The 2025 Cannes Film Festival main competition jury was revealed Monday morning, all of whom will look at 21 films vying for the Palme d’Or.
The jury’s mix of talent from above and below the line includes: American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French/Moroccan writer 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 Strong.
As previously announced, the main competition jury president will be Juliette Binoche. The jury will oversee the selection of the Palme d’Or and other competition prizes. Neon has released the past six consecutive Palme d’Or winners, with Sean Baker’s 2024 film “Anora” going on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 13 to 24. Amélie Bonnin’s directorial debut “Leave One Day” will open the festival, making history as the first debut film to open Cannes in the 78 years of the festival. Additional Cannes premieres include Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” Julia Ducournau’s “Alpha,” Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” Jafar Panahi’s “A Simple Accident,” Oliver Hermanus’ “The History of Sound,” and Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme,” all in competition. The out-of-competition titles range from “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” to Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest.” Harris Dickinson and Scarlett Johansson’s respective directorial debuts, “Urchin” and “Eleanor the Great,” will screen in the Un Certain Regard section.
The festival is run by festival 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 “Flow.” Greta Gerwig was the 2024 jury president.
