In Competition, highlights include Ari Aster’s Eddington, Julia Ducournau’s anticipated Alpha, and Nouvelle Vague from Richard Linklater. Other standouts: Resurrection by Bi Gan, Les Aigles de la République by Tarik Saleh, and Die My Love by Lynne Ramsay. Jafar Panahi, Saeed Roustaee, and Kelly Reichardt also feature.
Un Certain Regard presents a rich blend of fresh voices: Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut The Chronology of Water, Harris Dickinson’s Urchin, and Scarlett Johansson’s Eleanor the Great. First-time directors make a strong showing, including Zuzana Kirchnerova, Charlie Polinger, and Morad Mostafa.
Out of Competition slots include Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, Cédric Klapisch’s Colours of Time, and the blockbuster Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Midnight Screenings will feature Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! and Le Roi Soleil by Vincent Maël Cardona.
With an eclectic lineup that spans continents, genres, and generations, Cannes 2025 promises a vibrant celebration of global cinema.
Opening Film (Out of Competition)
- Partir un jour – Amélie Bonnin (1st film)
In Competition
- The Phoenician Scheme – Wes Anderson
- Eddington – Ari Aster
- Resurrection – Bi Gan
- Jeunes Mères – Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
- Alpha – Julia Ducournau
- Renoir Hayakawa – Chie Hayakawa
- The History of Sound – Oliver Hermanus
- La Petite Dernière – Hafsia Herzi
- Sirât – Oliver Laxe
- Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater
- Deux Procureurs – Sergei Loznitsa
- Fuori – Mario Martone
- O Agente Secreto (L’Agent Secret) – Kleber Mendonça Filho
- Dossier 137 – Dominik Moll
- It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi
- Die My Love – Lynne Ramsay
- The Mastermind – Kelly Reichardt
- Woman and Child – Saeed Roustaee
- Les Aigles de la République – Tarik Saleh
- Sound of Falling – Mascha Schilinski
- Romería – Carla Simón
- Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value) – Joachim Trier
Un Certain Regard
Opening Film:
- Promised Sky – Erige Sehiri
- Love Me Tender – Anna Cazenave Cambet
- La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo) – Diego Céspedes (1st film)
- Météors – Hubert Charuel
- My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jr (1st film)
- L’inconnu de la Grande Arche – Stéphane Demoustier
- Urchin – Harris Dickinson (1st film)
- Homebound – Neeraj Ghaywan
- A Pale View of Hills – Ishikawa Kei
- Eleanor the Great – Scarlett Johansson (1st film)
- Karavan – Zuzana Kirchnerova (1st film)
- Pillion – Harry Lighton (1st film)
- A Poet – Simón Mesa Soto
- Aisha Can’t Fly Away – Morad Mostafa (1st film)
- Once Upon a Time in Gaza – Arab & Tarzan Nasser
- O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) – Pedro Pinho
- The Plague – Charlie Polinger (1st film)
- Le Città di Pianura (The Last One for the Road) – Francesco Sossai
- The Chronology of Water – Kristen Stewart (1st film)
- Testa o Croce? (Heads or Tails?) – Matteo Zoppis & Alessio Rigo de Righi
Out of Competition
- 13 Days 13 Nights – Martin Bourboulon
- Colours of Time – Cédric Klapisch
- La Femme la Plus Riche du Monde – Thierry Klifa
- Highest 2 Lowest – Spike Lee
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Christopher McQuarrie
- A Private Life – Rebecca Zlotowski
Midnight Screenings
- Le Roi Soleil – Vincent Maël Cardona
- Honey Don’t! – Ethan Coen
- Dalloway – Yann Gozlan
- Exit 8 – Kawamura Genki
- Sons of the Neon Night – Mak Juno
