2025 Cannes Film Festival

78th edition

2025 Cannes Film FestivalOpening film| Bye Bye

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Location| Cannes, France
Founded| 1946
Awards| Palme d'Or
Hosted by| Laurent Lafitte
Artistic director| Thierry Frémaux
Festival date| 13–24 May 2025
Website| festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

2026

2024

The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival will take place from 13 to 24 May 2025.[1] French actress Juliette Binoche will serve as jury president for the main competition.[2] French actor Laurent Lafitte will serve as host for the opening and closing ceremonies.[3]

The Honorary Palme d'Or will be awarded to Robert De Niro during the festival's opening ceremony.[4]

The festival will open with the French comedy film Bye Bye by Amélie Bonnin.

## Juries

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Juliette Binoche, Main Competition jury president

### Main Competition

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* Juliette Binoche, French actress – Jury President[2]

### Caméra d'Or

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* Alice Rohrwacher, Italian filmmaker[5]

### Critics' Week

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* Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spanish filmmaker – Jury President[6]
* Jihane Bougrine, Moroccan journalist
* Josée Deshaies, French-Canadian cinematographer
* Yulia Evina Bhara, Indonesian producer
* Daniel Kaluuya, British actor and filmmaker

### Queer Palm

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* Christophe Honoré, French filmmaker – Jury President[7]

## Official Selection

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### In Competition

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The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[8]

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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Alpha | Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium
Dossier 137 | Dominik Moll | France
Eagles of the Republic | Tarik Saleh | Sweden, France, Denmark, Finland
Eddington | Ari Aster | United States
Fuori | Mario Martone | Italy, France
The History of Sound | Oliver Hermanus | United Kingdom, United States
It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف ساده | Jafar Panahi | Iran, France
The Mastermind | Kelly Reichardt | United States, United Kingdom
Nouvelle Vague | Richard Linklater | France
The Phoenician Scheme | Wes Anderson | United States, Germany
Renoir | ルノワール | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
Romería | Carla Simón | Spain, Germany
The Secret Agent | O Agente Secreto | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil, France
Sentimental Value | Affeksjonsverdi | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
Sirat | Óliver Laxe | Spain, France
Sound of Falling | In die Sonne schauen | Mascha Schilinski | Germany
Two Prosecutors | Два прокурора | Sergei Loznitsa | Latvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania
The Young Mother's Home | Jeunes mères | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Belgium
The Youngest Daughter | La petite dernière | Hafsia Herzi | France, Germany

### Un Certain Regard

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The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[8]

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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Aisha Can't Fly Away (CdO) | عائشة لم تعد قادرة على الطيران | Morad Mostafa | Egypt, Qatar, Tunisia
Caravan (CdO) | Karavan | Zuzana Kirchnerová  | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy
Eleanor the Great (CdO) | Scarlett Johansson | United States
The Great Arch | L’inconnu de la Grande Arche | Stéphane Demoustier  | France
Heads or Tails? | Testa o croce? | Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo de Righi  | Italy, United States
Homebound | Neeraj Ghaywan | India
The Last One for the Road | Le città di pianura | Francesco Sossai  | Italy
Meteors | Météors | Hubert Charuel | France
My Father's Shadow (CdO) | Akinola Davies Jr. | United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (CdO) | La misteriosa mirada del flamenco | Diego Céspedes | Chile
Once Upon a Time in Gaza | Tarzan and Arab Nasser | Palestine, France, Portugal
A Pale View of Hills | 遠い山なみの光  | Kei Ishikawa  | Japan, United Kingdom, Poland
Pillion (CdO) | Harry Lighton | United Kingdom, Ireland
The Plague (CdO) | Charlie Polinger  | Australia, United States
Promised Sky | Promis le ciel | Erige Sehiri  | Tunisia, France, Netherlands, Qatar
Urchin (CdO) | Harris Dickinson | United Kingdom

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

### Out of Competition

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The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[9][8]

