Cannes Lions

The New York Times VR Film ‘The Displaced’ Wins the Lions Entertainment Grand Prix

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By Tim Nudd

June 24, 2016

CANNES, France—The NYT VR project from The New York Times won its second Grand Prix of this Cannes Lions festival here tonight, with the individual virtual reality film "The Displaced," shot by Vrse.Works, earning the top prize in the revamped Lions Entertainment contest, to go along with the Grand Prix in Mobile that the NYT VR app itself won earlier this week.

Tim Nudd
@nudd Tim Nudd is a former creative editor of Adweek.
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