Spotlight International Advertising Film Festival celebrates its 15th anniversary
The Spotlight Advertising Film Festival began in 1998 at the Ravensburger Kinozentrum am Frauentor. Having been based in Mannheim since 2010, Spotlight is now returning to its cinematic roots for its 15th anniversary edition.
The Cinemaxx Mannheim not only offers the largest movie theater equipped with state-of-the-art projection technology in the whole of Baden-Württemberg, according to a press release. The entire complex will be available to the festival on Friday, March 23, to take a look back at 15 years of Spotlight and the commercial film vintages from 1998 to the present day in an entertaining supporting program.
With its three categories in two major competitions, Spotlight covers all formats and developments in moving image communication, according to the statement. The festival is divided into the Spotlight main competition for professionals and the Spotlight Students competition for young talent. For each of these two competitions, entries can be submitted in the categories "tv & cinema" and "web & mobile" for advertising on the Internet and on cell phones. There is also a prize for the Best International Adaptation and, for the first time in 2012, the "Cases" category, in which not only commercials but also other cinematic advertising formats can be submitted and supplemented with accompanying information. This new category will be judged exclusively by the expert jury.
Entries can be submitted online at www.spotlight-festival.de. The closing date for entries is February 3, 2012.
