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Cannes Lions 2020 Cancelled

The Festival and Awards will not take place in 2020
3 April 2020 - Cannes Lions announces today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in October as previously planned. The next edition of the Festival will run June 21-25, 2021.

Cannes Lions to be postponed

Festival and Lions awards considering move to contingency dates in October
Cannes Lions announces today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in June as previous planned. We are now engaging our contingency plans for the previous published October dates.

11 young Sri Lankan advertising professionals will vie for Gold at the Cannes Young Lions competitions

The highly-feted Young Lions Competition, which takes place annually at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in France, every June, will have the best of Sri Lankan creative talent participating at the international competition this year as well. 11 talented young professionals from Sri Lanka’s marketing communications industry have been selected to compete at fiercely contested competition. They were selected via a rigorous local competition conducted by the IAA Sri Lanka Chapter under the auspices of Metal Factor, The Sri Lanka Representative for the Cannes Lions festival.

13 of Sri Lanka’s best marketing communications professionals take wing to Cannes Lions

A team of 13 young Sri Lankans from the local marketing communications industry have been selected to represent the country at the numerous programmes designed to develop the youth in our industry which is said to take place this June at the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity in Cannes, France. This year marks the 10th year that Sri Lanka has had an active partnership with the Cannes Lions under the auspices of Metal Factor in Sri Lanka.

Nine young Sri Lankans to compete at Cannes

Nine young marketing communications professionals from Sri Lanka have been selected to represent the country at the Young Lions Competitions and the Roger Hatchuel Academy, which are part of the prestigious Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Nine Young Sri Lankans to attend 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

Nine young outstanding marketing communications professionals from Sri Lanka’s advertising and marketing fraternity have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the annual Young Lions Competitions and the Roger Hatchuel Academy in Cannes, France in June 2014. The local competition to select the contenders was organised by Metal Factor the Sri Lankan representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in partnership with the International Advertising Association (IAA), the Association Accredited Advertising Agencies (4As) and the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing.

Sri Lanka Wins its first Lion in 2012

In 2012 Sri Lanka made its mark with Leo Burnett winning Sri Lanka’s first ever Lion, for its innovative idea the paper flag for the “Mawbima” newspaper. This Bronze Lion was in the Best use of Media category and earned credit for Starcom, Sri Lanka as well for this innovative media idea.

Sri Lanka recognised at the 60th Cannes Lions

The ‘Unity Paper’, an idea conceptualized by Leo Burnett Solutions Inc. was recognised at the prestigious 60th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity by winning metal in the Media Lions Category for the ‘Best Use of Print’. The agency was also named as a finalist in the Design Lions Category for Advertising Typography for the agency’s Unity Paper concept.

Seven Young Sri Lankans to attend 60th Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

Seven young outstanding marketing communications professionals from Sri Lanka’s advertising and marketing industries have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the annual Young Lions Competitions and the Roger Hatchuel Academy in Cannes, France in June 2013. The local competition to select the contenders was organised by Metal Factor the Sri Lanka representative for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in partnership with the International Advertising Association (IAA), The Association Accredited Advertising Agencies (4As) and the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing.