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FUTURE CREATIVE LEADERS ACADEMY

The Future Creative Leaders Academy is a youth programme of the Pitcher Festival of Creativity designed for students in universities and other tertiary institutions. It provides a platform for intensive learning, discovering talents, as well as  inspiring and immersing hopeful professionals into the world of advertising and marketing communications.

 

The Future Creative Leaders Academy  is now in its 18th year and every year the Academy welcomes students to participate in the specially curated youth events held during the Pitcher Festival of Creativity .  The programme includes competitions, seminars and workshops. The programme also provides a platform for selecting participants for the Roger Hatchuel Student Academy  of the Cannes Lions Festival. 

Prizes

  • 3 top performing students at the competitions will be recognized with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals as well as  opportunity to participate in Cannes Lions.  

  • Best Lecturer of the Year Award goes to supervisor of top performing student 

  • The institution or department with the highest cumulative score for their participating students win the School of the Year Award

2025 KEY DATES

 

Registration opens 1 October 2024 and closes 31 January 2025
 

First brief launches 3 February 2025 for selection of Cannes Lions Roger Hatchuel Academy delegate


Pre-festival programme takes place from 17 – 21 February 2025

2nd brief launches 21 February 2025 for selection of FCLA winner, Best Lecturer and best school of the year 

 

All participants to be given digital access to attend  Pitcher Festival 15 – 17 May 2025


Virtual presentation of work and announcement of winners  –  3 May 2025


Selected winner to participate in Roger Hatchuel Academy in Cannes from 16 – 20 June 202

2024 PROGRAMME
2025 programme schedule to be released soon

Programme
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