2025 Cannes Film Festival

{{Short description|78th edition}}

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{{Infobox Film festival|name=2025 Cannes Film Festival|

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The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=Juliette Binoche to preside over the Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/juliette-binoche-to-preside-over-the-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=4 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250204150704/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/juliette-binoche-to-preside-over-the-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}} French actress Juliette Binoche served as jury president for the main competition.{{Cite web |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=2025-02-04 |title=Juliette Binoche to Preside Over 78th Cannes Film Festival Jury |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/juliette-binoche-president-cannes-film-festival-jury-1236295402/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=Variety |archive-date=10 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210182920/https://variety.com/2025/film/global/juliette-binoche-president-cannes-film-festival-jury-1236295402/ |url-status=live}} Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film It Was Just an Accident.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-24 |title=Le Palmarès du 78e Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/presse/communiques/le-palmares-du-78e-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=fr |archive-date=25 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250525130234/https://www.festival-cannes.com/presse/communiques/le-palmares-du-78e-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |date=2025-05-24 |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/it-was-just-an-accident-by-irans-jafar-panahi-wins-cannes-top-prize-2025-05-24/ |title='It Was Just An Accident' and 'A Minecraft Movie' wins Cannes' top prizes |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Reuters |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528094311/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/it-was-just-an-accident-by-irans-jafar-panahi-wins-cannes-top-prize-2025-05-24/ |url-status=live}}

The official double poster for the festival featuring actress Anouk Aimée and actor Jean-Louis Trintignant in the movie A Man and a Woman (1966) by Claude Lelouch, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 19th Cannes Film Festival, was designed by Hartland Villa.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-21 |title=A man, A woman, Two posters |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/a-man-a-woman-two-posters/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=22 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422113948/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/a-man-a-woman-two-posters/ |url-status=live}} French actor Laurent Lafitte served as host for the opening and closing ceremonies.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-26 |title=Laurent Lafitte, Master of Ceremonies for the 2025 Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/laurent-lafitte-master-of-ceremonies-for-the-2025-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=29 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329190412/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/laurent-lafitte-master-of-ceremonies-for-the-2025-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}}

During the festival, two Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded: the first was awarded to Robert De Niro during the festival's opening ceremony,{{Cite web |date=2025-04-07 |title=Robert De Niro, Palme d'or d'honneur du 78e Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/presse/communiques/robert-de-niro-palme-d-or-d-honneur-du-78e-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=fr |archive-date=7 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407162412/https://www.festival-cannes.com/presse/communiques/robert-de-niro-palme-d-or-d-honneur-du-78e-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}} and the second was awarded on short notice to Denzel Washington before the world premiere of Highest 2 Lowest.{{Cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=2025-05-19 |title=Denzel Washington Surprised With Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/denzel-washington-honorary-palme-dor-cannes-2025-surprise-1236214463/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=19 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519191731/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/denzel-washington-honorary-palme-dor-cannes-2025-surprise-1236214463/ |url-status=live}}

One day after the announcement of the ACID official selection, Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, one of the main subjects of the documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk by Sepideh Farsi, was killed along with ten members of her family in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Gaza City on 16 April 2025.{{Cite news |date=17 April 2025 |title=Gaza photojournalist Fatima Hassouna killed in a strike with 10 of her relatives |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/17/gaza-photojournalist-fatima-hassouna-killed-in-a-strike-with-10-of-her-relatives_6740338_4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417214901/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/04/17/gaza-photojournalist-fatima-hassouna-killed-in-a-strike-with-10-of-her-relatives_6740338_4.html |archive-date=17 April 2025 |access-date=18 April 2025 |work=Le Monde}}{{Cite web |last=Dalton |first=Ben |date=17 April 2025 |title=Cannes ACID responds to death of Fatma Hassona, subject of 2025 film selection, killed in Gaza |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-acid-responds-to-death-of-fatma-hassona-subject-of-2025-film-selection-killed-in-gaza/5204061.article |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=Screen International |archive-date=17 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250417170354/https://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-acid-responds-to-death-of-fatma-hassona-subject-of-2025-film-selection-killed-in-gaza/5204061.article |url-status=live}} The festival released an official statement expressing condolences and criticizing the ongoing war and violence in Gaza.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-23 |title=Tribute to Fatma Hassona |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/tribute-to-fatma-hassona/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=23 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423132942/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/tribute-to-fatma-hassona/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/a-cannes-lhorreur-de-gaza-ne-doit-pas-etre-silenciee-20250513_RQ4G7A75Y5AEDJ2ZIMB66ZS6OQ/ |title=A Cannes, l'horreur de Gaza ne doit pas être silenciée |date=12 May 2025 |newspaper=Liberation |language=fr |archive-date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514113312/https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/a-cannes-lhorreur-de-gaza-ne-doit-pas-etre-silenciee-20250513_RQ4G7A75Y5AEDJ2ZIMB66ZS6OQ/ |url-status=live}} On the festival's opening day, more than 350 directors, actors and producers including, Jonathan Glazer, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Víctor Erice, Hafsia Herzi, Aki Kaurismäki, Nadav Lapid, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Pedro Almodóvar, David Cronenberg and Ruben Östlund signed a letter condemning the killing of Hassouna and denounced the ongoing genocide in Gaza, stating: "We cannot remain silent while genocide is taking place in Gaza".{{Cite web |date=13 May 2025 |title= More than 350 stars condemn Gaza 'genocide' in open letter in time for Cannes opening, despite Minecraft fans cheered up |url= https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/05/13/more-than-350-stars-condemn-gaza-genocide-in-open-letter-in-time-for-cannes-opening|website=Euronews|last=Mouriquand|first=David|access-date=13 May 2025|archive-date=18 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518174113/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/05/13/more-than-350-stars-condemn-gaza-genocide-in-open-letter-in-time-for-cannes-opening |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=13 May 2025 |title=Shame on You, Zombies!: Hollywood stars condemn Gaza 'genocide' and a Minecraft party on eve of Cannes Film Festival|url= https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250512-cannes-gaza-hollywood|website=France 24|access-date=13 May 2025|archive-date=16 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516113943/https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250512-cannes-gaza-hollywood|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=12 May 2025 |title= Mark Ruffalo, Guy Pearce, Melissa Barrera and Ralph Fiennes Among 350+ Figures to Sign Letter About Killing of Palestinian Protagonist of Cannes-Bound Doc: 'We Are Ashamed' of Industry 'Passivity' (EXCLUSIVE)|url= https://variety.com/2025/film/global/letter-about-killing-of-fatma-hassona-1236391687/|website=Variety|access-date=12 May 2025|last=Ritman|first=Alex|archive-date=14 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514170023/https://variety.com/2025/film/global/letter-about-killing-of-fatma-hassona-1236391687/|url-status=live}}

