78th Cannes Film Festival Lineup - In Progress

April 24 Update: The Selection is complete with the addition of 2 films in Competition, 4 films in Un Certain Regard (YES! Kristen Stewart film is in), 3 films in Cannes Premiere (3 films I was hoping will make it), 2 films in Midnight Screenings, and 4 Special Screenings. Also, a film by Pierre Richard as part of his Tribute. New films are marked with (*) until before the post becomes final or new additions are made.

Even do the Selection is complete the post remains in progress until one day before the festival begins. As film info is released, updates can change film names, production countries, and many more.

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April 11, 2025. Join what many are saying: This year Cannes is Rose! The color suggest so many things but let's choose "mellow" so perhaps there will be no controversies in this edition (I doubt it, lol). In 4 minutes the press conference will be begin, will be back soon after is over.  Actually 2025 signatures have pastel colors rose is one along with light purple, darkish aqua, and light yellow.

Can't say I'm shock with the selection as most movies are by-now familiar to me, is the omissions what is driving me crazy as there are films I was hoping will make it but unfortunately were not mention today. I know that more titles could be added in the following days but usually they add to the Competition, Special Screenings and no perhaps to Premiere but not to UCR; still will not panic until ALL movies are announced and there is at least 3 more weeks where surprises could pop.

Among the more visible omissions we find Father, Mother, Sister, Brother by Jim Harmusch with a stellar cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, and Vicki Krieps; and Silent Friend by Ildiko Enyedi with a superb cast Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux.  Been trying to learn if Kristen Stewart directorial debut is ready or not but couldn't find much info; still if is finished then probably will go to la Semaine due to film kind of experimental style and daring content.

According to Fremaux the selection committee watched 2,909 feature films submissions from some 156 countries and it is a record.  As the number of films in the Official Selection usually do not reach above 70 films means there are a plethora of films to be chosen by the parallel sections; next Monday we will learn la Semaine selection and hopefully on Tuesday, the Quinzaine selection. I'm hoping to find there some terrible omissions but then perhaps producers will wait to go to Venice, sigh.

Many cinema pundits were surprised organizers didn't announce opening film before the press conference and I believe the reason why (its not official, it's me using my crystal marketing ball) is a bold move to have in the opening night a first feature from a French director and Fremaux went out of his way to show how relevant is to be this bold. Yes, it is the first time a directorial debut has opened Cannes. The film is Partir un jour by Amélie Bonnin and is a musical, a very French musical with similar style to Jacques Demy's films.

Up-to-today, April 10th, there are 19 films in the Competition and according to Unifrance, thirteen (13) are majority or minority French productions. That's a lot of French movies in the competition.

After director posted on Instagram that his film was accepted in the Out of Competition section, organizers officially announced that film was in the Official Selection; so, since April 10th afternoon, Highest 2 Lowest by Spike Lee is in the official list at the festival's web site. Fremaux claims that they were cautious and wanted to confirm the presence of Denzel Washington for the premiere and now is official Denzel Washington will be in Cannes for the first time ever! That's really unbelievable as the actor has had so many outstanding performances in so many great films. By the way this movie as well as others in the official selection are from Apple and yes, none is competition.

On the lighter note, the selection will allow to have many cinema A-Listers in the red carpet like Emma Mackey, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler, Valeria Golino, Zoey Deutch, Wagner Moura, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Elle Fanning, Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor (he is in 2 in competition movies), and there is Wes Anderson movie with many A-listers like Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Benedict Cumberbach, etc but there is no clue who will be in Cannes.  All these come from the films in competition and yes, there are some really great actors in here BUT most greatness is in films not in Competition.

Perhaps not all walking the main red carpet but surely generating a lot of press coverage are Isabelle Huppert, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Cécile de France (has 2 films), Tom Cruise, Virginie Efira, Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric, Diane Kruger, Dakota Johnson, Adria Arjona, Claes Bang, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Xavier Dolan, Alexander Skarsgard, and the biggest of all (according to me) as she is the President of the Jury, Juliette Binoche.

This post will be updated constantly as soon as organizers release new info and will in progress until one day before the festival begins. The festival will run from Tuesday May 13 to Saturday May 24, 2025.

The Official Selection

Competition (Status: April 24, 21 films)

Alpha, Julia Ducournau, France and Belgium
(*) Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay, UK and USA
Dossier 137 (Case 137), Dominik Moll, France
Eddington, Ari Aster, USA and Finland
Fuori, Mario Martone, Italy and France
In die Sonne schauen (Sound of Falling - aka The Doctor Says, I’ll Be Alright But I’m Feelin’ Blue), Mascha Schilinski, Germany
Jeunes mères (The Young Mother's Home), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, France and Belgium
La Petite Dernière (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi, Germany and France
Les Aigles de la République (Eagles of the Republic), Tarik Saleh, Sweden, France and Denmark
Nouvelle Vague (New Vague), Richard Linklater, France
O Secreto Agente (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil
ルノワール Renoir, Chie Hayakawa, Singapore and Japan
Romería, Carla Simón,  Spain
Sentimental Value, Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, and Germany
Sirat, Olver Laxe, France and Spain
The History of Sound, Olver Hermanus, USA
The Mastermind, Kelly Reichardt, USA
The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson, Germany and USA
Un Simple Accident, Jafar Panahi, France and Iran
(*) مادر و کودک Woman and Child, Saeed Roustaee, Iran
Zwei Staatsanwälte (Two Prosecutors), Sergei Loznitsa, France, Germany, Romania, Netherlands, Latvia and Lithuania

