Cannes Lions 2026 has announced its winners in the Film, Titanium, Glass and SDG Lions — the four categories that anchor the final night of the festival and carry the most weight in Agency and Network of the Year calculations.

Shots reported the winners as the 2026 edition of the festival drew to a close on the Croisette. The Film Lions, the oldest trophy at Cannes, again decided the biggest share of points in the festival's overall rankings, while the Titanium Lions — the festival's cross-disciplinary prize for breakthrough work — and the Glass Lions and SDG Lions rounded out the closing awards.

What do these four categories decide?

Each of the closing-night categories plays a distinct role in the festival's mechanics:

• Film Lions — the flagship craft and creativity award, historically the largest single contributor of points toward Agency, Network and Holding Company of the Year.
• Titanium Lions — awarded without a fixed shortlist logic, honouring work the jury considers genuinely boundary-breaking across disciplines. A Titanium Grand Prix can reshape the night's narrative in a single announcement.
• Glass Lions — the Lion for Change, recognising work that addresses gender bias and inequality.
• SDG Lions — tied to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, rewarding work with measurable social impact.

Why the closing categories matter for the rankings

The festival's points system weights Grand Prix and Gold performances heavily, so a strong showing in Film alone can swing the Agency of the Year table. Titanium, though it awards fewer statues, functions as the jury's statement about what the industry should be making next — and campaigns that take both Film and Titanium hardware typically dominate trade coverage for the following twelve months.

Glass and SDG results also feed the festival's broader accountability framework, signalling which clients and causes the juries rewarded in this cycle.

Shots carries the full list of winning entries, agencies and clients across all four categories for readers tracking the complete results.

What changes in the race?

With Film, Titanium, Glass and SDG decided, the 2026 festival rankings are final. Networks that converted shortlist places into Gold or Grand Prix in these categories will have locked in their positions on the annual league tables — the numbers that determine holding-company bragging rights and, in many cases, new-business pitches for the rest of the year.

Attention now shifts to how the winning work performs at the season's remaining shows and whether the Titanium-recognised campaigns signal a durable shift in what juries reward.