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CANNES At the end of the fourth day of judging the film competition Thursday night, sources said the 22-member panel led by jury president Dan Wieden was only a third of the way through evaluating a shortlist of more than 500 spots in 29 categories at the International Ad Festival here.

The jury lost a couple hours yesterday due to technical difficulties with one of the voting machines, sources said.

Wieden, sources said, has kept politics to a minimum and has kept jurors sharply focused on the work.



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