Cannes 2025: everything we know before the announcement of the official selection
Juliette Binoche President of the Jury, Robert de Niro for the palm of honor, mission: Impossible in official selection … Here is a recap of essential information about the 78th Cannes Festival!
This Thursday April 10Thierry Frémaux – General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival – will announce at the annual press conference some Films selected in official competition. Before having the list of potential successors ofAnorahere is everything you need to know about this 78th editionwhich will take place From May 13 to 25.
We have been doing the information for several months: Juliette Binoche succeeds the director of BarbieGreta Gerwig, for preside over the jury of this new edition of the festival. The 61 -year -old actress is one of the emblematic faces of French cinema and has represented in France during the 2024 Oscars with The passion of Dodin Bouffant. Another very popular Frenchman will animate the opening and fence evenings of the Cannes festival: Laurent Lafitte. The actor of the series Lurking and Count of Monte-Cristo reiterates the post master of ceremonieswhich he had already occupied for the 2016 edition.
Juliette Binoche, president of the 2025 Cannes Festival
Other more recent information fell on price discounts. Robert de Niro will receive the prestigious palm of gold of honor During the opening ceremony on Tuesday, May 13, for all of his immense career. The actor of Driver taxi And Assignment – Two films rewarded with a palm – continues its story in style with La Croisette.
He is an American director who was chosen by the SRF (Society of directors and film directors) for The price of the gold carriage: Todd Haynes. The director of May December will be rewarded during the Opening ceremony of the Fortnight of filmmakers. The SRF says it is proud to honor “A filmmaker born at the heart of the American counter-culture and who carries his legacy of questioning standards, whether social, sexual, or artistic”.
The director Christophe Honoré (Marcello Mio)) will chair the queer palm juryLGBTQIA + prices awarded for 15 years. He succeeds Lukas Dhont who had given the award to the film Three kilometers until the end of the world of Emanuel Pârvu.
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Like every year, bets are open for official selection. But there is a film that we are more or less certain to discover in Cannes this year … The director of photography of the next black comedy of Ari Aster confirmed thatEddington would do its debut at the Cannes Film Festivalaccording to Deadline. Darius Khondji says that the film with Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal is at the post production stage: “Ari showed me the film. I heard that he would be presented in Cannes two weeks ago”.
Real certainty: Tom Cruise will climb the steps of the Palais des Festivals well (or will arrive directly by helicopter) with The eighth part of the saga Mission: Impossible, The Final Reckoning. The official press release announces that the film by Christopher McQuarrie will be presented Excluding competition on Wednesday May 14. And the indoor exit is scheduled for May 21!
As for the rest, nothing is certain, but some dates of outings put us on the way of the festival … this is the case Next Wes Anderson feature film,, The Phoenician Schemewhich has just unveiled his trailer. The Texan director remains faithful to himself: Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Benicio Del Toro, Rice Ahmed, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Cera are all actors that we can see parading in this new trailer. The film comes out in dark rooms May 28just after the dates of canes …
As for the rest, Kristen Stewart may, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Ducournau or Spike Lee are part of the selection revealed This Thursday from 11 a.m.. To follow …
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