Winners Interviews

Meet the people behind the Lion-winning work.

Submit your work

In 2025 Uzina, an independent agency out of Lisbon, entered the Cannes Lions Awards with work for IKEA.

They submitted just 6 entries and walked away with five Lions. Discover what inspired their work ‘IKEA Hidden Tags’ and what the win meant to both the agency and the brand.

IKEA Hidden Tags / UZINA, LISBON / IKEA / 2025

Story of a Win

What happens once the Festival is over and everyone goes home? In this series we catch up with previous winners to find out what life is like after a Lion.

Let There Be Cake

BANANAS, JOHANNESBURG / KFC THAILAND / 2025

The National Sport of Kazakhstan

GFORCE, Almaty / RUH FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP /2024

Is It Even a City?

NEWSLAB, OSLO / VISIT OSLO / 2025

How It Got Made

A behind the scenes look at the making of winning work.

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KLICK HEALTH, TORONTO / CAFÉ JOYEUX / 2024

Play It Safe

THE MONKEYS | ACCENTURE SONG, SYDNEY / SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE / 2024

More Festival Interviews

From the stage to the red carpet, interviews with winners during Festival week.

KitKat Phone Break

VML, PRAGUE / KITKAT / 2025

Night Fishing

INNOCEAN, SEOUL / HYUNDAI / 2025

Act Like You Know

GODADDY, SCOTTSDALE / GODADDY / 2025

Saving Pelotica de Goma

THE WEB, CARACAS / VACÍLATE ESTO / 2025

NAGA SAINT EYE TEST

GODREJ CREATIVE LAB, MAHARASHTRA / EYEBETES FOUNDATION / 2025

NO LABELS

DENTSU INC., TOKYO / NIKKA WHISKY / 2025

TRACKING BAD BUNNY

DDB LATINA PUERTO RICO, GUAYNABO / RIMAS MUSIC / 2025

MISSED BIRTHDAYS

ADAM&EVEDDB, LONDON / ITV X CALM / 2025

FRIEDREICH'S BACK

21GRAMS, NEW YORK / BIOGEN / 2025

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