Here's the latest from Toronto's Zig (who I think need a new site - I was never a fan of that "tour guide" thing it opens with) for Mr. Sub. The "Bad Choices" campaign features three spots; Airport (my fav), Digging and Running. All three are directed by Partners' Joachim Back and I like how they are a bit dark for a fast food chain. Full credits are posted here.

Angry is the latest from Biscuit Filmworks USA director Tim Godsall for Orbit. Agency is Energy BBDO, Chicago. Full credits are posted here.

The AdPawn has posted a great retrospective on the use of slow-motion in broadcast advertising. He has including some spots I'm sure you've seen, like the amazing Schwepps Burst, and others you may not have like Choice FM's Kill the Gun. Check it out.

Tank Magazine has teamed up with Swarovski and launched the Three Graces Film competition – an open call to filmmakers and creatives working with the moving image to develop a short film to accompany three of the exclusive tracks commissioned for the project; interpreting the myth of The Three Graces. Scooped from helloMuller at Computerlove.

For all of you out there who do not live in Canada I'm going to explain something to you. The Bloody Caesar is one on the best drinks in the world and is an integral part of Canadian culture (and a freaking amazing hang over cure). It's basically a Bloody Mary but made with Clamato (Mott's tomato clam cocktail) instead of tomato juice. That said, Tribal DDB has launched Lamato - a spoof site on social networking sites and it's as great as a Caesar tastes (man I want one now). The scoop, YouTube links and full credits are posted here.

Here's the latest from Psyop and the second spot to be released from their new LA office. Maestro is for the new HP TouchSmart PC and the Psyop directors are Todd Mueller and Kylie Matulick. I've asked them for a few words on the creation of this spot - so check back for that (if you are interested). Agency is Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Full credits are here.

This UK Heinz ad was pulled from the air after numerous complaints were received. The decision has angered gay rights group Stonewall which is urging supporters to stop buying Heinz products. Read the full story here. Thanks to Dylan (Mr. Glossy) for the tip.

Diamonds for Futures for the Diamond Empowerment Fund is the latest from Blacklist directed by Waytion. The spot, created pro-bono by JWT New York and Blacklist, utilizes both stop motion and illustration. More creative info from Waytion and full credits are posted here. D.E.F.'s mission is to raise money to support education initiatives that develop and empower economically disadvantaged people in African nations where diamonds are a natural resource.

The 2008 Cannes Lions are wrapping up and for the first time ever it's a tie for the film Grand Prix between Fallon London's Cadbury's Gorilla TV commercial and Microsoft's Halo 3 web film campaign. All the winners from this weeks awards are posted on the Lion's site and Creativity has done up a great story here.

I've heard that this showcase is one of the most popular events in Cannes and this year I was able to attend. From the dynamic opening to the great creative that was showcased, it did not disappoint (it did begin a little bit behind schedule though). A press release on this year's showcase is here and you can watch the full showcase here. Really great work, you should check it out.

Massive Music puts on one hell of a party in Cannes and this year was no exception. The dance floor is always packed and, as it was on Wednesday night, the crowd has loads of energy (unlike at the end of the week). Thanks to Keith at Massive for putting me on the list (it was nice to meet you at the Carlton Keith). Some party pics are here.

The 10th annual cfp-e shots new directors showcase was held held in Cannes this past Wednesday. It was my second time at this show and there is always great work to be seen. I really enjoyed Willem Gerritsen's Religious which won first prize in the European spec category. A full story from shots, with a complete winners list, is here.

Wednesday at the Cannes Lions I attended a really interesting seminar, hosted by Cheil Worldwide Global Interactive ECD Andrew Berglundon, on a day in the life of an average young female consumer in Seoul and how they use and interact with brands via their mobile phones. Points of interest: the average young Korean consumer receives an average of 500 text messages a day; they like and interact with branded content (see AnyBand); there is a polygraph application available that can tell you if someone (who is calling you) is lying based on their speech patterns (popular with young women who use it to see if their boyfriends are cheating on them). Some pics from the seminar are here.

Sorry I have not been updating glossy as regularly as I normally do. I've been so busy in Cannes - I'm having a blast. I'll try to update soon.

Blacklist, a Psyop company, has created six spots for Fuse.tv utilizing the various creative talents of six different directors on their roster. The six spots are (click on each title to view) Therapy directed by Cisma, Soulmates directed by Friends With You, Balloon directed by Pistachios, Time Travel directed by Nanospore, Adrenaline directed by David Lobser and Joy directed by Holbrooks. Agency is Brooklyn Brothers, full credits are posted here and a press release from Fuse is here.

Keep up-to-date with all the Cannes Lions shortlists and winners here. The shortlists for the Design Lions and the Cyber Lions came out today. The shortlist for the Film Lions comes out Friday morning.

So I think I'm still jet-lagged and drinking last night didn't help - I was only out until 2am and it's rude to turn away free champagne (thanks Crush). Last night I went to the Boards party and them to the gutter bar. Boards has set up a blog for Cannes and are posting what they are cleverly calling Cannes-did camera pics on their Flickr account. They are updating it daily with, I'm sure, incriminating photos of yourself and your colleagues. I have some pics from last night posted on Facebook here.

