The final and full Official Selection of films for the Cannes Film Festival 2025 is featured below. It includes a collection of films helmed by a flurry of new directors as well as festival favourites like America’s Wes Anderson, France’s Julia Ducournau and South Africa’s Oliver Hermanus.
The significance of the official selection in Cannes
Those selected often go on to perform well internationally, with eight of last year’s Cannes Film Festival contenders being nominated for 31 Oscars. Ultimately 2024’s Palme d’Or winner ‘Anora’ scooped five Academy Awards, including Best Picture; and ‘Emilia Perez’ and ‘The Substance’ won a string of international awards.
Stars attending this year’s Cannes Film Festival
This year is guaranteed to be star-packed with the attendance of Tom Cruise (premiering Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning), Robert de Niro (to receive an Honorary Palme d’Or) and Nicole Kidman (to receive the Women in Motion Award).
Other highlights to look out for at Festival de Cannes
Other highlights at this year’s Festival include three well-known actors presenting their directorial debuts in Un Certain Regard – British actor Harris Dickinson (who starred in 2022’s Cannes winner Triangle of Sadness) will be in town with Urchin, which he also wrote, while American actress Scarlett Johansson will be competing with Eleanor the Great; and Kristen Stewart will be presenting The Chronology of Water.
U2’s Bono will also be on the Côte d’Azur for a Special Screening of the documentary ‘Stories of Surrender’, based on his one-man stage play and features never-before-seen footage. It will later stream on Apple TV+ from 30 May.
Cannes favourite Ethan Coen will also be presenting a film in the Midnight Screening category.
The official selection was announced on 10 April 2025 by Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux. A few extra films have since been added. Here is the final list:
Official Selection of Films, Cannes Film Festival 2025
OPENING FILM
PARTIR UN JOUR
Amélie Bonnin
1st film – Out of Competition
COMPETITION
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME – Wes Anderson
EDDINGTON – Ari Aster
JEUNES MÈRES – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
ALPHA – Julia Ducournau
RENOIR – Hayakawa Chie
THE HISTORY OF SOUND – Oliver Hermanus
LA PETITE DERNIÈRE – Hafsia Herzi
SIRAT – Oliver Laxe
NEW WAVE – Richard Linklater
TWO PROSECUTORS – Sergei Loznitsa
FUORI – Mario Martone
O SECRETO AGENTE (THE SECRET AGENT) – Kleber Mendonça Filho
DOSSIER 137 – Dominik Moll
UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT – Jafar Panahi
THE MASTERMIND – Kelly Reichardt
EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC – Tarik Saleh
SOUND OF FALLING – Mascha Schilinski
ROMERÍA – Carla Simón
SENTIMENTAL VALUE – Joachim Trier
DIE MY LOVE – Lynne Ramsay
MOTHER AND CHILD – Saeed Roustaee
RÉSURRECTION – Bi Gan
UN CERTAIN REGARD
UPDATE: 24 May 2025 – Winners for Un Certain Regard have been announced.
LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO) – Diego Céspedes, 1st film
MÉTÉORS – Hubert Charuel
MY FATHER’S SHADOW – Akinola Davies Jr, 1st film
L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE – Stéphane Demoustier
URCHIN – Harris Dickinson, 1st film
HOMEBOUND – Neeraj Ghaywan
TÔI YAMANAMINO HIKARI (A PALE VIEW OF HILLS) – Ishikawa Kei
ELEANOR THE GREAT – Scarlett Johansson, 1st film
KARAVAN – Zuzana Kirchnerová, 1st film
PILLION – Harry Lighton, 1st film
AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY – Morad Mostafa, 1st film
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA – Arab and Tarzan Nasser
THE PLAGUE – Charlie Polinger, 1st film
PROMISED SKY – Erige Sehiri
LE CITTÀ DI PIANURA (THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD) – Francesco Sossai
TESTA O CROCE? (HEADS OR TAILS?) – Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi
LOVE ME TENDER – Anna Cazenave Cambet
UN POETA – Simón Mesa Soto
O RISO E A FACA (LE RIRE ET LE COUTEAU) – Pedro Pinho
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER – Kristen Stewart, 1st film
OUT OF COMPETITION
COLOURS OF TIME – Cédric Klapisch
LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE – Thierry Klifa
HIGHEST 2 LOWEST – Spike LEE
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING – Christopher McQuarrie
VIE PRIVÉE – Rebecca Zlotowski
13 JOURS, 13 NUITS – Martin Bourboulon
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
DALLOWAY – Yann Gozlan
EXIT 8 – Kawamura Genki
FENG LIN HUO SHAN (SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT) – Mak Juno
LE ROI SOLEIL – Vincent Maël Cardona
HONEY DON’T – Ethan Coen
CANNES PREMIERE
AMRUM – Fatih Akin
SPLITSVILLE – Michael Angelo Covino
LA OLA (THE WAVE) – Sebastián Lelio
CONNEMARA – Alex Lutz
ORWELL: 2+2=5 – Raoul Peck
DAS VERSCHWINDEN DES JOSEF MENGELE (LA DISPARITION DE JOSEF MENGELE) – Kirill Serebrennikov
RENAI SAIBAN – Kōji Fukada
ÁSTIN SEM EFTIR ER – Hlynur Pálmason
MAGALHÃES – Lav Diaz
MA FRÈRE – Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
STORIES OF SURRENDER – Bono
TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER – Romane Bohringer
A MAGNIFICENT LIFE – Sylvain Chomet
AMÉLIE ET LA MÉTAPHYSIQUE DES TUBES – Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han, 1st film
MAMA – Or Sinai, 1st film
ARCO – Ugo Bienvenu, 1st film
QUI BRILLE AU COMBAT – Joséphine Japy, 1st film
THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN – Eugene Jarecki
PLUS
AS PART OF A TRIBUTE TO PIERRE RICHARD
L’HOMME QUI A VU L’OURS QUI A VU L’HOMME – Pierre Richard
What are the Cannes Film Festival Dates?
Tuesday 13 May to Saturday 24 May