On the festival's final day, 24 May 2025, a power outage caused by arson disrupted the morning screenings sessions.{{cite web |last1=Shafer |first1=Ellise |date=24 May 2025 |title=Cannes Film Festival Power Restored After 5-Hour Outage Across South of France With Foul Play Suspected, Closing Ceremony to 'Proceed as Planned' |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-power-outage-awards-ceremony-1236409107/ |website=Variety |archive-date=23 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423000324/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/juliette-binoche-to-preside-over-the-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Breeden |first1=Aurelien |last2=Buchanan |first2=Kyle |date=24 May 2025 |title=Power Outage in Cannes During Film Festival Is Sabotage, Officials Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/europe/cannes-festival-power-outage.html |website=The New York Times |archive-date=24 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524230354/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/world/europe/cannes-festival-power-outage.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |author=Hugo Bachelet |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/faits-divers/20250526.OBS104309/panne-de-courant-a-cannes-des-bandes-anarchistes-revendiquent-le-sabotage.html|title=Panne de courant à Cannes : des bandes «anarchistes» revendiquent le sabotage |website=Le Nouvel Obs |language=fr |date=26 May 2025 |access-date=26 May 2025 |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528083750/https://www.nouvelobs.com/faits-divers/20250526.OBS104309/panne-de-courant-a-cannes-des-bandes-anarchistes-revendiquent-le-sabotage.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=24 May 2025 |title=Power restored after suspected arson sees blackout in Cannes on final day of film festival|url= https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250512-cannes-gaza-hollywood|website=France 24|access-date=24 May 2025|archive-date=28 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528095903/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250524-cannes-hit-by-power-outage-on-final-day-of-film-festival|url-status=live}}

The festival opened with the French comedy film Leave One Day by Amélie Bonnin.

Juries

File:Juliette Binoche at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 20.jpg, Main Competition jury president|254x254px]]

File:Maren Ade-5109.jpg, Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition jury president|274x274px]]

File:Alice Rohrwacher-5050.jpg, Caméra d'Or jury president|276x276px]]File:Members of the jury at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.jpg

= Main Competition =

  • Juliette Binoche, French actress – Jury President
  • Halle Berry, American actress and filmmaker{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=28 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428204042/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}}
  • Dieudo Hamadi, Congolese filmmaker and producer
  • Hong Sang-soo, South Korean filmmaker
  • Payal Kapadia, Indian filmmaker
  • Carlos Reygadas, Mexican filmmaker
  • Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress
  • Leïla Slimani, Moroccan writer
  • Jeremy Strong, American actor

= ''Un Certain Regard'' =

  • Molly Manning Walker, British filmmaker and cinematographer — Jury President{{Cite web |date=2025-04-29 |title=The Un Certain Regard Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-un-certain-regard-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=29 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429170756/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-un-certain-regard-jury-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}}
  • Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
  • Louise Courvoisier, French-Swiss filmmaker
  • Vanja Kaluđerčić, Croatian film programmer and Festival Director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Roberto Minervini, Italian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter

= ''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition =

  • Maren Ade, German filmmaker and producer — Jury President{{Cite web |date=2025-04-25 |title=Short films and La Cinef Jury and selections of the 78th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/short-films-and-la-cinef-jury-and-selections-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425101235/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/short-films-and-la-cinef-jury-and-selections-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |url-status=live}}
  • José Maria Prado Garcia, Spanish producer and former Director of Filmoteca Española
  • Reinaldo Marcus Green, American filmmaker and producer
  • Camélia Jordana, French actress, singer & songwriter
  • Nebojša Slijepčević, Croatian filmmaker

= ''Caméra d'Or'' =

  • Alice Rohrwacher, Italian filmmaker – Jury President{{Cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=Alice Rohrwacher, President of the Caméra d'or Jury |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/alice-rohrwacher-president-of-the-camera-d-or-jury/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=18 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418152433/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/alice-rohrwacher-president-of-the-camera-d-or-jury/ |url-status=live}}
  • [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid%20Hami Rachid Hami], Algerian-French filmmaker and actor
  • Frédéric Mercier, French film critic
  • Géraldine Nakache, French filmmaker and actress
  • Tommaso Vergallo, CEO Noir Luimere

= Immersive Competition =

  • Luc Jacquet, French filmmaker – Jury President{{Cite web |date=2025-04-30 |title=Selection and Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/selection-and-jury-of-the-immersive-competition-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=5 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250505005620/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/selection-and-jury-of-the-immersive-competition-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/|url-status=live}}
  • Laurie Anderson, American artist
  • Tania de Montaigne, French writer
  • Martha Fiennes, British filmmaker
  • Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Japanese video game creator

= ''L'Œil d'Or'' =

  • Julie Gayet, French actress and producer – Jury President{{Cite web |last=Bernes |first=Yann |date=2025-04-22 |title=Cannes 2025 : nouveau jury pour les 10 ans de l'Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire |url=https://loeildor.scam.fr/actualites-ressources/cannes-2025-nouveau-jury-pour-les-10-ans-de-loeil-dor-le-prix-du-documentaire/ |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=La Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia |language=fr |archive-date=1 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501184742/https://loeildor.scam.fr/actualites-ressources/cannes-2025-nouveau-jury-pour-les-10-ans-de-loeil-dor-le-prix-du-documentaire/ |url-status=live}}
  • Carmen Castillo, Chilean filmmaker
  • Frédéric Maire, Swiss director of the Cinémathèque suisse
  • Juliette Favreul Renaud, French producer
  • Marc Zinga, Congolese-Belgian actor

