The legendary Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors’ Showcase has become one of the genuine highlights of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
 
The Showcase features the very best new directing talent, identified by our offices around the world, and through the relationships we have with key internet sites. And from an initial line of several hundred directors, the Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide Creative Board make the final selection. And this year, 17 directors made the cut.

Notable directors who have appeared in past Showcases include Fredrik Bond, Chris Cunningham, Nicolai Fuglsig, Jonathan Glazer, Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Danny Kleinman, David LaChapelle, Chris Palmer, The Perlorian Brothers, Jason Reitman, Mark Romanek, Tarsem, Traktor, Kinka Usher, and Ivan Zacharias.

We wrap each Showcase around a theme. Over the years we’ve brought the theme to life with on-stage performances in the main Cannes auditorium, by the likes of Cirque de Soleil, Fuerzabruta and the dancers from the film ‘Rize’.

And for 2011 we have continued our rich heritage of drama and surprises. Our theme ‘Hello Future’ encapsulates both the directorial talent of tomorrow, and also the future reality of communications. The theme was brought to life as a retro-futuristic theatrical spectacle.

We have our own New Directors’ Showcase Channel on YouTube. So, you can see this year’s Showcase by going to 'Watch' above.

This year’s New Directors’ Showcase – the twenty first – took place in Cannes on Thursday June 23rd 2011. Details of how to enter for 2012 will be published on this site early next year.