Cannes Lions: ecco chi farà parte delle giurie per le shortlist. Presenza italiana contenuta

Dopo aver comunicato la composizione delle giurie chiamate a premiare i lavori in gara, Cannes Lions ha ora annunciato la Shortlisting Jury dell’edizione di quest’anno del Festival. La giuria selezionerà i migliori lavori creativi di livello mondiale che saranno poi valutati, premiati e celebrati durante il Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in programma dal 22 al 26 giugno 2026.

La line-up globale di quest’anno riunisce un gruppo eterogeneo di esperti che rappresentano l’intero spettro delle discipline del panorama creativo, spiegano gli organizzatori. Si registra una maggiore rappresentanza dall’area del Pacifico e dall’Africa, con giurati provenienti per la prima volta da Etiopia, Namibia e Zimbabwe, oltre a più di 40 agenzie indipendenti al loro debutto in giuria. Tra le novità di rilievo, HumanSense, agenzia indipendente che segna la prima presenza in assoluto dello Sri Lanka nella giuria dei Cannes Lions.

Commentando la line-up di quest’anno, Simon Cook, Ceo del Festival, ha detto che “la Shortlisting Jury svolge un ruolo cruciale nei premi. Il loro lavoro nel riconoscere la creatività più innovativa definisce lo standard di eccellenza celebrato durante il Festival. La line-up di quest’anno riunisce un gruppo eccezionale di talenti provenienti da diversi mercati e specializzazioni. La loro esperienza unica garantirà una shortlist capace di valorizzare i lavori innovativi che stanno guidando il settore verso il futuro. Ringraziamo i nostri giurati per il tempo dedicato alla selezione dei progetti che stabiliranno il benchmark creativo globale per l’anno a venire”.

Così come per le giurie principali, anche in questo caso la presenza italiana ai Cannes Lions è piuttosto contenuta rispetto a mercati molto rappresentati come USA, UK, Brasile, Australia e India.

Per il nostro paese parteciperanno: 

• Cristina Re Calegari, Head of Marketing and Communication, Synlab Italia, nella categoria Brand Experience & Activation
• Sarah Amatori, Creative Director, McCann Health Boot, in Health & Wellness
• Carla Leveratto, Head of Creative Works, Google Italy, in Social & Creator
• Tra i giurati figurati anche Francesco Grandi, oggi Chief Creative Officer di LePub London (UK). La categoria è Social & Creator.

Tutti i giurati categoria per categoria 

Brand Experience & Activation

• Alkisti Stolp | CEO, McCann, Germany 
• Anton Kim | Chief Marketing Officer, Forte, Kazakhstan 
• Cristina Re Calegari | Head of Marketing and Communication, Synlab Italia, Italy 
• Deh Bastos | Creative and Content Director, Paim, Brazil 
• Delali Dzidzienyo | Head, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, First National Bank Ghana, Africa 
• Eka Kipiani | Creative Director and Founder, Supermarket, Georgia 
• Florencia Loda | Chief Creative Officer, draftLine, AB InBev, Argentina 
• Heinrich Vejlgaard | Executive Creative Director, Robert/Boisen & Like-Minded, Denmark 
• Humza Ijaz | Managing Director, Head of Design and Digital Products, Accenture Song, Middle East 
• Ivan Landzhev | Chief Creative Officer, gutsandbrainsDDB[LR1] , Bulgaria 
• Jan Ott Hendrik | Executive Creative Director, BBDO Beijing, Mainland China 
• Jon Biggs | EMEA Executive Creative Director, Monks, EMEA 
• Jonelle Ricketts | Head of Marketing, IKEA, Canada 
• Josephine Muvumba | Managing Director, MetropolitanRepublic, Uganda 
• Karla Bonilla | President and Chief Creative Officer, Fire Creative, Puerto Rico 
• Kit Koh | Group Executive Creative Director, Leo Shanghai, Mainland China 
• Laurent Marcus | Innovation and Technology Director, Special Group, Australia 
• Mabel Adeteye | Head of Brands and Marketing Communications, Wema Bank, Nigeria 
• Márton Jedlicska | Executive Creative Director, Publicis Groupe, Hungary 
• Moumita Pal | National Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, India 
• Nina East | Group Creative Director, Ogilvy, Australia 
• Penny Sadlier | Managing Director, LePub Singapore and PG One APAC, Singapore and APAC 
• Ricardo Aspiazu | SVP - Creative and Brand Design, Verizon, USA 
• Ricardo Mendoza | Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy, Guatemala 
• Rizek Jildeh | Head of Strategy, Adpro&, Jordan 
• Rob Longuet | Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, Aotearoa New Zealand 
• Saakshi Verma Menon | Chief Marketing Officer, Foods, PepsiCo, India 
• Sebastien Zanini | Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Creative Paris, France 
• Shu Hung | Global Chief Creative Officer, AKQA, Global 
• Veronica Ruiz del Vizo | CEO, Amarillo Creative Lab, Venezuela 
• Warunyoo Sorasetsakoon | Executive Creative Director, BBDO Bangkok, Thailand 
• Winston Binch | Chief Brand and Experience Officer, GALE, USA 

