ENRA Performs at the Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival is considered the most prestigious filmfestival in the world. Held annually in Cannes, France, it celebrates thefinest works of film and has been a catalyst in launching the careers of someof the greatest artists of our generation.
At the Cannes Film Festival 2015, movie fans saw Dheepan takehome the Palme d’Or, but attendees and those watchingat home also caught a glimpse of the Empire produced performance group enraperforming their new piece “FILMS” during the closing ceremony. The Japan-based group created the piece specifically forthe Cannes Film Festival and worked diligently crafting their performance for theevent, which became a muchtalked about attraction at the festival.
Empire was honored to be a part of the Cannes Film Festivalduring its 2015 closingceremony, producing enra’s new piece that was performed infront of some of film’s greatest talents including the Coenbrothers and Guillermo delToro.
Guests received their first taste of technological innovation at registration, where they were welcomed by name on a reactive LED screen installation covering the full width of the entry wall. A large lunch café was created with a décor scheme that incorporated custom-built, ceiling-high steel LED frames draped with foliage to create smaller, intimate restaurant-style spaces that displayed both technology and nature.
A series of breakout sessions presented content targeted to attendees’ varied interests, while imagery displayed throughout the venue showcased real-life applications of how products designed to empower developers help to unleash the power of data and reimagine possibilities that will improve our world.
Every element of Microsoft Connect(); from registration, breakfast and keynote, to lunch and evening cocktails, were custom-designed to communicate exacting brand messaging and to deliver a high-touch guest experience to this important audience. The keynote and breakout sessions were livestreamed through an onsite studio built for this purpose and content was watched online by millions around the world.
Empire is proud to collaborate with Microsoft on this annual, top-tier business communication event.
To view excerpts of Connect(); 2017, please visit https://www.microsoft.com/connectevent
