The lion hunt has begun in Cannes

 
This year's festival in Cannes began on Sunday. Over the course of a week, around 10,000 representatives from the creative industry will gather on the Côte d'Azur. There are 50 seminars and 25 workshops open to them - not to mention the countless award ceremonies and parties. This year's festival once again boasts some superlatives: Over 28,000 works were submitted in the ten categories. Around 190 jury members sift through the lion contenders and separate the wheat from the chaff. Danielle Lanz, Christof Kaufmann and René Eugster are on the jury for Switzerland: Danielle Lanz in the "Promo" category, Christof Kaufmann for the "Media" work and René Eugster for the creative achievements in the "Direct" category.
The Swiss creative workshops submitted a total of 617 works - coincidentally exactly the same number as last year. 65 of these are in the running in the "Film" category, 165 for "Press", 186 for "Outdoor", 11 for "Cyber", 71 for "Media", 44 for "Direct", 16 for "Radio", 8 for "Titanium", 35 for "Promo" and 6 for "Design". The most diligent entrants include Advico Young & Rubicam, Ruf Lanz, Spillmann/Felser/Leo Burnett and Publicis.