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Toonz invites entries for MAC Animation Competition ’03
MUMBAI: Toonz Animation India’s world event Week With The Masters Animation Celebration’s (MAC) to be held at Trivandrum (Kerala) from 4-8 November 2003, has invited entries for its IN.SEA Animation Competition 2003.
The fourth edition of the competition provides a stage to showcase talent within Asia and give it international exposure. Entries are open to independent animation artists, including students from India and other Southeast Asian countries. The Animation Contest forms the cornerstone of the Week With The Masters celebrations.
Only work completed after 15 August 2001, can be entered. While the short films can run up to 30 minutes, commercials can only be two minutes long. The Week With The Masters will offer a pass and hospitality to filmmakers whose works are selected for the final competition. The last date for sending entries is 15 August 2003.
The best entry will receive the Master’s Trophy and the Grand Prize of $2,000 and the category prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the best entry in each category. The jury may also award additional prizes as they see fit.
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Prakash Nair reportedly quits Ogilvy after 23 years
One of the agency’s longest-serving leaders has moved on, with his next destination still unknown
MUMBAI: After more than two decades at one address, Prakash Nair has left the building. The president and head of office, north at Ogilvy has moved on from the agency, according to highly placed industry sources. His next move remains unknown. Ogilvy did not respond to requests for comment.
Nair spent over 23 years at the agency, making him one of its longest-serving senior figures. He was elevated to lead the Gurugram office in April 2022, a role that put him at the helm of Ogilvy’s northern operations at a time of considerable churn across the advertising industry.
Before taking charge in the capital, Nair served as associate president at Ogilvy Mumbai, where he worked on some of the agency’s most prized accounts, including Mondelez, Tata Motors, and BP Castrol. Over the years, he built a reputation for driving modern, integrated, and award-winning work, the kind that wins metals at Cannes and keeps clients from straying.
His departure was marked in style. A farewell gathering was held in Delhi, attended by senior figures from across the advertising fraternity, a signal of the regard in which Nair is held in an industry that does not always pause to say goodbye properly.
Where he goes next is the question the industry is now asking. After 23 years at one of the world’s most storied agencies, the answer, when it comes, will be worth watching.