= Critics' Week =

  • Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spanish filmmaker – Jury President{{Cite web |date=2025-04-09 |title=Rodrigo Sorogoyen to chair the jury of the Cannes Critics' Week |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/476157 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |archive-date=1 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501205559/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/476157 |url-status=live}}
  • Yulia Evina Bhara, Indonesian producer
  • Jihane Bougrine, Moroccan journalist
  • Josée Deshaies, French-Canadian cinematographer
  • Daniel Kaluuya, British actor and filmmaker

= Queer Palm =

  • Christophe Honoré, French filmmaker – Jury President{{Cite web |last=Medjdoub |first=Yasmine |title=Christophe Honoré to chair Queer Palm jury at Cannes |url=https://www.screendaily.com/christophe-honore-to-chair-queer-palm-jury-at-cannes/5203749.article |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Screen |archive-date=22 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422093743/https://www.screendaily.com/christophe-honore-to-chair-queer-palm-jury-at-cannes/5203749.article|url-status=live}}
  • Marcelo Caetano, Brazilian filmmaker{{Cite web |title=Cannes 2025 - Le jury de la Queer Palm désormais au complet |url=https://www.lefilmfrancais.com/television/171564/queer-palm-2025-le-jury-desormais-au-complet |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Le Film Français |language=fr |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528084505/https://www.lefilmfrancais.com/television/171564/queer-palm-2025-le-jury-desormais-au-complet |url-status=live}}
  • Faridah Gbadamosi, American film programmer
  • Léonie Pernet, French composer and singer
  • Timé Zoppé, French journalist

Official Selection

= In Competition =

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:{{Cite web |date=2025-04-10 |title=The films of the Official Selection 2025 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=23 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423121722/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2025/ |url-status=live}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="2" | Alpha (QP)Julia DucournauFrance, Belgium
Case 137Dossier 137Dominik MollFrance
colspan="2" | Die, My LoveLynne RamsayUnited States
colspan="2" | Eagles of the RepublicTarik SalehSweden, France, Denmark, Finland
colspan="2" | EddingtonAri AsterUnited States
colspan="2" | FuoriMario MartoneItaly, France
colspan="2" | The History of Sound (QP)Oliver HermanusUnited Kingdom, United States
style="background:#FFDEAD;"

| It Was Just an Accident

یک تصادف سادهJafar PanahiIran, France, Luxembourg
The Little Sister (QP)La Petite DernièreHafsia HerziFrance, Germany
colspan="2" | The MastermindKelly ReichardtUnited States, United Kingdom
colspan="2" | Nouvelle VagueRichard LinklaterFrance
colspan="2" | The Phoenician SchemeWes AndersonUnited States, Germany
Renoir

|ルノワール

Chie HayakawaJapan, Australia, France, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia
Resurrection

|狂野时代

Bi GanChina, France
colspan="2" | RomeríaCarla SimónSpain, Belgium, Germany
The Secret AgentO Agente SecretoKleber Mendonça FilhoBrazil, France, Germany, Netherlands
Sentimental ValueAffeksjonsverdiJoachim TrierNorway, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
colspan="2" | SirâtÓliver LaxeSpain, France
Sound of Falling

|In die Sonne schauen

Mascha SchilinskiGermany
Two ProsecutorsДва прокурораSergei LoznitsaLatvia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Lithuania
Woman and Child

|زن و بچه

Saeed RoustayiIran, France, Germany
Young MothersJeunes mèresJean-Pierre and Luc DardenneBelgium, France

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

= ''Un Certain Regard'' =

The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:

class="wikitable"

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

Aisha Can't Fly Away (CdO)

|عائشة لم تعد قادرة على الطيران

Morad MostafaEgypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Caravan (CdO)

|Karavan

|Zuzana Kirchnerová

|Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy

colspan="2" | The Chronology of Water (CdO)Kristen StewartFrance, Latvia, United Kingdom, United States
colspan="2" | Eleanor the Great (CdO)Scarlett JohanssonUnited States
The Great Arch

|L’inconnu de la Grande Arche

|Stéphane Demoustier

|France

Heads or Tails?

|Testa o croce?

|Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo de Righi

|Italy, United States

colspan="2" |Homebound

|Neeraj Ghaywan

|India

I Only Rest in the Storm (QP)

|O Riso e a Faca

|Pedro Pinho

|Portugal, Brazil, France, Romania

The Last One for the Road

|Le città di pianura

|Francesco Sossai

|Italy

colspan="2" |Love Me Tender (QP)

|Anna Cazenave Cambet

| rowspan="2" |France

Meteors

|Météors

Hubert Charuel
colspan="2" | My Father's Shadow (CdO)Akinola Davies Jr.United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria
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| The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (CdO) (QP)

La misteriosa mirada del flamencoDiego CéspedesChile, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
colspan="2" | Once Upon a Time in GazaTarzan and Arab NasserPalestine, France, Portugal
A Pale View of Hills

|遠い山なみの光

|Kei Ishikawa

|Japan, United Kingdom, Poland

colspan="2" | Pillion (CdO) (QP)Harry LightonUnited Kingdom, Ireland
colspan="2" |The Plague (CdO)

|Charlie Polinger

|Romania, United States

Promised Sky (opening film)

|Promis le ciel

|Erige Sehiri

|Tunisia, France, Netherlands, Qatar

A Poet

|Un Poeta

|Simón Mesa Soto

|Colombia, Germany, Sweden

colspan="2" | Urchin (CdO)Harris DickinsonUnited Kingdom

: (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

= Out of Competition =

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:{{Cite web |last=Calnan |first=Ellie |title='Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning' to premiere at Cannes Film Festival |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning-to-premiere-at-cannes-film-festival/5203797.article |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Screen |language=en}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

13 Hours, 13 Days13 Jours, 13 NuitsMartin BourboulonBelgium, France
Colours of TimeLa Venue de l'avenirCédric Klapisch

|France

colspan="2" | Highest 2 LowestSpike LeeUnited States, Japan
Leave One Day (opening film) (CdO)Partir un jourAmélie BonninFrance
colspan="2" | Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningChristopher McQuarrie

|United States

A Private Life

|Vie privée

|Rebecca Zlotowski

|France

The Richest Woman in the World (QP)

|La femme la plus riche du monde

|Thierry Klifa

|France, Belgium

colspan="4" |Midnight Screenings
Exit 8

|8番出口

|Genki Kawamura

|Japan

colspan="2" |Honey Don't!

