Roman Veiga has joined the directorial roster of Troublemakers for representation in France spanning commercials and branded content. The writer-director likes to mix techniques such as stop-motion, 3D animation, and live action. His style, this crossroads of different visual techniques, is expressed through collaborations with musicians, helping to shape and design their visual identity, or in engaging advertising films. Since his first film, which was selected, and won prizes at a number of major festivals (Clermont Ferrand, Short Shorts Tokyo, Houston Cinema Arts Festival, ASIFA-East Animation Festival, etc.), Veiga has alternated between personal and commissioned work, always with the same ambition of combining visual exploration with unexpected, funny and poetic stories....

National CineMedia (NCM), the cinema advertising platform that is the U.S. representative to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has unveiled the winners of the 2024 US Young Lions competition. Over 500 teams comprised of young professionals across the advertising, digital, media, creative and PR industries registered for the competition this year, up 20% year over year. The five winning teams, aka TEAM USA, are: 

• Digital: Jessica Nugent, TBWA\Chiat\Day LA & Rachel Findlay, TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
• Film: Emma LeMay, Weber Shandwick & John Chavez, Weber Shandwick
• Media: Cara Miller, Initiative & Christian Savino, Initiative
• PR: Morgan Biles, Weber Shandwick & Lena Church, Weber Shandwick
• Print: Chloe Bayhack, FCB New York & Victoria Rocha, FCB New York

The winners will compete in person as TEAM USA in the global Young Lions competition at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity taking place from June 17-21 in Cannes, France....