The 48 Hour YouTube Cannes Young Lions Ad Contest – voting closes this Sunday May 22

May 20 2011, 9:06 am | BY Martin Trevaskis | 1 Comment

Screen shot 2011-05-10 at 7.29.27 AM.jpgThe 48 Hour YouTube Cannes Young Lions Ad Contest, which commenced last Friday 13th May, gives creative talent between 18 and 28 the chance to come to Cannes for free and compete in the Young Lions Film Competition.

Voting has begun and there’s only a few days left to check out the entries and cast your vote before Sunday 22 May. Here’s one of the first Aussie entries submitted, entered by Wawa Wang, a young copywriter at Leo Burnett, Sydney.

If you have an entry you want Campaign Brief Asia Bloggers to view, post the link in the Comments section of this story.

A panel of advertising industry experts will pick two separate winners, taking into account the public votes. The winners get an all-expenses-paid trip to Cannes Lions where they compete as Team YouTube at the Young Lions Film Competition.

 

THE JUDGES:

Agnello Dias

Chairman, Co-founder

Taproot India

Keith Ho

Executive Creative Director

Grey Hong Kong

Gerry Human

Executive Creative Director

Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Jens Mortier

Partner, Creative Director

mortierbrigade

Meera Sharath

Executive Creative Director UK

Momentum Worldwide

THE PRIZE

YouTube will fly both winners out to Cannes Lions (19-25 June) on an all-expense-paid trip, where they will compete in the Young Lions Film Competition as Team Youtube.

FIND OUT MORE HERE  

WHO CAN ENTER?

 1. You have to be between 18 and 28 (born between 25 June 1982 and 19 June 1993).

 2. You can only enter the competition as an individual. You can get help, but only one person will be invited to Cannes.