24/04/2025 - Lynne Ramsay and Saeed Roustaee join the competition; Anna Cazenave Cambet, Pedro Pinho and Kristen Stewart are in Un Certain Regard; Hlynur Pálmason, Kôji Fukada and Lav Diaz for Cannes Première

UPDATE (5 May 2025): The selection has been completed with new titles – read about them here.

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As expected, the Official Selection of the 78th Cannes Film Festival (13-24 May) has been topped off by 16 feature films. There are now 21 movies in the running for the Palme d'Or (see the article – seven of which have been directed by women). Indeed, joining the race are Scot Lynne Ramsay with Die, My Love (her third time taking part in the competition – Best Screenplay and Best Actor Awards in 2017) and Iran’s Saeed Roustaee with Woman and Child [+see also:
film review
interview: Saeed Roustaee
film profile] (her second time).

The Cannes Première programme has been enriched by the addition of The Love That Remains [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
film profile] by Iceland’s Hlynur Pálmason, Love on Trial by Japan’s Kôji Fukada and Magellan [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by the Philippines’ Lav Diaz (toplined by Gael García Bernal).

The 16 titles previously announced for the Un Certain Regard selection (see the news) will now rub shoulders with Love Me Tender [+see also:
film review
interview: Anna Cazenave Cambet
film profile] by France’s Anna Cazenave Cambet (toplined by Vicky Krieps), A Poet [+see also:
film review
interview: Simón Mesa Soto
film profile] by Colombia’s Simón Mesa Soto (Short Film Palme d’Or in 2014 for Leidi and Rising Star Award in the 2021 Critics’ Week with Amparo [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]), I Only Rest In The Storm [+see also:
film review
interview: Pedro Pinho
film profile] by Portugal’s Pedro Pinho (who rose to fame in the Directors’ Fortnight in 2017 with The Nothing Factory [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pedro Pinho
film profile]) and The Chronology of Water [+see also:
film review
film profile], the feature-length directorial debut by US star Kristen Stewart.

Rocking up as Midnight Screenings are No One Will Know [+see also:
film review
film profile] by France’s Vincent Maël Cardona and Honey Don’t by US helmer Ethan Coen.

Also of note are Special Screenings for the French animated films Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han (an adaptation of the novel The Character of Rain by Belgium’s Amélie Nothomb) and Arco by Ugo Bienvenu, as well as for The Wonderers by France’s Joséphine Japy and Mama by Israel’s Or Sinai. Lastly, as part of a tribute to Pierre Richard, there will be a screening of his feature The Man Who Saw the Bear.

Here is the full list of selected films:

Competition

The Phoenician Scheme [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Wes Anderson (USA/Germany)
Eddington - Ari Aster (USA)
The Young Mother’s Home [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)
Alpha [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Julia Ducournau (France/Belgium)
Renoir [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Chie Hayakawa
film profile] - Chie Hayakawa (Japan/France/Indonesia/Singapore)
The History of Sound [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Oliver Hermanus (UK/USA)
The Little Sister [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hafsia Herzi
film profile] - Hafsia Herzi (France/Germany)
Sirat [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Óliver Laxe
film profile] - Óliver Laxe (Spain/France)
Nouvelle Vague [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Richard Linklater (France)
Two Prosecutors [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sergei Loznitsa
film profile] - Sergei Loznitsa (France/Germany/Romania/Latvia/Netherlands/Lithuania)
Fuori [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mario Martone
film profile] - Mario Martone (Italy/France)
The Secret Agent [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil/France)
Case 137 [+see also:
film review
interview: Dominik Moll
film profile] - Dominik Moll (France)
It Was Just an Accident [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Jafar Panahi (France/Luxembourg/Iran)
Die, My Love - Lynne Ramsay (USA)
The Mastermind - Kelly Reichardt (USA)
Woman and Child [+see also:
film review
interview: Saeed Roustaee
film profile] - Saeed Roustaee (Iran/France)
Eagles of the Republic [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tarik Saleh
film profile] - Tarik Saleh (Sweden/France/Denmark/Finland)
Sound of Falling [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Mascha Schilinski (Germany)
Romería [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Carla Simón (Spain/Germany)
Sentimental Value [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Joachim Trier (Norway/France/Denmark/Germany)