|Ethan Coen

|United States, United Kingdom

No One Will Know

|Le Roi Soleil

|Vincent Maël Cardona

|France

The Residence

|Dalloway

|Yann Gozlan

|France, Belgium

Sons of the Neon Night

|風林火山

|Juno Mak

|Hong Kong, China

: (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

= Cannes Premiere =

The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="2" | AmrumFatih AkinGermany
colspan="2" | ConnemaraAlex LutzFrance
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

|Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele

Kirill SerebrennikovGermany, France, United Kingdom, Spain
Love on Trial

|恋愛裁判

|Koji Fukada

|Japan, France

The Love That Remains

|Ástin Sem Eftir Er

|Hlynur Pálmason

|Iceland, Denmark, France, Finland, Sweden

Magellan

|Magalhães

|Lav Diaz

|Portugal, Spain, Philippines, France

colspan="2" | Orwell: 2+2=5 (ŒdO)Raoul PeckFrance, United States
colspan="2" | SplitsvilleMichael Angelo CovinoUnited States
Summer Beats

|Ma frère

Lisa Akoko and Romane GueretFrance
The Wave (QP)La olaSebastián LelioChile, United States

: (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

= Special Screenings =

The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="2" |Arco (CdO)

|Ugo Bienvenu

|France

colspan="2" | Bono: Stories of Surrender (ŒdO)Andrew DominikAustralia, United States
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (CdO)

|Amélie et la Métaphysique des Tubes

|Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han

|France

A Magnificent LifeMarcel et Monsieur PagnolSylvain Chomet

|France, Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, United States

colspan="2" |Mama (CdO)

|Or Sinai

|Israel, Poland, Italy

colspan="2" |The Six Billion Dollar Man (ŒdO)

|Eugene Jarecki

|United States, Germany, France

Tell Her That I Love Her

|Dites-lui que je l'aime

|Romane Bohringer

| rowspan="2" |France

The Wonderers (CdO)

|Qui Brille au Combat

|Joséphine Japy

colspan="4" |Tribute to Pierre Richard
The Man Who Saw The Bear

|L’Homme qui a vu l’Ours qui a vu l’Homme

|Pierre Richard

|France

: (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

: (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

= Short Films Competition =

Selected from 4,781 films, 9 are fiction short films and 2 animated short films. The following short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="2" |Agapito

|Arvin Belarmino and Kyla Danelle Romero

|Philippines

colspan="2" |Ali

|Adnan Al Rajeev

|Bangladesh, Philippines

colspan="2" |Arguments in Favor of Love

|Gabriel Abrantes

|Portugal

colspan="2" |Dammen

|Grégoire Graesslin

| rowspan="2" |France

colspan="2" |Fille de l’Eau

|Sandra Desmazières

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| colspan="2" |I'm Glad You're Dead Now

|Tawfeek Barhom

|Palestine, France, Greece

Hypersensitive

|Hypersensible

|Martine Froissard

|Canada

Lili

|女孩

|Zhaoguang Luo and Shuhan Liao

|China

The Loneliness of Lizards

|A Solidão dos Lagartos

|Inês Nunes

|Portugal, Spain

colspan="2" |The Spectacle

|Bálint Kenyères

|Hungary, France

Vultures

|Aasvoëls

|Dian Weys

|South Africa, France

= ''Cinéfondation'' =

The Cinéfondation (or La Cinéf) section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the winner of the First Prize, €11,250 for the winner of the Second Prize and €7,500 for the winner of the Third Prize. 13 live-action and 3 animated films from 2,700 submitted by film schools all over the world were selected:

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| School

12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony

|升旗手

|Qu Zhizheng

|Beijing Film Academy, China

colspan="2" |A Doll Made Up of Clay

|Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay

|Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India

colspan="2" |Bimo

|Oumnia Hanader

|CinéFabrique, France

The Bird from Within

|O Pássaro de Dentro

|Laura Anahory

|Escola das Artes - UCP, Portugal

colspan="2" |Ether

|Vida Skerk

|NFTS, United Kingdom

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|First Summer

|첫여름

|Heo Gayoung

|KAFA, South Korea

The Land of Slumber

|Le Continent Somnambule

|Jules Vésigot-Wahl

|La Fémis, France

The Lightning Rod

|Matalapaine

|Helmi Donner

|Aalto University, Finland

Maybe in March

|Maske i Marts

|Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert

|Super16, Denmark

Milk and Cookies

|Fursecuri si Lapte

|Andrei Tache-Codreanu

|UNATC “I. L. Caragiale”, Romania

colspan="2" |My Grandmother is a Skydiver

|Polina Piddubna

|Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Germany

Ginger Boy (Separated)

|ジンジャーボーイ

|Miki Tanaka

|ENBU Seminar, Japan

The Sorceress Echo

|Per Bruixa i Merzinera

|Marc Camardons

|ESCAC, Spain

colspan="2" |Talk Me (QP)

|Joecar Hanna

|NYU, United States

Three

|Tres

|Juan Ignacio Ceballos

|UCINE, Argentina

colspan="2" |Winter in March

|Natalia Mirzoyan

|Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia

= Cannes Classics =

A restored 4K version of Charlie Chaplin's classic silent comedy The Gold Rush (1925) opened the Cannes Classics section, celebrating the 100 years of its release,{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2025-04-25 |title=Charlie Chaplin's 'Gold Rush' Getting 4K Restoration That Will Bow in Cannes and Release Globally 100 Years to Day of Film's 1925 Premiere (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/charlie-chaplin-gold-rush-restoration-cannes-1236378161/ |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=Variety |archive-date=27 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427134350/https://variety.com/2025/film/global/charlie-chaplin-gold-rush-restoration-cannes-1236378161/ |url-status=live}} while a restored 4K version of Stanley Kubrick classic epic Barry Lyndon (1975) closed the section on May 23. The following films were selected to be screened:{{Cite web |date=2025-05-07 |title=Cannes Classics 2025 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/cannes-classics-2025/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=13 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513165641/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/cannes-classics-2025/ |url-status=live}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="4" |Restored Prints
colspan="2" |Amores perros (2000)

|Alejandro González Iñárritu

|Mexico

The Arch (1968)

