The Lisbon International Advertising Festival (LIAF) is all geared up to invite agencies to submit their best work. LIAF is based in Lisbon and its ambition is to become one of the major advertising annual festivals worldwide. LIAF is paying close attention to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in this endeavor.
The main sponsor for this one-day festival, which aims to reward the best work in the creativity and communication areas on an international scale, is Lisbon City Council.
One of the Festival’s special features is that it has two groups of judges. There is a Grand Jury that will vote online and will be responsible for choosing the shortlists in each category. This is then followed by an Executive Jury, who will meet in person in Lisbon in order to make the final selection of the big winners.
LIAF intends to be ‘the most local of all global festivals’, since, in addition to the regular prizes given by category, there are also Local LIAFs, which will award prizes to the best entries in each region in each category.
The festival will take place on September 14, 2016 at one of the most important theatres in Lisbon. Besides the awards ceremony, the event will also include several conferences with some of the biggest names in advertising creativity.
Soon LIAF’s organization will announce the Executive Jury members, as well as the respective Jury Chairman, who will preside over the selection of works. The entries are open till July 29, 2016.
