shots in Cannes 2018

It's that time of year once again. A time when, ahead of us lays a week of meetings, drinking, seminars, drinking, networking, drinking and, if we're lucky and plan things really well, at least a couple of hours sleep each night. 

As usual, shots will be in Cannes the entire week and will be bringing you a free daily newsletter each morning with insight, news and opinion pieces about the festival. 

We'll also be rounding up the winners of each category during the week as well as bringing you sections of this years shots Cannes special magazine, two of the four front covers of which you can see below. Issue 175 is also our Heroes special and, alongside our usual Cannes coverage, which includes interviews with Film Craft jury president and cover star, Diane McArter and Entertainment Lions president, Debbi Vandeven, has our pick of advertising's heroes, including Sir John Hegarty, OK Go, Kate Stanners, Mark Denton, Spike Jonze, David Droga and many more.

There are other things we'll be doing across the week, outlined below, not least the famous shots Beach Party, and we hope to see many of you there.

Enjoy the week.

shots Beach Party

There’s a beach, there’s music, there’s drink, there’s great people. What more do you need for a great night? A ticket, of course.

As ever, it is a ticket-only, member event. If you're a shots member, by the time you read this you should already have bagged your allocation but if you need or want to find out more information please email info@shots.net.

The shots Beach Party will be held at The Carlton Beach (directly opposite the Carlton hotel) from 22:00 to 02:00 on Thursday June 21.

The 2018 shots Beach Party is sponsored by our good friends at 2AM Films, Angel Films, Felt Music, Shoot in Chile, and Stratum.

Social Media

For those of you who prefer your news and insight (and random thoughts) in 280 characters or less or simply through the medium of photography then you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram. We will be posting regularly during the festival from the addresses below.

Twitter: @shotscreative

Instagram: @shots_creative

You'll also be able to see photos from the shots Beach Party on our Facebook page. 

Young Director Award, supported by shots

shots is proud to be an on-going sponsor of the YDA event and 2018 promises to be as interesting and quality-laden as ever, showcasing some of the best new directing talent from across the globe.

This year a special panel discussion about creative relationshiops will examine how trust, talent and togetherness can foster great work. The talk will take place at 4pm, immediately before the awards, and more information on that can be found here.

The YDA takes place at JW Marriott theatre on Thursday June 21. 

shots/Peru Football Screening

If you're not planning to attend the shots/YDA event and instead wanted to catch some of the World Cup, then shots members who are attending the Beach Party will have received an invitation to a screening of Peru versus France, which will be shown at Ma Nolan's, 6 Rue Buttura, 06400 Cannes from 4.30pm. Click here to register for your free tickets to the event; we look forward to welcome adland's footie fans to what should be a pulsating game.