Robert De Niro

Honorary Palme d’or of the 78th Festival de Cannes

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, American actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’or for lifetime achievement at the opening ceremony of the 78th Festival de Cannes, 14 years after he Presided over the Jury in 2011.

Juliette Binoche

Actress - France

(President)

·    Halle Berry - Actress, filmmaker - United States

·    Payal Kapadia - Director, screenwriter - India

·    Alba Rohrwacher – Actress - Italy

·    Leïla Slimani – Writer - Morocco, France

·    Dieudo Hamadi - Director, documentarist, producer - Democratic Republic of Congo

·    Hong Sangsoo - Director, screenwriter - South Korea

·    Carlos Reygadas - Director, screenwriter, producer - Mexico

·    Jeremy Strong - Actor - United States

Molly Manning Walker

Director, screenwriter, cinematographer

United Kingdom

(President)

·    Louise Courvoisier - Director, screenwriter - France, Switzerland

·    Vanja Kaludjercic - Director of the International Film Festival Rotterdam - Croatia

·    Roberto Minervini - Director, producer & screenwriter - Italy

·    Nahuel Pérez Biscayart – Actor - Argentina

Maren Ade

Director, screenwriter & producer

Germany

(President)

·    Reinaldo Marcus Green - Director, screenwriter & producer - USA

·    Camélia Jordana - Actress, singer & songwriter - France

·    José Maria Prado Garcia - Producer, photographer and former Director of Filmoteca Española - Spain

·    Nebojša Slijepčević - Director & screenwriter - Croatia

Alice Rohrwacher

President of the Caméra d’or Jury

·    Laurent Delmas (France)

·    Mariana Hristova (Bulgaria)

·    CJ Johnson (Australia)

·    Michael Ghennam (France)

·    Eva Novrup Redvall (Denmark)

·    Hosam Mostafa Fahmy (Egypt, Germany)

·    Yannis Raouzaios (Greece)

·    Olga Ruin (Sweden)

·    Freddie Wong (Hong Kong)

On April 15, ACID (Association for the Distriution of Independent Cinema) announced the selection of Sepideh Farsi’s documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, as part of the list of films chosen by filmmakers for this parallel selection of the Festival de Cannes. The following day, the film’s protagonist, Fatma Hassona, and several members of her family, were killed by a missile that hit their home.

The 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist had made it her mission to bear witness to the daily lives of the inhabitants of Gaza in 2025 through her work and dedication, despite the risks associated with the war in the Palestinian enclave.

Fatma Hassona is one of the far too many victims of the violence that has engulfed the region for months.

The Festival de Cannes wishes to express its dread and profound sadness at this tragedy that has moved and shocked the whole world. Although a film is a small thing in the face of such a tragedy, the screening of Sepideh Farsi’s Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk on May 15 in Cannes as part of ACID, will be, in addition to the message of the film itself, a way to honor the memory of Fatma Hassona.

في 15 أبريل، أعلنت ACID (جمعية توزيع السينما المستقلة) عن اختيار الفيلم الوثائقي "ضع روحك على يدك وامشِ" للمخرجة سبيده فارسي، كجزء من قائمة الأفلام التي اختارها صانعو الأفلام لهذه المجموعة الموازية لمهرجان كان. في اليوم التالي، قُتلت بطلة الفيلم، فاطمة حسونة، وعدد من أفراد عائلتها، بصاروخ أصاب منزلهم.

كانت المصورة الصحفية الفلسطينية البالغة من العمر 25 عامًا قد جعلت من مهمتها أن تشهد على الحياة اليومية لسكان غزة في عام 2025 من خلال عملها وتفانيها، على الرغم من المخاطر المرتبطة بالحرب في الجيب الفلسطيني.

فاطمة حسونة هي واحدة من العديد من ضحايا العنف الذي اجتاح المنطقة منذ شهور.

يود مهرجان كان أن يعبر عن رعبه وحزنه العميق إزاء هذه المأساة التي هزت العالم أجمع وصدمته. ورغم أن الفيلم يعد شيئا صغيرا في مواجهة مأساة كهذه، فإن عرض فيلم "ضع روحك على يدك وامشِ" للمخرجة سبيده فارسي في 15 مايو/أيار في كان كجزء من مهرجان ACID، سيكون، بالإضافة إلى رسالة الفيلم نفسها، وسيلة لتكريم ذكرى فاطمة حسونة.

PARTIR UN JOUR

by Amélie BONNIN | 1st film

Out of Competition

A young woman leaves her hometown to build a life of her own, but most return for a family emergency.

