CANNES-LIONS

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Cannes Lions receives 26992 entries for 2023; 6 percent increase from 2022

The awards have seen an 18% increase in the number of entries directly by consumer product brand companies demonstrating the value being placed on creativity that drives business

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Cannes Lions introduces Entertainment Lions for Gaming

The new Lion will be judged and awarded for the first time in June 2023, with Francine Li, Global Head of Marketing, Riot Games, serving as the inaugural Jury President.

Brand Makers

Indian creatives dominate the Cannes Lions Creativity Report

The annual report ranks the most creative businesses and people in the world based on performance at Cannes Lions.

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Dentsu Creative India Team Speaks On The Historic Year At Cannes Lions

Shibani Gharat talks to Amit Wadhwa & Ajay Gahlaut about ‘Unfiltered History Tour' campaign that put India on the creative world map at Cannes Lions 2022.

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Unfiltered credit where credit is due

Hear from one of the makers of India’s most-awarded campaign ever - The Unfiltered History Tour, at the Cannes Lions about the culture of credit sharing in the new generation of Indian advertising.

Brand Makers

Making of VMLY&R India’s Grand Prix winning campaign

Mukund Olety, CCO, VMLY&R India and Arpan Jain, ECD, VMLY&R Commerce India on winning a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions, making of Lion-winning campaigns, and the advertising trends that will shape the rest of 2022.

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Dentsu Creative Group India’s Amit Wadhwa on defining modern creativity

Dentsu Creative Group India’s CEO tells Storyboard18 how and why the campaign ‘The Unfiltered History Tour’ stood out at Cannes Lions and other global ad awards.

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The making of P&G's Cannes Lions Grand Prix-winner ‘The Missing Chapter’

P&G’s menstrual hygiene brand Whisper is on a mission to change mindsets about periods by going into the deepest pockets of India to educate young girls. Akhil Meshram tells us how the brand is cracking it.

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Indian adland becomes more mature in matters of credit

PG Aditiya tells us how it feels to win Grand Prix at Cannes Lions for Dentsu Webchutney, an agency he quit recently to start Talented. With most of the team that made The Unfiltered History Tour.

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Indian ad agencies bag 20 more shortlists at Cannes Lions 2022

Work from Byju's, Dentsu Webchutney, DDB Mudra, Leo Burnett, Landor & Fitch, and FCB India, are Cannes Lions contenders.

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