|董夫人

|Tang Shu Shuen

|Hong Kong

colspan="2" |Barry Lyndon (1975) (closing film)

|Stanley Kubrick

|United Kingdom, United States

Beyond Oblivion (1955)

|Más allá del olvido

|Hugo del Carril

|Argentina

colspan="2" |La Course en tête (1974)

|Joël Santoni

|France, Belgium

Days and Nights in the Forest (1970)

|Aranyer Din Ratri

|Satyajit Ray

|India

colspan="2" |Dogma (1999)

|Kevin Smith

|United States

Floating Clouds (1955)

|浮雲

|Mikio Naruse

|Japan

Gehenu Lamai (1978)

|ගැහැණු ළමයි

|Sumitra Peries

|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" |The Gold Rush (1925) (opening film)

|Charlie Chaplin

|United States

Hard Boiled (1992)

|辣手神探

|John Woo

|Hong Kong

colspan="2" |Magirama (1956)

|Abel Gance and Nelly Kaplan

| rowspan="2" |France

colspan="2" |Merlusse (1935)

|Marcel Pagnol

colspan="2" |One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

|Miloš Forman

|United States

colspan="2" |La Paga (1962)

|Ciro Durán

|Colombia, Venezuela

Saeed Effendi (1955)

|سعيد أفندي

|Kameran Hosni

|Iraq

Stars (1959)

|Sterne

|Konrad Wolf

|East Germany, Bulgaria

colspan="2" |Sunshine (1999)

|István Szabó

|Germany, Hungary, Austria, Canada

Yi Yi (2000)

|一一

|Edward Yang

|Taiwan, Japan

colspan="4" |World Cinema Project
Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)

|وقائع سنين الجمر

|Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

|Algeria

colspan="4" |Tributes
colspan="2" |Comanche Territory (1950)

|George Sherman

|United States

The One I Loved

|Moi qui t’aimais

|Diane Kurys

|France

colspan="2" |Red Canyon (1949)

|George Sherman

|United States

colspan="4" |Documentaries about Cinema
Bo Being Bo Widerberg (CdO) (ŒdO)

|I Huvudet På

|Jon Asp and Mattias Nohrborg

|Sweden

colspan="2" |I Love Peru (CdO) (ŒdO)

|Raphaël Quenard and Hugo David

|France

colspan="2" |My Mom Jayne (ŒdO)

|Mariska Hargitay

| rowspan="2" |United States

colspan="2" |Slauson Rec (ŒdO)

|Leo Lewis O'Neil

To Vigo I Go (ŒdO)

|Para Vigo me voy

|Lírio Ferreira and Karen Harley

|Brazil

Watch What You Say (ŒdO)

|Dis pas de bêtises!

|Vincent Glenn

| rowspan="2" |France

Welcome to Lynchland (ŒdO)

|David Lynch, une énigme à Hollywood

|Stéphane Ghez

:(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

:(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

= ''Cinéma de la Plage'' =

The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes's Plage Macé. The following films were selected to be screened:{{Cite web |date=2025-05-08 |title=Cinéma de la Plage 2025 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/cinema-de-la-plage-2025/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=13 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513184841/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/cinema-de-la-plage-2025/ |url-status=live}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="2" |Ange

|Tony Gatlif

|France

Angel's Egg (1985)

|天使のたまご

|Mamoru Oshii

|Japan

colspan="2" |Bardot

|Alain Berliner

|France, Belgium

colspan="2" |A Hidden Life (2019)

|Terrence Malick

|United States, Germany, Austria

The Legend of the Palme d’Or Continues

|La Légende de la Palme d'Or... Continue

|Alexis Veller

|France

colspan="4" |Restored Prints
Any Number Can Win (1963)

|Mélodie en sous-sol

|Henri Verneuil

|France, Italy

colspan="2" |Darling (1965)

|John Schlesinger

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Duel in the Sun (1946)

|King Vidor

|United States

Hard Boiled (1992)

|辣手神探

|John Woo

|Hong Kong

Naked Autumn (1961)

|Les Mauvais Coups

|François Leterrier

|France

Red Wood Pigeon (1989)

|Palombella Rossa

|Nanni Moretti

|Italy

colspan="2" |Sunset Boulevard (1950)

|Billy Wilder

|United States

= Immersive Competition =

For the second year Immersive Competition, nine immersive works were selected for the competition, while seven productions will be featured as out of the competition. All the works at the exhibition will explore the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema and collective storytelling. The following films were selected to be screened:

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!English title

!Original title

!Director(s)

!Production country

colspan="4" |In Competition
colspan="2" |Beyond the Vivid Unknown

|John Fitzgerald and Godfrey Reggio

|United States

colspan="2" |The Exploring Girl VR

|Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel

|France, Greece

colspan="2" |Fillos do Vento: A Rapa

|Brais Revalderia and María Fernanda Ordóñez Morla

|Spain, United States

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| colspan="2" |From Dust

|Michel van der Aa

|Netherlands

colspan="2" |In the Current of Being

|Cameron Kostopoulos

|United States, France

colspan="2" |Lacuna

|Maartje Wegdam and Nienke Huitenga-Broeren

|Netherlands

colspan="2" |Lili

|Navid Khonsari

|United States, United Kingdom, France

colspan="2" |Taxi

|Yamil Rodriguez, Michael Arcos and Stephen Henderson

|United Kingdom

colspan="2" |La Maison de poupée

|Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel

|Luxembourg, Canada

colspan="4" |Out of Competition
colspan="2" |Chez moi

|Victoria Yakubova and Frédéric Le Louët

|France

colspan="2" |Trailblazer

|Eloise Singer

|United Kingdom

colspan="4" |Focus
colspan="2" |Battlefield

|François Vautier

|France, Luxembourg, Belgium

colspan="2" |Ceci est mon cœur

|Nicolas Blies and Stéphane Hueber-Blies

|Luxembourg, France, Canada

colspan="2" |Floating with Spirits

|Juanita Onzaga

|Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

colspan="2" |Ito Meikyu

|Boris Labbé

|France, Luxembourg

colspan="2" |Oto's Planet

|Gwenael François

|Luxembourg, Canada, France

Parallel sections

= Critics' Week (''Semaine de la critique'') =

The Critics' Week is a parallel selection dedicated to first and second films. Laura Wandel's second feature film Adam's Interest opened the section on 14 May, while Momoko Sato's Dandelion's Odyssey closed the section. The following films were selected to be screened in competition:{{Cite web |date=2025-04-14 |title=Four Europeans to compete in the Cannes Critics' Week |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/476253 |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |archive-date=1 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501205706/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/476253 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Selection 2025 {{!}} La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/edition/2025/film-selection |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes |archive-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414103837/https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/edition/2025/film-selection |url-status=live}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="4" |In Competition
style="background:#FFDEAD;"

