Our Partners

From A to Z, discover the brands, agencies and platforms shaping Cannes Lions in 2025 – bringing more creative inspiration and business innovation than ever to the Festival

Official LIONS B2B Partner

Together with LinkedIn, we're elevating B2B creativity at the Festival...
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Official LIONS Sport Partner

Together with Stagwell, we’re bringing more sport to the Festival than ever before...
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Experience

Monks
Experience

Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to accelerate business growth and redefine how brands interact with the world. From crafting tailored, outcome-focused campaigns to modernizing critical infrastructure for the ever-evolving digital landscape, Monks delivers solutions that engage audiences in real time, drive cultural relevance and sustain long-term impact—a tripartite approach that establishes it as a trusted partner to the world's most innovative brands. Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-24) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2024), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks was named Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24) and achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs.
Weber Shandwick
Experience

Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective (TWSC) – the strategic communications and advisory network.

Learning & Talent

Media

Financial Times
Media

Financial Times

The Financial Times is one of the world’s leading news organisations, recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy. The FT has a record paying readership of 1.5 million, while the wider FT Group reaches a global paying audience of 2.9 million across its portfolio of journalism, products and services, visit ft.com. To explore our global calendar of thought-leading conferences and events, visit events.ft.com. Financial Times @ Cannes Lions 2025: Join the world’s leading source of global business insight in Cannes for a series of agenda-setting conversations, curated connections and powerful storytelling. Cannes Lions is where the boldest ideas take shape and the Financial Times is proud to be at the centre of this creative convergence. Through a curated lineup of high-impact events, FT is offering delegates a unique opportunity to engage with global leaders, marketing pioneers and media innovators. All our events take place at the Nikkei FT Anniversary Teahouse, 11 Rue des Belges, Cannes Register now for our exclusive events at https://ftcannes.live.ft.com (Open to Cannes Lions delegates – registration essential via the links below.) Financial Times x People Like Us @ Cannes 17 June | 16:00 – 19:00 CEST Championing inclusion and representation in the creative industry. Bridging the Trust Gap 18 June | 11:00 – 13:00 CEST Explore the growing disconnect between brands and audiences and how trust can be rebuilt. FT Session @ Cannes 18 June | 14:00 – 15:30 CEST An exclusive session uncovering the trends shaping the business of creativity. An Afternoon with Martin Sorrell @ Cannes 19 June | 14:00 – 15:20 CEST A rare opportunity to hear one of the world’s most influential marketers in an intimate setting. FT @ Cannes: Accelerated Connections Drinks Reception 19 June | 16:00 – 18:00 CEST Make meaningful connections over cocktails and conversation. Please note: Spaces are limited. Events are open to Cannes Lions pass holders, but registration is required. Once capacity is reached, we cannot guarantee entry. 📩 Want to set up a meeting? Email: ftlive@ft.com

Networking

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