387 names;ย 40 countries represented;ย 40% women
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has completed the announcements of this year’s jurors by naming those who will be a part of the remaining juries at Cannes Lions.
Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals, highlighted the importance of putting together balanced juries to ensure fair judging of the awards, while adding that the juries had a "significant responsibility in determining the future path of creative communications."
387 people from 40 countries have been confirmed across all of the Cannes Lions juries and this year they will be comprised of 40% women, a significant increase on last year’s 31.5% and a record number for the Festival.
The juries will meet in Cannes to judge live throughout the Festival, with the winners of the Lions being announced and honored at awards ceremonies taking place across the eight days.
Terry Savage, chairman, Lions Festivals, said that he was "delighted to be welcoming such an array of global talent that spanned the wide spectrum of creativity." The 2016 juries have been announced as:
Creative Effectiveness Lions:
Andrew Robertson, Chief Executive Officer, BBDO, Global – Jury President
Martin Sorrondegui, Head of Marketing, Volkswagen, Argentina
Michele Teague, General Manager, Marketing, Kmart, Australia
Cristina Duclos, Marketing Director, Telefonica Vivo, Brazil
Melanie Johnston, President, DDB Toronto, Canada
Bertille Toledano, President, BETC Paris, France
Naomi Troni, Global Chief Growth Officer, MullenLowe, Global
Jennifer Breithaupt, Managing Director, Advertising, Media and Global Entertainment, Citi, Global
Anthony Wong, Worldwide Effectiveness Director, Ogilvy & Mather, Global
Saurabh Varma, Chief Executive Officer, South Asia, Leo Burnett, India
Adrian Farina, SVP Marketing, Latin America, VISA Inc., Latin America
Emily Cho, Senior Vice President, Korean Air, South Korea
Martin Weigel, Head of Planning, Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tracey Follows, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, The Future Laboratory, UK
Matt Gladstone, Planning Partner, Grey Worldwide, UK
Colleen Leddy, Head of Communication Strategy, Droga5, USA
Cyber Lions:
Chloe Gottlieb, SVP, Executive Creative Director, R/GA, USA – Jury President
Ignacio Zuccarino, Head of Creative, Google, Argentina
Bob Mackintosh, Executive Creative Director, Host, Australia
Kris Hoet, Chief Innovation Officer, Happiness, Belgium
Igor Puga, Innovation & Integration VP, DDB, Brazil
Sylvain Thirache, Executive Creative Director & Founding Partner, SID LEE Paris, France
Dirk Kedrowitsch, Chief Operating Officer, Publicis Pixelpark, Germany
Ravi Deshpande, Founder & Chairman, Whyness, India
Fumitaka Takano, Creative Director / Communication Architect, ADK Tokyo, Japan
Gavin Becker, Head of Digital, Technology & Innovation, Colenso BBDO, New Zealand
Brent Choi, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson Canada & New York, North America
Charlie Blower, Co-founder, Managing Partner, Blak Labs, Singapore
Jongpil Kim, Head of Digital Division, Innocean Worldwide, South Korea
Teresa Galante, Digital Creative Supervisor, Shackleton, Spain
Bjรถrn Hรถglund, Executive Creative Director, Crispin Porter & Bogusky Scandinavia, Sweden
Kelsie Van Deman, Head of Interactive Production, Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sacha Reeb, Executive Creative Director, Critical Mass, UK
Victoria Buchanan, Creative Director, Tribal Worldwide, London, UK
Frederic Bonn, Chief Creative Officer, Mirum, USA
Megan Skelly, Group Creative Director, 360i, USA
Design Lions:
Tristan Macherel, Executive Creative Director, Landor, France – Jury President
Andrew Simpson, Design Director, Vert Design, Australia
Verena Panholzer, Art Director, Es, Austria
Margot Doi Takeda, Founder – Creative Director, A10 Design, Brazil
Claude Auchu, Partner, Vice-President, Creative Director, Design, lg2boutique, Canada
Shen Yiwen, Co-founder and Chairperson, Beijing Jamewish Brand Consulting Firm, China
