As South Africa's official representative for the Cannes International Advertising Festival, top cinema advertising contractor CineMARK is pleased to announce the list of industry leaders selected to represent South Africa as judges at the prestigious award ceremony.

This year the selected South African judges will adjudicate on the following panels: Film, Cyber, Direct Marketing and the newly introduced Radio category.

The selected 2005 Cannes International Advertising Festival Judges are:

• Film: - To judge in Cannes
• Alistair King - Creative Director, King James
• Radio: - To judge in Cannes
• John Davenport - Creative Head, Net#work BBDO
• Cyber: - To judge in Cannes
• Adam Whitehouse - Creative Director, Stonewall Productions
• Direct Marketing: - To judge in Cannes
• Nici Stathacopoulous - Chief Executive Officer, Tipping point

An additional judge officiates on the Direct Marketing jury from South Africa via the Web. The 2005 Direct Judge - To judge from SA is:

• Andrew Ambrogioni - Chief Executive Officer, Action Ambro's

The 52nd International Advertising Festivals will be held from 19 to 25 June 2005 in Cannes, France. For more information on the Cannes Lions, log on to www.canneslions.com.