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AICP Show and Lecture Series a hot ticket - Assn of Independent Commercial Producers

NEW YORK - The hottest ticket in town next week is to the seventh annual Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Show and Lecture Series, set for June 2 and 3 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Tickets are already sold out for the three scheduled screenings of AICP Show-honored commercials on the evening of June 3.

However, still available at press time was a ticket package for admission to that night's AICP Show reception and to the daytime lectures on June 2 and 3. Those who purchase this remaining events' package will receive a VHS cassette of 1998 AICP Show spots to compensate for not being able to attend any of the screenings.

Established in 1992 in cooperation with MoMA, the AICP Show recognizes the artistry and craft of commercial filmmaking. The AICP Show reel, "The Art & Technique of the American Television Commercial," is part of MoMA's permanent collection in its department of film and video. Each year, spots honored in The AICP Show are screened in different venues throughout the world. The compilation of ads has come to be known as "America's Reel."

The Show encompasses television commercials honored for excellence in 22 craft categories. Up to three spots can be recognized in each category. But there's no guarantee that there will be honorees in a given category. For instance, last year The AICP Show board of governors decided that based on jury scores, entries in the tabletop category were not up to the level of excellence set for The Show. However, word is that there will be work honored in this year's tabletop category. Meanwhile in a separate development, the music video category has been deleted.

Only spots aired in the U.S. or produced by an American production company for an international market are eligible for entry in The AICP Show. Commercials selected for inclusion in the 1998 Show must have first aired between Feb. l, 1997 and Jan. 31, 1998. More than 500 industry professionals judged entries for this year's AICP Show.

Nick Wollner, a partner in Crossroads Films (with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta) is chairman of the 1998 AICP Show. As chairman, Wollner leads a 24-person Show committee comprised of AICP members. He also serves on the Show's aforementioned board of governors, which is the final arbiter charged with ensuring the quality of The AICP Show and adherence to its rules.

Show Committee

In addition to Wollner, The AICP Show Committee includes: Mark Androw of Chicago Story; Sally Antonacchio of bicoastal The Artists Company; Randi Arnold of New York-headquartered Lovinger/Cohn & Associates; Denise Blate of The Artists Company; Al Califano of bicoastal OneSuch Films; Carol Case, who has just become partnered in the soon-to-open, bicoastal Case Nydrle (see separate story, page 1); Jeff Devlin of bicoastal Flying Tiger Films; Nancy Early of Hoboken, N.J.-based ARF & Co.; Jack Fahey of Celsius Films, New York; Brian Farhy of Fink Farhy Agency, New York; Joanne Ferraro of bicoastal Nitro Films; Carolyn Hill of OneSuch; John Johnston of Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester, N.Y.; Mary Knox of bicoastal Omaha Pictures; Lisa Mehling from New York-based Chelsea Pictures; Tom Mooney of bicoastal Headquarters; Steve Shore of bicoastal Shelter Films; Becky Slattery of bicoastal/international @radical.media; Stuart Match Suna of Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, N.Y.; Phillip Tyler-Alden of Claire. Garrett. Alden, New York; Robert Wherry of bicoastal HKM Productions; Nancy Workman of Workman, New York; and Peter Ziegler of New York-based Astrow Ziegler.

Underscored by The AICP Show reel wowing audiences overseas, AICP president Matt Miller observed, "American culture is our biggest export. And it comes back to us in a slightly skewed fashion in the new commercials being made for American audiences by European spotmakers."

This year's AICP Lecture Series, titled "Advertising Under the Influence," focuses on how American icons have affected overseas creatives whose images in turn are now having an impact on American commercial production.

On the Lecture Series' first day, June 2, the creative and production artisans behind the Miller Lite "Dick" campaign will take the stage to discuss their work. The Swedish directing team Traktor (represented in the U.S. by Partizan U.S.A., New York) - consisting of Pontus Lowenheilm, Ulf Johansson, Patrik von Kursenstjerna, Mats Lindberg and Sam Larsson, and their executive producer Richard Ulfvengren - will be on hand, as will fellow Swedes, copywriter Linus Karlsson and art director Paul Malmstrom of Fallon McElligott, Minneapolis.

On June 3, there will be another session bringing together directorial and ad agency talent, namely Iranian-born director Mehdi Norowzian, repped in the U.S. by New York-headquartered Chelsea Pictures, and Tim Delaney, executive creative director at Leagas Delaney Group, London. The two have collaborated on work for adidas.