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Stricter entry rules, a new AI award, PMG takes over WPP’s beach space, and more
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced AB InBev as the 2026 Creative Marketer of the Year. The honorary accolade is presented to a marketer that has am...
The Creative Cabana will host a gelateria, a Pride Party, and over 30 points of programming.
Cannes Lions has moved to update one of the dafter elements of its annual jamboree, “retiring” (a newly-popular word in adland as elsewhere) its Creative Company of the Year award....
Showcase has taken place at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity since 1991.
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AB InBev Wins Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year
AB InBev Wins Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year
Award aims to honour brand that has developed a reputation for creative marketing.
Saatchi & Saatchi is moving its New Creators’ Showcase to SXSW London in a development that ends its 36-year partnership with Cannes Lions. The move was announced as the world-...
5 Controversies Cannes Lions Would Rather Forget
5 Controversies Cannes Lions Would Rather Forget
Live debate will cover whether creative taste can be objective.
I wouldn’t say it’s been a stellar year for Cannes-worthy work. Usually by this time of the year, there would be a bunch of guaranteed winners that everyone agreed on. But this sea...
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It’s said the best predictor of success is past performance so I’ve cherry-picked some of my past faves to predict/hope for some big winners. Zohran for NYC In 2009 Barack Obama’s...
In the first D&AD awards since David Patton took over as CEO, the UK took home 25 Yellow Pencils, only just behind the US’s tally of 27. This year’s president is Lisa Smith, gl...
14 competitive awards and one special recognition prize were handed out at the Mademoiselle Gray Plage Barrière in Cannes.
Contagious has unveiled its 2026 Pioneers list which shines a light on the agencies setting creative standards. As Contagious is part of the Cannes Lions stable (along with WARC an...
Subsidiary 42West Spearheads Major Activations on the Croisette with Guillermo del Toro, Bruce Dern, Clarissa directors Arie and Chuko Esiri and producer Theresa Park, and The Amer...
Ok a few filters before we talk about what should win at Cannes. Have I seen it in the real world? Has it conveniently only just come out before the Cannes deadline? (funny how so...
Experiential marketers reveal the unique challenges of the ad festival.
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