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The Cannes Festival & Market Beat Volume 6 with Awards
Cannes Marché du Film & Festival NEWSLETTER
Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites, let us shoot and promote for you... We produce The Cannes Dailies delivering News, Glamour, Biz and Buzz. The Cannes Market Dailies and 8 Cannes Newsletters : “I wish you the best of luck on the circuit. When I was a film distributor I have witnessed several times how true magic can happen in festivals and Cannes in particular for film and talent and I am proud to have personally contributed to some of these amazing stories...
> THE AWARDS
The Jury of the 78th Festival de Cannes, chaired by French actress Juliette Binoche, surrounded by American actress and filmmaker Halle Berry, Indian director and screenwriter Payal Kapadia, Italian actress Alba Rohrwacher, French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, Congolese director, documentarist and producer Dieudo Hamadi, Korean director and screenwriter Hong Sangsoo, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer Carlos Reygadas and American acto...
Joachim Trier, winner of the Grand Prix, poses with team. Image courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) Joachim Trier, winner of the Grand Prix. Image courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) Oliver Laxe, winner of a joint Jury Prize. Image courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) Mascha Schilinski, winner of a joint Jury Prize. Image courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.vide...
Academy Award-winning for his work on Rob Marshall’s Memoirs of a Geisha, filmmaker with whom he has filmed seven times (from Chicago to The Little Mermaid), the Australian cinematographer Dion Beebe also collaborated with Jane Campion (Holy Smoke and In the cut) and with Michael Mann (Collateral and Miami Vice). He is currently shooting the biopic of Michael Jackson, directed by Antoine Fuqua. ...
Presented as the closing film, this dialogue-free work, blending documentary and sci-fi, impressed the international press with its visual strength and poetic depth. A bold and unique film that left a lasting impression. Congratulations to Momoko Seto and her team for this prestigious recognition! ...
Tonight at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Jafar Panahi won the prestigious Palme d' Or for his film "A Simple Accident". Below, Panahi can be seen posing proudly with his award, all images are courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video). ...
"...So because Denzel you are here we want to make something special for you We want to to do a g to the gift and a a surprise because it's so precious to have you here, It's a kind of way for us to tell you our admiration for what you have done in history of cinema Nobody knows about that except Spike Lee who allowed me to do that and allowed us and within few minutes we're going to to give you something special..." Thierry Fr...
As part of the 78th Cannes International Film Festival, the Clap Citizen Cannes association presents Winner The Citizenship Award 7th Edition Le Prix de la Citoyenneté 2025 7ème édition UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT de Jafar Panahi Jury's Note: The jury awarded the Citizenship Award to Jafar Panahi's "A Simple Accident" for its ability to challenge our understanding of freedom, justice, and free will. We were particularly impres...
That’s a wrap for the 2025 edition of the #MarcheDuFilm — the world’s leading film market, held in the vibrant city of Cannes. Over nine dynamic days, #MDF25 brought together 15,000 film professionals from around the globe for an unparalleled gathering of creativity, business, and innovation. The edition captured the spirit of a film industry in motion: more global, more connected, and more innovative than ever before. Feel the beat of this dynamic edition, and watch the highli...
The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado Garcia, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La Cinef Prizes during a ceremony held in Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2,679 films entries coming from 646 film schools around the world. The awarded films w...
The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to "From Dust", created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement. The Jury, chaired by French director Luc Jacquet included American musician, director and writer Laurie Anderson, French author and performer Tania de Montaigne, British director, scree...
Start your day with purpose—join us from 9:30 to 12:00 for the Inclusion & Diversity Panel, where bold voices and industry leaders come together to challenge norms, celebrate difference, and drive real change in cinema. 9:30-12:00: Inclusion & Diversity Panel ...
A power outage, reported by some as sabotage, has affected the city of Cannes and surrounding areas. Restoration efforts are underway. The Palais des Festivals has switched to an independent power supply, allowing all scheduled events and screenings, including the Closing Ceremony, to proceed as planned and under normal conditions. However, screenings at the Cineum have been temporarily suspended and will resume as soon as power is restored. We thank you for your patience and understanding. ...
Celebrating a cinema of discoveries, the 2025 selection has included 20 feature films – 9 of which are first features also competing for the Caméra d’or. This year, the opening film was Erige Sehiri‘s Promised Sky. Chaired by British director, screenwriter and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker, the Jury included French-Swiss director and screenwriter Louise Courvoisier, Croatian director of the International Film Festival Ro...
The Short Films and La Cinef Jury presided by Maren Ade and comprised of Camélia Jordana, José María Prado, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Nebojša Slijepčević has awarded the 2025 La Cinef Prizes today during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. La Cinef consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2 679 entries coming from 646 film schools around the world. First Prize FI...
The Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 78th Festival de Cannes presented today the Best Immersive Work Award to From Dust, created by Michel van der Aa, recognizing a creation that pushed the boundaries of storytelling, art space, and audience engagement. The Jury, chaired by French director Luc Jacquet included American musician, director and writer Laurie Anderson, French author and performer Tania de Montaigne, British director, screenwriter, an...
After winning the French Touch Prize of the Jury on Wednesday, IMAGO by Déni Oumar Pitsaev was presented with Cannes' prestigious Golden Eye – The Documentary Prize tonight! We are so proud of the film team and grateful for the privilege to work on this incredible film. Congratulations! IMAGO By Déni Oumar Pitsaev – CRITICS' WEEK World Premiere Rediance Films © 2025 dscape, deserves recognition. Pitsaev f...
The Dardenne Brothers took home the Positive Cinema Prize for their newest film Jeunes Merés, A contender for this year's Palme d'Or. Juenes Merés, their 10th feature on the croisette, follows five teenage mothers who live together in a shelter trying to make a better life for themselves and their children. The Positive Cinema Prize is awarded as part of Positive Cinema Week, an event dedicated to cinema that awakens consciousness, remains alert, questions the film indust...
Every day at 9:30 p.m., the Festival de Cannes reinvents itself as night falls, transforming the Croisette’s Plage Macé, opposite the Majestic hotel, into an open-air cinema. The program for the 78th Festival will include: film teams on stage, premieres and world cinema classics. From Hong Kong action to Italian intimism, from Japanese animation to Hollywood classics, embark on a cinephile’s world tour. Playing tonight at the Cinéma de la Plage is "One Flew...
Following a photocall earlier this week, the cast of new film "Renoir" interacted with fans as they commemorated the premier of their work. Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) Images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) “Renoir” photocall, images courtesy of Laurent Hou (instagram: @wu.photo.video) &ld...
Joachim Trier returned to the Cannes Film Festival after his critically acclaimed film The Worst Person in the World premiered during the 2021 festival, both films star actress Renate Rensive, who won the award for Best Actress at the festival for her role in The Worst Person in the World. With its premiere on Wednesday, May 21st, Joachim Trier's newest film Sentimental Value cemented itself in the history books. Receiving an extremely imp...
COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE) RERUN OF THE COMPETITION CÉRÉMONIE DE CLÔTURE / CLOSING CEREMONY at 18:40 SÉANCES DU LENDEMAIN (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE) RERUN OF THE COMPETITION REPRISE DE LA SÉLECTION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE) JEUNES MÈRES by JEAN-PIERRE DARDENNE & LUC DARDENNE at 08:45 (runtime 1h44) Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane and Naïma are housed in a she...
Tonight, Director Kelly Reichardt returns to the Croisette with her second film in competition and third at Cannes: The Mastermind. Reichardt was last here in 2022 for Showing Up, which competed. The Mastermind's synopsis reads: "In a sedate corner of Massachusetts circa 1970, JB Mooney (Josh O’Connor), an unemployed carpenter turned amateur art thief, plans his first big heist. When things go haywire, his life unravels." The film stars Josh O' Conner, who is also in Th...
THE MASTERMIND and JEUNES MÈRES COMPÉTITION (SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE) RESURRECTION (RÉSURRECTION) by BI GAN at 8:30 (runtime 2h40) In a world where humanity has lost the ability to dream, one creature remains entranced by the fading illusions of the dreamworld. This monster, adrift in reverie, clings to visions no one else can see—until a woman appears. Gifted with the rare power to perceive these illusions for what...
At a recent photocall for new film "Vie Privée", Jodi Foster was joined by fellow castmates to celebrate the upcoming release of their new picture. Jodi Foster, photographed by Laurent Hou Daniel Auteuil, photographed by Laurent Hou Virginie Efira, photographed by Laurent Hou Cast of "Vie Privée", photographed by Laurent Hou ...
Scarlet Johansson stepped out onto the red carpet in a gorgeous navy and white look to celebrate the premier of her directorial debut. Johansson’s film, "Eleanor the Great”, follows the quirky story of 94 year old Eleanor on her quest to make new connections, finding an unlikely friend in a 19 year old student. Photos courtesy of Laurent Hou Photos courtesy of Laurent Hou Photos courtesy of Laurent Hou ...
Revisiting Sunshine: A conversation with Istvan Szabo, 25 years later Twenty-five years after the release of Sunshine, acclaimed Hungarian director István Szabó returns to Cannes with a mix of joy and reflection. Reuniting with his work after so many years, Szabó admits that there’s always a lingering urge to “fix” things—an inevitable feeling for any creator revisiting old projects. “To be a filmmaker is kind of a disease,” he say...
