Cannes Film Festival: how to watch Official Selection press conference

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The Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for the 78th edition (May 13th-24th).

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Festival Director Thierry Fremaux, along with Festival President Iris Noblok, revealed his official choice at a press conference at the UGC Montparnasse cinema in Paris.

A variety of different features constitute the competition for 2025, mixing veteran Ortel with up-and-coming directors.

The acclaimed directors, Dardenne Brothers, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Joachim Trier, are among those selected for the Cannes Competition 2025.

Newcomers to the contest include genre specialist Ariastar, Berlin Golden Bear winner Carla Simon and German Masca Silinsky.

This year, six female filmmakers competed with six members of the total of 19 announced today: Julia Duklnow, Kelly Reihardt, Hafsia Helzi, Carla Simon, Chai Hayakawa and Masca Sylinsky.

Cannes artistic director Thierry Fulmaux said the festival has received 2,909 record-breaking features submissions this year.

Two Palme d’Or winners with the Dardennes brothers returning in competitive slots Young mother’s houseSet in a shelter for young mothers. It will be their 10th competition for Palme de Orle, whom they won twice before Rosetta 1999 and child 2005.

Another Cannes regular is Ukrainian manager Sergei Roznica. Two prosecutors It is set during Stalin’s great fear in 1937. Cop Production Office handles sales.

Two years later French dispatch Playing in the competition, Wes Anderson is back Phoenician SchemeA spy comedy thriller featuring an ensemble led by Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera. Focus features retain global rights.

Tarik Sale’s political thriller Eagles of the Republic This is the third and final film in his Cairo trilogy. The Nile Hilton Incident and Cairo conspiracy alias A boy from heavenThe latter played at the Cannes Competition in 2022. Playtime handles international sales.

Brazilian veteran Clever Mendon Munda Phillo behind the Cannes selection Baculau (2019) and Aquarius (2016) is back with a political thriller Secret Agent It was set during the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s. Wagner Moura stars as a man who escapes to the coastal city of Recife. MK2 Film handles sales.

Norway’s Joachim Trier meets again The worst person in the world Co-author Eskill Fogt and Cannes Best Actress Winner Renate Reines Sentimental value. The cast of Trier’s sixth feature also includes Stellan Skarsgaard, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning. The film is a portrait of the Oslo family in the home they lived in for generations when the film director father wanted his daughter to appear in a comeback film. The MK2 is for sale.

Julia Ducluenau’s alpha, Follow-up to the filmmaker’s 2021 Palme de al Winner titanium, Startaharrahim and Golshiftefalahhani. Neon has already acquired North American rights.

The last veteran Iranian manager Jafar Panahhi in the Cannes competition Three faces Returning to the radar in 2018 A simple accident.

Kelly Reichart’s The mastermind It centers around star Josh O’Connor and a bold art robbery against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. She had previously competed in 2022 appear.

Italian director Mario Martone Outside This is an adaptation of Goliarda Sapienza’s Sicilian Epic The art of joy. Valeria Golino will star alongside Matilda de Angelis and pop star Erody. Golino specifically directed a series version of the same book, which premiered at a special screening in Cannes last year. Martone took part in the final competition with the 2022 Nosta Riga.

Richard Linklater’s French New WaveAbout the creation of Jean-le-Godard Get out of breath, Star Zoo Deutch. The US filmmaker was last in Croisette as a filmmaker in 2006 Fast Food Nation and Dark scanner.

From Spain, Golden Bear winner Carla Simon jumped to Cannes pilgrimage, About a young teenager on a journey to meet his biological father’s family. Also, from Spain, Oliver Lux’s syrup The father and son star in Moroccan raves as father and son looking for a missing daughter and sister.

Gay romance of South Africa’s Paul Mezcal and Josh O’Connor star Oliver Hermanus The history of sound. Hermanus credits include Bill Nighy-Starring living And he was last in Cannes in 2011 with his final respect Beauty. Mbi won North American rights earlier this year, but Focus Features and Universal Pictures International have international rights.

US Director Aria Star’s Dark Comedy Western Eddingtonstarring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone were selected. It’s about the ambitious small town of New Mexico Sheriff, who plays the mayor played by Pascal in the power struggles during the Pandamic era. This is the first competition for genre specialist Aster. Midsummer and Hereditary.

Renoir Mark the second feature of Chie Hayakawa Plan 75 He made his debut at Cannes in 2022 with a specific UN respect and was chosen as Japan’s Oscar submission. Her latest revolves around a young girl whose father is fighting cancer. This feature is produced by loaded film.

Dominik Moll is competing with police thrillers Related Documents 137 Starring Lea Drucker is an investigator for IGPN, the French National Police inspection service, and is tasked with a personal lawsuit. German-born French director 12 nights^th After his first performance in the Cannes Premier section, he won six Cesar Awards, including Best Film and Director. Haut et Court produces it.

German director Mascha Schilinski gets caught up in the competition The sound of fallinggrew up on a rural farm and there are about four girls in 40 years who appear to be connected to each other.

French director Hafcia Helge The little end It is an adaptation of Fatima Darth’s novel, and is a coming-of-age story set in the Paris suburbs of a lesbian-Muslim woman who deals with pushbacks from both her family and the outside world. The June film is being produced. This is Helzi’s third feature as director, following a 2021 UN award winner of a specific Cannes award. Good mother Critics Week debut in 2019 You deserve to be a lover.

The festival begins with Amélie Bonnin’s feature debut I’ll leave someday, Playing from competition. The bittersweet comedy stars popular French singer and actress Juliet Armanette and is about a woman at the forefront of realizing her dream of opening a gourmet restaurant when a family emergency takes her home. Pathe handles sales. This is the first time the festival has opened with its debut feature.

Meanwhile, certain UN respect sees actors Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson making their directorial debuts. Johansson premieres Eleanor the Great Squibb in June stars as a 90-year-old woman who is trying to rebuild her best friend’s life after the death.

babygirl and Triangle of sadness Star Dickinson premieres Sea urchin, As he attempts to turn his life around, he is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction about London’s rough sleeper.

Juliet Binoce will preside over the competition juice. Robert de Niro receives the honorary Palme de Orle.