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Now that Cannes is behind us, it’s worth reflecting on what that was all about and what, if anything, we can learn from it. Cannes Lions festivals often blur into one but, coming off the back of a global pandemic ...

Some quite famous creative brands are falling by the wayside these days and now Dentsu International is folding DentsuMB (formerly dentsumcgarrybowen), 360i and Isobar into new entity Dentsu Creative. Dentsu Creative CCO Fred Levron says: “If you had the chance ...

Humour seems to be raising its head at Cannes this year (the Festival starts at the weekend and goes on and on…) with Havas and Campaign debating the issue (subscription required.). No doubt there’ll be others as a succession of ...

Cannes Lions has banned Russian entries and delegates from the country from this year’s festival following the invasion of Ukraine. Cannes owner Ascential says: “We stand together with our friends in Ukraine and our many partners and community members in ...

Visitors to the Cannes Lions from June 20-24 – in person this year, we hope – won’t be short of a beer, if they can wean themselves off the rosé of course. Anheuser-Busch InBev has won the Cannes Lions 2022 ...

The Cannes Lions are already being chosen but here’s some last minute guidance for the judges from adam&eveDDB ECDs Mike Sutherland and Ant Nelson. So, what is going to be the virtual toast of Cannes this year? That’s a tough ...

It’s that time of year again. Cannes. The advertising Olympics is just around the corner and, like the Tokyo version, it’s going ahead a year late. And as if judging Cannes wasn’t tough enough with those incredibly long hours often ...

Katie Keith (below), who enjoyed the soubriquet ‘first lady’ at top production company Rattling Stick, is joining newly-formed Havas Studios as head of content. She will also be head of production at Havas London. Havas Studios is described as an ...

Debate rumbles on about the state of British ad creativity and here’s a short Campaign film from Cannes with some of its advocates. It’s a promoted film so no-one’s going to say it’s in a rut – that’s putting it ...