Creative Strategy

• Aki Spicer | Chief Strategy Officer and Consultant, formerly Cashmere and Monks, USA 
• Amine Bennis | CEO, Tribal Casablanca, Morocco 
• Carmen Rodriguez | Global Chief Growth Officer, GUT, Global 
• David Halter | Chief Practice Officer, Dentsu Creative, Australia 
• Emeka Obia | Regional Head of Strategy, Publicis West Africa, West and Central Africa 
• Gil Kemami | CEO Pan-Africa, Twotone Global, Kenya 
• Lulu Cuevas | Strategy Director, Cultura de Marcas, LATAM 
• Maria Galleriu | Chief Strategy Officer, International, 72andSunny, Global 
• Nilakshi Medhi | Chief Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe, Indonesia 
• Rowena Bhagchandani | CEO and Co-Founder, BLKJ Havas, Singapore 
• Shawna Ross | Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu Creative, USA 
• Taciana Lopes | SVP of Marketing and Communications, Mastercard, Brazil 
• Tarek Sioufi | Chief Strategy Officer, Grey London, UK

Design 

• Akinpelumi Okelola | Senior Design Specialist, NBCUniversal, Global 
• Andrea Castro | Art Director, Joystick, Costa Rica 
• Anna Yates | Executive Creative Director, Host Havas, Australia 
• Anselmo Tumpić | Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director, Studio Tumpić/Prenc, Croatia 
• Anthony Shea | VP, Design Director, Arnold, USA 
• Bastien Baumann | Chief Design Officer, Publicis Groupe, USA 
• Bronwen Rautenbach | Co-Founder and Creative Partner, Sunshinegun, Africa 
• Camila Moleta | Founder, MORE GRLS, Brazil 
• Colin Yesutor | Creative Director, Havas Africa, Ghana and Nigeria 
• David Allard | Executive Creative Director, Sid Lee, Canada 
• David Fischer | Creative Director and Executive Board Member, Scholz & Friends, Switzerland 
• Elin Eskilsson | Creative Director and Brand Designer, Kid Collective AB, Sweden 
• Emma Barratt | Global Executive Creative Director, Wolff Olins, Global 
• Eva Stetefeld | Managing Partner and Executive Creative Director, DDB, Germany
• Joachim Roncin | Head of Design, Maison Fantôme, France 
• Jyrki Poutanen | Chief Creative Officer, United Imaginations, Finland 
• Nina Granath | Creative Director, Stockholm Design Lab, Sweden 
• Raya AbuJaber | Creative Director, Jordan 

Direct 

• Alex Pineda | Chief Creative Officer, Horizon FCB , MENA 
• Arthur Tsang | Chief Creative Officer, McCann China, Greater China 
• Ashish Khazanchi | Managing Partner, Enormous, India 
• Awing Chen | Founder and Creative Partner, Good Percent, Asia 
• David Fraser | Executive Creative Director, BMF, Australia 
• Dudu Mokholo | Chief Marketing Officer, Pernod Ricard, Africa Middle East 
• Emmanuel Amankwah | Executive Creative Director, ReZultz Advertising M&C Saatchi, Ghana 
• Felipe Paniago | Chief Marketing Officer, Reclame AQUI, Brazil 
• Gabriela Ortiz Chacón | Creative Director, PARADAIS TBWA, Ecuador 
• Jenny Mak | Executive Creative Director and Partner, jnr., Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand 
• Jesús Rasines | Chief Creative Officer, Havas Creative, Spain 
• Johan Køhler | Creative Director, NoA | &Co., Denmark 
• Kelsey Hodgkin | CEO and Partner, Special US, USA 
• Mateusz Mroszczak | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Singapore 
• Nobuhiro Arai | Executive Creative Director, AKQA Tokyo, Japan 
• Odile Breffa | Strategy Director, Innocean Berlin, Germany 
• Pannarai Juanroong | Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Thailand 
• Sally Alzaza | Regional Creative Director, Interesting Times, MENA 
• Sehee Kim | Creative Director, Innocean, South Korea 
• Shani Gershi | VP Creative and Strategy, Kendago, Global 
• Steph Mackie | Co-Founder and Co-Chief Creative Officer, Mackie Biernacki Inc., Global 
• Tawanda Mahobele | Creative Lead, TBWA, Zimbabwe 
• Third Domingo | Founder and Chairman, IdeasXMachina Hakuhodo, the Philippines and APAC 
• Volkan Dalkılıç | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Groupe, Türkiye 
• Zeynep Orbay | Creative Director, Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, the Netherlands 

