The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity launched the fifth Cannes Chimera Competition, an initiative to engage the global creative industry in building public awareness and support for solutions to critical global development problems.
This year, the brief for the Cannes Chimera Competition calls for the development of a one-time brand activation that will attract massive public attention to the growing Global Citizen platform, and result in a surge of sign ups to the campaign, through email capture and Facebook.
Global Citizen, which recently launched its “Unlock your power” campaign to expand its global community, will create a large platform for people to share, communicate and take action on issues affecting the world’s poorest. Supported by major NGOs in the development space and a diverse group of corporate partners, it provides new ways for people to understand and follow issues they care about—from gender equality or health to water and sanitation.
“Being able to engage the global communications industry to lend their creativity to a campaign as worthwhile as Global Citizen is very special for us. It’s an innovative and large-scale project with an incredible ambition: to turn millions of us into global citizens that are willing to take action to help people living in the world’s poorest countries build a better life for themselves,” commented Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals.
The competition is free to enter and consists of filling out a one-page submission form and closes on 27 May. A maximum of three winners will be chosen from the pool of entries, each receiving a contract for a maximum of $150,000 to make their winning activation a reality.