Linda Stannieder, Managing Partner, Graft Brandlab, Germany
Elsie Nanji, Managing Partner, Red Lion, Publicis, India
Haruko Tsutsui, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Nathan Chambers, Creative Director, 485 Design, New Zealand
Vlad Ermolaev, Co- founder, Creative Director, Ermolaev Bureau, Russia
Komal Bedi Sohal, Chief Creative Officer, Y&R, Singapore
Nathan Reddy, Chief Creative Officer & Founder, Grid Worldwide Branding and Design, South Africa
Matthew Atchison, Creative Director, Saffron Brand Consultants, Spain
Candice Madrid-Dahlqvist, Design Director, Identity Works, Sweden
Tienchutha Rukhavibul, Graphic Design Director, TBWAThailand, Thailand
Jochem Leegstra, Founder / Creative Director, …,staat, The Netherlands
Karen Welman, Founding Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Pearlfisher, UK
Sue Daun, Executive Creative Director, Interbrand, UK
Tim Allen, President, North America, Wolff Olins, USA
Keri Elmsly, Executive Creative Director, Second Story, USA
Digital Craft Lions:
Wesley ter Haar, Founder / Chief Operating Officer, MediaMonks, Global – Jury President
James Noble, Founder & Managing Director, Carter Digital, Australia
Seb De Roover, Creative Director, &KOO, Belgium
Luciana Haguiara, Digital Creative Director, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Eric Cruz, Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai, China
Joanna Peรฑa-Bickley, Global Chief Creative Officer, IBM Interactive Experience, Global
Qanta Shimizu, Founder / Chief Technology Officer, PARTY, Global
Sean MacDonald, Global Chief Digital Officer, McCann Worldgroup, Global
Kyoko Yonezawa, Creative Technologist, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Jakob Stenqvist, Creative Developer, Department, Sweden
Yaprak Gรผltay, Service Design Lead, FJORD Design and Innovation from Accenture Interactive, Turkey
Henry Cowling, Creative Director, UNIT9, UK
Helen Fuchs, Executive Creative Director, Digitas LBi, UK
Tony Snethen, Executive Creative Director, VML, USA
Katie Dill, Head of Experience Design, Airbnb, USA
Direct Lions:
Mark Tutssel, Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide / Creative Chairman, Publicis Communications, Global – Jury President
Gonzalo Vecino, Executive Creative Director & Co-Founder, Niรฑa, Argentina
Dave King, Executive Creative Director, Innocean Worldwide, Australia
Lukas Grossebner, Owner/Executive Creative Director, Merlicek&Grossebner, Austria
Dries de Wilde, Creative Director, Duval Guillaume, Belgium
Rodrigo Jatene, Chief Creative Officer, Grey, Brazil
Steph Mackie, Owner. Thinker. Doer, Mackie Biernacki, Canada
Peter Shen, Chief Creative Officer, Cheil PengTai, China
John Raรบl Forero, Creative Vice President, Ogilvy & Mather, Colombia
Pauline de Montferrand, Creative Director, Fred & Farid, France
Cosimo Moeller, Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan, Germany
Nicoletta Stefanidou, Executive Creative Director, Isobar, Hong Kong
Ramesh Iyengar, Chairman & Managing Director, Select Direct Marketing Communications, India
Ben Sever, Partner & Chief Creative Officer, Inbar Merhav G, Israel
Jack Blanga, Creative & Digital Director, TBWA Italia, Italy Masako Shimizu, Copywriter, Hakuhodo Inc., Japan
Tony Bradbourne, Executive Creative Director / Founder, Special Group, New Zealand
Jon Loke, Executive Creative Director, Publicis, Singapore
Suhana Gordhan, Creative Director, FCB Africa, South Africa
Pilar de Giles Lรณpez, Creative Director, Proximity Madrid, Spain
Josefine Richards, Creative Director, INGO Stockholm, Sweden
Olivier Girard, Founder & Executive Creative Director, M&C Saatchi, Switzerland
Richard Yu, Chief Creative Officer, ADK, Taiwan
Patrick van Haperen, Creative Lead, Red Urban, The Netherlands
Sophie Lutman, Creative Director, BrandPie, UK
Julia Neumann, Creative Director, Mullen Lowe NY, USA
Film Lions Jury:
Joe Alexander, Chief Creative Officer, The Martin Agency, Global – Jury President
Anita Rรญos, General Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson, Argentina
Justin Drape, Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys, Australia
Dieter De Ridder, Creative Director, Air Brussels, Belgium
Rodrigo Castellari, Creative Director, F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Brazil
Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, VP, Creative Director, FCB Toronto, Canada
Alexander Kalchev, Executive Creative Director, DDB Paris, France
Oliver Frank, Executive Creative Director, VCCP Berlin, Germany
Zenobia Pithawalla, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India
Polina Zabrodskaya, Associate Creative Director, Publicis, Italy
Miwako Hosokawa, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Ariel Soto, Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, Mexico
Egil Pay, Senior Art Director / Partner, TRY, Norway
Rob McLennan, Creative Founding Partner, King James II, South Africa
Jose Mª Roca de Viรฑals, Chief Creative Officer, DDB, Spain
Sophia Lindholm, Art Director, Forsman & Bodenfors, Sweden
Lars Jorgensen, Partner & Executive Creative Director, Anomaly, The Netherlands
Ash Chagla, Executive Creative Director, Science & Sunshine, UAE
Ana Balarin, Executive Creative Director, Mother London, UK
Leslie Sims, Chief Creative Officer, Y&R North America, USA
Duncan Milner, Chief Creative Officer, TBWAMedia Arts Lab, USA
Andreas Dahlqvist, Chief Creative Officer, Grey New York, USA
Film Craft Lions:
Laura Gregory, Chief Executive Officer, Great Guns, UK – Jury President
Karen Sproul, Producer, Exit Films, Australia
Mateus De Paula Santos, Director / Partner, Lobo / Vetor Zero, Brazil
Erinn Lotthรฉ Guillon, Executive Producer, Insurrection, France
Steffen Gentis, Chief Production Officer, BBDO, Germany
Amit Sharma, Director, Chrome Pictures, India
Laerke Herthoni, Film Director, Folke Film, Sweden
Stephanie Oakley, Director of Production, 72andSunny, The Netherlands
Lise McQuillin, Head of Original Production & Partnerships, Grey, UK
Kerstin Emhoff, Co-Founder, Executive Producer, PRETTYBIRD, USA
Benjamin Davies, Head of Broadcast Production, Droga5, USA
Glass Lions:
Madeline Di Nonno, Chief Executive Officer, Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, Global – Jury President
Su-Mei Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, The Women’s Foundation, Asia
Claudia Colaferro, Chief Executive Officer Latin America, Dentsu Aegis Network, Brazil
Mary Whenam, President, Women in PR, Europe
John Gerzema, Chief Executive Officer, BAV Consulting, Global
Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO, India
Zainab Salbi, Host and Creator of The Nida’a Show and Founder of Women for Women International, ADIN Productions, MENA
Vicki Maguire, Executive Creative Director, Grey, UK
Mark D’Arcy, VP, Chief Creative Officer, Facebook, USA
Wendy Clark, President & CEO, DDB North America, USA
Media Lions:
Nick Waters, Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Aegis, Asia Pacific – Jury President
Chris Stephenson, Head of Strategy and Planning, PHD Media, APAC
Sebastian Civit, Chief Executive Officer, Midios, Argentina Sophie Price, Chief Strategy Officer, UM, Australia
Tom Lemaรฎtre, Client Service Director, Mediacom, Belgium
Luis Padilha, Media VP Latam, Havas, Brazil
Ann Stewart, President, Maxus, Canada
Mykim Chikli, North Asia Chief Executive Officer, ZenithOptimedia, China
Paulina Parra, Chief Executive Officer, MediaCom, Colombia
Maria Garrido, Global Head of Insights & Analytics, Havas Media Group, France
Christian Zimmer, Chief Digital Officer, OMD, Germany
Jodie Stranger, President Global Network Clients, Starcom Mediavest Group, Global
Mat Baxter, Global Chief Strategy & Creative Officer, IPG Mediabrands, Global
David Reid, Global Strategy Director, PHD Media, Global
Jez Jowett, Global Head Creative Technologies, Havas Media, Global
Pele Cortizo-Burgess, Global Chief Creative Officer, MEC, Global
Dan Hagen, Chief Strategy Officer, Carat, Global
Ashish Bhasin, Chairman & CEO South Asia, Dentsu Aegis Network, India
Dubi Spector, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Media Interaction, Israel
