Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards concluded its 17th edition by honoring the best corporate films, documentaries and digital productions. Competing across a record 63 categories, 253 productions from 38 countries were shortlisted, with 182 of them receiving Dolphin Trophies.
This year’s winners included some of the world’s best-known brands and companies, including Aramco, Deloitte, HSBC, Tiffany & Co., Volkswagen, PepsiCo, McDonald’s, Booking.com, Coach, Polestar, Volvo and TD Bank Group. However, the highlight of the evening belonged to two stories that reached the Grand Prix in completely different ways.
Two White Dolphins for Taiwan and Spain
The Corporate Grand Prix went to A Little Getaway, produced by Palace Films and Renegades Entertainment for Taiwan’s Gold Kirin Memorial Service.
The film is framed as two sisters’ final childhood adventure, but as the story unfolds, it gradually reveals that individual scenes actually reflect a traditional Taiwanese farewell ritual. The jury highlighted this approach as an example of how a sensitive commercial subject can be conveyed through storytelling.
The Documentary Grand Prix went to the Spanish film Farruquito: A Flamenco Dynasty, produced by CAPA Spain. The documentary follows flamenco artist Farruquito through his international career and personal setbacks, as well as his role as a mentor to his own son. Rosalía also appears in the film, while the story explores flamenco’s deep connection with Romani culture.
Aramco, People, BigSun and Mediacorp among the special award winners
The four Blue Dolphin awards, through which the festival recognizes consistency and quality across multiple submitted works, went to four different countries this year.
Aramco from Saudi Arabia was named Client of the Year, People from the United Arab Emirates Production Company of the Year, Germany’s BigSun Agency of the Year, and Singapore’s Mediacorp TV Network of the Year.
Alongside them, the winners list shows how widely corporate and brand communication now extends across different industries and formats. The award recipients also included Mubadala Investment Company, Deutsche Bundesbank and Schaeffler Technologies, as well as organizations such as the Dutch National Police, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Tourism, agencies and broadcasters across a broad field
Tourism was one of the more strongly represented segments of this year’s edition. Awards went to Switzerland Tourism, Portugal Tourism, Visit Sweden, Austria Tourism, Visit Qatar and Visit Morocco, as well as the Vienna Tourist Board, Ottawa Tourism and Catalan Tourism Board. SWISS International Air Lines was also among the winners.
On the agency side, alongside BigSun, the award recipients included Ogilvy, McCann, BETC, Dentsu Creative Iberia, We Are Tilt, RD Content, Forsman & Bodenfors, Mediazoo, Radley Yeldar, RAW London, 1Camera, BBDO Nordics, 80s Creative and Renegades Entertainment.
The television and documentary sector was represented by Mediacorp, Al Jazeera Arabic Channel, DR – Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Terra Mater Studios, GMA Network, TaiwanPlus, TV Globo and TVN Warner Bros. Discovery.
All entries were evaluated by an international jury of experts from 33 countries, representing the fields of advertising, film, television, production, marketing and corporate communications.
The complete list of winners is available on the festival website, cannescorporate.com.
