Cannes Lions announces first five juries
MUMBAI: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the world’s leading celebration of creativity in communications, is pleased to announce the line-up of the first five juries participating in this year’s event for the Creative Effectiveness, Film, Innovation, Press and Titanium & Integrated Lions categories.
Commenting on this year’s appointments, Lions Festivals CEO Philip Thomas said, "The work is at the very heart of Cannes Lions so it is fitting to have such an exceptional jury line-up from around the world. The outcome of their deliberations is crucial to inspiring and advancing the global creative communications industry. We very much look forward to welcoming them all to Cannes in June."
Leading these five juries will be Dan Wieden, Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, Wieden + Kennedy (Titanium & Integrated Lions); David Droga, Founder & Creative Chairman of Droga5 (Innovation Lions); Sir John Hegarty, Worldwide Creative Director & Founder of BBH (Film Lions); Marcello Serpa, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of AlmapBBDO, Brazil (Press Lions); and Shelly Lazarus, Chairman Emeritus of Ogilvy & Mather, USA (Creative Effectiveness Lions).
A total of 16 juries will be judging in Cannes this year. Members of the remaining 11 juries will be announced shortly. The entry deadline has been extended until 12 April. Delegates will also have the unique opportunity to witness the shortlisted entrants of the new Innovation Lions category presenting their technology to the jury in Cannes on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June.