Emanuele Giraldi, Head of Business Development, Omnicom Media Group, Italy
Riichiro Nakamura, Executive Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Lilia Barroso, Chief Executive Officer, Mindshare, Mexico
Kath Watson, Chief Executive Officer, OMD, New Zealand
Lawrence Teherani-Ami, Media Director, Wieden+Kennedy, North America
Maria Isabel Mesรญa, Chief Executive Officer, Vivaki, Peru
Maryana Sheynina, Media Director, Articul Media, Russia
Marc Taback, Chief Executive Officer, Initiative Media, South Africa
Jaewoo Kim, Media Planning Director, TBWA Korea, South Korea
Angeles Escobar, General Manager, Arena Media Barcelona, Spain
Jochum Forsell, Chief Operating Officer, IUM, Sweden
Neslihan Olcay, Chief Executive Officer, Maxus, Turkey
Phil Georgiadis, Global Chairman, Optimedia Blue 449, UK
Euan Hudghton, Managing Partner, PHD Media, UK
Kasha Cacy, President, UM, USA Phil Cowdell, CEO, North America, MediaCom, USA
Chris Boothe, Chief Executive Officer, Mediavest | Spark, USA
Mobile Lions:
Malcolm Poynton, Global Chief Creative Officer, Cheil, Global – Jury President
Arthur Policarpio, Chief Executive Officer, Mobext Philippines, APAC
Brendan Forster, Head of Creative Technology, Clemenger BBDO, Australia
Domenico Massareto, Innovation Director, TBWA, Brazil
Amber Liu, Vice President, LEO Digital Network, China
David Raichman, Executive Creative Director, OgilvyOne, France
Donna Bedford, Global Digital Lead, Lenovo, Global
Ben Phillips, Global Head of Mobile, Mediacom, Global
Szabi Szekely, Co-founder, CEO, Halcyon Mobile, Romania
Claire Waring, Executive Creative Director, SapientNitro, SE Asia
Emma Carpenter, Creative Director, Accenture Interactive, South Africa
Zelia Sakhi, Head of Creative / Partner, Mobiento / Deloitte Digital, Sweden
Milton Elias, Head of Mobile & Tech Futures, OMD, UK
Thea Frost, Chief Executive Officer, Somewhat, UK
Winston Binch, Chief Digital Officer, Deutsch North America, USA
PR Lions:
John Clinton, Chair, Canada: North American Head of Creative and Content, Edelman, North America – Jury President
Veronica Cheja, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Urban Communication Group, Argentina
Scott Kronick, President & Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy Public Relations, Asia Pacific
Amanda Galmes, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Fuel Communications, Australia
Laure Miquel-Jean, Head of PR, Pride / TBWA, Belgium
Edson Giusti, Chief Executive Officer, Giusti Communications, Brazil
Ingrid Wobst, Chief Executive Officer, Colectivo, Colombia
Marion Darrieutort, Chief Executive Officer, Elan Edelman, France
Hanning Kempe, General Managing Director, FleishmanHillard, Germany
Valerie Pinto, Chief Executive Officer, Weber Shandwick, India
Stefania Mercuri, Partner – General Manager, MY PR, Italy
Kazuaki Hashida, Creative Director, Hakuhodo Kettle, Japan
Leticia Mar, Partner, Alterpraxis, Mexico
Kelly Bennett, Founder & Managing Director, One Plus One Communications, New Zealand
Heidi Holm, Client Service Director & Partner, Dinamo, Norway
Barbara Pleban, Co-owner & Vice President, Multi Communications, Poland
Isabel Jorge de Carvalho, Chief Executive Officer – Partner, Global Press, Portugal
Almudena Alonso, Managing Director, Cohn & Wolfe, Spain
Hannes Kerstell, Senior Partner & Executive Media Director, Prime – A Weber Shandwick Company, Sweden
Kat Thomas, Founder / Global Executive Creative Director, One Green Bean, UK
Erin Gentry, EVP, Global Co-Lead, Client Services, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, USA
Print & Publishing Lions:
Joji Jacob, Group Executive Creative Director, DDB Group, Singapore – Jury President
Fernando Sosa, Executive Creative Director, La Comunidad Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hugo Rodrigues, Chief Executive Officer, Publicis, Brazil
Norman Tan, North Asia Chief Creative Officer, China Chairman, J. Walter Thompson Shanghai, China
Alvaro Becker Padruno, Executive Creative Director, Prolam Young & Rubicam, Chile
Jamie Standen, Creative Director, Rosapark, France