|A Useful Ghost (CdO) (QP)

|ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ

|Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

|Thailand, France, Singapore, Germany

colspan="2" |Imago (ŒdO)

|Déni Oumar Pitsaev

|France, Belgium

colspan="2" |Kika

|Alexe Poukine

|Belgium, France

Left-Handed Girl

|左撇子女孩

|Shih-Ching Tsou

|Taiwan, France, United States, United Kingdom

colspan="2" |Nino (CdO)

|Pauline Locques

|France

Reedland (CdO)

|Rietland

|Sven Bresser

|Netherlands, Belgium

Sleepless City (CdO)

|Ciudad sin sueño

|Guillermo Galoe

|Spain, France

colspan="4" |Special Screenings
Adam's Interest (opening film)

|L'intérêt d'Adam

|Laura Wandel

|Belgium, France

colspan="2" |Baise-en-ville

|Martin Jauvat

|France

Dandelion's Odyssey (closing film) (CdO)

|Planètes

|Momoko Sato

|France, Belgium

Love Letters (CdO) (QP)

|Des preuves d’amour

|Alice Douard

|France

colspan="4" |Short Films Competition
colspan="2" |Alișveriș

|Vasile Todinca

|Romania

Bleat! (QP)

|கத்து!

|Ananth Subramaniam

|Malaysia, Philippines, France

Critical Condition

|КРИТИЧНЕ СТАНОВИЩЕ

|Mila Zhluktenko

|Germany

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| colspan="2" |Erogenesis (QP)

|Xandra Popescu

|Germany

Free Drum Kit

|Donne Batterie

|Carmen Leroi

|France

Glasses

|안경

|Yumi Joung

|South Korea

God is Shy

|Dieu est timide

|Jocelyn Charles

|France

The Mine

|L'mina

|Randa Maroufi

|Morocco, France, Italy, Qatar

colspan="2" |Samba Infinito

|Leonardo Martinelli

|Brazil, France

colspan="2" |Wonderwall

|Róisín Burns

|United Kingdom, France

colspan="4" |Special Screenings - Short Films
Eraserhead in a Knitted Shopping Bag

|Eraserhead dans un Filet à Provisions

|Lili Koss

|France, Bulgaria

colspan="2" |No Skate!

|Guil Sela

| rowspan="2" |France

To the Woods

|Une Fugue

|Agnès Patron

: (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

: (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

=Directors' Fortnight (''Quinzaine des cinéastes'')=

For the second year, in partnership with Fondation Chantal Akerman, the Audience Award was given by popular vote, alongside €7,500 to the director of the winning feature.{{Cite web |title=CHOIX DU PUBLIC 2025 |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/news/choix-du-public-2025 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Quinzaine des cinéastes |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528085433/https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/news/choix-du-public-2025 |url-status=live}} The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) section:{{Cite web |title=LA SÉLECTION 2025 |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/news/the-2025-selection |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Quinzaine des cinéastes |archive-date=15 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415121816/https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/news/the-2025-selection |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Édition |url=https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/2025 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Quinzaine des cinéastes |language=fr |archive-date=30 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430230930/https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/fr/edition/2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/cannes-directors-fortnight-2025-lineup-1235115585/|title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2025 Lineup Welcomes Christian Petzold to the Festival, Plus 'Sorry, Baby'|work=Indiewire|date=15 April 2025|accessdate=15 April 2025|first=Ryan|last=Lattanzio|archive-date=16 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416101751/https://www.indiewire.com/news/festivals/cannes-directors-fortnight-2025-lineup-1235115585/ |url-status=live}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="4"|Feature films
Brand New Landscape {{small|(CdO)}}

| 見はらし世代

| Yuiga Danzuka

| Japan, France

colspan="2"|Dangerous Animals

| Sean Byrne

| Australia

Death Does Not Exist

| La mort n'existe pas

| Félix Dufour-Laperrière

| Canada, France

colspan="2" |Enzo {{small|(opening film)}} (QP)

| Robin Campillo

| France, Italy, Belgium

The Girl in the Snow {{small|(CdO)}}

| L'Engloutie

| Louise Hémon

|France

Girl on Edge {{small|(CdO)}}

| 花漾少女杀人事件

| Jinghao Zhou

| China

The Girls We Want {{small|(CdO)}}

| Les filles désir

| Prïncia Car

| France

Her Will Be Done (QP)

| Que ma volonté soit faite

| Julia Kowalski

| France, Poland

Kokuho

| 国宝

| Lee Sang-il

| Japan

colspan="2"|Lucky Lu {{small|(CdO)}}

| Lloyd Lee Choi

| United States, Canada

Militantropos (ŒdO)

|Мілітантропос

| Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi

| Ukraine, France, Austria

colspan="2"|Miroirs No. 3

| Christian Petzold

| Germany

The Party's Over!

| Classe moyenne

| Antony Cordier

| France, Belgium

Peak Everything

| Amour Apocalypse

| Anne Émond

| Canada

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| The President's Cake {{small|(CdO)}}

| مملكة القصب

| Hasan Hadi

| Iraq, Qatar, United States

colspan="2"|Sorry, Baby {{small|(closing film) (CdO)}} (QP)

| Eva Victor

| United States

Untamable

|Indomptables

| Thomas Ngijol

| Cameroon, France

Wild Foxes {{small|(CdO)}}

| La danse des renards

| Valéry Carnoy

| France, Belgium

Yes!

| Ken!

