France, April 10, 2025– Iris Knobloch, President, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, announced the Official Selection of the 78th Cannes Film Festival during the press conference on April 10, 2025.
OPENING FILM
LEAVE ONE DAY
Amélie Bonnin.
1st film – Out of Competition.
COMPETITION
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME
Wes Anderson.
EDDINGTON
Ari Aster.
YOUNG MOTHERS
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.
ALPHA
Julia Ducournau.
RENOIR
Hayakawa Chie.
THE HISTORY OF SOUND
Oliver Hermanus.
THE LATEST
Hafsia Herzi.
SIRAT
Oliver Laxe.
NEW WAVE
Richard Linklater.
TWO PROSECUTORS
Sergei Loznitsa.
FUORI
Mario Martone.
O SECRETO AGENTE (THE SECRET AGENT)
Kleber Mendonça Filho.
FILE 137
Dominik Moll.
A SIMPLE ACCIDENT
Jafar Panahi.
THE MASTERMIND
Kelly Reichardt.
THE EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC
Tarik Saleh.
SOUND OF FALLING
Mascha Schilinski.
ROMERIA
Carla Simon.
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Joachim Trier.
A CERTAIN LOOK
LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)
Diego Céspedes.
1st film
METEORS
Hubert Charuel.
MY FATHER’S SHADOW
Akinola Davies Jr.
1st film
THE STRANGER OF THE 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 Kirchnerová.
1st film
PILLION
Harry Lighton.
1st film
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY
Morad Mostafa.
1st film
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Arab and Tarzan Nasser.
THE PLAGUE
Charlie Polinger.
1st film
PROMISED HEAVEN
Erige Sehiri.
THE CITTÀ DI PIANURA (ONE LAST FOR THE ROAD)
Francesco Sossai.
TESTA O CROCE? (HEADS OR TAILS?)
Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi.
OUT OF COMPETITION
THE COMING OF THE FUTURE
Cédric Klapisch.
THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
Thierry Klifa.
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
Christopher McQuarrie.
PRIVATE LIFE
Rebecca Zlotowski.
MIDNIGHT SESSIONS
DALLOWAY
Yann Gozlan.
EXIT 8
Kawamura Genki.
FENG LIN HUO SHAN (SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT)
Mak Juno.
CANNES PREMIERE
AMRUM
Fatih Akin.
SPLITSVILLE
Michael Angelo Covino.
LA OLA (THE WAVE)
Sebastián Lelio.
CONNEMARA
Alex Lutz.
ORWELL: 2+2=5
Raoul Peck.
DAS VERSCHWINDEN DES JOSEF MENGELE (THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE)
Kirill Serebrennikov.
SPECIAL SESSIONS
STORIES OF SURRENDER
Bono.
TELL HIM I LOVE HIM
Romane Bohringer.
MARCEL AND MONSIEUR PAGNOL
Sylvain Chomet.