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Home » AICP Week Line Up Announced

AICP Week Line Up Announced

Matt Miller, President and CEO of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), announced the lineup for AICP Week. The Week, anchored by the premieres of the AICP Next Awards and the AICP Show, is a celebration of advertising in the motion image. AICP Week will be held June 4th-June 6th in New York City.

"AICP Week is a natural progression, which ties together some of the most anticipated, unique and important events on advertising's creative calendar," said Matt Miller, President and CEO of AICP. "We are extremely excited to see the AICP Next Awards grow into its own night of programming, and for the AICP Directors Lecture, long a mainstay which so beautifully complements the AICP Show, to come back. Pulling all of these properties together under one umbrella is an offering that we are delighted to make to the industry."

AICP Next Awards

The AICP Next Awards – launched seven years ago with one category, and today encompassing eight – will be held on Tuesday, June 4th at the NYU Skirball Center, with a presentation of the winning work, as well as a cocktail reception. The 2013 AICP Next Awards Judging Chair is Bob Greenberg, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of R/GA, and he will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the evening.

In addition to showcasing the winners of all categories, during the Next Awards the creators of each winning Integrated Campaign piece will present case studies exploring the creative and strategic thinking behind each honored piece. The winners this year are:

Nike "Nike FuelBand" | R/GA
LAIKA "ParaNorman" | LAIKA | Wieden + Kennedy
Axe "Susan Glenn" | Rattling Stick | BBH

The winner of the Most Next Award, which is the "Best in Show" honor that exemplifies from among the Next categories the most innovative and forward thinking work of the year, will be announced.

The Next Awards recognize outstanding work, and the creative forces behind it. This year the Next Awards revamped its judging process. Greenberg handpicked eight Jury Presidents, who selected judges based on their area of expertise. The Jury Presidents are: Jeff Benjamin of JWT (Product Integration); Gerry Graf of Barton F. Graf 9000 (Viral/Web Film); Jill Nussbaum of The Barbarian Group (Website/Microsite); Tiffany Rolfe of Co:Collective (Cause Marketing); Ian Schafer of Deep Focus (Social); Ian Spalter of Foursquare (Mobile); Mark Tutssel of Leo Burnett (Integrated Campaign); and Mark Waites of Mother (Experiential). Each Jury President established a stellar panel of judges who selected the winners of the 2013 AICP Next Awards.

The AICP Directors Lecture Series

June 5th marks the return of the AICP Directors Lecture Series at The Museum of Modern Art, longtime home of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial. This is a "bonus" session for those who have secured an AICP Week Pass for the AICP Next Awards and the AICP Show. The Series returns with a stellar lineup of directorial talent. Featured presentations during the day include:

A Tribute To Tony Scott

David Lubars, BBDO

Jake Scott, RSA Films

Comedy Is (Still) King

Tim Godsall, Biscuit Filmworks

Steve Miller, @radical.media

David Shane, O Positive

Frank Todaro, Moxie Pictures

Moderator: Susie Essman, Actress/Comedienne

Digital/Interactive Director

Jason Zada, Tool

Sneak Peek Of The 2013 Young Directors Awards Shortlist

Francois Chilot, President

Commercial Film Producers Europe

This event is a revival of sorts of the popular series that ran in conjunction with the AICP Show from the early 1990s to mid-2000s (click here to see the past participants). The Lecture Series took a hiatus to focus on other areas, and is back to turn the lens onto the directorial talent that has steered our business for years, and is driving innovation in today's exciting times.

The AICP Show

On June 6th, the world-renowned AICP Show will premiere at The Museum of Modern Art with a screening and gala. Under the aegis of Michael Di Girolamo, Partner/Executive Producer at Station Film, and 2013 AICP Show Chairman, the Show honors work in 23 categories, including Advertising Excellence/Single Commercial, and Advertising Excellence/Campaign, which are Best In Show.

The AICP Show allows attendees to take full advantage of the MoMA facility. Guests will have access to the gallery housing MoMA's permanent collection of paintings, as well as a special exhibit of the works of Claes Oldenburg.

Also on display will be cutting edge experiential technology created by X20 Media in conjunction with longtime AICP collaborators McCann Systems, which will allow attendees to view this year's honorees, as well as the AICP Next Awards and AICP Show Shortlists

AICP Week offers an exciting lineup of content, and tickets are available at aicp.com, in both pass form and a la carte.

About AICP WEEK

AICP Week is a celebration of creativity and thought leadership. The Week is anchored by the Premieres of The AICP Next Awards and the AICP Show: The Art and Technique of the American Commercial, the latter culminating with the most anticipated celebration in the industry: The gala at the Museum of Modern Art. Additionally, in each year, various educational seminars and events highlighting the state of marketing in the motion image are staged.

