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After becoming the only Indian entry to be shortlisted for a Cannes Lion in the newly established Branded Content and Entertainment Lions category,on Saturday The Dewarists won itself a bronze in the sub-category Best non-fiction program,series or film where a client has successfully created a reality,documentary or light entertainment show around a product(s) or brand(s).

A Lion for Music

After becoming the only Indian entry to be shortlisted for a Cannes Lion in the newly established Branded Content and Entertainment Lions category,on Saturday The Dewarists won itself a bronze in the sub-category Best non-fiction program,series or film where a client has successfully created a reality,documentary or light entertainment show around a product(s) or brand(s). A hugely successful show that premiered on Star World last year,The Dewarists is owned by the brand Dewars,produced by Babble Fish Productions and directed by Scribe frontman and ad-filmmaker Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy. Although dates havent been finalised yet,a second season of the show has been promised.

Indian spirit in london

Come July and all eyes will be trained on London,the host of Olympics 2012. The UK Tourist Authority has forecast that 30.7 million visitors will head to Britain this year. Understandably,the host country will serve its best to impress guests coming from all corners of the world. Also vying for their attention will be a bouquet of Indian wines made by a Haryana-based winery,Nirvana Biosys. Timing its foray into the UK during the Olympics,Luca wines will table apart from Sauvignons and Merlots wines made from fine quality mangoes and lychees grown in India. We have received an order to supply over 1,000 cases of wines comprising our exotic wines red and white. The wines will be served in various restaurants and pubs at London during the time of the gala sports event, informed M K Rustagi,joint managing director,Luca Wines. Now if only Indian athletes give us reason to gulp down a glass of cheer.

Celebrating small

Eleeanora Images,in association with Londons Performing Arts Labs and with support from Childrens Film Society of India,is holding a screenwriters lab in August in Bhubaneswar. Known as Green Screen Lab,it also intends to address the Green cause,inviting scripts that have the potential to educate children on environmental issues. The 18 selected screenwriters will attend the four-day workshop with known international and Indian talent,and will also be provided continued support for the following six months to help develop their projects for pre-production. I hope with these labs we are able to give something back to the society,especially the new generation, said Nila Madhab Panda,CEO,Eleeanora Images,who has made the film I Am Kalam.

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