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Saatchi & Saatchi is moving its New Creators’ Showcase to SXSW London successful a improvement that ends its 36-year business pinch Cannes Lions.
The move was announced arsenic nan world-renowned advertizing agency opened entries for nan New Creators’ Showcase 2026, which will debut astatine London SXSW successful June arsenic portion of a caller business pinch nan UK SXSW spin-off.
The showcase, which has been curated and presented annually astatine Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity since 1991, is simply a ceremony of nan very champion successful creativity, storytelling and ocular invention pinch erstwhile winners including The Daniels and Jonathan Glazer.
“New Creators’ Showcase has been nan item of my Cannes for overmuch longer than I’ve had nan privilege to curate it. We are eternally grateful to them for supporting nan showcase connected specified an important world shape for nan past 3 and a half decades,” said Franki Goodwin, Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi.
As nan custodians of this legendary portion of manufacture IP we person a work to germinate it and pinch a caller location astatine SXSW London, we’re excited to grow nan entree and nan format to build a early facing manufacture introduction constituent for emerging talent wherever film, euphony and invention converge.”
It was launched to supply up-and-coming creators from crossed nan globe pinch a level to beryllium seen, discovered and hired by determination makers successful nan advertizing industry.
Curated by Franki Goodwin (CCO, Saatchi & Saatchi) and Jess Ringshall (CPO, Saatchi & Saatchi), nan 2026 showcase is unfastened to activity from each moving image formats.
As portion of Saatchi’s caller business pinch SXSW London, each shortlisted creator will beryllium fixed nan opportunity to coming their activity connected shape astatine nan Shoreditch arena connected 4th June.
Saatchi & Saatchi will besides proceed its committedness to collaborate pinch arsenic galore of nan creators featured successful nan showcase arsenic imaginable wrong its web portfolio, arsenic good arsenic offering hands-on assistance from accumulation teams done master guidance and insight.
Also caller for 2026 will beryllium a dedicated euphony showcase, besides curated by Saatchi & Saatchi, which will characteristic unrecorded performances from emerging euphony talent looking to activity connected commercialized projects wrong nan imaginative industries.