International Jury
President: Juliette Binoche, actress, France
Carlos Reygadas, director, screenwriter and producer, Mexico
Hong Sangsoo, director and screenwriter, South Korea
Payal Kapadia, director and screenwriter, India
Dieudo Hamadi, director, documentarist and producer, Congo
Leila Slimani, writer, Morocco and France
Alba Rohrwacher, actress, Italy
Jeremy Strong, actor, USA
Halle Berry, actress and filmmaker, USA

Out of Competition

Opening Film: Partir un jour (Bye Bye), Amélie Bonnin, France 1st film
Highest 2 Lowest, Spike Lee, USA and Japan
La femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Thierry Klifa, France and Belgium
La venue de l'avenir (Colours Of Time), Cédric Klapisch, France
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Christopher McQuarrie, USA and UK
Vie privée, Rebecca Zlotowski, France

Cannes Premiere

Amrum, Fatih Akin, Germany
(*) Ástin sem eftir er (The Love That Remains), Hlynur Pálmason, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France Connemara, Alez Lutz, France
Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele (The Disappearance of Joseph Mengele), Kirill Serebrennikov, France and Germany
La Ola (The Wave), Sebastian Lelio, USA and Chile (musical)
(*) Magalhães (Magellan), Lav Diaz, Philippines, Spain and Portugal
Orwell: 2+2=5, Raoul Peck, USA and France (documentary
(*) 恋愛裁判 Renai Saiban (Love On Trial), Kōji Fukada, Japan and France
Slipsville, Michael Angelo Covino, USA

Special Screenings

(*) Amélie et la métaphysique des tube, Liane-Cho Han and Mailys Vallade, France (animation) 1st film
(*) Arco, Ugo Bienvenu, France (animation) 1st film
Dites-lui que je l'aime, Romane Bohringer, France
(*) Qui brille au combat (The Wonderers), Joséphine Japy, France 1st film
(*) Mama, Or Sinaï, Isarael, Poland and Italy 1st film
Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol (The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol), Sylvain Chomet, Luxembourg, Belgium and France (animation)
Bono: Stories of Surrender, Andrew Dominik, USA (documentary)
Tribute to Pierre Richard
(*) L'Homme qui a vu l'ours qui a vu l'homme (The Man Who Saw The Bear Who Saw The Man), Pierre Richard, France

Midnight Screenings

8番出口 8ban Deguchi (Exit 8), Genki Kawamura, Japan
Dalloway, Yann Gozlan, France
風林火山 Feng Lin Huo Shan (Sons of the Neon Night), Juno Mak
(*) Honey Don't, Ethan Coen, UK and USA
(*) Le roi soleil, Vincent Maël Cardona, France

To check available posters for Competition, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Premiere and Midnight Screenings use in link in names.

Un Certain Regard
This year, 20 films have been selected, including 9 first films.

Opening Film: سماء بلا أرض Promis le ciel (Promised Sky), Erige Sehiri, France, Tunisia and Qatar

عائشة لا تستطيع الطيران بعد الآن Aisha Can't Fly Away, Morad Mostafa, France, Germany, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia and Egypt 1st film
Eleanor the Great, Scarlett Johansson, USA 1st film
होमबाउंड Homebound, Neeraj Ghaywan, India 1st film
Karavan (Caravan), Zuzana Kirchnerová, Italy, Slovenia and Czech Repuglic  1st film
La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco (The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo), Diego Céspedes, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Chile 1st film
Le città di Pianura (The Last One for the Road), Francesco Sossai, Germany and Italy 
L'inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Great Arch), Stéphane Demoustier, France
(*) Love Me Tender, Anna Cazenave Cambet, France
Météors (Meteors), Hubert Charuel, France
My Father's Shadow, Akinola Davies Jr. UK, Ireland and Nigeria 1st film
(*) O Riso e a Faca (Laughter and the Knife), Pedro Pinho, Portugal, Brazil, Romania and France
حدث ذات مرة في غزة Once Upon a Time in Gaza, Arab and Tarzan Nasser, Palestine, France and Germany 
Pillion, Harry Lighton, Ireland and UK 1st film
Testa o croce? (Heads or Tails?) Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo de Righi, USA and Italy
(*) The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart, USA, France, Latvia, Spain and UK  1st film
The Plague, Charlie Polinger, USA 1st film
遠い山なみの光 Toi Yamanami no Hikari (A Pale View of Hills), Kei Ishikawa, Japan
(*) Un Poeta (A Poet), Simón Mesa Soto, Colombia, Germany and Sweden
Urchin, Harris Dickinson, UK 1st film

Un Certain Regard Jury
President: Molly Manning, director, screenwriter and cinematographer, UK
Lousie Courvosier, director and screenwriter, France and Switzerland
Vanja Kaluđerčić, IFFR director, Croatia
Roberto Minervini, director, screenwriter and producer, Italy
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, actor, Argentina

To check available trailer and info about films in Un Certain Regard go MOC and available posters at Pinterest.

