From left: Abe Garcia, CCO Dieste, Julia Melle, Dir. Brand and Content, SW Airlines, Pagán Muñoz, VP, Executive Creative Director of PepsiCo Foods
Industry leaders will discuss winners and trends at the Perot Museum and The Old Post Office
The Chicago stop starts at 6:00pm with a happy hour, followed by the presentation and screening at 7:00pm. A reception caps the event, starting at 8:00pm and concluding at 11:30pm. The Old Post Office is located at 433 W Van Buren Street in Chicago.
The panel there will feature 2024 AICP Awards Curators and Winners from the marketer, agency, production and post production sectors who’ll highlight this year’s winners. The conversation will include a discussion about the winning work, including insights into what makes a project stand out, as well as industry trends and insights.
Panelists include Brian Billow, Director, O Positive, AICP Show Curator and director of AICP’s award-winning entry film, “Museum-Worthy;” Paul Chick, Director, NA Content Production, Procter & Gamble; and Yvette Cobarrubias, Managing Partner/Owner, Cosmo Street Editorial. (Both Chick and Cobarrubias were Curators for the 2024 AICP Post Awards.) Rounding out the panel is Kelly McGuckin, Creative Director, FCB Chicago, one of the leads on “Banned Book Club” for the Digital Public Library, which won Most Next (Best of Show) at the 2024 AICP Next Awards. Matt Miller, President and CEO of AICP, will moderate the discussion.
Sponsors help make all of the AICP awards competitions and events possible. AICP Partners and Supporting Partners, who support all AICP events throughout the year, are Cast & Crew, Advertising & Short Form Production, Universal Production Services, Wrapbook, Film Hawaii, Musicbed + Film Supply, NEED Financial Services, Sony Pictures Studios and Warner Bros.
The list of 2024 AICP Awards Sponsors Benefactors includes 1Park9, Another Country, Apache, Aspen Travel, AwardCore, Colorlab, Cutters, Directors Guild of America, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Flavor, Heard City, IDC, Istros Media Corporation, JMR Equipment Rentals, Kodak Motion Picture Film, LBBonline – Little Black Book, Optimus, Republic, SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline, Source Shots Slate, S’well, TCS, Inc., Whitehouse Post and WORK.
The 2024 AICP Awards Patrons include BMG Production Music, The Roots Production Services and SAG-AFTRA.
Flavor created the graphics and design language featured in all three competitions, with music and sound design produced by Another Country. All showreel editing was performed at Cutters.
Established in 1992, The AICP Show is one of the most important advertising showcases in the world that’s dedicated to excellence in craft. The AICP Post Awards, which debuted in 2001, honors excellence in a wide range of post production crafts and disciplines. And the AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 11 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications.
Honorees at the AICP Show and The AICP Next Awards are preserved in The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film’s state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museum’s curators. All individual works and each year’s shows in their entirety can be viewed exclusively at www.aicpawards.com, the AICP Awards Archive website, while winners of the AICP Post winners can be viewed at www.aicppostawards.com
