Our Products
shots is now a whole suite of creative products – explore them here

The Inspiration

Ever wondered what fills the world’s most creative minds?
Feed your inspiration with our regular columns.

Cannes Contenders: France
29th May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025

Cannes Contenders: France

This year's French Cannes Lions Contenders, are selected by DDB/Paris Creative Director Olivier Le Lostec. Here, he highlights tech consumerism, domestic violence, and opportunistic social posts as potential winners.

Cannes Contenders: Brazil
28th May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025

Cannes Contenders: Brazil

27th May
On My Radar: Leonardo Aponte

On My Radar: Leonardo Aponte

Consulate editor Leonardo Aponte laments the lack of shoehorns when visiting other people, believes silent films deserve more credit, and gets scared by the one thing it's hard to avoid, as he reveals what's on his creative radar.

27th May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: USA

Cannes Contenders: USA

If Cannes is about championing work, says Dav Karbassioun, CEO at magna studios, then he hopes the festival champions the unusual, culturally relevant and, ultimately, brave work that stands out from the "increasingly generic, noisy universe". Work like the pieces below..

23rd May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: Netherlands

Cannes Contenders: Netherlands

Creative Director at Dentsu Creative Amsterdam Gijs Sluijters gears up for Cannes with a selection of Dutch work he thinks could win big this year, from books disguised as smartphones to a travel brand infiltrating Gran Turismo.

22nd May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: New Zealand

Cannes Contenders: New Zealand

Rebekah (Bex) Kelly Executive Producer at FINCH shares some campaigns that could see New Zealand collecting some awards at Cannes. Including work featuring Vanilla Ice, perfect toast and Herpes.

21st May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: Italy

Cannes Contenders: Italy

From beauty retailers and brewers to hearing specialists and Down Syndrome associations, Karim Bartoletti, Partner, MD and Executive Producer at Indiana Production, picks his favourite Italian spots from the last year.

21st May
Peer Review: Mark Edinoff

Peer Review: Mark Edinoff

Known for his uncanny ability to edit perfectly timed comedic moments, Work Editorial's Mark Edinoff shares the cuts that have inspired his craft, from the notable films of Sam O'Steen to little lads who love berries and cream.

Around the world

On Location is a column that gives a boots-on-the-ground look at some amazing cities, brought to you by local production experts.

20th May
On My Radar: Andrea Ogunbadejo

On My Radar: Andrea Ogunbadejo

Andrea Ogunbadejo, President at Eva Nosidam Productions, highlights a "game-changing" sound system, recommends Walton Goggins in his "absolute best" role, and admits she can't stand to lose at quizzes.

20th May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: UK

Cannes Contenders: UK

Josh Green, Chief Creative Officer of agency House 337 selects his top five Lions-worthy faves from the UK – which range from chicken worshipping to AI grannybots.

Membership offers you insight, inspiration and tools to transform your workflow Find out more
19th May
Phoebe Bourke: A Few Of My Favourite Things

Phoebe Bourke: A Few Of My Favourite Things

Get your jealousy in check as we look through the items (and viewpoints) the Armoury director keeps around her Sicilian Airbnb, from which she writes.

19th May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: USA

Cannes Contenders: USA

Corinna Falusi, Founder and CCO of Birthday, gets ready to promenade down the Croisette, and reflects on potential Cannes Lions winning work from The USA, including a dancing Pedro Pascal and Brian Cox heading back to college.

16th May
CANNES CONTENDERS 2025
Cannes Contenders: South Africa

Cannes Contenders: South Africa

EP Shayne Brookstein, and Marketing Director Beccy Kellond at Moonlighting share five campaigns that could see South Africa collecting awards at Cannes. Narrowing down the selection of commercials was no easy task and the fact that 4 of the 5 are for chicken, shows where South African hearts lie.

Get a demo

Fill out the form below to arrange a personalized demo and see how Shots can work for you...