Written by Mariane Tremblay
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This morning, Thierry Frémaux, the festival’s director, announced this year’s lineup, and like every year, we couldn’t be more pleased with the films premiering in Cannes.
In Competition
Artist Antoine has lost all inspiration and slipped into alcoholism since the death of his wife Irène, a loss he blames himself for. Suzanne is a penniless sideshow performer pretending to be a clairvoyant, whom Antoine consults in a bid to connect with Irène. Antoine’s dealer, Armand, desperate to keep Antoine from falling apart, urges Suzanne to keep the ruse alive. She stages a series of improvised hypnosis sessions, claiming she can channel Irène in exchange for having her debts paid by Armand.
All Of A SuddenDirected by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Marie-Lou Fontaine (Virginie Efira), director of a nursing home in the Paris suburbs, defies convention by adopting the ‘Humanitude’ method despite her team’s resistance. Her encounter with Mari Morisaki (Tao Okamoto), a terminally ill Japanese playwright, transforms her life. Together, they turn the facility into a symbol of resistance and humanity against the system’s limits.
Directed by Jeanne Herry
Garance is a young actress, but not a star. She manages everything as best she can, valiant, cheerful, a soldier, and she finds in alcohol an unconditional fuel, a source of comfort. Garance changes her life and begins an eight-year journey of moves, work, encounters, parties, and anxieties, joys, and hardships… An intimate, friendly, and sexual revolution. But she consumes more and more. Until the very possibility of death…
Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen
After years of estrangement, an acclaimed director and his daughter, a struggling actress, make a movie together and are forced to confront a troubled past neither of them has wanted to face.
Directed by Lea Mysius
Set in a hamlet in rural France, the story follows a man and his wife, their daughter, and an artist neighbor. As the man plans a surprise for his wife’s birthday, inexplicable happenings begin to disrupt the hamlet’s quiet existence before turning into a nightmarish chain of events when night falls.
After her mother dies in December, advertising director Elsa immerses herself in work to cope. When a panic attack forces her to take a break, she decides to travel to Lanzarote with her friend Patricia. The story of these women run parallel to that of a screenwriter and film director, exploring how life and fiction are inseparably linked, sometimes painfully so.
The Black Ball, inspired by an unfinished play by Federico García Lorca, will be a queer vindication about three men in three different moments of Spanish history: 1932, 1937, and 2017.
During the First World War, the soldiers behind the front line try to keep their spirits up. Stirred by the rhetoric of war, they each search for their own way to cope.
The story of a woman living in the border region between Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, who agrees to partake in a special deal in order to help a friend. However, this will lead her into a dangerous situation, and she will have to confront her desires
Fatherland
Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski)
In 1949, German writer Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika embark on a road trip across a Germany in ruins, from US-dominated Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar.
Directed by Cristian Mungiu
The Gheorghius – Catholic and Romanian - settle in a Norwegian village, the mother’s birthplace. They quickly bond with the Halbergs, who live in the neighbouring house near the bay. Despite their very different upbringings, the children of both families soon become close friends. Until the Gheorghius are suspected of hurting their own children…
Directed by Marie Kreutzer
After relocating with her family to the countryside, a renowned pianist uncovers a life-shattering truth that forces her to confront the complexities of love, trust, and deception.
A mysterious discovery is made on the outskirts of the remote harbor town. The residents find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against something they have never encountered before.
In late 1980s New York, a theater artist living with AIDS takes on one possibly last great role.
The director of a Russian company is preparing to fire his employees. At the same time, he discovers that his wife is cheating on him.
The story of Jean Moulin, a French civil servant and resistant who succeeded in unifying the main networks of the French Resistance in World War II, and who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during the German occupation of France.
Yoriko, an artist living in rural Nagi, is haunted by a former love affair she cannot bear to mourn. When Yuri, a recently separated architect, travels from Tokyo to visit her friend and former sister-in-law, both women find themselves at a crossroad, each searching for ways to let go of the past and define their identities. Yuri’s brief escape from the city settles into a quiet confrontation of loss and probing for the two women in bucolic Nagi.
In September 1940, Henri Marre arrives alone in Vichy as the newly formed regime of Marshal Pétain establishes its government. Hoping to secure a role in this shifting political landscape, he carries a manuscript he has written titled Notre salut, a text he believes could help guide France toward renewal after its collapse. Moving through offices, cafés, and corridors of influence, Henri tries to persuade officials and intermediaries to read and support his ideas. As he struggles to gain recognition, his personal ambitions collide with the opportunism, uncertainty, and moral compromises surrounding the Vichy administration. Through Henri’s determined yet fragile quest for legitimacy, the story follows one man’s attempt to find purpose and influence during a moment when France itself is searching for a path forward.
A young man falls madly in love with an older woman, leading him into a dangerous obsession.
In the near future, a couple take a state-of-the-art humanoid into their home as their son.
