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Never underestimate the critical desire to cite Éric Rohmer––spend enough days at a film festival and you’ll start noticing illusions to the director’s work in your breakfast cereal. Still, I’m struggling to think of a recent film that’s done so much with Rohmer’s style as The Plant from the Canaries, a debut of rare clarity, wit, and beauty. It might be the best thing I saw in Locarno this year.

Canaries is directed by Ruan Lan-Xi, a filmmaker from China who has lived in Berlin for almost a decade. Though the protagonist here is Korean, Ruan’s film speaks with remarkable specificity about the experience of being an expat in Berlin for that period of time. It’s not insignificant that the film takes place in the colder months of the year, long after the parks have gone quiet and lakes have frozen over...

Looking for what to see in theaters? Our feature, updated weekly, highlights our top recommendations for films currently in theaters, from new releases to restorations receiving a proper theatrical run.

While we already provide extensive monthly new-release recommendations and weekly streaming recommendations, as distributors’ roll-outs can vary, this is a one-stop list to share the essential films that may be on a screen near you.

2000 Meters to Andriivka (Mstyslav Chernov)

In 2000 Meters to Andriivka, we are thrown headfirst into war. From a first-person point of view, we live with a brigade of Ukrainian soldiers as they make their way to liberate the village of Andriivka, which is occupied by the Russians. As the Ukrainians trudge through the forest (they have to avoid the mine-filled roads) they take heavy fire from the opposition. The village is just over a mile away, a strategic power point in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. By the Stream opens in theaters on August 8, 2025.

The death of the author is the birth of the reader, as we know from post-structuralist thought; then again, there are Hong Sangsoo’s public remarks. A charming video I often revisit shows the South Korean filmmaker outlining his working method: script dialogue completed the day of (also common on big Hollywood productions), followed by a light-speed editing assembly. But at a public Q&a in Locarno following the premiere of his latest, By the Stream, he revealed a shift; a day now separates his writing and location-shooting. Turning over his new film and this year’s other premiere, A Traveler’s Needs, the extra hours of composition and finessing are evident.

So how about Spot the Difference––which we cynically might call being on Hong world-premiere-reviewing duty. Yet By the Stream’s departures,...

Ahead of the 63rd New York Film Festival kicking off next month, taking place September 26 through October 13, the Main Slate has now been unveiled, featuring 34 of the most acclaimed and anticipated films of the year.

Highlights include the world premieres of Ulrich Köhler’s Gavagai and the previously announced Bradly Cooper’s Is This Thing On? as Closing Night, alongside new films by Bi Gan, Kelly Reichardt, Kathryn Bigelow, Lucrecia Martel, Christian Petzold, Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Joachim Trier, Oliver Laxe, Kent Jones, Noah Baumbach, Jafar Panahi, Pietro Marcello, Laura Poitras, and more.

NYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim stated: “​​Anyone who cares about film knows that it is an art in need of defending, like many of our core values today. Across all sections of the festival, the movies we have selected this year suggest that this safeguarding can take many guises: acts of rejuvenation and refusal,...

George Clooney’s “Jay Kelly,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” have been added to the New York Film Festival lineup.

This year’s main slate will showcase 34 films, including Cannes prizewinners, Sundance darlings and Venice premieres.

“​​Anyone who cares about film knows that it is an art in need of defending, like many of our core values today,” said NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim. “Across all sections of the festival, the movies we have selected this year suggest that this safeguarding can take many guises: acts of rejuvenation and refusal, expressions of unease and joy, feats of imagination and commemoration. I am particularly struck by the diversity of approaches and forms among the films in this Main Slate, which affirms that the art of cinema is more than capable of thriving, even in difficult times.”

As previously announced, New York Film Festival will open on Sept.

New York Film Festival (September 26-October 13) has announced the main slate for its 63rd edition, with Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, Kathryn Bigelow’s A House Of Dynamite, and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind on the roster.

Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25, Claire Denis’ The Fence, Kent Jones’s Late Fame, and Bi Gan’s Resurrection are also in the 34-strong line-up, alongside Ulrich Köhler’s Gavagai – a metacinema centred on a production of Medea –one of two world premieres in selection alongside Bradley Cooper’s previously announced closing night film Is This Thing On?

As also previously announced,...