Un Certain Regard

Promised Sky [+see also:
film review
interview: Erige Sehiri
film profile] - Erige Sehiri (France/Tunisia) (opening film)
Love Me Tender [+see also:
film review
interview: Anna Cazenave Cambet
film profile] - Anna Cazenave Cambet (France)
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo [+see also:
film review
interview: Diego Céspedes
film profile] - Diego Céspedes (France/Germany/Spain/Chile/Belgium)
Meteors [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hubert Charuel and Claude L…
film profile] - Hubert Charuel (France)
My Father's Shadow [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Akinola Davies Jr
film profile] - Akinola Davies Jr (UK/Ireland/Nigeria)
The Great Arch [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stéphane Demoustier
film profile] - Stéphane Demoustier (France/Denmark)
Urchin [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Harris Dickinson (UK)
Homebound - Neeraj Ghaywan (India)
A Pale View of Hills [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kei Ishikawa
film profile] - Kei Ishikawa (Japan/UK/Poland/Singapore)
Eleanor the Great - Scarlett Johansson (USA)
Caravan [+see also:
film review
interview: Zuzana Kirchnerová
film profile] - Zuzana Kirchnerová (Czech Republic/Slovakia/Italy)
Pillion [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Harry Lighton (UK/Ireland)
A Poet [+see also:
film review
interview: Simón Mesa Soto
film profile] - Simón Mesa Soto (Colombia/Germany/Sweden)
Aisha Can't Fly Away [+see also:
film review
interview: Morad Mostafa
film profile] - Morad Mostafa (Egypt/Sudan/Tunisia/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/France/Germany)
Once Upon a Time in Gaza [+see also:
film review
interview: Tarzan Nasser
film profile] - Arab & Tarzan Nasser (France/Germany/Portugal/Palestine)
I Only Rest In The Storm [+see also:
film review
interview: Pedro Pinho
film profile] - Pedro Pinho (Portugal/France/Romania/Brazil)
The Plague - Charlie Polinger (USA)
The Last One for the Road [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Francesco Sossai
film profile] - Francesco Sossai (Italy/Germany)
The Chronology of Water [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Kristen Stewart (USA/UK/France/Latvia)
Heads or Tails? [+see also:
film review
interview: Alessio Rigo de Righi and M…
film profile] - Matteo Zoppis & Alessio Rigo de Righi (Italy/USA)

Cannes Première

Amrum [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Fatih Akin (Germany)
Splitsville - Michael Angelo Covino (USA)
Magellan [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Lav Diaz (Portugal/Spain/France/Philippines/Taiwan)
Love on Trial - Kôji Fukada (Japan/France)
The Wave - Sebastián Lelio (Chile)
Connemara [+see also:
film review
interview: Alex Lutz
film profile] - Alex Lutz (France)
The Love That Remains [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
film profile] - Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland/Denmark/Sweden/France)
Orwell: 2+2=5 - Raoul Peck (France/USA)
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele [+see also:
film review
interview: Kirill Serebrennikov
film profile] - Kirill Serebrennikov (France/Germany/Mexico/USA/UK)

Out of Competition

Leave One Day [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Amélie Bonnin (France) (opening film)
Colours of Time [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cédric Klapisch
film profile] - Cédric Klapisch (France)
The Richest Woman in the World [+see also:
film review
interview: Thierry Klifa
film profile] - Thierry Klifa (France/Belgium)
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - Christopher McQuarrie (USA)
Highest 2 Lowest - Spike Lee (USA)
A Private Life [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Rebecca Zlotowski (France)

Midnight Screenings

No One Will Know [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Vincent Maël Cardona (France)
Honey Don’t - Ethan Coen (USA)
Sons of the Neon Night - Juno Mak (China/Hong Kong)
Exit 8 - Genki Kawamura (Japan)
Dalloway [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Yann Gozlan (France/Belgium)

Special Screenings

Arco - Ugo Bienvenu (France)
Bono: Stories of Surrender - Andrew Dominik (USA)
Tell Her That I Love Her [+see also:
film review
film profile] - Romane Bohringer (France)
The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sylvain Chomet
film profile] - Sylvain Chomet (France/Luxembourg/Belgium)
The Wonderers - Joséphine Japy (France)
The Man Who Saw the Bear - Pierre Richard (France)
Mama - Or Sinai (Israel/Poland/Italy)
Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain [+see also:
trailer
film profile] - Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han (France)

(Translated from French)