See you soon 40 years old, David Zimmerman is a photographer, but no one knows. While he almost never leaves home, friends drag him to a crazy party. He spots a woman in the crowd, can’t take his eyes off her, follows her… In the middle of the night, his life changes.
David wakes up… in the body of the unknown.
Directed by Charline Bourgeois-Taquet
Gabrielle, a dedicated surgeon and head of a hospital department, is stretched thin by the weight of responsibility. There is little time left for her private life: a loving husband and a mother who depends on her care. Yet this is the life she wanted, the life she chose. When a novelist comes to observe her at work for a book, her balance begins to shift.
Un Certain Regard
Opening Film
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.
Directed by Yukiko Sode
Freelance proofreader Fuyuko’s carefully ordered life in solitude begins to transform after meeting Mitsutsuka, a quiet high school physics teacher.
Rwanda, 2012. The country is emerging from an era of silence after the 1994 Tutsi genocide, and people’s courts are being set up with the aim of bringing justice and reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite pressures, she organises discussion sessions between victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonial sessions revive and reveal the traumas that each of them try to overcome, in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda’s past are exposed again when she learns of her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the father. Veneranda has to face her own contradictions and the dark parts of her past.
A washed-up Brooklyn party icon and functional drug addict reluctantly takes in a young son he never knew he had, forcing him to navigate the chaos of fatherhood and grow up in the process.
In a small Nepalese village nestled deep within a forest inhabited by wild elephants, Pirati is the matriarch of a community of transgender women. She longs for a “normal” life with Master, a mustachioed man she loves. But when one of her girls disappears, she must choose between love and her responsibility to her community.
One year after Jessie’s death, her mother and little sister take in her ex-boyfriend - the boy the whole world secretly blames for her death. When the unlikely trio leaves for a trip to Tenerife, for a family holiday that never happened, past and present quietly start to overlap.
Focusing on 28-year-old Elsa’s return to San José as she navigates between her mentally unstable sister, Amalia, and her disengaged parents.
I’ll Be Gone in June
Directed by Katharina Rivilis (1st film)
Directed by Katharina Rivilis (1st film)
In search of freedom and the American Dream, 16-year-old German exchange student Franny sets out to the USA in 2001. But instead of New York or California, she ends up in the emptiness of a small town in New Mexico. In the wake of 9/11, Franny drifts through her exchange life in a city left behind and forgotten by America. In the endless desert, Franny, the ‘alien’, meets military host families, bored teens, strange characters of all kinds, and a soulmate – the melancholic Elliott, who despite his young age already represents the opposite of this dream and seems to have failed in life before he even crosses the threshold of adulthood. There is little time left for the two of them until June – until Franny will leave again. What can they do to stop the time from running out?
In rural France, Christophe (10) tries to live up to his rigid and distant father on the family farm. But the young boy starts to lean over and collapse without warning — on the tractor, at school, at dinner… A doctor finds the solution: Christophe must wear an iron corset to keep himself upright. Forced to reinvent his life away from the farm, Christophe discovers a new passion for music, meets a new friend, and follows her into his first mischief. But will any of this really fix what is out of balance?
1992, Chile. Inés parents are away on business, and she is left in the care of her grandparents, who own a hotel at the foot of a ski resort. Inés befriends Hanna, a European skier who has come to train in Chile. One night, Hanna disappears. The process of her search will unveil a series of hidden situations.
Hasna (Nisrin Erradi) leaves her native Morocco to work as a seasonal worker in a strawberry greenhouse in Huelva, Andalusia.
A giant girl lives in a wild rural environment. When the modern world enters this isolated Russian Old Believer milieu, the girl is taken away and dragged into the world of professional sports. The aim does not differ much from that of a circus in the Middle Ages – to entertain audiences and exploit the limits of people’s mental and physical abilities. But the girl proves to have unbelievable willpower and athletic talent. She is able to adapt and triumph in this new world. This is the story of the famous basketball player Ulyana Semyonova.
In a Bedouin village in the Bekaa Valley, everyone is looking for Gamra. She is an enigmatic young girl who was accused of burning the vehicle of the man she loved when he decided to marry someone else. Will this burning flame spread out to the entire village?
Out of Competition
Diamond
Directed by Andy Garcia
Directed by Andy Garcia
Joe Diamond is out of time with a traumatic past and an uncanny ability to solve crimes, using wit and observation to peel back hidden truths.
Her Private Hell
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
An edgy, hypnotic, and unhinged thriller based on an original story that promises “lots of glitter, sex, and violence.”
Karma
Directed by Guillaume Canet
Directed by Guillaume Canet
In a village in northern Spain, Jeanne tries to rebuild her life with Daniel, who knows nothing about her troubled past. One day, Jeanne’s six-year-old godson mysteriously disappears, and Jeanne becomes the main suspect.
L’Abandon
Directed by Vincent Garenq
Directed by Vincent Garenq
La Bataille De Gaulle, film 1 : L'âge de fer
Directed by Antonin Baudry
Directed by Antonin Baudry
Part one of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle’s life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.