| Nadav Lapid

| Israel, France, Germany, Cyprus, United Kingdom

colspan="4"|Short Films
colspan="2"|+10k

| Gala Hernández López

| France, Spain

colspan="2"|Before the Sea Forgets (QP)

| Ngọc Duy Lê

| Singapore

Blue Heart

| Cœur bleu

| Samuel Suffren

| Haiti, France

colspan="2"|The Body

| Louris van de Geer

| Australia

Bread Will Walk

| Le pain se lève

| Alex Boya

| Canada

Death of the Fish

| La mort du poisson

| Eva Lusbaronian

| France

Karmash

| کرمش

| Aleem Bukhari

| Pakistan

colspan="2"|Loynes

| Dorian Jespers

| Belgium, France, North Macedonia, United Kingdom

Nervous Energy

| 兩個女導演

| Eve Liu

| United States

colspan="2"|When the Geese Flew

| Arthur Gay

| New Zealand

: (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

: (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

=ACID=

The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section, consisting of six fiction features and 3 documentaries:{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/cannes-acid-announces-selection-1236369584/|title=Cannes Section ACID Announces Selection, From a 'Feel-Good Movie About Depression' to a New Drama With Paris Olympics 'Blue Man'|work=Variety|date=15 April 2025|accessdate=15 April 2025|first=Marta|last=Balaga|archive-date=28 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250428021747/https://variety.com/2025/film/global/cannes-acid-announces-selection-1236369584/ |url-status=live}}

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!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s)

!scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country

colspan="2"|L'aventura

| Sophie Letourneur

| France

The Black Snake

|La Couleuvre Noire

| Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux

| France, Colombia, Brazil

Drifting Laurent (QP)

|Laurent dans le Vent

| Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon

| France

colspan="2"|Drunken Noodles (QP)

| Lucio Castro

| United States, Argentina

colspan="2"|Entroncamento

| Pedro Cabeleira

| Portugal, France

colspan="2"|A Light That Never Goes Out {{small|(CdO)}}

| Lauri-Matti Parppei

| Finland, Norway

Life After Siham (ŒdO)

|La Vie Après Siham

| Namir Abdel Messeeh

| France, Egypt

Obscure Night - "Ain't i a Child?" (ŒdO)

|Nuit Obscure - «Ain't i a Child?»

| Sylvain George

| France, Switzerland, Portugal

colspan="2"|Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (ŒdO)

| Sepideh Farsi

| France, Palestine, Iran

: (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

: (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

: (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

= Three films for Ukraine =

On 13 May, the day of the festival's Opening Ceremony, the Cannes Mayor's Office in participation with France Télévisions and Brut media, promoted the screening of three documentaries about the War in Ukraine, addressing the ongoing violence in the country:{{Cite web |date=2025-05-09 |title=Three films for Ukraine |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/three-films-for-ukraine/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514153519/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/three-films-for-ukraine/ |url-status=live}}

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! scope="col" style="width:25%;" | English Title

! scope="col" style="width:25%;" | Original Title

! scope="col" style="width:25%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="width:25%;" | Production Country

colspan="2" |2000 Meters to Andriivka

| Mstyslav Chernov

| Ukraine, United States

Our War

|Notre Guerre

| Bernard-Henri Lévy and Marc Roussel

| France, Ukraine

colspan="2" |Zelensky

| Yves Jeuland, Lisa Vapné and Ariane Chemin

| France

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Official Awards

With the exception of German-produced Sound of Falling, all main competition awards corresponded to French produced or co-produced pictures.{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Brennan |date=24 May 2025 |title=Cannes 2025 Award Winners |url=https://screenrant.com/cannes-2025-award-winners/ |access-date=25 May 2025 |website=ScreenRant|archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528085958/https://screenrant.com/cannes-2025-award-winners/ |url-status=live}}

= In Competition =

= Un Certain Regard =

  • Un Certain Regard Prize: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo by Diego Céspedes{{Cite web |last=Ntim |first=Zac |date=2025-05-23 |title=Chilean Drama 'The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo' Wins Top Un Certain Regard Prize — Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/un-certain-regard-the-mysterious-gaze-of-the-flamingo-1236409662/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Deadline |archive-date=23 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250523205535/https://deadline.com/2025/05/un-certain-regard-the-mysterious-gaze-of-the-flamingo-1236409662/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-23 |title=Un Certain Regard Winners List 2025|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/un-certain-regard-winners-list-2025/|access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Festival de Cannes|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524001428/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/un-certain-regard-winners-list-2025/|archive-date=2025-05-24|url-status=live}}
  • Jury Prize: A Poet by Simón Mesa Soto
  • Best Director: Tarzan and Arab Nasser for Once Upon a Time in Gaza
  • Best Actor: Frank Dillane for Urchin
  • Best Actress: Cleo Diára for I Only Rest in the Storm
  • Best Screenplay: Harry Lighton for Pillion

= Honorary Palme d'Or =

= Caméra d'Or =

= Short Films Competition =

= Cinéfondation =

  • First Prize: First Summer by Heo Gayoung (KAFA, South Korea){{Cite web |date=2025-05-22 |title=The Jury has announced the winners of the 28th La Cinef Selection |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-jury-has-announced-the-winners-of-the-28th-la-cinef-selection/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528090409/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-jury-has-announced-the-winners-of-the-28th-la-cinef-selection/ |url-status=live}}
  • Second Prize: 12 Moments Before the Flag-Raising Ceremony by Qu Zhizheng (Beijing Film Academy, China)
  • Third Prize:
  • Ginger Boy (Separated) by Miki Tanaka (ENBU Seminar, Japan)
  • Winter in March by Natalia Mirzoyan (Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia)

= Immersive Competition =

  • From Dust by Michel van der Aa{{Cite web |date=2025-05-22 |title=Award for Best Immersive Work of the 78th Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/award-for-best-immersive-work-of-the-78th-festival-de-cannes/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528090409/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-jury-has-announced-the-winners-of-the-28th-la-cinef-selection/|url-status=live}}

Independent Awards

= FIPRESCI Prize =

  • In Competition: The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Jamie |date=2025-05-24 |title=Kleber Mendonça Filho's Brazilian Epic 'The Secret Agent' Wins Fipresci Award at Cannes: 'A Rich, Strange and Deeply Troubling Story' |url=https://variety.com/2025/awards/global/the-secret-agent-urchin-dandelions-odyssey-fipresci-cannes-1236409138/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Variety |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528090434/https://variety.com/2025/awards/global/the-secret-agent-urchin-dandelions-odyssey-fipresci-cannes-1236409138/ |url-status=live}}
  • Un Certain Regard: Urchin by Harris Dickinson
  • Parallel section (first features): Dandelion's Odyssey by Momoko Sato