Réalisation: Amélie Bonnin

Scénario: Amélie Bonnin, Dimitri Lucas

Casting principal: Tewfik Jallab, Bastien Bouillon, Juliette Armanet

1.       THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME by Wes ANDERSON

2.       EDDINGTON by Ari ASTER

3.       JEUNES MÈRES by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE

4.       ALPHA by Julia DUCOURNAU

5.       RENOIR by HAYAKAWA Chie

6.       THE HISTORY OF SOUND by Oliver HERMANUS

7.       LA PETITE DERNIÈRE by Hafsia HERZI

8.       SIRAT by Oliver LAXE

9.       NEW VAGUE by Richard LINKLATER

10. TWO PROSECUTORS by Sergei LOZNITSA

11. FUORI by Mario MARTONE

12. SECRETO AGENTE by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO (THE SECRET AGENT)

13. DOSSIER 137 by Dominik MOLL

14. UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT de Jafar PANAHI

15. THE MASTERMIND by Kelly REICHARDT

16. EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by Tarik SALEH

17. SOUND OF FALLING by Mascha SCHILINSKI

18. ROMERÍA by Carla SIMÓN

19. SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim TRIER

20. DIE MY LOVE by Lynne RAMSAY

21. WOMAN AND CHILD by Saeed ROUSTAEE

22. RÉSURRECTION by BI Gan

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

2.       MÉTÉORS by Hubert CHARUEL

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

4.       L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE by Stéphane DEMOUSTIER

5.       URCHIN by Harris DICKINSON | 1st film

6.       HOMEBOUND by Neeraj GHAYWAN

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

8.       ELEANOR THE GREAT by Scarlett JOHANSSON | 1st film

9.       KARAVAN by Zuzana KIRCHNEROVA | 1st film

10. PILLION by Harry LIGHTON | 1st film

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

12. ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by Arab et Tarzan NASSER

13. THE PLAGUE by Charlie POLINGER | 1st film

14. PROMISED SKY by Erige SEHIRI

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

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

17. LOVE ME TENDER by Anna CAZENAVE CAMBET

18. UN POETA by Simón MESA SOTO

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

20. THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER by Kristen STEWART | 1st film

1.       COLOURS OF TIME by Cédric KLAPISCH

2.       LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by Thierry KLIFA

3.       MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING by Christopher MCQUARRIE

4.       VIE PRIVÉE by Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI

5.       13 JOURS, 13 NUITS by Martin BOURBOULON

1.       DALLOWAY by Yann GOZLAN

2.       EXIT 8 by KAWAMURA Genki

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

4.       LE ROI SOLEIL by Vincent Maël CARDONA

5.       HONEY DON’T by Ethan COEN

1.       AMRUM by Fatih AKIN

2.       SPLITSVILLE by Michael Angelo COVINO

3.       LA OLA de Sebastián LELIO (THE WAVE)

4.       CONNEMARA by Alex LUTZ

5.       ORWELL: 2+2=5 by Raoul PECK

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

7.       RENAI SAIBAN by Kōji FUKADA

8.       ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER by Hlynur PÁLMASON

9.       MAGALHÃES by Lav DIAZ

10. MA FRÈRE by Lise AKOKA et Romane GUERET

1.       STORIES OF SURRENDER by BONO

2.       TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER by Romane BOHRINGER

3.       A MAGNIFICENT LIFE by Sylvain CHOMET

4.       AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES by Maïlys VALLADE & Liane-Cho HAN | 1st film

5.       MAMA by Or SINAI | 1st film

6.       ARCO by Ugo BIENVENU | 1st film

7.       QUI BRILLE AU COMBAT by Joséphine JAPY | 1st film

8.       THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN by Eugene JARECKI

1.       ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF LOVE (DISPUTES EN FAVEUR DE L’AMOUR) - Gabriel Abrantes - 9′

