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    BBDO’s Rani Vaz Named LIA Music & Sound Jury President

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    Rani Vaz
    LONDON --

    Rani Vaz, sr. VP, director of music for BBDO New York, has been named as the Music & Sound Jury president for the 2015 London International Awards (LIA). 

    The Music & Sound Jury will consist of a number of the industry’s most respected names, including; Scott Cymbala, Bob Farnsworth, Eric David Johnson, Ramesh Sathiah, Jack Sedgwick and Brian Yessian.

    Vaz said, “At this exciting and evolving time in our business, music consistently has the ability to powerfully and completely transform any media it touches. As the LIA 2015 Jury President for Music & Sound, I can’t wait to join my fellow jurors and debate this years brilliant submissions from around the globe.”

    During her time at BBDO NY, Vaz has produced scores, original songs and acted as music supervisor for thousands of projects. She has produced BBDO’s most memorable music for clients like GE, Guinness, Mt. Dew, FedEx, HBO, Starbucks, Visa, ExxonMobil, CVS, Pepsi and American Red Cross. She has worked in the studio with BB King, Britney Spears, Isaac Hayes, Faith Hill, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Jessica Simpson, Marlon Brando, Joe Pesci, KISS, Cheap Trick and Kermit the Frog. She has also licensed music from artists such as Beck, The Beatles, Goldfrapp, and Queens of the Stone Age. Her work has won the industry’s highest honors including two EMMY awards, Gold Lions at Cannes, LIA, New York Festivals, ADDYs, ANDYs, and Clios.

    Vaz is a past winner of BBDO’s prestigious “Founder’s Award,” given only to those who consistently perform above and beyond the call of duty. In 2003, Vaz was inducted into the YWCA’s Academy of Women Achievers and, in May 2014, she chaired the 2nd Annual AMP Awards for Music and Sound.

    2015 TV/Cinema/Online Film – Music & Sound Jury:

    Rani Vaz (Senior Vice President, Director of Music, BBDO New York) – Jury President
    Scott Cymbala (Owner/Partner/Executive Producer, MassiveMusic, Los Angeles)
    Bob Farnsworth (President, Hummingbird Productions, Nashville)
    Eric David Johnson (Senior Vice President/Executive Music Producer, McCann Erickson, New York)
    Ramesh Sathiah (Partner/Creative Director, Song Zu, Sydney)
    Jack Sedgwick (Executive Creative Director, Wave Studios, London)
    Brian Yessian (Partner/Chief Creative Officer, Yessian Music, New York)

    The LIA 2015 Entry System is now accepting entries through August. Judging will take place from October 1-10. The shortlists will be announced as each judging session concludes, with winners being announced November 10.

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    After Delay Over Legal Issues, Oscar-Nominated Documentary “Black Box Diaries” Finally Premieres In Japan

    Friday, December 12, 2025

    "Black Box Diaries," a documentary in which Japanese journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault case and the barriers she faced in pursuing justice, has been screened widely abroad since its 2024 festival debut and earned an Oscar nomination early this year.

    It finally premiered in Japan on Friday, a long-delayed domestic release that began with a single-theater run.

    In Japan, sexual assault victims are often stigmatized and silenced. But the barrier to the film's release at home was largely the result of a legal dispute over her use of some interviews and footage of witnesses and involved parties without their consent.

    The 102-minute film was screened to a full house on Friday at the T. Joy Prince Shinagawa, a large cinema complex in downtown Tokyo.

    Ito expressed relief that she could finally share her story with an audience in her home country.

    "Until last night, I was afraid if the film is going to come out or not," she told The Associated Press after the screening. "The reason I made this film is because I want to talk about this issue openly in Japan. It's been like my little love letter to Japan, so I'm just so happy that this day came finally."

    Ito, who went public with what she says happened to her in 2015, has become the face of Japan's slow moving #MeToo movement. She is the first Japanese director to be nominated for an Oscar in the category of documentary feature film. The film is based on a 2017 book she wrote, "Black Box."

    What happened in 2015
    As an intern in 2015, Ito was seeking a position at private TBS Television and met one of its senior journalists, Noriyuki Yamaguchi, who became her alleged assailant. She has said in her book and film that she became dizzy... Read More

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