I arrived in Cannes yesterday morning. I'm tired and it's really chilly here - I think it dropped down to 12 celsius last night. brrrrrr. I'll be updating glossy with Cannes happenings daily so please check back. I'm going out now to buy a sweater or a jacket. brrrrr.

Comcast makes fast faster, and faster, and faster, and faster (you get the idea) in their latest spot directed by Biscuit's Noam Murro for Goodby Silverstein & Partners. View Rabbit. Full credits are here. I really like how they keep upping the ante in the spot. Fun.

I'm a big fan of Nagi Noda and I was happy to stumble upon her Hair Hats on Computerlove. For those of you not familar with this Japanese artist/designer/director's work, check out all the goodies on her site - I really wish that the films played via quicktime or flash. One of my favourite spots of her is this film she did for French retailer Franc Franc. When I worked at shots I was busted getting misty while watching it (and I'm not ashamed to admit it).

Yesterday Creativity posted Leo Burnett's 2008 Cannes Predictions reel. Watch it here if you have a subscription. The still is from Rethink Vancouver's YWCA "Paper" spot. I saw this spot at The Bessies - really great.

So I heard my friends at Crush were all a little sleepy yesterday. R.E.M. was in Toronto for a concert on Sunday night and because Crush created their Hollow Man video, and are currently in production on R.E.M.'s next video, Michael Stipe and his manager had dinner with some of the Crush crew and invited all of Crush (all 15 of them) out to the show - with really great seats (so I'm told). When they played Hollow Man, Stipe gave a shout out to Crush, raised the lights on them and played the video while they performed the song. After the show drinking ensued until 3am. Stipe sounds a-okay to me.

As consumers we love to hate the big old expensive phone company (cough Rogers, cough Bell) and this latest campaign for Comcast via Goodby Silverstein and Partners and Biscuit director Tim Godsall does just that. View Unfair here, Switch here and Grandma here. Full credits are posted here.

Holiday Films has opened its doors in Toronto. Holiday is the creation of executive producers Josefina Nadurata (formerly of Reginald Pike) and Derek Sewell (formerly of Blink, Toronto). Their intimate roster of eight directors (Canadian representation) includes; Neil Abramson, Sorrel Ahlfeld, Scott Corbett, Georgie Greville, Kenan Moran, Aaron Ruell, Edward Schumacher and Craig Tanimoto. View a compilation reel of their director’s work here. Holiday Films is also seeking holiday images to showcase on their site (I've already submitted a couple). More info is on their About Us page. A full press release on their launch is here.

CVA (Chinese Volleyball Association) is the forth and final spot in Psyop's (via Stink and TBWA China) Adidas campaign for the Beijing Olympics. The previous spots were Together, Zheng Zhi and Hu Jia (the latter in my fav). Full credits are here and a Q&A on the campaign with Psyop directors Marie Hyon and Marco Spier is posted here.

A while back I wrote a little ditty on The Bessies for AdLand. It's posted here. Thanks to Crush and Jacqui at Soft Citizen for the photos. Thanks to Caffeine Goddess and Dabitch for the opportunity.

FFL Paris has created the first ever print campaign for Globe-Trotters magazine. The campaign titled "The Break" was shot by photographer Aurelien Dupuis is an invitation to travel. View the ad & full credits here. I can't help but think this ad would be great done as life-size street art (à la Vespa). Scooped from Joey Tomatoes (the ad blog, not the restaurant).

Images of this outdoor ad have been kicking around on the net for about a week now. The scoop: Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand covered a busy Auckland street in gore to promote TV2's screening of Kill Bill, one of the bloodiest movies ever made. View the ad and credits here. Scooped from Bestadsontv.com who have recently redesigned their site and I think it looks amazing. Congratulations Michael and Kim.

Yesterday at the 17th annual AICP awards show it was announced that the Zune Arts film Masks, created by PandaPanther via 72andSunny, was inducted into New York's Museum of Modern Art's permanent film collection. Congratulations to Lydia, Naomi, Jonathan and everyone else at PandaPanther. View Masks here. PandaPanther are repped by Blacklist, a Psyop company. Read the full scoop here.

This is beautiful, creepy and weird all at once. Kind of like the man who started the script - John Malkovich. Visitors to the Sony VAIO site then offered suggestions as to how to continue the story with votes tallied to decide the most popular narrative suggestions. Three winners completed the story. Watch Snow Angel here. Scooped from Feed.

I'm not a big fan of American cars (love German cars and I'm getting a Vespa S this week - so excited), but I do think this ad for the Dodge Challenger is very eye-catching even though it may be encouraging people to speed. It's done out of BBDO in the US (not sure which office). Scooped from Freddy at advertising/design goodness.

Say hello to hello & CO. Veteran production companies HKM & Rock Fight have merged and formed hello & CO with an intimate roster of eight directors - view the directors and their work here. To announce the launch of the new company, Crush Toronto and animation master Yoho Yue have created this animation (look for the wood...you'll see what I mean).

Birds and Tumbling are the latest from Sticks+Stones director Jerry Brown for Washington Lottery via Publicis in the West. I'm a big fan of birds so I really enjoy seeing a penguin, a emu and a chicken "fly" (love the way the penguin flaps its little wings). A Q&A with director Jerry Brown as well as some stills from the Birds shoot are posted here. Full credits for both Birds and Tumbling are here.