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Posted: June 27, 2011 | 11:14 ET

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The 2011 finale of the Cannes Lions Festival kicked off with an awards ceremony where the Film, Film Craft, Titanium and Integrated Lions, as well as the first-ever winners of the Creative Effectiveness Lions were presented. Other trophies given out were for Advertiser of the Year, Grand Prix for Good, Palme d’Or, Independent Agency of the Year, Advertising Agency of the Year, Network of the Year Award and Holding Company of the Year. The winners of the Young Lions Film and Marketers Competitions were also announced.

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Posted by: Barbara Smith
Posted: June 27, 2011 | 10:55 ET

While the Cannes Lions Festival is about awards and celebrating work - strategic, creative, innovation and new ways the global community creates advertising - there are a number of bigger lessons that will impact my views going forward.

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Posted: June 24, 2011 | 15:19 ET

In this week's Globe and Mail PERSUASION column, Work gets its last shot at glory at Cannes ad fest, Simon shares his views and news from the Cannes Lion Festival.

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Posted: June 24, 2011 | 12:12 ET

The Globe and Mail once again hosted our annual Canada in Cannes beach party with over 250 Canadians - clients, agencies and others from the production community from all across Canada in attendance. And everyone had a blast! Everyone who attended said it was the best party they'd ever witnessed.

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Posted by: Al Scornaienchi
Posted: June 24, 2011 | 11:57 ET

As a first timer at the Festival, I thought I’d share my observations and surprises:

1.With print/outdoor, strong visual ideas that transcend language dominated, which isn’t a surprise, but the production quality was eye opening. The craft behind the photography/illustrations is absolutely stunning.

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Posted by: Alan Gee
Posted: June 23, 2011 | 15:57 ET

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As I was sitting in my office some months ago I was thinking of all of this and said to myself, “Not again. Not this year; it’s just the same old boring Cannes.” But as the festival got closer and became more present in my mind, I started this conversation in my mind...

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Posted: June 23, 2011 | 14:05 ET

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Posted by: Brian Howlett
Posted: June 22, 2011 | 15:32 ET

I took in Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s seminar today, among others. It reinforced a theme many have been speaking about, both here at Cannes and in the general trade press. Computer algorithms can help select what you care about as an individual.


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Posted: June 22, 2011 | 14:50 ET

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Posted: June 22, 2011 | 14:10 ET

File Under: Awards | Cannes Lions | Young Lions

Canada's Alex Newman from BBDO Proximity and Patrice Simone Pollack from Argyle magazine win Gold at the Young Lions Cyber Competition.

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Posted by: Allen Kwong
Posted: June 22, 2011 | 10:17 ET

At first glance, it was nice to see the overwhelming number of men in attendance for IPG’s panel discussion “Beyond Mad Men: Towards Gender Balance in Creative Roles.” But after a while, it seemed the audience itself was a visceral demonstration of the panel’s topic – a majority of creatives, especially at a senior level, are men.

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Posted by: Evie D.
Posted: June 21, 2011 | 11:44 ET

The second annual Cannes World Cup soccer on the beach is under way! Sixteen teams from five continents compete in this wildly anticipated event that is being sponsored by Eurosport - with the Netherlands returning to defend their hard won championship from last year.

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