The World's Best Commercials: The 2009 Cannes Lions Ad Awards

Unlike the majority of product-driven, hard sell and obvious commercials infesting Canadian and American television, the Cannes Lions are more interested in uncovering ads that display as much imagination as the best movies, as much style as the best modern art and, yes, as much social commentary as anything emanating from HBO's best TV series. 2009's Cannes batch of commercials, the 56th annual, is among the finest.