Entertainment

• Amy Mowafi | Co-Founder and CEO, MO4 Network, Egypt 
• Andrea Corvetto | Managing Director, Circus Grey, Peru 
• Brian Carley | Chief Creative Officer, Razorfish, USA 
• Georgina McKinnon | CEO of Content, Omnicom Media Group, APAC 
• Jason Harvey | Executive VP and General Manager, BET+, USA 
• Justin Gomes | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Bananas, South Africa 
• Mauro Ramalho | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Brasil, Brazil 
• Michael Nagy | Executive Creative Director and Partner, Jung von Matt DONAU, Austria 
• Olena Martynova | Chief Marketing Officer, Starlight Media and CEO, Starlight Creative, Ukraine 
• Yune Aranguren | Core Brands Director, AB InBev, Mexico

Film 

• Alvaro Rodrigues | CEO, Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, Made, Brazil 
• Ángela Pacheco | Executive Creative Director, El Ruso de Rocky, Spain 
• Asli Sahin | Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy, Germany 
• Dimitri Guerassimov | Chief Creative Officer, VML France and Chief Creative Officer, Colgate-Palmolive, WPP, EMEA 
• Graeme Jenner | Executive Creative Director, LePub Johannesburg, South Africa 
• Ie Tjer Wang | Executive Creative Director, The Shout Group, Malaysia 
• Imani Ellis | CEO and Founder, CultureCon, USA 
• Ion Cojocaru “Lutzu” | Content Director, McCann, Romani 
• Jenny Glover | Chief Creative Officer, Zulu Alpha Kilo, Canada 
• Kanit Mingmuang | Executive Creative Director, Wolf BKK, Thailand 
• Nonthaporn Ketmanee | Senior Creative Director, Leo, Hong Kong SAR 
• Otavio Schiavon | VP, Creative Director, BETC HAVAS, Brazil 
• Penny Brown | Head of Production, Droga5 ANZ, part of Accenture Song, Australia 
• Quods Ouaissi | Chief Creative Officer, TNC - thenext.click, Morocco 
• Richard Williams | Group Executive Creative Director, VML, Australia 
• Ruchi Sharma | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, HumanSense, Sri Lanka 
• Sean Vij | Creative Director and Writer, USA 
• Steve Cochran | Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Aotearoa New Zealand 
• Thabang Manyelo | Executive Creative Director, The Odd Number, South Africa 
• Theodore Perdikakis | Vice Chairman and Head of Creative, attp, Greece 
• Toby Allen | Chief Creative Officer, Anomaly, London, UK

Film Craft 

• Akanksha Seda | Director, Good Morning Films, India 
• Ale Houston | CEO and Founder, The Lab, Paraguay 
• Ali Rguigue | CEO, Artcoustic, Morocco 
• Amy Coomber | Chief Production Officer, Neverland, UK 
• Amy Gozalka | Group Creative Director, TBWA\Chiat\Day Chicago, USA 
• Archie López | CEO, Panamericana Films, Dominican Republic 
• August Jorfald | Director and Scriptwriter, NewsLab, Norway 
• Colin Foo | Senior Creative Director and VFX Supervisor, thequietlab, Singapore 
• Diana Revelo | Founder and Executive Producer, Akira Cine, Colombia and LATAM 
• Hélène Daubert | VP Create, BETC POP, France 
• Iwona Mnich | Executive Producer, Papaya Films, Global 
• Izzy Ehrlich | Senior Editor and Partner, School Editing, Canada 
• Jet Omoshebi | Senior Colourist, Goldcrest Post Production, UK 
• Katlego Baaitse | Film Director, Spitfire Films, South Africa 
• Luciana Pessoa | Executive Director and Partner, Lado Animation, Brazil 
• Mohamed El Zayat | Film Director, Independent, Egypt 
• Nadine Kriegelstein | Head of R&Studios, Das Rund GmbH, Austria 
• Nathalie Le Caer | Executive Producer, Iconoclast, France 
• Oshoveli Shipoh | Executive Creative Director, StreetLeader Creative, Namibia 
• Phuong Vu | Creative Director, Antiantiart, Vietnam 
• Rebekah Kelly | Executive Producer, FINCH, AUNZ 
• Rodrigo Butori | Group Creative Director, McCann New York, USA 
• Rodrigo "Coco" Casas | Group Creative Director, VML México, Mexico 
• Thom Glover | Chief Creative Officer, American Haiku, USA 
• Tim LeGallo | Chief Production Officer, Ogilvy, North America 
• Wendi Chong | Head of Production and Executive Producer, BBH, Singapore 
• Yoshiki Ishii | CEO and Executive Producer, kirameki inc. and TAKAKKEI Inc., Japan 
• Zelalem Woldemariam | CEO and Chief Creative Director, Zeleman Communications, Ethiopia

