Cannes Lions: 25 quotes for 2016

This short report collects together key quotes from all of the major events Warc reported from at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2016.

Cannes Lions: 25 quotes for 2016

Joseph CliftWarc

The 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity was one of the biggest in the festival’s long history, with over 40,000 Lions entries. Much of the action for delegates, however, took place away from the prize stage. During the week, the Palais des Festivals and countless smaller venues across town played host to a vast range of seminars, workshops and talks, discussing seemingly every major issue facing today’s marketers.

Warc’s team in Cannes attended many of these sessions - and, from these hours of listening and reporting, here are the 25...

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