Heineken USA, the world’s leading international brewer, and the Tribeca Film Institute announced their partnership to establish and launch the Heineken Affinity Award. The award, which aims to empower and recognize a working generation of African American filmmakers and encourage them to continue to craft stories that share their experiences and visions, will launch during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Heineken USA will host a private launch event on April 27th to raise awareness about the program. The winner of the Heineken Affinity Award, a rising African-American filmmaker (age 21 and over) will be honored with a $20,000 cash award and year round project support and professional development from the Tribeca Film Institute.

From 25 April to 26 August 2012, the BMW Museum in association with Galerie Häusler Contemporary is presenting around ten illuminated artworks by internationally renowned light artist Keith Sonnier. The US American draws on the aesthetics of advertising by taking fluorescent lighting technology familiar from the world of neon adverts to form abstract light creations. The sculptures that make up ‘Lichtblicke I’ bring light and metal, art and experiment, neon tubes and cars face to face.

The US most intensely creative and up-and-coming filmmakers are ready to make their debut as the Sprite Films program returns to spotlight bold and innovative talent. Eight promising filmmakers have been chosen by Sprite to make a name for themselves in the film industry with the unique opportunity to participate in a film competition spanning multiple colleges and universities across the United States. Sprite is providing a nationwide platform to shine a light on the aspiring filmmakers, and is also introducing the filmmakers to seasoned actor Tyrese Gibson who will provide guidance and insight to ignite the film students’ creativity and overall experience throughout the filmmaking process.

For generations, Olay has helped women of all ages look and feel their most beautiful. Many of these women have told us that the person who represents true beauty to them is not a model or celebrity, but their moms. So, in celebration of moms everywhere, Olay is working to give special recognition to one million moms by Mother’s Day. Beginning April 13, women are invited to log on to www.facebook.com/Olay, and sign our online declaration to acknowledge their moms as their ‘Beauty By Example’ women who are beautiful inside and out, and have inspired them in so many ways. As part of our effort to recognize amazing women everywhere, moms and daughters alike, Olay is contributing up to one million ounces of product to look good feel better, a national public service program dedicated to improving the self-esteem and quality of life of women undergoing treatment for cancer. Consider it ‘Beauty By Example’ in action.

The Jeep brand and USA Basketball announced their partnership as the Jeep Wrangler was named the ‘Official Vehicle of USA Basketball.’ The Jeep brand formed a global partnership with USA Basketball to support the men’s and women’s national teams. Accordingly, the Jeep brand will launch a full advertising and marketing campaign scheduled to begin Saturday, April 28. The Jeep brand also announced the introduction of a uniquely designed special edition model, the 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Altitude Edition, which will be featured in the campaign.

While the Stella Artois lager brand is celebrating cinema spirit with its promotional initiatives ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, Grolsch has stepped into the art-house filmmaking world with its Grolsch Film Works production platform, doing its part in supporting independent movies. The Dutch beer brand, which launched the platform back in April 2011, last fall announced that a new film, which was to merge creative visions of three directors (from Russia, Poland and the USA) went under production. The new experimental film titled ‘The Fourth Dimension,’ funded by Grolsch and created in partnership with Vice Films, finally premiered last weekend at the San Francisco International Film Festival.