Montreux Switzerland Festival 2026 entries extended to April 7,2026

The Golden Award of Montreux welcomes submissions from agencies, advertisers, media, digital,production, design and event companies worldwide, offering a platform for both national and international campaigns. 

Montreux Festival has been a precursor to Cannes for 30 years and is one of Europe’s premier Advertising, Media, Digital, Film, Design, Branded Content, Events,Festival.

Winners at Montreux Festival are featured in the showcase section of adforum.com, the gateway to the global advertising world and other international ad creativity sites.

Montreux winners get featured on international websites before the start of the Cannes Festival.

Eligible entries from advertising, media, digital, design, production film, branded content and events companies can be entered as work done and released since January 1, 2025.

The Past Winners

Indian companies won 4 Golds and 12 Finalists at the 35th Golden Award of Montreux Switzerland Festival held in April 2025.

Havas won Gold for Times of India for “Ink of Democracy” campaign in the print category, Enormous Brands won Gold for Wok Tok by Veeba in the TV Film Food/Beverages category, Tribes Communication won Gold for Nerolac in the Ambient Media category.Tree Design won Gold for Tata Tea in the Packaging Design category for Durga Puja Packs. 

Enormous won a Finalist Certificates for Wok Tok by Veeba, Havas won a Finalist for Times of India. BC Web Wise won 2 Finalists for Tata Power EZ Charge, Atom Network won 2 Finalists for Reliance General Insurance, Brave won a Finalist for Mumbai Indians, Wibe Creative won a Finalist for Six Fields beer, White Rivers Media won a Finalist for Pass Pass Pulse,Tree Design won 2 Finalists – for PVR Innox Cinemas and for Tata Tea, Hashtag Orange won a Finalist for The Man Company.

Finalists at Montreux are as prestigious as Silver Medals in major global festivals as Montreux has only 2 awards Gold and Finalist with no Silver and Bronze.

 Montreux Festival 2026 jury

  • James Cullum Welch Group M UK
  • Joseph Dubruque McCann Paris
  • Rafal Rys, Havas Warsaw
  • Marcelo Lourenco, Coming Soon Portugal
  • Luis Silva Dias, FCB International
  • Olivier Teepe, Signature Switzerland
  • Joern Welle, la Red Germany     
  • Daniel de Hora, UFPB     
  • Mitesh Kothari,White Rivers Media India
  • Oisin James Deady, 12 am UK                                                                                                                                          
  • Ajay Chandwani, Mumbai 
  • Barbra Aparo, FashionTV                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Alongside The Golden Award of Montreux, The Montreux Talent Award is a distinguished global competition entered by hundreds of students and young professionals working in the fields of advertising, e-content and design.

The Golden Award is an independent Forum committed to improving the standard of creative excellence in cooperation with the Institute for Future Science and has been developed in conjunction with adforum.com. 

Details of entry form and categories are on goldenawardmontreux.com.

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