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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Bye Bye (opening film) (CdO) | Partir un jour | Amélie Bonnin | France
The Coming of the Future | La venue de l'avenir | Cédric Klapisch
Highest 2 Lowest | Spike Lee | United States, Japan
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Christopher McQuarrie | United States
The Richest Woman in the World | La femme la plus riche du monde | Thierry Klifa  | France, Belgium
Vie privée | Rebecca Zlotowski | France
Midnight Screenings
Dalloway | Yann Gozlan | France, Belgium
The Exit 8 | 8番出口  | Genki Kawamura  | Japan
Sons of the Neon Night | 風林火山  | Juno Mak | Hong Kong, China

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

### Cannes Premiere

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The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:[8]

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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Amrum | Fatih Akin | Germany
Connemara | Alex Lutz | France
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele | Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele | Kirill Serebrennikov | Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain
Orwell: 2+2=5 | Raoul Peck | France, United States
Splitsville | Michael Angelo Covino | United States
The Wave | La ola | Sebastián Lelio | Chile

### Special Screenings

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The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:[8]

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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Bono: Stories of Surrender | Andrew Dominik | Australia, United States
A Magnificent Life | Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol | Sylvain Chomet | France, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, United States
Tell Her That I Love Her | Dites-lui que je l'aime | Romane Bohringer | France

### Short Films Competition

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The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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### Cinéfondation

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The Cinéfondation (or La Cinéf) section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the winner of the First Prize, €11,250 for the winner of the Second Prize and €7,500 for the winner of the Third Prize. The following shorts (live-action and animated) were selected:

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### Cannes Classics

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The following films were selected to be screened:

English Title  | Original Title  | Director(s)  | Production Country

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Restored Prints

### Cinéma de la Plage

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The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes's Plage Macé. The following films were selected to be screened:

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## Parallel sections

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### Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)

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The Critics' Week is a parallel selection dedicated to first and second films. The following films were selected to be screened in competition:[10][11]

English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production country

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In Competition
A Useful Ghost (CdO) | Pee Chai Dai Ka | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke  | Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany
Imago | Déni Oumar Pitsaev  | France, Belgium
Kika | Alexe Poukine | Belgium, France
Left-Handed Girl | 左撇子女孩  | Shih-Ching Tsou | Taiwan, France, United States, United Kingdom
Nino (CdO) | Pauline Locques  | France
Reedland (CdO) | Rietland | Sven Bresser  | Netherlands, Belgium
Sleepless City (CdO) | Ciudad Sin Sueño | Guillermo Galoe  | Spain, France
Special Screenings
Adam's Interest (opening film) | L'intérêt d'Adam | Laura Wandel | Belgium, France
Baise-en-ville | Martin Jauvat  | France
Love Letters (CdO) | Des preuves d’amour | Alice Douard
Dandelion's Odyssey (closing film) (CdO) | Planètes | Momoko Sato  | France, Belgium
Short Films Competition
Alișveriș | Vasile Todinca  | Romania
Bleat! | கத்து!  | Ananth Subramaniam  | Malaysia, Philippines, France
Critical Condition | КРИТИЧНЕ СТАНОВИЩЕ  | Mila Zhluktenko  | Germany
Erogenesis | Xandra Popescu
Free Drum Kit | Donne Batterie | Carmen Leroi  | France
Glasses | An-Gyeong | Yumi Joung  | South Korea
God is Shy | Dieu est timide | Jocelyn Charles  | France
Samba Infinito | Leonardo Martinelli  | Brazil, France
The Mine | L'mina | Randa Maroufi  | Morocco, France, Italy, Qatar
Wonderwall | Róisín Burns  | United Kingdom, France
Special Screenings - Short Films
Eraserhead in a Knitted Shopping Bag | Eraserhead dans un Filet à Provisions | Lili Koss  | France, Bulgaria
No Skate! | Guil Sela  | France
To the Woods | Une Fugue | Agnès Patron

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

### Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes)

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The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) section:[12][13]