New York Film Festival, has unveiled the Main Slate of its 63rd edition with prize winners from top fests led by Cannes from Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident (Palme d’Or) and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value (Grand Prix) to Oliver Laxe’s Sirât and Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling (joint Jury Prize winners), Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, and Bi Gan’s Resurrection (Special Award).

From Berlin, Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Silver Bear for best leading performance for Rose Byrne) and Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25 (Silver Bear for best screenplay). Eleven Main Slate films are set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival including Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, Kent Jones’s Late Fame and Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice.

NYFF’s 34 Main Slate films from 26 countries feature two world premieres,...

After steadily rolling out some of its gala heavy-hitters, the New York Film Festival has today announced its full main slate lineup, including new films from Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Noah Baumbach, Kathryn Bigelow, Kahlil Joseph, Joachim Trier, Ira Sachs, and many more.

This year’s main slate includes films from 26 countries, among them two world premieres (including Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Thing On?” and Ulrich Köhler’s “Gavagai”), plus eight North American and 13 U.S. premieres.

The festival has also programmed a number of hits from other fests, including Cannes prizewinners like Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident,” Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât,” Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent,” and Bi Gan’s “Resurrection.” Berlin and Sundance hits are also on offer, including Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” and Radu Jude’s “Kontinental ’25.

New York Film Festival (September 26-October 13) has announced the main slate for its 63rd edition, with Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, Kathryn Bigelow’s A House Of Dynamite, and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind on the roster.

Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25, Claire Denis’ The Fence, Kent Jones’s Late Fame, and Bi Gan’s Resurrection are also in the 34-strong line-up, alongside Ulrich Köhler’s Gavagai – a metacinema centred on a production of Medea –one of two world premieres in selection alongside Bradley Cooper’s previously announced closing night film Is This Thing On?

As also previously announced,...

The 63rd New York Film Festival’s Main Slate will include new films from Noah Baumbach, Jafar Panahi, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook and more. Film at Lincoln center announced the 34 Main Slate films Tuesday.

The movies come from 26 countries and include two world, eight North American and 13 U.S. premieres. Some titles will first debut at other festivals. Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” Park’s “No Other Choice” and Kent Jones’ “Late Fame” are all playing the 82nd Venice Film Festival before crossing the Atlantic to New York City.

Cannes winners in the Main Slate include Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or winner “It Was Just an Accident”; Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” which took the Grand Prix; Jury Prize winners Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” and Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling”; Best Director- and Best Actor-winning “The Secret Agent” from Kleber Mendonça Filho; and Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,...

The awards circuit is making a key stop in the Big Apple this year.

On Tuesday, the New York Film Festival announced 34 films for their main slate lineup.

The Main Slate will showcase films from 26 countries, featuring two world premieres, eight North American premieres, and 13 U.S. premieres, including award‑winning titles from Cannes and Berlin. The lineup includes Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident (winner of the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival) and Rose Byrne, recipient of the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at the 2025 Berlinale for Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.

Also featured is Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, which is set to premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival before releasing on Netflix.

The festival has also added the world premieres of Nothing Is Lost, Ben Stiller’s documentary about his parents,...

Right Sketch, Wrong Skit: Sangsoo Scans Patterns in Bittersweet Interludes

Perspectives of regret and the uncertain odyssey of retrospection emphasize the undertones of perennial auteur Hong Sangsoo’s latest, By the Stream (his second premiere of the year following A Traveler’s Needs). While its title is reminiscent of any number of Sangsoo narratives, which tend to be tied to various forms of landscape, like beaches, hills, rivers, or mountains, his latest is a more melancholic, reflective departure, and (at least for Sangsoo) contains more pointed cultural critiques in the subtext than per usual. While there’s plenty of eating, drinking (and the guilty pleasure of smoking cigarettes), an assortment of patterns emerge in the eddies of its straightforward story.…...

We tell jokes about how many films Steven Soderbergh makes. We tell jokes about how many films Hong Sang-soo makes. But never—ever—do we joke about how many films Takashi Miike makes, lest we be crushed under the weight of a cinematic sadist’s endless catalogue. Since his debut in 1991, Miike has directed well over 100 different productions across various platforms; just to grasp the magnitude of that number, the man has directed more than 10 Times as many projects as Quentin Tarantino across the same period.

