Recent Wins
Who actually took the trophy home.
Advertising, design, effectiveness, and art — filtered however you like it.
Cannes Lions 2026 — Film Grand PrixJun 2026
Mother London takes the Film Grand Prix — for ads about AI
At the 73rd Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Mother London won the Film Lions Grand Prix for two spots made for Anthropic's Claude, part of a wider campaign about AI entering advertising. Heineken was named Creative Brand of the Year, LePub Milan took Agency of the Year, and Kenya and Greece each landed their first-ever Grand Prix — a sign of how global the festival's map keeps getting.
Cannes, France
Effie Awards US 2026 — Grand EffieMay 2026
Uber Eats turns football fandom into a Grand Effie
Uber Eats and agency Special US took home the 2026 Grand Effie — the top prize for marketing effectiveness in the US — for "Football is for Food," a campaign that reframed one of America's biggest cultural moments through the lens of food delivery. It also picked up Gold in Delivery Services and Brand Integration.
New York City, USA
ABBY Awards 2026 — Media Grand PrixMay 2026
An independent agency makes ABBY history
Tribes Communication became the first independent network to win the Media Grand Prix at India's ABBY Awards, for a Kansai Nerolac Paints campaign that coated temple pathways with heat-reflective coating to protect barefoot devotees during peak summer. Leo India walked away the festival's most decorated agency, and WPP Media topped the network rankings.
Goa, India
Turner Prize 2025Dec 2025
A first for the UK's biggest art prize
Nnena Kalu became the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize since it began in 1984, recognised for cocoon-like hanging sculptures and rhythmic large-scale drawings built from bound and layered found materials. It's a milestone the jury and the wider disabled-artist community have called long overdue.
Bradford, UK
D&AD Awards 2026May 2026
A record field, with the biggest prize still to come
D&AD handed out 573 Pencils across 46 categories this year, drawing entries from a record 89 countries. The Culture discipline grew fastest, up 49% year on year, and Singapore had a breakout year with 11 Pencils. The Black Pencils — the industry's highest honour — are still to be announced.
London, UK
