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Cannes Lions to proceed in June despite travel concerns

The organisers of Cannes Lions have announced that after the postponement of last year’s awards due to COVID-19, first to October and then until June this year, the juries will be judging both years’ of work and awarding Lions for 2020 and 2021.

“For more than 65 years Cannes Lions has set the benchmark for great creative work,” said Lions managing director Simon Cook. “We’ve been delighted by the diverse spread of work that has emerged in our regional awards – Eurobest, Dubai Lynx and Spikes Asia – and we look forward to being inspired by the work that will set the global standard across two years at Cannes Lions.”

The plan is to judge and present the work in person in Cannes, France, during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in the third week of June.

“While travel is currently constrained, the availability of multiple vaccines offers hope that we can be together in June, even if we need to limit the numbers of delegates who can safely attend,” said Lions chairman Phillip Thomas.

“We will continue to carefully monitor the situation, and maintain our regular communications with the authorities in France, but there are many other large international events planned for the same timeline, and it’s clear from talking to the global industry that everybody is very keen to come together again.”

As part of the Festival in June, Cannes Lions will continue to have a significant digital element, something Cannes Lions initiated in 2016 with its Digital Pass. Last year, more than 80,000 members of the global creative and marketing community united to take part in the on-going digital series.

Delegate registrations are now open.

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