1st film - Competing for Camera d'Or

Camera d'Or

Created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, who was then the General Delegate. Is organized by the Association Française du Festival International du Film with the collaboration of the National Federation of Cinema and Audiovisual Industries and the French Association of Film Critics.

It is awarded to the best first feature film presented in the Official Selection (Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard), in the Semaine de la Critique or in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. It is designed to encourage young creation and it's a catalyst for the career of filmmakers as it offers a unique, international showcase. In accordance with the tradition, the jury consists of French representatives of the industry and two guest along with the President which this year is none other than Alice Rohrwacher.

Camera d'Or Jury
President: Alice Rohrwacher, director and screenwriter, Italy

L'Œil d'Or

The documentary award created in 2015 by the Société civile des auteurs multimédia (SCAM), in collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival with the support of the Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA), celebrates its 10th anniversary.

L'Œil d'Or Jury
President: Julie Gayet, actress, producer and director, France
Carmen Castillo, director, Chile
Juliette Favreul Renaud, producer, France
Frédéric Maire, filmmaker, journalist and programmer, Switzerland
Marc Zinga, actor, Belgium and Congo

As soon as info, trailers, and film stills appear will post them and get the links in this post. If you wish to check the list at the festival official site go here, their list will be constantly updated too.

Short Films

Selected from 4,781 films, 11 shorts will be presented this year in Competition. The selection comprises 9 fiction short films and 2 animated short films; 5 of them are directed by women. The Short Film Palme d’Or will be handed by the Jury chaired by Maren Ade, on Saturday, May 24, during the closing ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes.

Competition

A Solidão dos Lagartos, Inês Nunes, Portugal 15'
Aasvoëls (Vultures), Dian Weys, South Africa 15'
Agapito, Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle Romero, Philippines 16'
Ali, Adnan Al Rajeev, Bangladesh 16'
Arguments in Favor of Love, Gabriel Abrantes, Portugal 9' (animation)
Dammen, Grégoire Graesslin, France and Belgium 15'
Fille de l'eau, Sandra Desmazières, France 15' (animation)
Hypersensible (Hypersensitive), Martine Frossard, Canada 9'
I'm Glad You're Dead Now, Tawfeek Barhom, Palestine, France and Greece 13'
Nvhai (Lili), Zhaoguang Luo and Shuhan Liao, China 14'
No. 3 (The Spectacle), Bálint Kenyères, Hungary 15'

CINEF Selection
La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated films from among the 2,700 submitted by film schools all over the world. Three short films coming from schools invited for the first time: Escola das Artes – UCP (Portugal), Super16 (Denmark) and the Estonian Academy of Arts. Estonia is also taking part for the very first time. The 28th edition awards will be handed over by the Jury on Thursday, May 22 during a ceremony in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.

升旗手 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony, Qu Zhizheng, Beijing Film Academy, China, 16'
A Doll Made Up of Clay, Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India 24'
Bimo, Oumnia Hanader, CinéFabrique, France 23′
Cheotyeoreum (First Summer), Huh Ga-young, KAFA, South Korea 20'
Ether, Vida Skerk, NFTS, UK 15'
Fursecuri şi lapte (Milk and Cookies), Andrei Tache-Codreanu, UNATC I. L. Caragiale, Romania 21'
ジンジャーボーイ Gingerboy (Separated), Miki Tanaka, ENBU Seminar, Japan 48'
Le continent somnambule (The Land of Slumber), Jules Vésigot-Wahl, La Fémis, Bulgaria and France 26'
Måske i marts (Maybe in March), Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert, Super16, Denmark 24'
Matalapaine (The Lighting Rod), Helmi Donner, Aalto University, Finland 21'
My Grandmother is a Skydiver, Polina Piddubna, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Ukraine and Germany 13'  (animation)
O Pássaro de Dentro (The Bird from Within), Laura Anahory, Escola das Artes UCP, Portugal 5' (animation)
Per bruixa i metzinera (The Sorceress Echo), Marc Camardons, ESCAC, Spain 24'
Talk Me, Joecar Hanna, NYU, USA 19'
Tres (Three), Juan Ignacio Ceballos, UCINE, Argentina 24'
Winter in March, Natalia Mirzoyan, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia 16' (animation)

To check available Cinef short films info and trailer go MOC
To check available Cinef short films posters go pinterest

To check short films at official site go here.

Short Films and CINEF Jury
President: Maren Ade, director, screenwriter and producer Germany
Reinaldo Marcus Green, director, screenwriter and producer, USA
Camélia Jordana, actress, singer, songwriter, France
José Maria Prado Garcia, producer, photographer and former director of Filmoteca Española, Spain
Nebojša Slijepčević, director and screenwriter, Croatia