The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (formerly the International Advertising Festival) is a global event for those working in advertising and related fields. The seven-day festival, incorporating the awarding of the Lions awards, is held yearly at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. This year it ran from 17 to 23 June. Often called the world’s biggest ad festival, the annual event commonly attracts thousands of delegates from around the world attend the festival to view shortlisted work, attend seminars, workshops and master classes, and – according to WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell – “to get away a little bit from the hurly burly” and have “fun”. The week’s activities include four award ceremonies as well as an opening and closing gala. As we feature a lot of print ads here, I thought it was a nice idea to feature all print ads which were awarded this year.. If you want to print such ads, PrintRunner is a great company to look at.
