Spotlight 2012: Anniversary edition of the advertising film festival
Last week, the 15th edition of the Spotlight Advertising Film Festival took place in Mannheim. For the first time, the judging included the newly introduced “Cases” category.
In this category, the jury not only evaluated individual commercials, but also concepts and background information on entire advertising campaigns. Paula Bergner, Managing Director of Final Touch Werbefilmproduktion, Hamburg, chaired the expert jury in the Spotlight main competition Tv & Cinema. Matthias Storath, Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather, Frankfurt, chaired the expert jury in the main Web & Mobile competition and in the new Cases category. The Spotlight Students competition was chaired by Helmut Hartl, Managing Director of Embassy of Dreams Filmproduktion, Munich. Ministerial Director Karl Greißing, Head of the Energy Industry Department of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, chaired the jury for the Spotlight Talent Award. They were supported by colleagues from agencies, film production companies, media editorial offices and the most important training centers for commercial filmmakers.
All winning spots can be found on the Homepage of the festival to see.
