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Indies Rising @ Cannes

Indies Rising @ Cannes 2026 — June 21-24, Cannes France
Indies @ Cannes 2026
Dates
June 21-24, 2026
Venue
Le Jardin Secret, Cannes
Capacity
70 · Intimate by design
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Escape the Chaos. Stay Close to the Action.

Indies Rising @ Cannes is our home base during the Lions — built by indies. Coffee's on. Rosé may be kicking. The room is small. And that's by design..

50 people. Intimate by design. Tucked into the Suquet, 15 minutes uphill from the Palais — close enough to be in the action, far enough to hear each other think.

We have one rule, and we call it the Be Cool Rule. You won't get hounded. You won't get worked. You'll get real conversation, the people you've been meaning to meet, and the room to say what's on your mind.

Cannes for Indies, by Indies.

Each day has a distinct identity with panels, fireside chats, live workshops and formats we're inventing because we're here to change things up — just like indies should.

Coming Soon
Full schedule with confirmed session times, speakers, and RSVP system — landing in May.
Indie Welcome & Father's Day
Decompress before the chaos.
A soft landing for travelers and a tribute to the dads who've spent more Father's Days at the Lions than at home. No formal programming—just space, time, and the people you actually want to see.
Indie Intelligence Day
The playbook, traded honestly, between people who don't compete on price.
Indies of every scale share what's working — and what's not. Peer-to-peer playbook exchange, new business intelligence, and the kinds of conversations indies don't get to have anywhere else.
Indie Showcase
The work. The clients. The cutting room floor.
Member agencies show their work alongside the brand partners who lived it. Not just the case study reel — the version that didn't ship, the cross-category insight, the choice that almost broke the campaign.
Human Friction Lab
Celebrating what AI can't replicate — and using it to surface what only humans can.
Craft, authenticity, and the agentic tools already here. The closing day of the week, focused on what humans bring that algorithms can't.

How a Day Flows

A rhythm built for substance, not hustle.

9:00 – 10:00
Breakfast
10:00 – 1:00
Morning Sessions
1:00 – 2:00
Lunch
2:00 – 5:00
Afternoon Sessions
6:00 – 8:00
Happy Hour
8:00 – Late
Indie Chill Time
Indie Agency Scoreboard

Tracking the Indie Wins, Lion by Lion.

Every year at the Lions, IAN builds a running scoreboard of the indie agencies winning hardware. Real-time, by category, with the work, the agencies, and the brands behind it.

A new 2026 scoreboard is coming. In the meantime, here's last year's as a reminder of what indie agencies actually shipped.

View the 2025 Scoreboard →
2025 Recap
Indie
Agency Scoreboard
2026 Live Scoreboard · Coming June

See You in Cannes

Sunday, June 21 – Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · Le Jardin Secret, Cannes

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