jury President
Nine Grands Prix were awarded across six Lions on Wednesday, with the three Entertainment Lions categories awarding two each.
Explore all the Grands Prix on The Work.
Grand Prix Digital Craft
Epic Games | Astronomical
Epic Games
Industry Craft Grand Prix
Dove | Courage Is Beautiful
Ogilvy London | Ogilvy Toronto
Film Craft Grand Prix
Libresse | #Wombstories
AMV BBDO London
Entertainment Grand Prix
Tinder | Swipe Night
72andSunny Los Angeles
Entertainment Grand Prix
Sinyi Realty | In Love We Trust
dentsu mcgarrybowen Taipei
Entertainment Lions For Sport Grand Prix
Asics | Eternal Run
Edelman London
Entertainment Lions For Sport Grand Prix
House of Lapland | Salla 2032
Africa DDB São Paulo
Entertainment For Music Grand Prix
Mercado Livre | Feed Parade
Gut Agency Buenos Aires
Entertainment For Music Grand Prix
Columbia | Lil Nas X - Old Town Road (Official Movie) Ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
Pretty Bird, Culver City | Columbia Records, New York
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