Ralf Zilligen, Executive Creative Director, Managing Partner, McCann, Germany
Swati Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, FCB Ulka Advertising, India
Yuri Alvarado, President & Cofounder, Alvarado Molina, Mexico
Jonathan Beggs, Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, South Africa
Isabel Sanchez, Creative Director, *S,C,P,F…, Spain
Nisa Mujjalintrakool, Executive Creative Director, Dentsu, Thailand
Ilkay Gurpinar, Chief Creative Officer, TBWAIstanbul, Turkey
Fadi Yaish, Regional Executive Creative Director, Impact BBDO, UAE
Richard Denney, Executive Creative Director, MullenLowe London, UK
Shelley Smoler, Creative Director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, UK
Corinna Falusi, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, USA
Product Design Lions:
Amina Horozic, Lead Industrial Designer, fuseproject, USA – Jury President
Jaakko Tammela, Partner | Head of Creative Empowerment, Questto|Nรณ, Brazil
Lars Larsen, Founder & Head of Design, Kilo Design, Denmark
Jessica Nebel, Senior Industrial Designer, Steelcase, Germany
Cinzia Cumini, Founder & Designer, Garcia Cumini Associati, Italy
Anna Loskiewicz, Owner/Chief Designer, Beza Projekt, Poland
Tanja Soeter, Creative Director, HEMA Design, The Netherlands
Paul Cocksedge, Designer, Paul Cocksedge Studio, UK
Shujan Bertrand, Founder, ร plat inc, USA
Promo & Activation Lions:
Rob Reilly, Global Creative Chairman, McCann Worldgroup, Global – Jury President
Ignacio Ferioli, Vice President, David Buenos Aires, Argentina
Iggy Rodriguez, Creative Group Head, Leo Burnett, Australia
Geert De Rocker, Creative Director, Publicis Brussels, Belgium
Maria Laura Nicotero, President, Momentum Worldwide, Brazil
Philippe Meunier, Chief Creative Officer, Sid Lee, Canada
Carlos Andres Rodriguez, Executive Creative Director, Mullen Lowe SSP3, Colombia
Jakob Stiegler, MD Nordics, Be On, Part of AOL Platforms, Denmark
Olivier Apers, Executive Creative Director, BETC, France
Jo Marie Farwick, Founder & Creative, รberground, Germany
Manuel Musilli, Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Italy
Takahiro Hosoda, Senior Creative Director, TBWAHakuhodo, Japan
Leonardo Varela, Executive Creative Director, Marcel, Mexico
Gemma Ross, Co-Founder & Director, Hustle & Bustle, New Zealand
Enrique Renta Davila, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Latina, Puerto
Rico Mihai Fetcu, Creative Director, Geometry, Romania
Mikhail Elagin, Chief Creative Officer, TWIGA Communication Group, Russia
Cinzia Crociani, Creative Director, Grey Group, Singapore
Eoin Welsh, Chief Creative Officer, Havas Worldwide Johannesburg, South Africa
Pablo Perez-Solero, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, Bungalow25 Circus, Spain
Malin Wikerberg, Creative Director, Garbergs Malmรถ, Sweden
Peter de Lange, Founder/Creative Director, LEMZ, The Netherlands
Paul Shearer, Chief Creative Officer, Memac Ogilvy & Mather, UAE
Hollie Newton, Executive Creative Director, Sunshine, UK
Nadja Lossgott, Creative Director, AMV BBDO, UK
Karin Onsager-Birch, Chief Creative Officer, FCB West, USA
Outdoor Lions:
Ricardo John, Chief Creative Officer, J. Walter Thompson, Brazil – Jury President
Rafael Santamarina, Executive Creative Director, Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi, Argentina
Nancy Hartley, Creative Partner, Rumble Creative & Media, Australia
Nils Andersson, President & Chief Creative Officer, TBWA, China
Fabien Teichner, Chief Creative Officer, Marcel Paris, France
Bettina Olf, Managing Director Creation, thjnk Hamburg, Germany
Pradyumna Chauhan, National Creative Director, McCann Erickson, India
Kosuke Takeshige, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc., Japan
Alvin Ng, Creative Director, FCB Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Alvaro Zunini, Creative Vice President, Havas Worldwide Vale, Mexico
Aaron Koh, Executive Creative Director, GOVT, Singapore
Fran Luckin, Chief Creative Officer, Grey Africa, South Africa
Munia Bilbao, Creative Director, Sra Rushmore, Spain
