Life on La Croisette might be magical, however alas, should come to an finish. And whereas some might need for the 2025 Cannes Movie Pageant to final endlessly, as at all times, all that’s meant to reside on is the work. A bevy of titles for cinephiles to cherish all year long and certain years to return have screened and now it’s time to search out out who will take dwelling the coveted Palme d’Or, in addition to different awards introduced by this yr’s juries. Main the Important Competitors jury voting on the highest prize is European Movie Academy president Juliette Binoche. She’s joined by Halle Berry, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sang-soo, Payal Kapadia, Carlos Reygadas, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, and Jeremy Robust.
It could be too early to say, but it surely appears Cannes 2025 was outlined by a wholesome competitors between indie distributors Neon and Mubi. Neon has acquired the Palme d’Or winner 5 years working and appears to repeat that success by way of a number of choices. Coming into the fest, they’d already put their weight behind Julia Ducarneau’s physique horror “Alpha” and Joachim Trier’s household drama “Sentimental Worth,” however during the last week have additionally picked up well-recieved competitors entries “Sirât,” “It Was Simply an Accident,” and “The Secret Agent.” In the meantime, “The Substance” distributor Mubi got here in with queer romance “The Historical past of Sound” and heist movie “The Mastermind,” then subsequently purchased two buzzy titles: Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love” and Mascha Schilinski’s generational drama “Sound of Falling.”
On Friday, Un Sure Regard awarded it prizes from a jury led by Molly Manning Walker and together with Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Louise Courvoisier, Vanja Kaluđerčić, and Roberto Minervini. The Jury Prize was introduced to Simón Mesa Soto for his satire, “A Poet,” whereas Harry Lighton took dwelling Greatest Screenplay for his BDSM romance “Pillion.” Each movies had been IndieWire Critic’s Picks. Chilean filmmaker Diego Céspedes took dwelling the highest prize for his directorial debut “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingos.” The Nineteen Eighties-set drama was a global co-production between Chile, France, Belgium, Spain, and Germany.
Preserve studying to search out out the 2025 Cannes Movie Pageant winners:
Palme d’Or: “It Was Simply an Accident”
Grand Prix: “Sentimental Worth”
Jury Prize: *TIE* “Sirât” & “Sound of Falling”
Greatest Actress: Nadia Melliti, “The Little Sister”
Greatest Actor: Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”
Greatest Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho, “The Secret Agent”
Greatest Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, “The Younger Mom’s Dwelling”
Digicam d’Or: Hasan Hadi, “The President’s Cake”
Particular Award: Bi Gan, “Resurrection”
Quick Movie Palme d’Or: “I’m Glad You’re Useless Now,” Tawfeek Barhom
Quick Movie Particular Point out: “Ali,” Adnan Al Rajeev
Golden Eye Documentary Prize: “Imago,” Déni Oumar Pitsaev
Golden Eye Documentary tenth Anniversary Prize: “The Six Billion Greenback Man”
Queer Palm: Hafsia Herzi, “La Petite Dernière”