Health & Wellness 

• Dr. Adjoa B. Asamoah | THE CROWN Act Champion and CEO, ABA Consulting, USA 
• Arjen Tarras | Executive Creative Director, VML, Belgium 
• Catherine Huang | Director, Public Affairs, Gilead Sciences, Taiwan 
• Charlie Godinet | Executive Creative Director, Daylight, Aotearoa New Zealand 
• Karl Johnson | VP, Group Creative Director, Klick Health, USA 
• Kate Torrance | VP, Head of Brand, SickKids Foundation, Canada 
• Katie McMorran | Group Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Health, Global 
• Lina Polimeni | SVP and Chief Marketing Officer - Consumer, Eli Lilly and Company, USA 
• Mohamed El Nagdy | Creative Director, ‿ and us, UAE 
• Patty Huang | Executive VP, Group Creative Director, 21GRAMS, a Part of Real Chemistry, USA 
• Sadie Mayes | Associate Creative Director, VCCP Health, UK 
• Sarah Amatori | Creative Director, McCann Health Boot, Italy 

Media  

• Ahmed Kapadia | Chairman and CEO, Synergy Group, Pakistan 
• Aurelia Noel | Head of Innovation and Transformation, dentsu X, Global 
• Binh Le Ba An | Chief Commercial Officer, Zalo Business, Vietnam 
• Chris Colter | Managing Director, Media Strategy A/NZ, Accenture Song, AUNZ 
• Christina Lu | CEO, Zenith China, Mainland China 
• Duncan Southgate | Global Creative and Media Specialist, Kantar, Global 
• Eileen Ooi | APAC President, PHD Asia Pacific, Malaysia 
• Hemalatha Subramanian | Omnichannel Marketing Lead, M.H.Alshaya, UAE 
• Jackie Lyons | Chief Planning Officer, Havas Media Network, North America 
• John Halpin | CEO, WPP Media, Aotearoa New Zealand 
• LaToya Christian | Founder and Strategic Advisor, Brazen, USA 
• María José Ezquerra | CEO, Havas, Argentina and Uruguay 
• Martin Woska | Chief Creative and Strategy Officer, TRIAD, Slovakia 
• Maya Kusybi | Business Director - Strategy, Zenith Media, MENA 
• Michelle Sarpong | Head of Activation, the7stars, UK 
• Monica Blanco | Strategy Director, PHD, Costa Rica 
• Preeti Nadgar | Chief Strategy Officer, Starcom, USA 
• Promise Oduh | Associate Director, mediaReachOMD, Nigeria 
• Rafael Urbano | CEO, Carat, Spain 
• Rafet Fatih Özgür | SVP Brand and Promotion, Turkish Airlines, Turkey 
• Rajna Cuculić | Managing Director, WPP Media, Croatia 
• Swapnil Patel | Co-President, Attention Arc, USA 
• Urania Agas | Chief Operating Officer, WPP Media, Canada 
• Valeria Brasil | Comms and Media Director, Wieden+Kennedy, Brazil 

