Cannes 2025, Mario Martone in competition with his outside. All the films scheduled

From 13 to 24 May, the Cannes 2025 festival promises to give A rich and varied selection under the direction of Thierry Frémauxwho said: «2909 feature films, a record, were presented this year in Cannes. We have the privilege of discovering at the Festival the world film production 130 years after the birth of cinema and only 5 years after the world pandemic, a production that shows that cinema is alive ».

In an edition that celebrates the 70 years of the golden palm, The competition will be chaired by Juliette Binochewho will guide a careful jury. President Iris Knobloch stressed how, For the first time in over six decades, the Festival sees two consecutive filmmakers at the helm of the juryafter Greta Gerwig. «Women are finally listened to and the festival is particularly attentive to their voice. They do not ask for their place, but they take it, “he said, referring to the rewarded registers such as Justine Triet and Coralie Fargeat. The president also recalled that the festival “took the investigation commission for sexual abuse in the world of entertainment with seriousness”.

Italian films in selection

The Italian presence this year is particularly rich: Mario Martone, with his Outhe will tell the life of the writer Goliarda Sapienza, played by Valeria Golino, a work that follows the success of the series The art of joyalso set in the universe of wisdom. In addition, the Certain Regard welcomes the western Head or cross? by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppiswhich tells the story of Buffalo Bill, played by John C. Reilly, and the Road Movie The cities of Pianura of the debutant Francesco Sossai.

Exceptional debuts

Cannes 2025 will also see the debut behind the camera of Scarlett Johansson, which he will present Eleonor The Great. The actress, who has been a loved face of the big screen for years, now gives us a story of its own. There will also be American stars, like Joaquin Phoenix, protagonist of a film in competition in which he plays a sheriff. And then there is Wes Anderson, with his movie The Phoenician plotwhich will see the participation of Benicio del Toro and many other actors. Frémaux joked that “Anderson has already booked hotel and bus”, alluding to his now legendary style of bringing all his crew on the Croisette, almost as if it were a school trip.

The tribute to Robert De Niro

On the occasion of the inaugural evening, the golden palm to career will be conferred on Robert De Niro, a living legend of cinema, which celebrates A career more than 60 years long with over 120 titles. The actor of Taxi driver And The godfather81 years old, will hold a masterclass at the Debussy Theater on May 14, an unmissable event for cinephiles.

Tom Cruise’s return

After being awarded with the golden palm for the projection of Top Gun: Maverick In 2022, Tom Cruise returned to Cannes with the latest adventure of the saga of Mission: Impossiblepresenting Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning out of competition. His arrival on the Croisette will be another unmissable moment for fans of action cinema.

The titles in competition

The official selection of Cannes 2025 includes titles from all over the world.

• Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier
• Romania by Carla Simon
• Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski
• The Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh
• The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt
• Dossier 137 by Dominik Moll
• The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho
• Out by Mario Martone
• Two prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa
• Nouvelle vague by Richard Linklater
• Sirat by Oliver Laxe
• The Petite Dernière by Hafia Herzi
• The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus
• Renoir by chhi hayakawa
• Alpha by Julia Ducournau
• Young Mothers by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
• Eddington by Ari Aster

Out of competition

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning by Christopher Mcquarrie
• La Venue de l’avenir by Cédric Klapisch
• The Richest Woman in the World by Thierry Klifa
• Privée streets by Rebecca Zlotowski

Special projections

• Bono: stories of surrender by Andrew Dominik
• Tell Her That I Love Her by Claude Miller
• Sons of the Neon Night by Juno Mak
• Exit 8 by Genki Kawamura
• Dolloway by Yann Gozlan

Cannes Première

• Splitsville by Michael Angelo Covino
• Amrum by Fatih Akin
• Connemara by Alex Lutz
• The disappearance of Josef Mengele by Kirill Serebrennikov
• The ola by Sebastien Leilo
• Orwell by Raoul Peck