The 2025 Cannes Movie Competition major competitors jury was revealed Monday morning, all of whom will take a look at 21 movies vying for the Palme d’Or.
The jury’s mixture of expertise from above and under the road consists of: American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French/Moroccan author Leïla Slimani, plus Congolese director and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director/screenwriter/producer Carlos Reygadas, and American actor Jeremy Robust.
As beforehand introduced, the principle competitors jury president can be Juliette Binoche. The jury will oversee the choice of the Palme d’Or and different competitors prizes. Neon has launched the previous six consecutive Palme d’Or winners, with Sean Baker’s 2024 movie “Anora” happening to win the Academy Award for Greatest Image.
The 2025 Cannes Movie Competition will happen from Could 13 to 24. Amélie Bonnin’s directorial debut “Go away One Day” will open the pageant, making historical past as the primary debut movie to open Cannes within the 78 years of the pageant. Further Cannes premieres embrace Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Worth,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Obscure,” Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha,” Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” Jafar Panahi’s “A Easy Accident,” Oliver Hermanus’ “The Historical past of Sound,” and Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” all in competitors. The out-of-competition titles vary from “Mission: Unattainable — The Closing Reckoning” to Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest.” Harris Dickinson and Scarlett Johansson’s respective directorial debuts, “Urchin” and “Eleanor the Nice,” will display within the Un Sure Regard part.
The pageant is run by pageant director Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch. The 2024 Cannes program included the world premieres of Academy Award winners “Anora,” “The Substance,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “Circulation.” Greta Gerwig was the 2024 jury president.