Tuesday, May. 16, 2023

Cannes Lions has named entertainer and entrepreneur Kevin Hart as the 2023 Entertainment Person of the Year. Hart is founder and chairman of Hartbeat, the global media company creating entertainment where comedy meets culture.

Presented in recognition of the vital role that entertainment...

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has confirmed that it will return to  Cannes, France, from June 20-24, 2022. 

Philip Thomas, chairman, Lions, said, “We can’t wait to reunite the industry and bring the community together once again. For over 67 years, Cannes Lions has...

Monday, Apr. 26, 2021

Cannes Lions has released its jury lineup of global experts selected to shortlist world-class creative work and benchmark excellence this June. 

The Lion-winning work will be announced, awarded and celebrated during Cannes Lions Live, a fully digital experience, running from June 21-25,...

Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021

After the pandemic caused it to be canceled last year, Cannes Lions will be fully digital in 2021. The virtual edition is set to run as Cannes Lions Live from June 21-25.

Philip Thomas, chairman, LIONS, said, “Over the last year, we’ve been consulting with our customers and working on our...

Friday, Apr. 3, 2020

Organizers have decided that the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will not take place this year. Originally scheduled for June, then tentatively postponed to October due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Cannes Lions ultimately will skip 2020 altogether. The next edition of the...

Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will not take place in June as originally scheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organizers are now shifting to their previously announced contingency plans which call for the event to take place the week of Oct. 26-30. 

The...

Friday, Jun. 14, 2019

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

To ensure that marketers and agencies are able to benchmark...

Monday, Apr. 29, 2019

Cannes Lions has named Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and executive director of UN Women, as the recipient of the 2019 Cannes LionHeart in recognition of her advocacy for women, human rights, and social justice throughout the world, and for her leadership of the...

Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2018

Ascential plc., the parent company of Cannes Lions, has announced that Philip Thomas, CEO of Ascential Events, will take on the additional role of chairman of Cannes Lions when Terry Savage leaves that position after this year’s Festival in June. Previous to his current role running Ascential’s...

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