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The films of the Official Selection 2025

The 2025 Official Selection © FDC

Discover the list of feature films selected in Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings.

The list of films is regularly updated.

The 2025 press kit, the press conference podcast, the iconographic elements as well as the list of film press officers are available to journalists in the Press area.

 

PRESS KIT

 

 

The Official Selection is dedicated to the memory of Émilie Dequenne, winner of the 1999 Best Actress Prize for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Rosetta, which won the Palme d’or that same year.

In Competition

Opening Film

PARTIR UN JOUR by Amélie BONNIN | 1st film – Out of Competition
(LEAVE ONE DAY)

 

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME by Wes ANDERSON

EDDINGTON by Ari ASTER

KUANG YE SHI DAI by BI Gan
(RESURRECTION)

JEUNES MÈRES by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE

ALPHA by Julia DUCOURNAU

RENOIR by HAYAKAWA Chie

THE HISTORY OF SOUND by Oliver HERMANUS

LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia HERZI

SIRAT by Oliver LAXE

NOUVELLE VAGUE by Richard LINKLATER
(NEW WAVE)

TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei LOZNITSA

FUORI by Mario MARTONE

O AGENTE SECRETO by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
(THE SECRET AGENT)

DOSSIER 137 by Dominik MOLL
(CASE 137)

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT by Jafar PANAHI

DIE MY LOVE by Lynne RAMSAY

THE MASTERMIND by Kelly REICHARDT

ZAN O BACHEH by Saeed ROUSTAEE
(WOMAN AND CHILD)

EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik SALEH

SOUND OF FALLING by Mascha SCHILINSKI
(IN DIE SONNE SCHAUEN)

ROMERÍA by Carla SIMÓN
(ROMERIA)

AFFEKSJONSVERDI by Joachim TRIER
(SENTIMENTAL VALUE)

Un Certain Regard

LOVE ME TENDER by Anna CAZENAVE CAMBET

LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO by Diego CÉSPEDES | 1st film
(THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)

MÉTÉORS by Hubert CHARUEL
(METEORS)

MY FATHER’S SHADOW by Akinola DAVIES JR | 1st film

L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE by Stéphane DEMOUSTIER
(THE GREAT ARCH)

URCHIN by Harris DICKINSON | 1st film

HOMEBOUND by Neeraj GHAYWAN

TÔI YAMANAMINO HIKARI by ISHIKAWA Kei
(A PALE VIEW OF HILLS)

ELEANOR THE GREAT by Scarlett JOHANSSON | 1st film

KARAVAN by Zuzana KIRCHNEROVA | 1st film
(CARAVAN)

PILLION by Harry LIGHTON | 1st film

UN POETA by Simón MESA SOTO

AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by Morad MOSTAFA | 1st film

ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan NASSER

O RISO E A FACA by Pedro PINHO
(I ONLY REST IN THE STORM)

THE PLAGUE by Charlie POLINGER | 1st film

PROMIS LE CIEL by Erige SEHIRI
(PROMISED SKY)

LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA by Francesco SOSSAI
(THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD)

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER by Kristen STEWART | 1st film

TESTA O CROCE? by Matteo ZOPPIS, Alessio RIGO DE RIGHI
(HEADS OR TAILS?)

Out of Competition

PARTIR UN JOUR by Amélie BONNIN | 1st film
(LEAVE ONE DAY)

13 JOURS, 13 NUITS by Martin BOURBOULONµ
(13 DAYS 13 NIGHTS)

LA VENUE DE L’AVENIR by Cédric KLAPISCH
(COLOURS OF TIME)

LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by Thierry KLIFA

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST by Spike LEE

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING by Christopher MCQUARRIE

VIE PRIVÉE by Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI
(A PRIVATE LIFE)

Midnight Screenings

LE ROI SOLEIL by Vincent Maël CARDONA

HONEY DON’T by Ethan COEN

DALLOWAY by Yann GOZLAN

EXIT 8 by KAWAMURA Genki

FENG LIN HUO SHAN by MAK Juno
(SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT)

Cannes Premiere

AMRUM by Fatih AKIN

MA FRÈRE by Lise AKOKA & Romane GUERET

SPLITSVILLE by Michael Angelo COVINO

MAGALHÃES by Lav DIAZ

RENAI SAIBAN by Kōji FUKADA
(LOVE ON TRIAL)

LA OLA de Sebastián LELIO
(THE WAVE)

CONNEMARA by Alex LUTZ

ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER by Hlynur PÁLMASON
(THE LOVE THAT REMAINS)

ORWELL: 2+2=5 by Raoul PECK

DAS VERSCHWINDEN DES JOSEF MENGELE by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
(THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JOSEF MENGELE)

Special Screenings

ARCO by Ugo BIENVENU | 1st film

BONO: STORIES OF SURRENDER by Andrew Dominik

DITES-LUI QUE JE L’AIME by Romane BOHRINGER
(TELL HER I LOVE HER)

MARCEL ET MONSIEUR PAGNOL by Sylvain CHOMET
(A MAGNIFICENT LIFE)

QUI BRILLE AU COMBAT by Joséphine JAPY | 1st film
(THE WONDERERS)

THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN by Eugene JARECKI

L’HOMME QUI A VU L’OURS QUI A VU L’HOMME by Pierre RICHARD

MAMA by Or SINAI | 1st film

AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES by Maïlys VALLADE & Liane-Cho HAN | 1st film
(LITTLE AMÉLIE)

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