= Prize of the Ecumenical Jury =

=Critics' Week=

  • Grand Prize: A Useful Ghost by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke{{Cite web |title=Awarded films of the 64th edition {{!}} La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes |url=https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/news/awarded-films-of-the-64supsrdsup-edition |access-date=22 May 2025|website=Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528091531/https://www.semainedelacritique.com/en/news/awarded-films-of-the-64supsrdsup-edition|url-status=live}}
  • French Touch Prize of the Jury: Imago by Déni Oumar Pitsaev
  • Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Théodore Pellerin for Nino
  • Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: L'mina by Randa Maroufi
  • Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Left-Handed Girl by Shih-Ching Tsou
  • SACD Award: Guillermo Galoe and Víctor Alonso-Berbel for Sleepless City
  • Canal+ Award for Short Film: Erogenesis by Xandra Popescu

= Directors' Fortnight =

  • Audience Award: The President's Cake by Hasan Hadi{{Cite web |last=Hopewell |first=John |date=2025-05-22 |title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight: 'The President's Cake,' Iraq's First Film at the Festival, Wins People's Choice Audience Award |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/directors-fortnight-prizes-the-presidents-cake-1236407074/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Variety |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528091008/https://variety.com/2025/film/global/directors-fortnight-prizes-the-presidents-cake-1236407074/|url-status=live}}
  • Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: Wild Foxes by Valéry Carnoy{{Cite web |last=Hopewell |first=John |date=2025-05-22 |title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight: Valéry Carnoy's 'Wild Foxes' Wins Best European Film Prize |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/cannes-directors-fortnight-director-title-europa-cinemas-label-1236407000/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Variety |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528091455/https://variety.com/2025/film/global/cannes-directors-fortnight-director-title-europa-cinemas-label-1236407000/|url-status=live}}
  • SACD Prize for Best French Film: Wild Foxes by Valéry Carnoy
  • Carrosse d’Or: Todd Haynes{{Cite web |date=2025-04-01 |title=Cannes' Carrosse d'Or goes to Todd Haynes |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/475713 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |archive-date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514011524/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/475713 |url-status=live}}

= L'Œil d'or =

  • Golden Eye: Imago by Déni Oumar Pitsaev{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Matthew |date=2025-05-23 |title='Imago' Wins L'Oeil d'Or Prize For Top Documentary At Cannes; Julian Assange Film Wins Special Jury Prize For l'Oeil d'Or 10th Anniversary |url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/2025-cannes-film-festival-golden-eye-award-1236409438/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Deadline |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528091826/https://deadline.com/2025/05/2025-cannes-film-festival-golden-eye-award-1236409438/ |url-status=live}}
  • Special Jury Prize: The Six Billion Dollar Man by Eugene Jarecki

= Queer Palm =

  • Best Film: The Little Sister by Hafsia Herzi{{Cite web |date=2025-05-24 |title="La Petite Dernière", le film de Hasfia Herzi, remporte le prix Queer Palm 2025, au festival de Cannes. |url=https://www.franceinfo.fr/replay-magazine/franceinfo/festival-de-cannes/la-petite-derniere-le-film-de-hasfia-herzi-remporte-le-prix-queer-palm-2025-au-festival-de-cannes_7269162.html |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=France Info |language=fr |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528092829/https://www.franceinfo.fr/replay-magazine/franceinfo/festival-de-cannes/la-petite-derniere-le-film-de-hasfia-herzi-remporte-le-prix-queer-palm-2025-au-festival-de-cannes_7269162.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/cannes-2025-un-certain-regard-queer-palm-tous-les-prix-de-la-selection-et-au-dela-0544-7025831.php|title=Cannes 2025 : Un certain regard, Queer Palm… tous les prix de la sélection et au-delà|date=2025-05-24|newspaper=Télérama|archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528093159/https://www.telerama.fr/cinema/cannes-2025-un-certain-regard-queer-palm-tous-les-prix-de-la-selection-et-au-dela-1904-7025831.php|url-status=live}}
  • Best Short Film: Bleat! by Ananth Subramaniam

= Cannes Soundtrack Award =

  • Cannes Soundtrack Award: Kangding Ray for Sirât{{Cite web |title=Cannes Film Festival 2025: The Cannes Soundtrack Prize goes to Oliver Laxe's Sirat |url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/328808-cannes-film-festival-2025-the-cannes-soundtrack-prize-goes-to-oliver-laxe-s-sirat |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=www.sortiraparis.com |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528092117/https://www.sortiraparis.com/en/what-to-do-in-paris/cinema-series/articles/328808-cannes-film-festival-2025-the-cannes-soundtrack-prize-goes-to-oliver-laxe-s-sirat|url-status=live}}

= Prix François Chalais =

= Prix de la Citoyenneté =

= ''Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai'' =

= Palm Dog =

  • Palm Dog Award: Panda for The Love That Remains{{Cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Rollo |last2=Murray |first2=Miranda |last3=Murray |first3=Miranda |date=2025-05-23 |title=Icelandic sheepdog named Panda claims Palm Dog's top prize at Cannes |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/icelandic-sheepdog-named-panda-claims-palm-dogs-top-prize-cannes-2025-05-23/ |access-date=2025-05-23 |work=Reuters |archive-date=28 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250528092349/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/icelandic-sheepdog-named-panda-claims-palm-dogs-top-prize-cannes-2025-05-23/|url-status=live}}
  • Grand Jury Prize: Pipa and Lupita for Sirât
  • Mutt Moment: Hippo for Pillion

= Trophée Chopard =

  • Male Revelation of the Year: Finn Bennett
  • Female Revelation of the Year: Marie Colomb{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=2025-05-12 |title=Angelina Jolie to Present Trophée Chopard Award in Cannes |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/markets-festivals/angelina-jolie-trophee-chopard-award-cannes-film-festival-1236394142/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Variety |archive-date=14 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514123120/https://variety.com/2025/film/markets-festivals/angelina-jolie-trophee-chopard-award-cannes-film-festival-1236394142/ |url-status=live}}

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