Is Cannes the most prestigious award show because of the talent, or the location? Are they really tipping their cap to the industries greatest, or simply riding the coattails of the famous film festival.

Some local heroes have decided that if you’re not headed to the French Riviera this
year, you owe it to yourself to visit the New York Riviera. Coney Island. Amidst Shoot the Freak, The Cyclone, and yard-long margaritas you’ll find the Wrath of Cannes, advertising’s freakshow award show.

From the site:

“Is the Wrath of Cannes a bitter response to the self congratulating, glad handing, marble bag wearing, dom swilling, bronzer slathered soirees that fester up on the beach in cannes?

Quote obviously, yes. These are the very parties we would be attending were we finalists or had we an invitation”

Submissions are open to anyone in the biz, young and old, and can be from any form of media. Simply load up a thumb drive with the best thing you’ve created this year, head to Cha Cha’s Club Atlantis on Coney’s boardwalk. Judging takes place in real time, with what we’d imagine to be hoots and hollers.

You can get all the details on their site.