About AICP

Founded in 1972, the AICP represents, exclusively, the interests of United States companies that specialize in producing commercials in various media—film, video, digital—for advertisers and agencies. The association, with national offices in New York and Los Angeles as well as regional chapters across the country, serves as a strong collective voice for this $5-plus billion industry, disseminating information; representing the production industry within the advertising community, in business circles, in labor negotiations and before governmental officials; developing industry standards and tools; providing professional development; and marketing American production.

–SHOOT Publicity Wire

About Dan Ochiva

New York City-based journalist and NYCPPNEWS founder Dan Ochiva writes and consults on film, video, and digital media technology.

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Parks has recently shifted her focus from supervisor to hands-on sound design, and we talk about how it’s never too late to pivot on your career path and find the thing you love doing wherever you are in life.

Click on this link to read the rest of the article on No Film School’s site.

NJ – Governor Murphy signs $14B Incentive Program Bill – the NJ Economic Recovery Act of 2020

 Film tax credits — amending existing programs to include provisions for so-called New Jersey film partners and New Jersey film-lease partners and allowing an additional $200 million of tax credits annually over 13 years.

Click this link if you want to read the full article on the Lexology site. http://bit.ly/35NtDx6

Film Commish announces date for production restart

In her December 18, 2020 news update, MOME Commissioner Anne del Castillo announced that the Film Office is now accepting permit applications for production activity that begins on July 27th.

She also announced awards now (Awkwafina) and more. To read all of the Film Commish’s bloggy sort of news column, click here.

Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues

The coronavirus relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to this week includes grant money that many small proprietors described as a last hope for survival.

For the music venue owners, theater producers and cultural institutions that have suffered through the pandemic with no business, the coronavirus relief package that Congress passed on Monday night offers the prospect of aid at last.

To read the full article on The New York Times’ site, click here.

If you want to start production, here’s the latest news from the Mayor’s Office

Phase 4 production guidance is available on the Film Permit website. All production activity, whether it requires a Film Permit or not, must comply with New York Forward Industry Guidance.

For more information see, please refer to the State Department of Health’s Interim Guidance for Media Production During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Please review the guidelines and FAQ before submitting permit applications. The Film Office is operating remotely, so please allow additional time for Film Permit processing.

The above paragraphs contain links to the various FAQ – just mouse over the relevant words.

Nikon to Stop Making Cameras in Japan

Nikon has fallen on hard times as of late as its camera sales have cratered, and now there’s a new indicator of how dire its financial situation is: the company is reportedly pulling the plug on making cameras in Japan after over 70 years of doing so.

To read the full article on Petapixel’s site, click here.

NVIDIA Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls

NVIDIA Research has invented a way to use AI to dramatically reduce video call bandwidth while simultaneously improving quality

What the researchers have achieved has remarkable results: by replacing the traditional h.264 video codec with a neural network, they have managed to reduce the required bandwidth for a video call by an order of magnitude. In one example, the required data rate fell from 97.28 KB/frame to a measly 0.1165 KB/frame – a reduction to 0.1% of required bandwidth.

To read the rest of this article on Petapixel, click this link.

 

 

 

Union Health Plan Dodges Film Workers’ Suit Over Virus Relief

Law360 (October 9, 2020, 5:22 PM EDT) — The Motion Picture Industry Health Plan’s board can’t be sued under ERISA for allegedly flouting its duties when it relaxed plan rules in response to COVID-19, a California federal judge has ruled, nixing a proposed class action filed by two cinematographers who still couldn’t qualify for benefits.

In an order entered Thursday, U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner granted the board of directors’ motion to dismiss Greg Endries and Dee Nichols’ Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit accusing board members of breaching their duty to treat all plan participants fairly.

Endries and Nichols, members of Local 600 of the International Cinematographers Guild, said in July that the board left them and others “out in the cold” in its attempts to address the problems COVID-19 caused for plan participants.

But Judge Klausner agreed with the board’s contention that the case, which alleged a fiduciary breach, should be tossed because plan administrators don’t act as fiduciaries when they amend health care plans.

Read the full article on the Law360 site by clicking here.

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Anthony Russo and Joseph Russo photographed at the PMC Studio in Los Angeles for the Variety Playback Podcast.

The Russo brothers, directors of the all-time top grossing film “Avengers: Endgame,” quietly secured a roughly $50 million cash infusion for their production company AGBO from Saudi Arabia earlier this year, multiple sources tell Variety.

In a deal brokered and closed at the beginning of the pandemic, the Russos received the investment from an undisclosed Saudi bank in exchange for a minority stake in the brothers’ Los Angeles-based shop.

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