Grey Grabs the Spotlight at 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival
At the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Grey was honoured with a Grand Prix and 6 Gold Lions at the esteemed ceremony — a major accomplishment out of the Festival’s nearly 27,000 award entries. Grey’s total metal count also includes 4 Silver and 6 Bronzes, for a final 17 Lions.
The agency received their first Grand Prix in 7 years from Grey Peru and Sol Cement’s Sightwalks. Sightwalks was also awarded 4 Golds, 2 Silvers, and 1 Bronze Lion. The campaign outfits Lima, Peru’s sidewalks with a system of tactile tiles that helps visually impaired people better navigate their surroundings.
Additional Lion winners include:
Grey Borderless (Argentina/Brazil/Ecuador) and Arroz Super Extra’s Rice of Glory won a Gold and Bronze Lion
Grey Belgium and Veolia’s Pulse of Nature won a Bronze Lion
Grey Brazil and University Zumbi dol Palmares’ The Anti-Racist Bag won a Silver Lion
Grey Colombia and Makro’s Adscan won a Bronze Lion
Grey Croatia and Marodi’s A Soup to Remember won a Bronze Lion
Grey Kazakhstan and Rih Fighting Championship’s The National Sport of Kazakhstan won a Gold Lion
Grey Mexico and Reinserta’s Tres won a Silver Lion
Grey Mexico and Diario la Unión y Artículo 19’s The Last Trip won a Bronze Lion
Of the nearly 27,000 entries, usually less than 10% are shortlisted. Grey had a total of 60 shortlisted entries—22 campaigns from 15 countries.
The agency was also instrumental in WPP being named Creative Company of the Year, contributing to 25% of its Golds. As part of the AKQA family, our combined performance with 23 of WPP’s total Lions ranked us 9th and in the envied position as a Top 10 Agency Network in the World. And. for the first time in Coca-Cola’s history, the brand has been named Creative Brand of the Year! As part of the WPP Open X team, Grey’s work on Coke, Schweppes, Absolut Vodka + Sprite, and now Minute Maid, are helping to get the brand noticed.
On the Festival’s grounds, the agency had 4 Young Lions competing in the annual Young Lions competition:
Grey Argentina’s Trinidad Colombo (Graphic Design Lead) and Matias Cony (Copywriter)
SEK, Part of Grey’s Emmi Nordgren (Graphic Designer) and Eevi Kolinen (Designer)
The breadth, depth, and diversity of ideas, and consistency on the awards stage every night made this year’s 2024 Cannes Lions truly, Famously Effective.