About Us

Inspiring creativity for 60 years

Founded in 1954, Cannes Lions is an eight-day programme of creative inspiration, celebration, education and networking.

Over 15,000 delegates from around 100 countries attend the Festival, making it the only truly global meeting-place for branded communications professionals to connect, share and discover.

The most coveted creative accolades, The Lions, are also judged and presented at the Festival. Over 40,000 submissions from 23 categories are put through rigorous, impartial assessment by respected industry representatives, showcased in onsite exhibitions and screenings before being awarded during a number of ceremonies.

Recognising and catering to specialisations within the industry, part of the Festival content and associated categories are also channelled into streams.

Lions Health is dedicated to life-changing creativity, showcasing and inspiring ideas that transcend especially challenging boundaries. With insights from thought-leaders, marketers, specialists and scientists, Lions Health connects global healthcare and pharmaceutical professionals, allowing them to share successes, problem-solve and do business.

Lions Innovation is dedicated to enabled creativity, exploring data and tech as catalysts for ideas. Lions Innovation kick-starts collaboration between start-ups with game-changing products, investors with backing power, brands with customer needs and storytellers that can bridge the gap. 

Lions Entertainment is dedicated to unskippable creativity, crafting culture from content and reframing customers as fans. Lions Entertainment brings together the players in sound and vision - platforms, labels, studios, talent, makers, agents and agencies – to drive authentic integration and create compelling partnerships with brands.


Our Mission

We believe passionately in the power of creativity because we know it’s a driving force for business, for change and for good. But, if we accept that originality is at the heart of creativity, then it can also be a risk  people refer to “creative bravery” because it can take courage to try something new. Doing things differently to how they’ve been done before is often a leap of faith, and that is why great ideas still have to be fought for.

The mission of Cannes Lions is to help make that case for creativity. Over 62 years, we have gathered the industry and galvanised it. Our goal is to provide everything needed to successfully campaign for creativity – the connections, the education, the benchmark and the inspiration.

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