shots 20th: 1995 - Lowe’s no Cannes do

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Prize-giving or blood-letting? shots looks back at Frank Lowe’s controversial stewardship of Cannes in 1995

The Cannes Advertising Festival in 1995 caused something of a stir. Frank Lowe headed the jury, no Film Grand Prix was awarded, and there was a general sense that unworthy work picked up metal-ware which did not make for a vintage year.

Below is an excerpt from a shots editorial in issue 30, two months after the 1995 festival plus,

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