L’Objet du délit
Directed by Agnès Jaoui
Directed by Agnès Jaoui
Behind the scenes of an ambitious staging of the opera The Marriage of Figaro, an accusation of sexual assault emerges, upsetting the balance of the cast. The film explores the tensions linked to generational conflicts and individual stances in an artistic context in crisis.
Midnight Screenings
Colony
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho
Directed by Yeon Sang-ho
Se-jeong, a biotechnology professor, attends a biotech conference—only to witness it spiral into catastrophe when a rapidly mutating virus is unleashed. As the outbreak spreads and the infected begin to transform, authorities seal off the entire facility, trapping the survivors with an ever-growing threat.
Full Phil
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Philip Doom, a wealthy American industrialist who attempts to reconnect with his daughter Madeleine during a luxurious trip to Paris. Unfortunately, French cuisine, a 1950s horror film, and an intrusive hotel employee disrupt the smooth running of their stay.
Jim Queen and the Quest for Chloroqueer
Directed by Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen (1st film)
Directed by Nicolas Athane and Marco Nguyen (1st film)
When Heterosis - a mysterious virus that turns gay men straight sweeps through the Parisian gay scene, Jim, the six packed sovereign of the Gym Queens, goes from Pride royalty to social outcast. With only Lucien, a freshly-out twink with more heart than abs, still by his side, Jim must race to find a cure before the disease erases the community that once worshipped him.
Roma Elastica
Directed by Bertrand Mandico
Directed by Bertrand Mandico
The story revolves around an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome in the 1980s.
Sanguine
Directed by Marion Le Coroller (1st film)
Directed by Marion Le Coroller (1st film)
Cannes Premiere
Heimsuchung
Directed by Volker Schlondorff
Directed by Volker Schlondorff
A plot of land, a house by the lake, its changing inhabitants. This one plot of land reflects 70 years of German history from Weimar, the Nazis, the war, the Soviet occupation and reconstruction to the fall of the GDR.
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Provincial lord of the Arioka Castle, Murashige Araki, rebels against tyrannical despot Oda Nobunaga, and makes a stand at his stronghold castle. He decides to take siege but is subsequently surrounded by Oda’s forces, leaving its denizens isolated and in need of allies. With the sensitive support of his wife Chiyoho, Murashige struggles to keep his hot-blooded retainers in check, while also protecting the castle and its people. One day, a young samurai is murdered within the fortress with the mysterious killer unknown. A succession of bizarre incidents follows. The suspects are Murashige’s close retainers and the people inside the Arioka Castle’s land. Outside, enemy troops lie in wait. Inside, traitors lie to conceal themselves. As suspicion runs rampant, Murashige seeks the help of a prisoner in his dungeon—dangerous master tactician Kanbei Kuroda—to solve the mysteries.
The Match
Directed by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco
Directed by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco
Propeller One-Way Night Coach
Directed by John Travolta (1st film)
Directed by John Travolta (1st film)
In the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast, Jeff, and his mother set off on a one-way cross-country odyssey to Hollywood, which transforms a simple flight into the trip of a lifetime. Between airline meals, charming flight attendants, unexpected stopovers, larger-than-life passengers and a thrilling glimpse at first class, the journey unfolds in moments both magical and unexpected, charting the course for the boy’s future.
Une Nuit
Directed by Daniel Auteuil
Directed by Daniel Auteuil
Follows the incredible story of a 1942 effort to to save over 100 Jewish children from a deportation camp just outside of Lyon.
Special Screenings
Avedon
Directed by Ron Howard
Directed by Ron Howard
Cantona
Directed by David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas
Directed by David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas
Gisèle - Au nom de toutes
Directed by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller
Directed by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller
Follows the lawyer Gisèle Halimi and her historic defense of Basque individuals accused of crimes committed during the conflict in Basque Country.
John Lennon: The Last Interview
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
A feature documentary centered on the final interview of John Lennon, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Les Matins Merveilleux
Directed by Avril Besson (1st film)
Directed by Avril Besson (1st film)
At her grandmother’s funeral, Charlie learns that she already has a place reserved in the family vault. In search of an escape, she herself delivers the crate of disco vinyls her grandmother left to the wine merchant in a village in the south of France. In the deserted seaside resort, the records bring back bitter memories of lost loves. Here, time has a different value, and people are more bored than busy. Charlie only has eyes for Marina, the waitress at the pizzeria. Nothing predestined clumsy, overly sincere Charlie and wounded tornado Marina to mend fences together. But sometimes destiny reunites lost mermaids
Les Survivants du Che
Directed by Christophe Réveille (1st film)
Directed by Christophe Réveille (1st film)
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Directed by Pegah Ahangarani (1st film)
Directed by Pegah Ahangarani (1st film)
The festival will take place from May 12 to 23.
Synopsis from Letterboxd
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