Like Tarantino, Miike’s most famous works skew towards the bloodthirsty, but with a filmography that vast, one would assume—imagine, hope, pray—that such an endless sea would come with some variety. True enough, Miike’s oeuvre expands the whole gamut from J-horror to jidai-geki action, and with “Sham” (his second film and third project of 2025), the director takes a stab (this one...

Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps leads this week’s new releases in the UK and Ireland, opening in 665 cinemas.

Marvel parent company Disney is distributing the second reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise. The first Fantastic Four film opened to £3.5m in 2005 and ended on £12.7m. Its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer opened with £4.1m and closed on £12.4m. The franchise was then rebooted for a first time in 2015 withFantastic Four,opening to £1.9m and ending on £6.2m.

In the latest reboot Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, alongside Vanessa Kirby as Sue, Joseph Quinn...

Warner Bros.’ “Superman” held the No. 1 position at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, adding £4.8 million ($6.5 million) and bringing its total to £16.3 million ($22 million), according to Comscore.

Universal’s “Jurassic World Rebirth” maintained a firm grip on second place, grossing $4.4 million over its third weekend for a cumulative total of $33.5 million. Warner Bros.’ racing drama “F1” remained in third, taking $1.7 million and pushing its tally to $24.5 million after four weeks.

Two new titles entered the top five. Paramount’s reboot “Smurfs” landed in fourth place with a debut of $1.6 million, while Sony’s slasher revival “I Know What You Did Last Summer” opened fifth with $1.2 million.

Universal’s “How To Train Your Dragon” continued its strong run in sixth place, earning $910,894 for a total of $27.5 million. Sony’s “28 Years Later” followed in seventh with $591,070, lifting its total to $19 million.

Disney’s “Elio” placed eighth...

Hong Sang-soo makes a genuinely intriguing addition to his booze- and conversation-fuelled oeuvre

With his own particular kind of unhurried ceaselessness and murmuring calm, Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo has produced another of his elegant, discursive, low-key movies of the educated middle classes. These are movies so numerous and so obviously comparable to each other that they collectively constitute a kind of Balzacian Comédie Humaine, though on a more intimate scale. It will surprise none of Hong’s admirers to discover that this film once again shows us a series of conversations with familiar repertory players, informal one-on-one chats shot casually in available light, with people doing a vast amount of daytime drinking. Really, does any film-maker show characters getting quietly plastered as often and realistically as Hong?

It’s possible to feel simultaneously amused, bemused, intrigued and exasperated at Hong’s film-making, to wonder if the drinking and the consequent...

While effectively every Hong Sangsoo film nabs nice responses from those who seek it out, By the Stream has carried a tad more weight––the sense that, after a few years of particularly handmade experiments, his longest feature (still just 111 minutes) recalled the work that first enraptured so many of us. (That he now takes an extra day in his dialogue-writing might comprise the difference.) Whatever the case, another shift is encouraging. Why should Hong, whose mystique has still never dissipated, remain ever-static? Thus we’re pleased to exclusively debut a trailer for the film, which (drumroll) Cinema Guild will release on August 8 at Film at Lincoln Center. From this it’s already evident that By the Stream‘s images are a bit grander and, dare I say, opulent.

As Rory O’Connor said in his review from Locarno, “By the Stream’s departures, and relatedly its virtues, are a bit more pronounced.

By Jean-Marc Thérouanne

This year, Korea was the guest of honor. A retrospective of fourteen key films in the history of Korean cinema — from The Housemaid (1960) by Kim Ki-young to The Land of Morning Calm (2024) by Park Ri-woong, winner of the Golden Cyclo at the 31st Fica Vesoul in 2025 — was presented in the presence of many prominent Korean cinema figures.

Jang Joon Hwan, Kim Dong Hi, Moon So Ri, Jean-Marc Thérouanne, Mo Chul Min (photo crédit Jmt)

Among them were Kim Dong-ho, founder of the prestigious Busan International Film Festival and co-founder of Netpac (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema); Park Kwang-su, current president of Biff and director of Black Republic; Jang Joon-hwan, director of the cult film Save the Green Planet!; and actress Moon So-ri. Also present were academics and officials, including His Excellency Choi Youngsam, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Vietnam.

June 30 was the key day dedicated to Korean cinema,...

