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Cannes Film Festival · 2025

Cannes Film Festival 2025

Cannes Premiere

Programme

10 films · 2 reviews

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Amrum

Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and works the nearby farm to help his mother feed the family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. But when peace finally comes, it reveals a deeper threat: the enemy is far closer than he imagined.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2025; Director: Fatih Akin; Writer: Fatih Akin, Hark Bohm; Stars: Diane Kruger, Matthias Schweighöfer, Laura Tonke, Detlev Buck, Hark Bohm, Lisa Hagmeister, Lars Jessen, Steffen Wink, Jasper Billerbeck, Kian Köppke)

Connemara

Born into a modest family, Hélène left the Vosges a long time ago. Today, a sudden burn-out forces her to leave Paris and return to the place where she grew up. One evening, in the parking lot of a franchised restaurant, she spots Christophe Marchal, the charismatic field hockey prodigy from her high school days. An unexpected love affair begins.

(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Alex Lutz; Writer: Hadrien Bichet, Alex Lutz, Nicolas Mathieu; Stars: Mélanie Thierry, Anne Charrier, Bastien Bouillon, Clémentine Célarié, Bruno Sanches, Grégory Montel, Jacques Gamblin, Alexandre Auvergne)

The Disappearance Of Josef Mengele

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, escapes to South America to rebuild his life in hiding. Through the eyes of his son who finds him again, Mengele is confronted with a past he can no longer ignore.

(Country: France, Mexico, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain; Year: 2025; Director: Kirill Serebrennikov; Writer: Olivier Guez; Stars: August Diehl, Dana Herfurth, Burghart Klaußner, Anton Lytvynov, Heinz K. Krattiger, Maximilian Meyer-Bretschneider, Carlos Kaspar, Alina Lytvynova, Tetiana Lytvynova, David Ruland, Rodrigo Costa Pereyra, Diana Stepanova, Santino Lucci, Ramiro Lucci)

Love On Trial

Mai, a rising J-Pop idol, is finally about to have her big break when she unexpectedly falls in love. But in an industry where young female singers must maintain an image of flawless purity for their fans, love is forbidden. When her relationship is exposed, Mai’s agency takes drastic action, dragging the couple to court over the “no love” clause in her contract, throwing her life into chaos.

(Country: Japan; Year: 2025; Director: Kôji Fukada; Writer: Kôji Fukada, Shintaro Mitani; Stars: Kyoko Saito)

The Love That Remains

A year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

(Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France; Year: 2025; Director: Hlynur Pálmason; Writer: Hlynur Pálmason; Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Sverrir Gudnason, Anders Mossling, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir, Saga Garðarsdóttir, Halldór Laxness Halldórsson, Grímur Hlynsson, Þorgils Hlynsson, Kristinn Guðmundsson)

Magellan

Magellan is a navigator rebelling against the power of the King, due to his humanism and belief in justice. But once he is finally in command of the Spice Fleet, in which he will make the first circumnavigation of the Earth, what will his journey unravel about himself?

(Country: Philippines, Spain, Portugal, France; Year: 2025; Director: Lav Diaz; Writer: Lav Diaz; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Amado Arjay Babon, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Ângela Azevedo, Hazel Orencio, Ronnie Lazaro, Rafael Morais, Bong Cabrera, Tomás Alves, Ivo Arroja, Valdemar Santos, Sasa Cabalquinto, Mario Castro, Paulo Calatré, Max Grosse Majench)

Orwell: 2+2=5

Review preview for Orwell: 2+2=5

Offers food for thought in the realm of a slightly ungainly and sprawling all-you-can-eat buffet rather than a satisfying sit-down feast.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.

(Country: France, US; Year: 2025; Director: Raoul Peck; Stars: Narrated by, Damien Lewis)

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Splitsville

Review preview for Splitsville

It’s hard to care about a film when those involved don’t appear to have done so themselves.

Jennie Kermode · 2 out of 5
Splitsville picks up with Ashley asking for a divorce, watching as the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.

(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Michael Angelo Covino; Writer: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin; Stars: Adria Arjona, Dakota Johnson, O-T Fagbenle, Nicholas Braun, David Castañeda, Charlie Gillespie, Simon Webster, Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Tyrone Benskin, Stephen Adekolu, Jessika Mathurin, Letitia Brookes, Robin Guillen, Marc Assiniwi)

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Summer Beats (Ma Frere)

From the tower blocks of Paris to the countryside of the Drôme region, Shaï and Djeneba lead summer camp activities while grappling with growing up and growing apart.

(Country: France; Year: 2025; Director: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret; Writer: Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret, Catherine Paillé; Stars: Shirel Nataf, Fanta Kebe, Zakaria-Tayeb Lazab, Mouctar Diawara)

The Wave

A Chilean student finds herself becoming a central figure in a feminist movement.

(Country: Chile, US; Year: 2025; Director: Sebastián Lelio; Writer: Josefina Fernández, Manuela Infante, Sebastián Lelio, Paloma Salas; Stars: Amparo Noguera, Néstor Cantillana, Amalia Kassai, Florencia Berner, Renata González Spralja, Daniela López, Enzo Ferrada Rosati, Avril Aurora, Paulina Cortes, Lola Bravo, Thiare Ruz, Paulina Cortés)