Outdoor

• Andi Olbés | Group Creative Director, BBDO Guerrero, the Philippines 
• Anthony Eigbe | Chief Creative Officer, West Africa, TECNO Mobile Global, Nigeria 
• Biboy Royong | Executive Creative Director, Dentsu Creative Philippines, the Philippines 
• Camilo Carvajal | Chief Creative Officer, LePub Bogotá, Colombia 
• Danger Bea | Executive VP, Executive Creative Director, West BBDO, USA 
• Erika Kohnen | Group Creative Director, Droga5 New York, part of Accenture Song, USA 
• Galaletsang Kgoathe | Creative Partner, Ogilvy, South Africa 
• Jose Ignacio Solari | Chief Creative Officer, Puerto Chile, Chile 
• Kayoung Seo | Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide, South Korea 
• Leopold Kreczy | Head of Creative Performance and Creative Director, Wien Nord Serviceplan, Austria 
• Lisa Carrana | Executive Head of Art, M+C Saatchi, UK 
• Madis Ots | Creative Director, Salama, Estonia 
• Magda Szmilewska | Media Director, Oatly, Global 
• Malek Ghorayeb | Chief Creative Officer, Publicis Communications Levant, Lebanon 
• Mandy Wong | CEO, TBWA\Singapore, Singapore 
• Miguel Durão | Creative Partner, Stream and Tough Guy, Portugal 
• Mohamed Bareche | Executive Creative Director, Havas, Paris and Middle East 
• Rafael Barthaburu | Chief Creative Officer, VML, Uruguay 
• Ramy El Sakka | Chief Creative Officer, BPG, UAE 
• Sarah Dornieden | Creative Director, Jung von Matt SPREE, Germany 
• Suchitra Gahlot | National Creative Director, McCann India, India 
• Tamara Cross | Chief Creative Officer, MG OMD, UK 
• Tejali Shete | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Roll Dot Agency, Global 
• Thea Heber B Iversen | Creative Copywriter, Monologtheateret, Norway 
• Thembalethu Msibi | Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, BlackSwan, South Africa 
• Tommy Cehak | Executive Creative Director, Leo, Australia 
• Wei Wen Kong | Creative Director, Muma, Malaysia 

PR

• Andres Ortiz | Partner and General Director, LLYC, Colombia 
• Björn Mellstrand | Head of Strategy and Advisor, JMW Kommunikation / JMWGolin, Sweden 
• Chad Song | Chief Vision Officer, CRACK THE NUTS Inc., Global 
• Deirdre Murphy | Global Client Partner, Ketchum, Global 
• Eleanor Sullivan | Chief Strategy Officer, Burson, UK 
• Felipe Braz Costa | Executive Creative Director, Edelman, EMEA 
• Keri-Ann Stanton | Chief Strategist and Founder, K.A.Muses Group (Pty) Ltd, South Africa 
• Khaled Elseginy | Head of Brand Communications, Feminine Care and Levant E2E Commercial Lead, P&G, Asia, Middle East and Africa 
• Louisa Hager | Group Creative Director, Weber Shandwick, USA 
• Marc Antoine Koreki | Managing Director, Havas Africa Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast 
• Max Burt | General Manager, One Plus One Communications, Aotearoa New Zealand 
• Nozipho Tshabalala | CEO, The Conversation Strategists, Global 
• Omawumi Ogbe | Founder and Managing Partner, GLG Communications, Nigeria 
• Peter de Albuquerque | Executive Strategist and Founder, PEDAL, Global 
• Shelley Sorensen | Executive VP, Dentsu Creative, USA 
• Silvia Lenberger | Head of Global Brand Experience, Nestlé, Global 
• Sonia Huria | Head - Brand, Social and Corporate Comms, Maddock Films, India 
• Vladimír Bystrov | Managing Partner, Bison & Rose, Czech Republic 

Social & Creator 

• Aditya Sunilkumar | Executive Creative Director and Head of Digital, Havas Creative Worldwide, India 
• Adriano Abdalla | Chief Creative Officer, PROS, Brazil 
• Ben Lilley | Creative Chairman, HERO/McCann Australia, Australia 
• Bridget Harpur | Head of Marketing, Volkswagen Group Africa, South Africa 
• Carla Leveratto | Head of Creative Works, Google, Italy 
• Carlos Rodriguez | Global Creative Director, Frank at Omnicom, Global 
• Corianda Dimes | Senior Manager, Ads Marketing Strategy, Netflix, USA 
• Dawid Szczepaniak | Creative Chairman, VML, Poland 
• Francesco Grandi | Chief Creative Officer, LePub London, UK 
• Genevieve Gransden | Executive Creative Director, DAVID London, UK 
• Jan Propach | Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, Global and Europe 
• Joel Rodriguez | Head of Context Planning, Translation / UnitedMasters, USA 
• Monica Tailor | Chief Social Marketing Officer, McCann Content Studios, Global 
• Patt Nitikarn | Managing Director, We Are Social, Thailand 
• Sanya Grujicic | Executive Creative Director, Monks, Canada 
• Sarah-Jane Lowes | Head of Social and Digital, Droga5 Dublin, part of Accenture Song, UK and Ireland 
• Sharon Mills | Lead Creative Consultant, SMC Consulting, Ghana 
• Shinsuke (Sawa) Sawasaki | Group Executive Creative Director, Havas, Japan 
• Sibu Mabena | Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Duma Collective, South Africa