Milan - Two young talents from Saatchi & Saatchi Italy will participate at the 2011 Cannes Young Lions Cyber competition: Leonardo Cotti (copywriter) and Umberto Vita (Art Director).
Leonardo and Umberto came 1st in the Italian pre-selection process, winning out against 28 other Cyber campaign entries.
The work they have been selected for is the interactive Christmas greetings they created for the Italian Agency. Go to the following link to view the work: http://www.forjurorsonly.com/2011/nothing-is-impossible-gift/
Manuel Musilli (deputy creative director - art) and Antonio Di Battista (senior copywriter) were also part of the creative team on this piece of work, but since they are over 28 they can't participate in the competition.
In addition to the above, it's worth mentioning that Saatchi & Saatchi Italy won 4 out of the 5 prizes of the Cyber section:
2nd prize
Leonardo Cotti, Massimo Guerci and David Denni
Toyota - Shutter
http://www.forjurorsonly.com/2010/toyota_shutter
3rd Prize
Leonardo Cotti and Manuel Musilli
MiBAC - Guerilla WIKIPEDIA
http://www.forjurorsonly.com/2010/mibac
5th Prize
Leonardo Cotti, David Denni, Alessio Bianconi and Antonio di Battista
Toyota iQ
http://www.forjurorsonly.com/2011/iq