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Dubai Lynx attracts 1364 entries and over 1000 delegates

March 13th, 2010 Zeid Nasser (Admin)

A total of 1364 entries from 16 countries have been submitted to this year’s Dubai International Advertising Festival, which kicks-off on Sunday. Dubai Lynx is the largest awards show celebrating creative excellence in MENA’s advertising and communications industry and the Festival will be attended by over 1000 delegates this year.

Entries have been submitted in 10 categories: TV/Cinema (159 entries), Print (300), Outdoor (233), Direct & Sales Promotion (94), Media (230), Radio (50), Interactive (83), Integrated (39), and the new TV/Cinema Craft (35) and Print Craft (141) categories. The entries will be judged by top international industry experts who will convene in Dubai at the weekend.

The top country participating is the UAE with 847 entries, followed by Lebanon with 142, Egypt on 124 entries, Saudi Arabia with 66 and Kuwait with 57.

Entry Filed under: Awards & Ad Festivals,Creative,Regional

http://www.fuckoff.com moe fara

Dubai Lynx is nothing, the real deal is in Cannes.
facts

1:: 2009 Vs. 2010 Total number of entries:

2009 : 2079 Entries

2010 : 1364* Entries 34.39% Drop
*( Including the 2 new categories of craft)

2010 : 1188* Entries 42.9% Drop
*(Excluding the 2 new categories of craft : 176 entries)

2:: 2009 Vs. 2010 Total number of entries in each category:

TV 32.91% Drop
Print D59.46% Drop
Outdoor 52.25% Drop
Radio 52.83% Drop
Interactive 27.19% Drop

Integrated 20.51% Increase
Media 9.57% Increase
Quick Comment

forget Lynx AND Cannes, you wanna be proud of an award you should win at the D&AD
http://www.dandad.org/

Those are real ads that actually ran properly and a client paid for.

The rest is bullsh@t
Menace Of Vanity

Dubai Jinx
http://www.fuckoff.com moe fara

ya theres also epica