The Cannes Lions Awards
Across a breadth of specialist categories, the Lions celebrate creative excellence and effectiveness in every sector and discipline of the industry – and from every corner of the globe.
The Awards underpin everything that makes Cannes Lions what it is – the home of creative excellence and effectiveness – and each year a new global benchmark for creativity is set.
Winning a Lion is a career-defining achievement. Your chance to share your work with the world and get deserved recognition from your global peers. Your moment to make history.
Meet the Jury Presidents
Meet the industry experts who’ll be leading the Juries in benchmarking excellence across the world’s very best creative and effective work.
What's new in 2025?
Some of the innovations for the next edition of the Awards include the following:
- The Social & Influencer Lions are renamed to the Social & Creator Lions.
- Glass: The Lion for Change is expanded.
- A sub-category to celebrate long-term brand platforms is added.
Winners Spotlight
Explore our Winners Spotlight for interviews and insights from some of last year's winners.
Creative industries like ours offer the most aspirational of roles, and winning at Cannes – or even having something entered – puts you among the best in the world at one of the most desirable jobs in the world.
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Latest Awards news
The 2025 Jury Presidents announced as Awards open
Convening in Cannes in June, the Jury Presidents will help benchmark excellence across the world’s very best creative and effective work.
The Festival launches its 72nd edition
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will take place on 16–20 June 2025 in Cannes, France.
2024 LIONS Creativity Report Rankings released
Highlights from the rankings include Coca-Cola taking Creative Brand of the Year for the first time, with its brands receiving 17 Lions.
Awards support
Our dedicated Awards Experts are on hand to offer guidance on any Lion-specific queries you may have.