The Video Essay is a joint project of Mubi and Filmadrid International Film Festival. Film analysis and criticism forged a new path with the arrival of the video essay. The limits of this discipline are constantly expanding; new essayists are finding innovative ways to study the history of cinema through moving images. This non-competitive section of the festival is designed to offer this format the platform and visibility it deserves.This selection of seven video essays was programmed by the editors of Notebook and the programmers of Filmadrid. In the coming weeks, a video essay from the program will premiere each Friday on Notebook.“Hong Sang-soo: Gravity and Grace” traces a thematic current in Hong Sang-soo’s films over the past decade. Inspired by French philosopher Simone Weil’s Gravity and Grace, it presents in montage the inescapable gravity of life his characters face, and the moments of grace that set them free.

The 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) will feature key Cannes Film Festival winners in its Horizons section and a selection of action and horror movies, both new and older, for its revamped Midnight Screenings program under the new name “Afterhours.”

In a lineup update unveiled on Friday, Kviff said it will this year screen more than 130 feature films in the picturesque Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary.

The Horizons lineup, which traditionally features highlights from the festival circuit of the past year, includes the likes of Jay Duplass’ The Baltimorons, Tom Shoval’s A Letter to David, Michel Franco’s Dreams, My Father’s Shadow by Akinola Davies Jr., Mary Bronstein‘s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day, Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors, Jafar Panahi‘s Cannes Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident, and fellow Cannes...

The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) proudly announces the official programme lineup for its highly anticipated 8th edition, set to take place from 19 to 27 July 2025. Staying true to its mission as a cultural bridge between Malaysian and global cinema, this year’s MIFFest places a spotlight on bold, diverse, and impactful storytelling from around the world. In its ongoing celebration of cinematic legends, the 8 th MIFFest is proud to pay tribute to the iconic Ti Lung with the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Extended Special Programme under the Master At Work series.

This year’s Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) sets the stage for an electrifying competition, with several standout titles leading the nominations. These critically acclaimed films reflect the depth and diversity of global storytelling celebrated at MIFFest. The Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) takes place on 26 July 2025 at Zepp Kuala Lumpur. The event will be streamed...

Like Ingmar Bergman, Éric Rohmer, and Hong Sang-soo before him, Dag Johan Haugerud believes in the niceties of conversation. Sex, one third of the writer-director’s Oslo Stories trilogy, largely consists of dialogue-driven scenes across which his characters reveal their desires and emotions. If the style of these long, mostly static scenes isn’t exactly novel, it nevertheless indicates how Haugerud aligns his work within a certain arthouse tradition, which pays modest dividends throughout the film’s two-hour runtime.

Early on, an unnamed, middle-aged man (Jan Gunnar Røise) sits off screen, listening as his boss (Thorbjørn Harr), also unnamed and middle-aged, discusses a dream in which he encounters David Bowie, who mistakes him for a woman. “He was taking charge from there. And that felt so good,” the man says. But, he adds, the dream didn’t end in sex. Then, as the camera pulls back and pans right, the...

The jury of Juliette Binoche, Alba Rohrwacher, Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, thesps Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong, South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas and Congolese filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi chose to bestow the highest award and also making a political choice in selecting Jafar Panahi‘s It Was Just an Accident as the Palme d’Or winner. Kleber Mendonça Filho would become a double winner while Bi Gan would receive a special mention for Resurrection (it was just picked up today by the Janus Films folks. As usual, we were on hand to witness those who claimed an award during the evening.…...

The 2nd edition of the Prix Luciole was held during the 78th Cannes Film Festival, reaffirming its unique position as the first independent award dedicated to the art of film posters during the festival. Held on May 22, the ceremony brought together filmmakers, designers, and visual artists for a focused and thoughtful celebration of cinematic imagery and graphic design in film.

The ceremony took place at the MO11 Art Gallery, just steps from the Palais des Festivals, where the festival’s official poster Un homme et une femme hung in plain view. This visual was designed by the acclaimed French studio Hartland Villa, founded by Lionel Avignon and Stefan de Vivies, who have shaped Cannes’ visual language since 2021 with a minimalist and lyrical approach that defines the festival’s unique visual identity.

Lionel and Stefan returned this year as jury members of the Prix Luciole, joined by renowned film distributor and industry consultant Thomas Pibarot,...

Jeremy Strong likened the Cannes competition jury’s final huddle to “a conclave with champagne,” a papal-sounding image that broke the customary secrecy surrounding how nine jurors decide the world’s most watched film prize. Led by French actor Juliette Binoche, the panel spent 11 days weighing 22 entries before emerging on 24 May to hand the Palme d’Or to Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi for his revenge drama It Was Just an Accident.

