As announced at the press conference on April 10, the Cannes Festival unveiled the films that complement the official selection of its 78th edition which will take place from May 13 to 24, 2025. These additions confirm the sought -after balance between dedicated authors, new votes of world cinema and first awaited films.
Two new films in competition
The official competition hosts two new titles and is now going to 22 films.
Lynne Ramsay, 55 -year -old Scottish filmmaker, returns to the running with Die my love. She had already presented We need to talk about Kevin In 2011, in competition. She thus became the seventh director in the running for the Palme d’Or in 2025, a figure which, without reaching parity, equals the record set in 2023.
Another striking addition: Saeed Roustaee with Mother and Childa contemporary family drama carried by Parinaz Izadyar, in which a widowed nurse struggles to raise a rebellious son. During the engagement ceremony with her new companion, a tragedy occurs, forcing the protagonist to face a feeling of betrayal and a quest for justice.
The Iranian filmmaker had presented Leila and her brothers (Leila’s Brothers) In competition in 2022, where the film had received the Citizenship Prize as well as the Fipresci Prize for international criticism. On August 16, 2023, Saeed Roustaee and his producer Javad Norouzbeigui had been sentenced to six months in prison by a Téhéran court to have ” contributed to the propaganda of the opposition against the Islamic system Following the screening of the film at the Cannes Film Festival.
A certain look: four international additions
The Un Certain Regard section, which values the singular voices of world cinema, also hosts four new films:
– Love Me Tendersecond feature by Anna Cazenave Cambet, French director spotted in 2020 with Gold For Dogs at criticism week.
– a poeta De Simón Mesa Soto, Colombian filmmaker awarded in Cannes in 2014 for his short film Leidi.
– o Riso ea Faca (laughter and knife) of the Portuguese Pedro Pinho, of which The factory of nothing had been presented at the Directors’ Fifteen in 2017.
– The chronology of waterfirst feature film by Kristen Stewart, adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s autobiographical book, is a very personal and expected entry of the American actress behind the camera.
First rods: works of recognized filmmakers
Three films join the Cannes Premier section, devoted to the new films of confirmed directors, out of competition:
– Renai Saiban From Japanese Kōji Fukada, who continues his exploration of couple and justice dynamics.
– Ástin Sem Eftir er of the Icelandic Hlynur Pálmason, director of Godland And One day so white.
– Magalhães From the Philippin Lav Diaz, an essential figure in contemporary cinema, known for its historical and political frescoes.
Midnight sessions: two new forays in genre cinema
– The Sun King of French Vincent Maël Cardona, who had presented Magnetics at the fortnight in 2021.
– Honey don’t of the American filmmaker Ethan Coen, solo, with a proposal in a creaky tone.
Special sessions: first four films and a tribute to Pierre Richard
This section opens with several new talents, with the first four feature films:
– Amélie and the metaphysics of the tubesco-directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, according to the novel by Amélie Nothomb.
– Mamafirst gold film Sinai, winner of the 2016 moviefondation for her short Anna.
– Arco From Ugo Bienvenue, a comic book author, signs a graphic anticipation film here.
– that shines in combatfirst achievement of Joséphine Japy, French actress revealed in Breathe.
Finally, the festival pays tribute to Pierre Richard with the projection of The man who saw the bear who saw the mana film signed by the actor himself.
Alas, no new Arab film was added to the official selection.
Neïla Driss
