Indonesian Team Becomes First Foreign Winner of Mandom-Sponsored Asian Student Video Commercial Contest
OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 3, 2012 (ANTARA/Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet) --
Mandom Corp. announced on November 17 the winners of the 7th GATSBY Student CM Awards, an international student contest for producing the best video commercials featuring the company's GATSBY line of products. An award-giving ceremony was held at the Harajuku Quest Hall, Tokyo, following the final screening.
* Summary of 7th GATSBY Student CM Awards
Mandom invited students in seven countries and regions -- Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia -- to produce and submit video commercials featuring the GATSBY products. A total of 1,066 were sent in before the time limit for application on Aug. 31, 2012.
Twenty-two commercials were selected for the final screening after the first round of screening and subsequent popular voting on GATSBY's official website in each of the above countries and regions well as on a website for cell-phones in Japan. The representatives and team members of the finally nominated commercials presented their works on November 17 in the final screening in Tokyo in front of the jury who decided on grand prix and individual awards.
The award-winning commercials and their details are available on the official GATSBY site. Movies and texts about the award-giving ceremony and photo gallery will soon be posted on the websites.
Official GATSBY websites
Japan: http://award.gatsby.jp (PC and cell-phones/smart phones)
Korea: http://award.gatsby.jp/kr/
Hong Kong: http://award.gatsby.jp/hk/
Indonesia: http://award.gatsby.jp/id/
Taiwan: http://award.gatsby.jp/tw/
Thailand: http://award.gatsby.jp/th/
Malaysia: http://award.gatsby.jp/my/
Award-giving ceremony for 7th GATSBY Student CM Awards
Date: November 17, 2012
Venue: Harajuku Quest Hall, Tokyo
Please contact us for the use of image data of the 7th GATSBY Student CM Awards, including the final screening, the award-giving ceremony, award-winning commercials and winners, which are available at http://award.gatsby.jp/press/
Selected winners of 7th GATSBY Student CM Awards
Grand Prix: Greatest GATSBY Award
Invitation to Adfest 2013, EDIUS, extra prize (300,000 yen)
Title: The Key
Name: ABL, Indonesia
University: Mercu Buana University
GATSBY Award
EDIUS, extra prize (150,000 yen)
Title: Black Swan
Name: Shoichiro Ishikawa, Japan
University: Ibaraki University
About Mandom Corp.
President & Executive Officer: Motonobu Nishimura
Headquarters: Osaka City
For more information, please visit http://www.mandom.co.jp/english/index.html
Source: Mandom Corp.
Contact:
Kazue Junus
Corporate Communications Div.
PT.mandom Indonesia Tbk
Tel: +62-21-6510061
Editor: PR Wire
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