The Grand Prix went to Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, while the Jury Prize was shared by Óliver Laxe’s desert odyssey Sirât and Mascha Schilinski’s family saga Sound of Falling. Nadia Melliti and Wagner Moura collected the acting awards, and Kleber Mendonça Filho was named best director for Brazil’s The Secret Agent.

Asked why the panel backed such politically edged work, Binoche said Panahi’s film “springs from a feeling of resistance, survival, which is absolutely...

The 78th Cannes Film Festival takes place May 13-24, 2025, with Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche presiding over the main competition's jury. Held on the stunning French Riviera, this annual event culminates in the prestigious Palme d'Or prize, given to a director for their feature film, which officially kicks off the year's awards cycle. To date, four winners of the Palme d'Or have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Picture: The Lost Weekend (1945), Marty (1955), Parasite (2019), and Anora (2024).

A highlight of this year's Cannes opening ceremony was Leonardo DiCaprio's presentation of the Honorary Palme d'Or to Robert De Niro, DiCaprio's costar in films like Killers of the Flower Moon and This Boy's Life. De Niro follows in the footsteps of such recent recipients as Meryl Streep, George Lucas, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, and Tom Cruise. Denzel Washington also received a surprise Honorary Palme d'Or on May 19.

U.S. films that...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday following two weeks packed with screenings, stars, press, and parties. With the prizes having been handed out for the festival’s 78th anniversary, awards pundits can now start looking at what contenders might be in the best spot to get into the upcoming Oscar race.

This year's prestigious Palme d’Or was awarded to It Was Just an Accident from the long-persecuted Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. The revenge story centers on five former prisoners who believe they’ve identified and found the person responsible for torturing them. It’s Panahi’s first project since his ban on making films was lifted by the country’s religious leaders who had imprisoned him for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” It marks the second Iranian film to win Cannes' top honor after Taste of Cherry (tied with The Eel from Japan) in 1997 from Abbas Kiarostami, whom...

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival concludes today with the Closing Ceremony and presentation of the coveted award, the Palme d’Or, which was awarded to Jafar Panahi for the film It Was Just an Accident.

The Jury, chaired by director Juliette Binoche, was tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in the Competition. The jury included Halle Berry, Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, Carlos Reygadas and Jeremy Strong.

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The Croisette has been a buzz so far with glamorous parties and red carpet fashion statements. Director Amélie Bonnin’s debut feature, Partir Un Jour, opened the festival with other highlight premieres from this year’s slate including Paul Mescal in The History of Sound; Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest; A Private Life starring Jody Foster...

The awards from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival have now been presented. Every year, the prestigious French film festival honors new movies with a variety of awards celebrating the best director, actor, actress, and screenplay, in addition to the Jury Prize, the Grand Prize, and the coveted Palme d'Or. Recent Palme d'Or winners include Sean Baker's Anora, which went on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Bong Joon Ho's fellow Best Picture winner Parasite, and the Oscar-nominated European films Triangle of Sadness and Anatomy of a Fall.

ScreenRant was in attendance at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, which ran from May 13 through May 24 and featured screenings of a number of films that were in competition for the biggest awards, including Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, Ari Aster's Eddington, Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love, and Julia Ducournau's Alpha. The awards have now been presented at the closing ceremony.

Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s triumphant return to the Cannes Film Festival, “It Was Just an Accident,” has won the Palme d’Or as the best film in competition at the festival, the Cannes jury announced on Saturday evening.

Panahi, who spent almost 20 years in prison or under house arrest in Iran for making anti-government films, was allowed to leave the country and go to the festival for the first time in more than two decades with the film, which deals with victims of oppression who abduct a man they believe was their torturer in prison.

“The bracing thing about ‘It Was Just an Accident’ is that it has married Panahi’s wit and humanism with real anger,” said TheWrap’s review.“… In a festival full of fury, this is one of the films that hits hardest and resonates longest.”

The review also suggested that the film, which premiered on Tuesday,...

And the wins keep on coming for Neon. But also for Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, currently in exile from his home country of Iran for how he’s voiced opposition through his cinema. This includes his latest film and now Palme d’Or winner, “It Was Just an Accident,” a moral thriller that finds five dissidents debating whether or not to murder their former torturer.

