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Cannes Lions announces its 2025 Jury President line-up

February 16, 2025January 17, 2025 Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has opened for Awards submissions for its 72nd edition, alongside announcing the names of the global experts confirmed to lead the 2025 Juries. Convening in Cannes in June, the Jury Presidents will help benchmark excellence across the world’s very best creative and effective work. This year’s Jury Presidents include Ali Ali, Co-Founder and Film Director, Good People Films, representing Egypt on the line-up for the first time, as the Film Craft Lions Jury President. Cannes Lions has announced significant updates for 2025, including…

Cannes Lions doubles funding to provide €2m worth of complimentary passes to underrepresented talent and underserved communities

February 2, 2025December 18, 2024 Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has launched its 72nd edition, taking place on 16–20 June 2025 in Cannes, France. The Festival has announced that it will double funding to provide €2m worth of complimentary passes to underrepresented talent and underserved communities through its Equity, Representation and Accessibility (ERA) Pass, returning for a second year. Frank Starling, Chief DEI Officer, LIONS, said the increased investment was “crucial to continue to drive progress for both Cannes Lions and the industry”. Starling added: “The ERA pass plays an important role in…

UK juror nominations for Cannes Lions are now OPEN

October 10, 2024August 31, 2024 Stuart Mitchell

Jury nominations for Cannes 2025 are now open. Please nominate your best creative talent using the Global Jury Nomination Form. The deadline for nominations is Friday 11 October. The main criteria for being on the Jury are: Highly creative, innovative, leaders in their field, well known and respected in their industry, a specialist in their category of interest; Ideally creatives should be at CCO or ECD level for creative categories; Ideally, should have won Lions in the past five years or won other recognised global awards. Preference will be given…

The 2024 LIONS Creativity Rankings are released

September 22, 2024September 16, 2024 Stuart Mitchell

The LIONS Creativity Report, the ultimate global benchmark for impactful creativity, has released its definite rankings recently. Based on performance from Cannes Lions 2024, the report shows benchmarked work of creative excellence, along with the insights and impact of the results it delivered, demonstrating how the world’s most creative businesses are using creativity as a lever for growth and progress. Highlights from the rankings include Coca-Cola taking Creative Brand of the Year for the first time, with its brands receiving 17 Lions. Manolo Arroyo, EVP and Global Chief Marketing Officer,…

Global benchmark in marketing effectiveness to join Ascential’s LIONS Division to amplify offer for Marketing and Creative Industries

September 21, 2024August 13, 2024 Stuart Mitchell

Ascential plc, the specialist events, intelligence and advisory company has entered into an agreement to acquire the commercial assets of Effie, the global benchmark in marketing effectiveness. Effie will (subject to regulatory approval) join Ascential’s LIONS Division, which champions creative marketing that matters, driving growth through creative, effective marketing. Effie leads, inspires and champions the practice and practitioners of marketing effectiveness globally, hosting the largest, most robust and prestigious marketing effectiveness awards in the world. Effie provides insights from over 125 markets, in addition to tools and training. Ascential will…