We could all use a good laugh these days, and the gala screening of the 2024 winners at the AICP Awards in Los Angeles promises a perfect opportunity: Award-winning director David Shane of O Positive will be the featured speaker, as the awards’ 2024 National Tour kicks off at The Ebell of Los Angeles.
The event, set for Thursday, July 25th, starts with a happy hour from 6 to 7 pm, with the program to follow. The evening closes out with a reception from 8 to 11 pm. Ticket information is available here.
As the evening’s featured speaker, Shane will take attendees through a journey to examine the creative process and the nuances of working with actors. Joining him will be Chloe Wepper, an actor who appeared in Shane’s Apple spot “Album Cover,” a winner in the Performance category at this year’s AICP Show. Wepper is also known for her work on “Office Christmas Party,” “Star Trek: Picard” and “The Rookie,” among other credits.
Their conversation will delve into all aspects of performance and acting for film. Shane will also discuss the creation of his short film for the AICP Awards, “The Journey,” which will be screened at the start of the program.
A founding partner of O Positive, Shane’s work, with an emphasis on comedy, has won awards around the world. His “Best Friends” spot for Uber One |Uber Eats won the Advertising Excellence honor at this year’s AICP Show. It was also nominated for an Emmy Awards this year, as was “Album Cover.”
The Los Angeles event kicks off this year’s AICP Awards National Tour, with similar events on tap for San Francisco on Oct. 16, Dallas on Nov. 14 and Chicago on Nov. 21. A date for the AICP Awards in Mexico City will be announced shortly. Full details will be available soon at www.aicp.com.
Sponsors help make all of the AICP awards competitions and events possible. AICP Partners and Supporting Partners, who support all AICP events throughout the year, are Cast & Crew, Advertising & Short Form Production, Universal Production Services, Wrapbook, Film Hawaii, Musicbed + Film Supply, NEED Financial Services, Sony Pictures Studios and Warner Bros.
The list of 2024 AICP Awards Sponsors Benefactors includes 1Park9, Another Country, Apache, Aspen Travel, AwardCore, Colorlab, Cutters, Directors Guild of America, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, Flavor, Heard City, IDC, Istros Media Corporation, JMR Equipment Rentals, Kodak Motion Picture Film, LBBonline – Little Black Book, Optimus, Republic, SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline, Source Shots Slate, S’well, TCS, Inc., Whitehouse Post and WORK.
The 2024 AICP Awards Patrons include BMG Production Music, The Roots Production Services and SAG-AFTRA.
Flavor created the graphics and design language for all three competitions, with music and sound design produced by Another Country. All showreel editing was performed at Cutters.
Established in 1992, The AICP Show is the most important advertising showcase in the U.S. dedicated to excellence in craft. The AICP Post Awards, which debuted in 2001, honors excellence in a wide range of post production crafts and disciplines. And the AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 11 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications.
Honorees of the AICP Show, The AICP Next Awards and The AICP Post Awards are preserved in The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film’s state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museum’s curators. All individual works and each year’s shows in their entirety can be viewed exclusively at www.aicpawards.com, the AICP Awards Archive website.
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AICP represents, exclusively, the interests of independent companies that specialize in the production and post production of commercials in various media—film, video, digital—for advertisers and agencies. The association, with national offices in New York and Los Angeles as well as regional chapters across the country, serves as a strong collective voice for this $5 billion-plus industry. Founded in 1972, AICP assists its members by: disseminating information; representing production and post production companies within the advertising community in business circles, in labor negotiations and dealing with employment issues; and before governmental officials; developing industry standards and tools; providing professional development; and marketing American production and post production via events and awards shows.