In IndieWire’s review out of Cannes, David Ehrlich said of the film, “From the plot description alone, it’s obvious that ‘It Was Just an Accident’ finds Panahi working in a very different register than he had to while “banned” from making films — a period that saw his long-standing penchant for metafiction become considerably more pronounced, as he was forced to make himself the subject of iPhone/camcorder masterpieces like ‘This Is Not a Film.’ This one still had to be shot in secret...

Dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi has won the Palme d’Or for best film for It Was Just an Accident at the 78th Cannes international film festival.

Panahi, who just a few years ago was imprisoned in Tehran and under a 20-year travel and work ban, returned triumphantly to Cannes, accepting his award from jury president (and vocal Panahi fan) Juliette Binoche.

Panahi’s film, his first since being released from prison in 2023, is a direct assault on Iran’s authoritarian regime. The thriller follows a former political prisoner who kidnaps a man he believes to be his torturer and then debates with other dissidents whether to kill or forgive him.

The win marks the sixth time in a row a film acquired by Neon for North America has won the Palme d’Or. Tom Quinn’s indie outfit kept its Cannes streak going by picking up It Was Just an Accident earlier this week.

Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident has won the Palme d’Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, which wrapped on Saturday night (May 25).

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It is the Iranian director’s first film since his release from prison and follows a man, his heavily pregnant wife, and their young daughter as they get into a minor car accident that sets off a dark chain of events.

In his speech Panahi addressed “all Iranians, with different opinions, in Iran and around the world”. He said: “The most important thing is our country and the freedom of our country.

The closing ceremony of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival is taking place today (May 24) at 18:40 Cest (17.40 BST) at the Grand Theatre Lumiere.

The ceremony ison schedule after a massive power cut earlier on in the day in the region.This story will update with the winners as they happen, below. Refresh the page for latest updates.

This year’s jury was made up of presidentJuliette Binoche, plus Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Payal Kapadia, Alba Rohrwacher, Leila Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo and Carlos Reygadas

Cannes 2025 Competition awards

Jury Prize

Sirat, dir.Oliver Laxe

Best Screenplay

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival came at precarious moment in the history of cinema, yet still managed to revel in the splendors this art form can provide. While the annual international event may be coming to a close, it leaves behind a bevy of gems that will continue to be discussed throughout the year and may even land on the Oscars stage in 2026, as was the case with Sean Baker’s 2024 Palme d’Or winner, “Anora.” But before all that, there still remains the important act of closing out the festivities with the ever-important awards ceremony.

Predicting the Palme d’Or recipient has become a cherished pastime for fans and critics alike, but as is the case every year, the final decision rests in the hands of the Main Competition jury. This year it’s led by French actress and current European Film Academy president Juliette Binoche, and also includes Halle Berry,...

See all the best red carpet looks from the Cannes Film Festival, which is expected to welcome stars including Tom Cruise, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart and Robert De Niro. The jury is headed by Juliette Binoche, with members including Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Alba Rohrwacher, Payal Kapadia, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, and Carlos Reygadas.

The opening night film was “Partir un Jour” (Leave One Day), while Robert De Niro received his honorary Palme d’Or from Leonardo DiCaprio before the screening. On Wednesday, stars climbed the Palais steps for the “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” red carpet. On Friday, stars including Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler and Emma Stone hit the red carpet for the screening of Ari Aster’s Western “Eddington.” Saturday’s premieres included Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” with Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence among those walking the red carpet.

Stars walking the carpet...

Angelina Jolie is bestowing a great honor on two rising stars: Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett!

The ceremony of the 25th edition of the Trophée Chopard took place at Carlton Beach during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on Friday night (May 16) in Cannes, France.

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It was co-hosted by Festival President Iris Knobloch, General Delegate Thierry Frémaux, and President of Chopard Caroline Scheufele.

Following a moving retrospective of their careers, the 30-year-old Culte actress and the 26-year-old Warfare actor were presented with the iconic gold-coated silver film reel trophy by the 49-year-old acclaimed actress and activist, acting as the official “Godmother” of this year’s edition.

Angelina offered words of encouragement to the two actors as she presented the award, met with applause by an audience of film industry luminaries and

international stars.

Attendees included President of the Cannes Festival jury Juliette Binoche, Members of the Cannes Festival jury Halle Berry,...

Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights to “Bogancloch,” the latest feature from acclaimed British filmmaker Ben Rivers.

The meditative documentary, which premiered in competition at last year’s Locarno Film Festival, follows Jake Williams, a modern-day hermit living in Scotland’s remote Highlands. Shot on 16mm over multiple seasons, the film serves as a follow-up to Rivers’ 2011 documentary “Two Years at Sea,” revisiting Williams a decade later to observe the evolution of his solitary lifestyle.

The film has made the festival rounds since its Locarno competition debut, with screenings at Edinburgh International Film Festival, Viennale, Cph:dox, Cinéma du Réel, Tokyo International Film Festival, Festival dei Popoli, and MoMA’s Doc Fortnight.

“Bogancloch” is produced by Rivers himself alongside Sarah Neely and John Archer, with co-producers Zsuzsanna Király and Hanna Björk Valsdóttir. The project received funding from Screen Scotland, the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and the Icelandic Film Centre.

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The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is here. And on its first day we got a Quentin Tarantino mic drop, the first casualty of the festival’s new no-nudity-or-big-trains rule for the red carpet and even “Godzilla” made a surprise appearance.

Here’s what went down on the first day of the fest.

Quentin Tarantino Closes Out the Opening Ceremony in Typical Fashion

Quentin Tarantino, seemingly doing everything he can to not make his tenth and final film, attended the festival’s opening ceremony at the Grand Lumiére Theatre. His only job – besides walking the red carpet with wife Daniella – was to introduce the festival as officially starting. (It will run for the next 12 days.) “It’s my honor to declare the 78th festival open!” Tarantino shouted into the microphone before dropping it. True to form, he pulled it off with aplomb and the kind of borderline-cartoonish energy that characterizes his very best work.

South Korea’s Finecut has landed multiple sales of What Does That Nature Say To You by auteur Hong Sangsoo, who serves on the competition jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Deals have been closed for the UK (Institute of Contemporary Arts for theatrical rights), Austria and Switzerland (Filmgarten), China (Beijing Hugoeast Media for non-theatrical rights), ex-Yugoslavia (Discovery d.o.o.), Finland (Bks Cinema) and Japan (Mimosa Films).It previously sold to the US, France, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain and Taiwan.

The story centres on a young poet who drops off his girlfriend at her parents’ impressive home and bumps into her family,...

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Robert De Niro criticised president Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on films made outside the US at the Cannes Film Festival’s opening night ceremony, which took place tonight (May 13).

De Niro, receiving the honorary Palme d’Or, said: “In my country, we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted. And that affects all of us here because the arts are democratic. Art is inclusive. It brings people together, like tonight. Art looks for truth, art embraces diversity and that’s why art is a threat — that’s why we are a threat — to autocrats and fascists.

The Cannes Film Festival kicked off its 78th edition with the Opening Ceremony and the world premiere of Amélie Bonnin’s debut feature, Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day), led by Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, and François Rollin.

The premiere was attended by the cast of the film, including Quentin Tarantino, Rossy De Palma, Julia Garner, Nava Mau, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, and Leonardo DiCaprio, who presented the honorary Palme d’Or to Robert De Niro.

Leave One Day follows Cécile, a budding restaurateur whose ambition to open a gourmet haven in Paris takes an unexpected detour. A family crisis compels her return to her rural roots, where, amidst the echoes of her youth, she reconnects with a long-lost love.

Related: ‘Leave One Day’ Review: Amélie Bonnin’s Nostalgic Musical Debut Is A Stealth Charmer – Cannes Film Festival

The festival formally kicked off on Monday with the poster installation, then moved to the Hotel Martinez,...

Just hours before the Cannes Film Festival opening gala, jury member Halle Berry revealed she had to swap her planned gown after organizers unveiled strict guidelines banning nudity and oversized trains on the red carpet. Speaking at the Palais des Festivals press conference on May 12, Berry said her custom Gupta dress featured a train deemed too large. “I’m not going to break the rules,” she said, adding that the ban on nudity “is probably a good rule.”

Cannes officials issued a statement explaining the measures align with the festival’s charter and French law. Attire that risks blocking other guests’ passage or complicating seating in screening rooms may be refused entry. Festival programmers say the guidelines formalize long-standing practices rather than introduce new mandates.

