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Cannes Lions 2021 to run as a fully digital experience

12 April

LIONS has today announced that Cannes Lions 2021 will be fully digital, running as Cannes Lions Live, from 21-25 June. The event in Cannes, France, will not take place this year. Philip Thomas, Chairman, LIONS, said, "Over the last year, we've been consulting with our customers and working on our plans, including the development of Cannes Lions Live as part of the new LIONS Membership platform. We are now able to move fully to this format for 2021 - which will have all the celebration, inspiration and participation of Cannes Lions - to unite the global community virtually during Cannes Lions Live this June." Cannes Lions Live will bring outstanding live and on-demand content and experiences delivered by exceptional talent, as well as revealing, analysing and celebrating the winners of the Lions. Access to Cannes Lions Live is included in the fee for LIONS Membership. Simon Cook, Managing Director, LIONS, said, "Cannes Lions Live will also signal the return of the Lions awards. After the benchmark of the awards was paused last year, we want to be able to give our community the chance to immerse themselves in the creative work once again. We'll be championing the work on a huge scale - tracking

We Are Social and Mentalista introduce thought-powered football to Cannes

24 June 2019

Moving objects using only the power of your mind is not just the stuff of science fiction. With the help of AI, we can all have the ability to control the objects around us with our thoughts, like sci fi heroes ...

Cannes Lions 2019 – Final winners announced

24 June 2019

The 66th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity came to a close this evening with the last Awards Show. It honoured the final winners from the Communication Track, alongside the Good Track, as well as special awards, celebrating the industries' best ...

The 66th Cannes Lions opens for five days of learning, inspiration and networking

17 June 2019

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has opened its doors for the 66th year today for five days of learning, inspiration and networking. Cannes Lions Chairman, Philip Thomas, said, "The breadth and diversity of the festival this year - from stage talks to the work - ...

Cannes Lions Announces 2019 Award Entry Numbers

14 June 2019

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that a total of 30,953 entries from 89 countries will compete to become the global benchmark for excellence in creativity and effectiveness for the year ahead. To ensure that marketers and agencies are ...

First CLX roundtables by the leading content creators Activision Blizzard, NBCUniversal and TikTok

14 May 2019

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and MediaLink, the strategic advisory firm, have today announced the first curated roundtable discussions taking place at CLX - Connect. Learn. Experience. - the new initiative where brands can meet, learn from and partner with ...

Cannes Lions 2019 new Track Ambassadors named

24 April 2019

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced the names of nine new Track Ambassadors, tasked with representing the Festival Tracks. The Ambassadors will play a key role for Cannes Lions, helping to steer the future direction of the ...

Year-round learning with Cannes Lions

10 April 2019

The Cannes Lions School encompasses an extensive range of learning and development programmes at the Festival, which have been training the industry's brightest minds since 1995. This year, Nick Law, Chief Creative Officer Publicis Groupe and President of Publicis Communications at ...

Cannes Lions announce 2019 See It Be It Finalists

28 March 2019

Cannes Lions has today announced the 15 women selected for this year's See It Be It programme. The women, chosen from over 760 global applicants, will receive a complete Festival pass, travel and accommodation courtesy of the Festival, along with an ...