Cannes Film Festival 2025 Lineup Revealed – ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Nouvelle Vague’ & More

The time has come yet again, the official start of the next awards race ahead of the 98th Academy Awards, Festival de Cannes, has just announced its lineup for its competition as well as some other highly anticipated films out of competition. Find out the Cannes Film Festival 2025 Lineup.

Last year’s Cannes Film Festival saw the debut of the eventual Oscar winner Anora so of course, eyes are glued to the French festival for any hint at what we can expect come Oscar season. Earlier today, the announcement for the In Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings, and Opening Night categories was held. Join us as we list the films, as announced by Thierry Frémaux. 

Cannes Film Festival 2025 Official Selection

Opening Night

• Leave One Day, dir. Amelie Bonin

In Competition

• Alpha, dir. Julia Ducournau
• Dossier 137, dir. Dominik Moll
• The Eagles Of The Republic, dir. Tarik Saleh
• Eddington, dir. Ari Aster
• Fuori, dir. Mario Martone
• The History Of Sound, dir. Oliver Hermanus
• In Simple Accident, dir. Jafar Panahi
• La Petite Dernière, dir. Hafsia Herzi
• The Mastermind, dir. Kelly Reichardt
• Nouvelle Vague, dir. Richard Linklater
• The Phoenician Scheme, dir. Wes Anderson
• Renoir, dir. Chie Hayakawa
• Romeria, dir. Carla Simon
• The Secret Agent, dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Sentimental Value, dir. Joachim Trier
• Sirat, dir. Oliver Laxe
• Sound Of Falling, dir. Mascha Schilinski
• Two Prosecutors, dir. Sergei Loznitsa
• Young Mothers, dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Un Certain Regard

• Aisha Can’t Fly Away Anymore, dir. Morad Mostafa
• Eleanor The Great, dir. Scarlett Johansson
• L’inconnue de la Grande Arche, dir. Stephane Demoustier
• Meteors, dir. Hubert Charuel
• My Father’s Shadow, dir. Akinola Davies Jr
• The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo, dir. Diego Céspedes
• Once Upon A Time In Gaza, dir. Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser
• A Pale View Of Hills, dir. Kei Ishikawa
• Pillion, dir. Harry Lighton
• The Plague, dir. Charlie Polinger
• Urchin, dir. Harris Dickinson

Out of Competition

• The Coming Of The Future, dir. Cedric Klapisch
• Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, dir. Christopher McQuarrie
• The Richest Woman In The World, dir. Thierry Klifa
• Vie Privée, dir. Rebecca Zlotowski

Midnight Screenings

• Exit 8, dir. Genki Kawamura
• Songs Of The Neon Night, dir. Juno Mak

Special Screenings

• Bono: Stories Of Surrender, dir. Andrew Dominik
• The Magnificent Life Of Marcel Pagnol, dir. Sylvain Chomet
• Tell Her That I Love Her, dir. Claude Miller

Cannes Premiere

• Amrum, dir. Fatih Akin
• Connemara, dir. Alex Lutz
• The Disappearance Of Josef Mengele, dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
• Orwell, dir. Raoul Peck
• Splitsville, dir. Michael Angelo Covino
• The Wave, dir. Sebastián Lelio

And that’s the Cannes 2025 Official Selection! Of course, as with every year, this list is not finalized and other films, such as Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, have been offered a spot in the slate but are yet to confirm acceptance. Notable films that are not included in the slate include Terrence Malick’s long anticipated The Way of the Wind, Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love, among others.

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