Berry sits alongside jury president Juliette Binoche and peers Jeremy Strong, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sangsoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas. The...

When Cannes Film Festival Jury President Juliette Binoche was asked today why she didn’t sign a global film industry open letter condemning the “silence” over the deadly impact of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza; The English Patient Oscar winner told a reporter “I cannot answer you.”

“You will maybe understand it a little later,” the actress said.

Binoche at this afternoon’s Cannes jury press conference was asked by Al Jazeera English about the open letter that was released on the eve of the festival with signatures from more than 350 cinema world figures including Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Javier Bardem.

“In Cannes, the horror Gaza must not be silenced,” read the letter.

Binoche was questioned on why she did not sign the letter herself, despite being “well-known for speaking out about a variety of causes.” After a long hesitation, she refused to answer but insisted that...

Cannes Jury, from left: Carlos Reygadas, Payal Kapadia, Leila Slimani, Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Juliette Binoche, Dieudo Hamadi, Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sangsoo Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival/Sameer Al-Doumy/Afp

This year’s reigning queen of the Croisette Juliette Binoche, president of the Competition jury in succession to last year’s Barbie director Greta Gerwig, was asked at today’s jury press conference if the #MeToo movement had led to the downfall of Gérard Depardieu, who earlier today was found guilty of sexual assault charges and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.

The firm and unequivocal response from Binoche was: “Of course, yes, absolutely." She added that the festival had reflected the changes of attitude in society at large. "For a number of years, indeed the festival is following this trend in social and political life. There have been great changes occurring in the world. Sometimes it follows the trends,...

Despite best efforts to talk about movies at Cannes, with the sprawling official selection yet to be screened, at early press conferences festival director Thierry Fremaux and his Competition jury batted back questions about the state of the world today. Queries swung from Gerard Depardieu’s #MeToo conviction, to showing three films from Ukraine and banning Russia from the festival, which from its founding in 1939 was “predicated on liberty,” said Fremaux.

“People take risks to make films,” he said. “The most important thing is not someone’s safety, but making a film. The festival is political when the artists are political. Jafar Panahi [Iranian Competition entry ‘A Simple Accident’] is prepared to risk going to prison.”

As to the current political winds prevailing in America and elsewhere, Fremaux said, “The cinema requires a lot of funding. It is often the first target. Around the world we need to defend cinema.” As for President Donald Trump’s...

Juliette Binoche said Gerard Depardieu is “no longer sacred”, following the French actor’s conviction for sexual assault earlier today.

Speaking at the Cannes Competition jury press conference, Binoche fielded multiple questions about Depardieu.

“For me, what is sacred is when something happens, when you create, when you act, when you are on stage,” said Binoche. “We have no grasp of the sacred; and now he is no longer sacred. That means you need to think hard about the power wielded by certain people who take that power; and the power may lie elsewhere.”

Depardieu was handed a suspended 18-month prison sentence,...

Halle Berry revealed during the Cannes jury press conference that she had to make a last-minute fashion change due to the new rules the festival has issued about its starry red carpets. Just ahead of the 2025 festival getting underway, Cannes organizers announced the event would be banning nudity and “excessively voluminous” clothing. Dresses with long trains and other attributes that could clog up the carpet are also no longer allowed.

“I had an amazing dress by Gupta that I cannot wear tonight because it’s too big of a train,” Berry said regarding her look for tonight’s opening night gala. “I’m not going to break the rules. The nudity part is also probably a good rule.”

Cannes issued a statement on Monday, May 12 in which it detailed its new red carpet rules. The festival said the red carpet changes were in accordance with “the institutional framework” of the...

“I understand that Trump is trying to protect.”

Such was Cannes Film Festival jury president Juliette Binoche’s answer to being grilled about the topic of now: Donald Trump’s potential tariffs on film and TV imports to the U.S.

“For us, we have a strong community of filmmaking on our continent in Europe,” she told reporters. “I don’t know what to say — I can see that he’s fighting to save America and to save his ass.”

But for the most part when it comes to Trump’s consideration of film and TV tariffs for productions shot outside the U.S., the Oscar-winning star of The English Patient admits, “I’m not acceptable to answer that.”

Jeremy Strong, who starred as Trump mentor Roy Cohn in last year’s Cannes title The Apprentice, didn’t weigh in on tariffs, but he did talk about Potus: “Roy Cohn...