2.       ALI - Adnan Al Rajeev - 15′

3.       I’M GLAD YOU’RE DEAD NOW - Tawfeek Barhom - 13′

4.       AGAPITO - Arvin Belarmino & Kyla Danelle Romero - 15′

5.       FILLE DE L’EAU - Sandra Desmazières - 15′

6.       HYPERSENSITIVE (HYPERSENSIBLE) - Martine Froissard - 9′

7.       DAMMEN - Grégoire Graesslin - 15′

8.       THE SPECTACLE - Bálint Kenyères - 15′

9.       NVHAI (LILI) - Zhaoguang Luo & Shuhan Liao - 14′

10. A SOLIDÃO DOS LAGARTOS (THE LONELINESS OF LIZARDS) - Inês Nunes - 15′

11. AASVOËLS (VULTURES) - Dian Weys - 15′

1.       PÁSSARO DE DENTRO (THE BIRD FROM WITHIN) - Laura Anahory - Escola das Artes – UCP – Portugal – 5′

2.       PER BRUIXA I METZINERA (THE SORCERESS ECHO) - Marc Camardons - ESCAC – Spain – 24′

3.       TRES (THREE) - Juan Ignacio Ceballos - UCINE – Argentina – 24′

4.       MATALAPAINE (THE LIGHTNING ROD) - Helmi Donner - AALTO University – Finland – 21′

5.       BIMO - Oumnia Hanader - CinéFabrique – France – 23′

6.       TALK ME - Joecar Hanna - NYU – USA – 19′

7.       FIRST SUMMER - Heo Gayoung - KAFA – South Korea – 30′

8.       MÅSKE I MARTS (MAYBE IN MARCH) - Mikkel Bjørn Kehlert - Super16 – Denmark – 24′

9.       WINTER IN MARCH - Natalia Mirzoyan - Estonian Academy of Arts – Estonia – 16′

10. MY GRANDMOTHER IS A SKYDIVER - Polina Piddubna - Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf – Germany – 13′

11. 12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY - Qu Zhizheng - Beijing Film Academy – China – 16′

12. ETHER - Vida Skerk - NFTS – UK – 15′

13. FURSECURI SI LAPTE (MILK AND COOKIES) - Andrei Tache-Codreanu - UNATC “I. L. Caragiale” – Romania – 21′

14. GINGER BOY (SEPARATED) - Miki Tanaka - ENBU Seminar – Japan – 48′

15. A DOLL MADE UP OF CLAY - Kokob Gebrehaweria Tesfay - Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute – India – 24′

16. LE CONTINENT SOMNAMBULE (THE LAND OF SLUMBER) - Jules Vésigot-Wahl - La Fémis – France – 26′

Cannes Classics 2025

Official Selection

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·      The centenary of Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush pre-opening the Festival on May 13 in Debussy Theater,

·      The world premiere of Diane Kurys’ film which narrates the Montand-Signoret couple,

·      The 25th anniversary of Amores perros by Alejandro G. Iñárritu attending,

·      A tribute to Edward Yang with the restored print of Yi Yi,

·      The re-release of John Woo’s Hard Boiled,

·      The 90th anniversary of Marcel Pagnol’s Merlusse, President of the Jury in 1955,

·      Documentaries to remind us of David Lynch, Carlos Diegues and Pierre-William Glenn,

·      Two actors filming themselves, Shia LaBeouf and Raphaël Quenard,

·      Kevin Smith and Dogma back on the Croisette, as well as Hong Kong director T’ang Shushuen for The Arch,

·      A tribute to István Szabó,

·      The 50th anniversary of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,

·      Cycling legend Eddy Merckx for the legendary Course en tête by Joël Santoni,

·      A screening as a tribute to Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina,

·      Rare cinema from Colombia and Iraq,

·      Sri Lanka’s first female director,

·      The 120th anniversary of Naruse’s birth,

·      Abel Gance’s Magirama,

·      Jayne Mansfield by her daughter actress Mariska Hargitay, Satyajit Ray by Wes Anderson thanks to Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation,

·      German director Konrad Wolf to be showcased,

·      An Argentinian film, Más allá del olvido, which might have inspired Alfred Hichcock’s Vertigo,
Barry Lyndon to close,

·      and…

·      Quentin Tarantino for two films and a meeting about George Sherman.

THE GOLD RUSH: 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

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After La Maman et la putain, L’Amour fou and Napoléon par Abel Gance, the Festival de Cannes will premiere as a worldwide pre-opening film on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 3PM in Debussy Theater, Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush.

The Gold Rush by Charlie Chaplin (1925, 1h28, United States)

 (La Ruée vers l’or)

Screening in the presence of Arnold Lozano, Director of Roy Export SAS.

Waqai sinin al-djamr by Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina (1975, 2h51, Algeria)

(Chronique des années de braise / Chronicle of the Years of Embers)

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A presentation by the Lakhdar Hamina family, distribution in French theaters: Les Acacias. A restoration by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Image Retrouvée (Paris) and L’Immagine Ritrovata (Bologna) laboratories. The restoration was funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation and is part of the African Film Heritage Project, an initiative created by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and UNESCO – in collaboration with Cineteca di Bologna – to help locate, restore, and disseminate African cinema.

Screening in attendance of Tarek Lakhdar Hamina, Malik Lakhdar Hamina and Merwan Lakhdar Hamina, actors of the film and sons of director Mohamed Lakhdar Hamina.

Saïd Effendi by Kameran Hosni (1955, 1h31, Iraq)

(Saeed Effendi)

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Presented by the Al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham Committee for Iraqi Visual Memory and the Iraqi Cinematheque Project.

Restored in 4K by the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) from the original 35mm negative image and 35mm optical sound print. Restoration completed in 2025 as part of the Iraqi Cinematheque Project, supported by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and implemented by Expertise France.

Screening in the presence of Dr. Hassan Al-Sudani, Chairman of Al-Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham Committee for Iraqi Visual Memory, and Wareth Kwaish, Project Manager of the Iraqi Cinematheque Project for Expertise France.

