Volvo CE wins Cannes film award
Volvo Construction Equipment?s new history film has been awarded a ?Dolphin? trophy in the 2011 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards, an international fes?tival exclusively for corporate films and TV documentaries, based in the historic film city of Cannes, France. The company?s new film, `The Master Builder,` competed against 410 entries from 27 countries worldwide and impressed a panel of media experts to win in the Corporate Films category. `The Master Builder` tells the story of 175 years of Volvo construction inn?o?vation in a fresh and inventive way, featuring Hollywood actor Philip Barantini. The video was produced with the help of creative agency Poetry in Motion and freelance director Timo Pincket. ?We are ext?remely proud to win this award,? says Klas Magnusson, Senior Vice President Corporate Com?m?unications at Volvo Const?ruction Equipment. ?I would like to thank everyone involved in helping to create this dynamic, new way of presenting the 175 years of our company. To make the film required real teamwork using Volvo facilities, machines and employees representative of the hard work and cooperation that goes on every day in the company. ?