The judges for the first annual Saatchi & Saatchi/Playback First Cut Award were:

– Doug Lowe, vp, executive broadcast producer, Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising, Toronto

– Peter Rigby, executive vp, creaive director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Toronto

– Lesley Parrott, vp, executive producer, MacLaren McCann, Toronto

– Gaeton Huot, editor, Creation Montage, Montreal

– Chris Staples, creative director, Palmer Jarvis Vancouver

– Bill Irish, director, Kessler Irish Films, Toronto

– Mary Maddever, editor, Playback