THE PROGRAMME

1. Tuesday May 13 - A HIDDEN LIFE - Terrence Malick - 2019, 2h54, United Kingdom/Germany/United States

2. Wednesday May 14 - HARD BOILED - John Woo - 1992, 2h08, Hong Kong

3. Thursday May 15 - LES MAUVAIS COUPS - François Leterrier - 1961, 1h38, France

4. Friday May 16 - DUEL IN THE SUN - King Vidor - 1946, 2h25, United States

5. Saturday May 17 - THE LEGEND OF THE PALME D’OR CONTINUES - Alexis Veller - 50mn, France

6. Followed by SUNSET BLVD - Billy Wilder - 1950, 1h50, United States

7. Sunday May 18 - PALOMBELLA ROSSA (Red Wood Pigeon) - Nanni Moretti - 1989, 1h28, Italy/France

8. Monday May 19 - BARDOT - Alain Berliner - 1h30, France/Belgium

9. Tuesday May 20 - TENSHI NO TAMAGO (Angel’s Eggs) - Mamoru Oshii - 1985, 1h11, Japan

10.     Wednesday  May 21 - DARLING - John Schlesinger - 1965, 2h08, United Kingdom

11.     Thursday May 22 - ANGE - Tony Gatlif - 2025, 1h37, France

12.     Friday May 23 - SURPRISE FILM 

13.     Saturday May 24 - ANY NUMBER CAN WIN - Henri Verneuil - 1963, 1h58, France/Italy

LE JURY DE LA COMPÉTITION IMMERSIVE

·    LUC JACQUET – Director – France (President)

·    LAURIE ANDERSON - Musician, director & writer - United States

·    TANIA DE MONTAIGNE - Author & interpreter - France

·    MARTHA FIENNES - Director, screenwriter & artist - United Kingdom

·    TETSUYA MIZUGUCHI - Video Game Creator - Japan

سيُعرض 16 عملاً غامراً من 9 دول في قائمة الاختيارات، منها 9 أعمال في المسابقة.

ستُوكل إلى هذه اللجنة المرموقة مهمة نبيلة تتمثل في منح جائزة أفضل عمل غامر في حفل ختام مسابقة الأفلام الغامرة في 22 مايو.

أُقيمت الدورة الأولى من مسابقة الأفلام الغامرة عام 2024. وستُقام فعالية هذا العام في فندق كارلتون خلال الدورة الثامنة والسبعين لمهرجان كان السينمائي.

تعود مسابقة الأفلام الغامرة للعام الثاني على التوالي، وقد أُطلقت عام 2024 للاحتفال بأشكال جديدة من سرد القصص من خلال التجارب المكانية والحسية. بتحررها من الشاشة واللغة السينمائية التقليدية، تدعو الأعمال الغامرة المشاهدين إلى الانغماس في السرد، والتفاعل معه في كثير من الأحيان.

IN COMPETITION

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1.       BEYOND THE VIVID UNKNOWN - John Fitzgerald, Godfrey Reggio - Country United States (International Premiere)

2.       FILLOS DO VENTO: A RAPA - Brais Revalderia, María Fernanda Ordóñez Morla - Countries Spain, United States (World Premiere)

3.       FROM DUST - Michel van der Aa - Pays The Netherlands (International Premiere)

4.       IN THE CURRENT OF BEING - Cameron Kostopoulos - Countries United States, France (International Premiere)

5.       LACUNA - Maartje Wegdam, Nienke Huitenga-Broeren - Countries The Netherlands (International Premiere)

6.       LILI - Navid Khonsari - Countries United States, United Kingdom, France (World Premiere)

7.       tAxI - Yamil Rodriguez, Michael Arcos, Stephen Henderson - Country United Kingdom (World Premiere)

8.       LA MAISON DE POUPÉE - Caroline Poggi et Jonathan Vinel - Countries Luxembourg, Canada (World Premiere)

9.       THE EXPLODING GIRL VR - Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel - Countries France, Greece (World Premiere)

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Out of competition

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1.       CHEZ MOI - Victoria Yakubova, Frédéric Le Louët - Country France (World Premiere)

2.       TRAILBLAZER - Eloise Singer - Country United Kingdom (French premiere)

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Immersive Selection - Focus

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1.       BATTLEFIELD - François Vautier - Countries France, Luxembourg, Belgium

2.       CECI EST MON COEUR - Nicolas Blies, Stéphane Hueber-Blies - Countries Luxembourg, France, Canada

3.       FLOATING WITH SPIRITS - Juanita Onzaga - Countries Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands

4.       ITO MEIKYU - Boris Labbé - Countries France, Luxembourg

5.       OTO'S PLANET - Gwenael François - Countries Luxembourg, Canada, France