On March, 31st the period of reduced-rate participation in the Kiev International Advertising Festival has ended.

By this moment the Festival Organizing committee has received 492 works from 189 participants - from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and Uzbekistan. Most of all works are by now submitted to traditionally leading categories: Graphic design - 91, TV advertising and the Print advertising - 66 and 65 accordingly.

The absolute leader is Instinct, Moscow - its command has submitted 20 works. Further in the list of champions are Ukrainians - Kinograf and TABASCO, 12 works from each agency, after them - Das Marketing / JWT Kazakhstan (11) and Radio VAN from Armenia (9).

That was the data for March, 31st - but the statistics varies very quickly, after all new demands almost continuously continue to arrive in Organizing committee. Despite the discount period termination, KIAF is still a very democratic and liberal in pricing international festival, the price of participation in competitions of which is quite accessible to each professional advertising maker.

Also from the latest news - literally "smoking" program of seminars and festival master classes. For even more latest news watch on festival site and Sostav.ua.

We remind that deadline of sending works to 10th KIAF is April, 24th 2009.