The Cannes Film Festival founded in 1939, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. The 61st Cannes Film Festival will take place from 14 May to 25 May 2008 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France

The Cannes Lions 2008 International Advertising Festival is the most important advertising festival worldwide. The festival included cinema, television, video, print and direct marketing, radio and outdoor advertising. Advertisements in the Cannes Lions Festival are generally produced by the agencies that created them. It also gives the change to anyone to enter any advertising creation