English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production country

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Feature films
Brand New Landscape (CdO) | 見はらし世代  | Yuiga Danzuka  | Japan
Dangerous Animals | Sean Byrne | Australia
Death Does Not Exist | La mort n'existe pas | Félix Dufour-Laperrière | Canada, France
Enzo (opening film) | Robin Campillo | France
The Girl in the Snow (CdO) | L'Engloutie | Louise Hémon
Girl on Edge (CdO) | 花漾少女杀人事件  | Jinghao Zhou  | China
The Girls We Want (CdO) | Les filles désir | Prïncia Car  | France
Her Will Be Done | Que ma volonté soit faite | Julia Kowalski
Indomptables | Thomas Ngijol  | Cameroon, France
Kokuho | 国宝  | Lee Sang-il | Japan
Lucky Lu (CdO) | Lloyd Lee Choi | United States
Militantropos | Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi  | Ukraine, France, Austria
Mirrors No. 3 | Miroirs No. 3 | Christian Petzold | Germany
The Party's Over | Classe moyenne | Antony Cordier  | France, Belgium
Peak Everything | Amour Apocalypse | Anne Émond | Canada
The President's Cake (CdO) | مملكة القصب  | Hasan Hadi  | Iraq, Qatar
Sorry, Baby (closing film) (CdO) | Eva Victor | United States
The Foxes Round (CdO) | La danse des renards | Valéry Carnoy  | France, Belgium
Short Films
+10k | Gala Hernández López  |
Before the Sea Forgets | Ngọc Duy Lê  |
Blue Heart | Cœur bleu | Samuel Suffren  |
The Body | Louris van de Geer  |
Bread Will Walk | Le pain se lève | Alex Boya  | Canada
Death of the Fish | La mort du poisson | Eva Lusbaronian
Karmash | کرمش  | Aleem Bukhari  |
Loynes | Dorian Jespers  |
Nervous Energy | Eve Liu  |
When the Geese Flew | Arthur Gay  |

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

### ACID

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The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:[14]

English title  | Original title  | Director(s)  | Production country

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L'aventura | Sophie Letourneur  | France
The Black Snake | La Couleuvre Noire | Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux  | France, Colombia, Brazil
Drifting Laurent | Laurent dans le Vent | Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon  | France
Drunken Noodles | Lucio Castro | United States, Argentina
Entroncamento | Pedro Cabeleira  | Portugal, France
A Light That Never Goes Out (CdO) | Lauri-Matti Parppei  | Finland, Norway
Life After Siham | La Vie Après Siham | Namir Abdel Messeeh  | France, Egypt
Obscure Night - "Ain't I a child?" | Nuit Obscure - «Ain't i a Child?» | Sylvain George  | France, Switzerland, Portugal
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk | Sepideh Farsi | France, Palestine, Iran

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

## Official Awards

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### Honorary Palme d'Or

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* Robert De Niro[4]

## Independent Awards

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### Directors' Fortnight

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* Carrosse d’Or: Todd Haynes[15]

## References

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1. ^ "Juliette Binoche to preside over the Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
2. ^ a b Keslassy, Elsa (2025-02-04). "Juliette Binoche to Preside Over 78th Cannes Film Festival Jury". Variety. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
3. ^ "Laurent Lafitte, Master of Ceremonies for the 2025 Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. 2025-03-26. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
4. ^ a b "Robert De Niro, Palme d'or d'honneur du 78e Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes (in French). 2025-04-07. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
5. ^ "Alice Rohrwacher, President of the Caméra d'or Jury". Festival de Cannes. 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
6. ^ "Rodrigo Sorogoyen to chair the jury of the Cannes Critics' Week". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
7. ^ Medjdoub, Yasmine. "Christophe Honoré to chair Queer Palm jury at Cannes". Screen. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
8. ^ a b c d e "The films of the Official Selection 2025". Festival de Cannes. 2025-04-10. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
9. ^ Calnan, Ellie. "'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' to premiere at Cannes Film Festival". Screen. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
10. ^ "Four Europeans to compete in the Cannes Critics' Week". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2025-04-14. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
11. ^ "Selection 2025 | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
12. ^ "LA SÉLECTION 2025". Quinzaine des cinéastes. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
13. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (15 April 2025). "Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2025 Lineup Welcomes Christian Petzold to the Festival, Plus 'Sorry, Baby'". Indiewire. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
14. ^ Balaga, Marta (15 April 2025). "Cannes Section ACID Announces Selection, From a 'Feel-Good Movie About Depression' to a New Drama With Paris Olympics 'Blue Man'". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
15. ^ "Cannes' Carrosse d'Or goes to Todd Haynes". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-01.

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