The story of close relationship between brands and cinematography started nearly at the same time as the cinema itself was born—in the beginning of the  movie era, the big companies promoted their products though short clips which were screened before movies. Now it’s not that easy to tell for sure for which product the pioneer ad was created, but according to a range of sources (IMDB is one of them), the first filmed advertising for a today’s global brand was shot for Dewar’s Scotch Whisky (1897). Today, connections between filmmaking industry and brands go beyond this simple presence and include a lot of examples such as much discussed product placement, festival sponsorship and opening cinema clubs, cinema-related advertising campaigns, collaboration with filmmakers on commercials, and creating movies under brands’ supervision.

Grey Goose vodka, in partnership with Chopard, created of an exclusive limited edition bottle stopper to celebrate the jeweller’s 150th Anniversary. Designed to decorate a magnum-sized bottle of Grey Goose vodka, the bottle stopper—aptly named “Elegance”—received its world premiere at an exclusive event at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in May and is currently available at luxury Paris liquor stores Lafayette Gourmet, Lavinia and La Grande Epicerie. “Elegance” is also coming to selected events being held worldwide as part of Chopard’s anniversary celebrations.

The history of the Bacardi company started when Facundo Bacardi Masso was born in a Spanish town of Sitges (Catalonia) in October 1814. In the 1820s his older brothers moved to a port city Santiago de Janeiro, trying to escape from the recession and yellow fever, and became successful merchants in the new area. In 1930 they were joined by their brother Facundo, who was just 15 then, and by 1938 he’d saved enough money to open his own wine trade company.