Show Notes
The Campaign team looks back on Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2026. Editors from Campaign's sites around the world pick their highlights, including the Film Lions and Titanium winners and the big themes of the festival, plus the best parties.
Gideon Spanier, UK editor-in-chief of Campaign, hosts the podcast, alongside Maisie McCabe, editor of Campaign UK, Jameson Fleming, editorial director of Campaign US, Nikita Mishra, editor of Campaign Asia, and Chris Powell, co-editor of Campaign Canada.
This is the last of three Campaign Cannes Global Podcast episodes. We previewed the festival in episode one and reported on the ground from Campaign House at Cannes in episode two.
Further reading: Cannes Lions 2026: Watch all the Grand Prix-winning work Cannes Lions 2026: final UK winners table Ogilvy, LePub Milan and Heineken win network, agency and brand of year at Cannes Lions 2026 Can we talk about taste?
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