Park Wannasiri, Creative Director, BBDO Bangkok, Thailand
Leigh Reyes, President & Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe, The Philippines
Pemra Atac Aciktan, Partner, Executive Creative Director, Rabarba, Turkey
Richard Brim, Executive Creative Director, adamandeveDDB, UK
Jeanie Caggiano, EVP/Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett, USA
Radio Lions:
Tom Eymundson, CEO, Director, Pirate Group Inc., Canada – Jury President
Marianne Harvey, Creative Director, Clemenger BBDO Brisbane, Australia
Thierry van Durme, Partner, Sonicville Sound & Music, Belgium
Rafael Urenha dos Santos, Chief Creative Officer, DPZ&T, Brazil
Tony Sarroca, Partner & Executive Creative Director, Simple Chile
Sergio Leรณn, Executive Creative Director, Glue, Colombia
Oscar Meixner, Managing Partner, Hastings Audio Network, Germany
Fanny Vaager, Senior Copywriter, Saatchi & Saatchi, Norway
Andrew Hook, Group Executive Creative Director, Havas, Singapore
Jenny Glover, Executive Creative Director, TBWA Hunt Lascaris, South Africa
Tomรกs Ostiglia, Global Creative Director, LOLA Mullen Lowe, Spain
Teeny Gonzales, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer, Seven A.D., The Philippines
Kalpesh Patankar, Executive Creative Director, Y&R Dubai, UAE
Robert Abel, Managing Partner, Somethin’ Else, UK
Jo McCrostie, Creative Director, Global Media and Entertainment, UK
Luis Miguel Messianu, Creative Chairman, CEO, Alma, USA
Titanium and Integrated Lions:
Sir John Hegarty, Founder. Creative, BBH, UK – Jury President
Ted Lim, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Aegis, Asia Pacific
Luiz Sanches, Partner & Chief Creative Officer, AlmapBBDO, Brazil
Graham Bednash, Consumer Marketing Director, Google, EMEA
Jeremy Craigen, Global Chief Creative Officer, Innocean Worldwide, Global
Per Pedersen, Chairman of Global Creative Council, Grey, Global
Judy John, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, Global
Lori Senecal, Global Chief Executive Officer, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Global
David Kolbusz, Chief Creative Officer, Droga5, UK
Pete Favat, Chief Creative Officer, Deutsch North America, USA
Cannes Lions takes place from June 18-25 and incorporates three specialist events: Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Lions Entertainment.
Review: Writer-Directors Scott Beck and Bryan Wood’s “Heretic”
"Heretic" opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they're all pretty much a standard size. "What else do we believe because of marketing?" one asks the other.
That line will echo through the movie, a stimulating discussion of religion that emerges from a horror movie wrapper. Despite a second-half slide and feeling unbalanced, this is the rare movie that combines lots of squirting blood and elevated discussion of the ancient Egyptian god Horus.
Our two church members โ played fiercely by Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East โ are wandering around trying to covert souls when they knock on the door of a sweet-looking cottage. Its owner, Mr. Reed, offers a hearty "Good afternoon!" He welcomes them in, brings them drinks and promises a blueberry pie. He's also interested in learning more about the church. So far, so good.
Mr. Reed is, of course, if you've seen the poster, the baddie and he's played by Hugh Grant, who doesn't go the snarling, dead-eyed Hannibal Lecter route in "Heretic." Grant is the slightly bumbling, bashful and self-mocking character we fell in love with in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," but with a smear of menace. He gradually reveals that he actually knows quite a bit about the Mormon religion โ and all religions.
"It's good to be religious," he says jauntily and promises his wife will join them soon, a requirement for the church. Homey touches in his home include a framed "Bless This Mess" needlepoint on a wall, but there are also oddities, like his lights are on a timer and there's metal in the walls and ceilings.
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