Mumbai: Indian agencies delivered a strong performance at the 36th Golden Award of Montreux Switzerland Festival 2026, securing five Gold awards and seven Finalist Certificates across multiple categories at one of Europe’s most prestigious advertising and media festivals.
Held in April 2026, the Montreux Festival is regarded as one of Europe’s leading creative award platforms and is considered a precursor to the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The festival, which has been recognising excellence in advertising, design and media for over three decades, awards only Golds and Finalist Certificates, with no Silver or Bronze honours.
Among the Indian winners, Tribes won Gold in the Spatial Communication category for HSBC’s The Living Hexagon. BC Web Wise secured Gold in the Best Use of Branded Content category for Tata Power’s Tanvi the Great, while Tree Design received Gold in the Direct Marketing & Activation category for Tata Tea Premium’s India’s Tea and the Unique Art of its States.
Mathrubhumi was awarded Gold in the Events category for Kappa CULTR 2026, while Young & Hungry won Gold in the Design category for DeVans Gin Bottle Packaging.
Indian agencies also earned seven Finalist Certificates across categories. Havas was recognised for JBL in the Poster – Copywriting category. White Rivers Media received two Finalist Certificates for DS Group’s Pulse, in the AI & Creative Systems category for Pulse Jagannath Yatra and the Digital, Interactive & Experience category for Scream for Pulse.
Enormous secured a Finalist Certificate for NPCI in the Poster category for Art of Progress. Tree Design was recognised in Packaging Design for Tata Tea Gold’s Durga Puja Limited Edition, while Mathrubhumi earned another Finalist Certificate for OBSRV’s Edakkal Caves Documentary. Hashtag Orange also received a Finalist Certificate in the Digital Innovation category for Zuno General Insurance’s Safar Yeh Chill Wala campaign.
Internationally, BETC Paris was named Ad of the Year for its work for CANAL+, while Serviceplan Group Germany was honoured as Agency of the Year.
