2025 Cannes Film Festival

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2025 Cannes Film Festival
Location Cannes, France
Founded1946
Awards Palme d'Or
Hosted by Laurent Lafitte
Artistic director Thierry Frémaux
Festival date13–24 May 2025
Website festival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival
2026

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]

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Juries

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Juliette Binoche, Main Competition jury president

Main Competition

Background

The official selection line-up announcement is expected to happen on 10 April. [4]

World premieres of Christopher McQuarrie's Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning , Jim Jarmusch's Father, Mother, Sister, Brother , the Dardenne brothers' The Young Mother's Home , Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value , Kirill Serebrennikov's The Disappearance of Josef Mengele , Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme , Fatih Akin's Amrum , Arnaud Desplechin's Une affaire , Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague , Mascha Schilinski's The Doctor Says I'll Be Alright, But I'm Feelin' Blue , Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest , László Nemes' Orphan , Bi Gan's Resurrection , Nadav Lapid's Yes , Oliver Hermanus' The History of Sound , Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent , Lynne Ramsay's Die, My Love , Maryam Touzani's Calle Malaga , Antonin Baudry's De Gaulle , Kogonada's A Big Bold Beautiful Journey , Ari Aster's Eddington, Alice Winocour's Couture , Julia Ducournau's Alpha , Mario Martone's Fuori , Rebecca Zlotowski's Vie Privée , Karim Aïnouz's Rosebush Pruning , Pietro Marcello's Duse , Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind , Celine Song's Materialists , Shih Ching-Tsou's Left-Handed Girl , Ildikó Enyedi's Silent Friend , Koji Fukada's Love on Trial , Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt , Kristen Stewart's The Chronology of Water , Juno Mak's Sons of the Neon Night , Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex , Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice , Na Hong-jin's Hope , Haifaa al-Mansour's Unidentified , Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the Great , and Terrence Malick's The Way of the Wind are expected in the competition main section or in the out of competition sidebars. [5] [6] [7]

References

  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. 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. "Thierry Frémaux : "Dans les films Lumière, le cinéma est déjà là"". France Musique (in French). 2025-03-19. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
  5. Wiseman, Andreas (2025-02-17). "Cannes & Venice Film Festival Lineups Start To Take Shape: Tom Cruise Is Mission Possible For The Croisette – The Dish". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  6. Roxborough, Patrick; Brzeski, Scott (2025-03-10). "Cannes Film Festival Contenders: 60 Movies That Could Make the 2025 Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  7. Keslassy, Elsa (2025-03-14). "Cannes Film Festival Starts to Take Shape: Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, Kristen Stewart, Jim Jarmusch, Ari Aster, Richard Linklater Vying for Competition Slots". Variety. Retrieved 2025-03-14.