CANNES2025 - remote notes

[Chris Knipp]

CANNES 2025 - first overview.
SOURCE.
The 78th edition runs May 13-24, 2025.

Opening Film: PARTIR UN JOUR by Amélie BONNIN | 1st film – Out of Competition

In Competition
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME by Wes ANDERSON
EDDINGTON by Ari ASTER
JEUNES MÈRES by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
ALPHA by Julia DUCOURNAU
RENOIR by HAYAKAWA Chie
THE HISTORY OF SOUND by Oliver HERMANUS
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia HERZI
SIRAT by Oliver LAXE
NEW WAVE by Richard LINKLATER
TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei LOZNITSA
FUORI by Mario MARTONE
O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
DOSSIER 137 by Dominik MOLL
UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT by Jafar PANAHI
THE MASTERMIND by Kelly REICHARDT
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik SALEH
SOUND OF FALLING by Mascha SCHILINSKI
ROMERÍA by Carla SIMÓN
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim TRIER

Un Certain Regard
LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO by Diego CÉSPEDES | 1st film
(THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)
MÉTÉORS by Hubert CHARUEL
MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola DAVIES JR | 1st film
L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE by Stéphane DEMOUSTIER
URCHIN by Harris DICKINSON | 1st film
HOMEBOUND by Neeraj GHAYWAN
TÔI YAMANAMINO HIKARI (A PALE VIEW OF HILLS) by ISHIKAWA Kei
ELEANOR THE GREAT by Scarlett JOHANSSON | 1st film
KARAVAN by Zuzana KIRCHNEROVA | 1st film
PILLION by Harry LIGHTON | 1st film
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad MOSTAFA | 1st film
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan NASSER
THE PLAGUE by Charlie POLINGER | 1st film
PROMISED SKY by Erige SEHIRI
LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA by Francesco SOSSAI
(THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD)
TESTA O CROCE? (HEADS OR TAILS?) by Matteo ZOPPIS, Alessio RIGO DE RIGHI

Out of Competition
COLOURS OF TIME by Cédric KLAPISCH
LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by Thierry KLIFA
HIGHEST 2 LOWEST by Spike LEE
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING by Christopher MCQUARRIE
VIE PRIVÉE by Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI

Midnight Screenings
DALLOWAY by Yann GOZLAN
EXIT 8 by KAWAMURA Genki
FENG LIN HUO SHAN by MAK Juno
(SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT)

Cannes Premiere
AMRUM by Fatih AKIN
SPLITSVILLE by Michael Angelo COVINO
LA OLA (THE WAVE) de Sebastián LELIO
CONNEMARA by Alex LUTZ
ORWELL: 2+2=5 by Raoul PECK
DAS VERSCHWINDEN DES JOSEF MENGELE (THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE) by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV

Special Screenings
BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER by Andrew Dominik
TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER by Romane BOHRINGER
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE by Sylvain CHOMET

Juliette Binoche will preside over the Competition Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes. Robert De Niro will receive an Honorary Palme d’or. Tom Cruise will be back on the Croisette with MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, debuting out of competition. Spike Lee ditto (for HIGHEST 2 LOWEST) with the star, Denzel Washington. Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Julia Ducournau, Kelly Reichardt in Competition. Jodie Foster will be there, starring in Rebecca Zlotkowski's Out of Competition VIE PRIVÉE; Josh O'Connor, leading two films in comoetition with Kellly Reichardt's heist movie THE MASTERMIND and Oliver Hermanus' gay romance THE HISTORY OF SOUND alongside Paul Mescal.

See the comment on this year at Cannes ("France’s Love Affair With Hollywood Continues, and Vice Versa, in U.S.-Heavy Cannes Lineup") from Peter Debruge in VARIETY. See comments on the Competition lineup from The Oscar Expert bros (brother bro says he will be there to the end). They single out Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE (they love Trier and the WORST PERSON actress Renate Reinsve stars) and Mascha Schilinski's much buzzed-about and pre-sold SOUND OF FALLING as the two top Competition contenders this year.