The new Spike Lee Joint first premiered in theaters on Tuesday, May 20th, as part of the out-of-competition Cannes premiere section of the festival. Reimagining Akira Kurosawa's critically acclaimed masterpiece High and Low, Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest sees the story take place in modern-day New York City, where David King, a titan in the music industry, receives a call that his son has been taken and is being held for ransom. Catapulted into this moral dilemma ...
Ce vendredi 23 mai à 13h, sur la plage du CNC à Cannes, les réalisateurs Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne ont reçu le Prix du Cinéma Positif 2025 pour leur dernier film Jeunes Mères, une œuvre poignante et engagée saluée pour son humanisme et sa portée sociale. Le prix (le deuxième pour les frères Dardenne après celui reçu en 2022 pour Tori et Lokita), qui récompense le long métra...
Le jury composé de journalistes cinéma de la 15eme édition Cannes Soundtrack a récompensé David Letellier, alias Kangding Ray pour le film d’aventure SIRAT d’Oliver Laxe (Pyramide) avec Sergi López, Bruno Núñez et Jade Outkid Le Disque d’or a été remis hier, vendredi 23 mai 2025 à Oliver Laxe sur la plage du Miramar. Cannes Soundtrack remercie chaleureusement le Jury 2025/ Ca...
Le Jury du 78e Festival de Cannes, présidé par l'actrice française Juliette Binoche, entourée de l'actrice et cinéaste américaine Halle Berry, de la réalisatrice et scénariste indienne Payal Kapadia, de l’actrice italienne Alba Rohrwacher, de l'écrivaine franco-marocaine Leïla Slimani, du réalisateur, documentariste et producteur congolais Dieudo Hamadi, du réalisat...
Le Jury des courts métrages et de La Cinef présidé par Maren Ade et composé de Camélia Jordana, José María Prado, Reinaldo Marcus Green et Nebojša Slijepčević a décerné les prix de La Cinef aujourd'hui lors d’une cérémonie en salle Buñuel, suivie de la projection des films primés. La sélection comprenait 16 films d’&eacut...
© Snap motion Le Jury de la Compétition immersive du 78e Festival de Cannes a remis aujourd'hui le Prix de la Meilleure Œuvre Immersive à From Dust, créé par Michel van der Aa, récompensant une création explorant le potentiel du spatial computing et de l'intelligence artificielle pour développer de nouvelles formes de récits. Le Jury, présidé par le réalisateur ...
Célébrant un jeune cinéma, d'auteur et de découvertes, la sélection 2025 a proposé 20 longs métrages dont 9 premiers films qui concourent également pour la Caméra d’or. C'est le film de la réalisatrice Erige Sehiri, Promis le ciel, qui a été projeté en ouverture cette année. Présidé par la réalisatrice, scénariste et directrice de la ...
Après leur présentation au festival de Cannes, découvrez les films en ligne ! ©Thomas Bartel Un véritable parcours cannois : C’est une première expérience inoubliable que l’Adami a fait vivre aux 12 Talents Adami Cinéma 2025 : montée des marches, projection officielle, press junket et soirée sur la plage, découvrez en photos le parcours de ces jeunes comédiennes et comé...
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane et Naïma sont hébergées dans une maison maternelle qui les aide dans leur vie de jeune mère. Cinq adolescentes qui ont l’espoir de parvenir à une vie meilleure pour elles-mêmes et pour leur enfant. Réalisé par : Jean-Pierre DARDENNE, Luc DARDENNE Année de production : 2025 Pays : Belgique, France Durée : 104 minutes Date de sortie : 23.05.2025 Dans un coin tranquille du Massac...
Jessica, Perla, Julie, Ariane et Naïma sont hébergées dans une maison maternelle qui les aide dans leur vie de jeune mère. Cinq adolescentes qui ont l’espoir de parvenir à une vie meilleure pour elles-mêmes et pour leur enfant. Réalisé par : Jean-Pierre DARDENNE, Luc DARDENNE Année de production : 2025 Pays : Belgique, France Durée : 104 minutes Date de sortie : 23.05.2025 Dans un coin tranquille du Massachusetts,...
Afin d’obtenir un document d’état civil pour ses études supérieures, Marina, adoptée depuis l’enfance, doit renouer avec une partie de sa véritable famille. Guidée par le journal intime de sa mère qui ne l’a jamais quitté, elle se rend sur la côte atlantique et rencontre tout un pan de sa famille paternelle qu’elle ne connait pas. L’arrivée de Marina va faire ressurgir le passé. En r...
Après un simple accident, les événements s’enchaînent. Réalisé par : Jafar PANAHI Année de production : 2025 Pays : Iran, France, Luxembourg Durée : 105 minutes Date de sortie : 10.09.2025 Rome. Années 80. Goliarda Sapienza travaille depuis 10 ans sur ce qui sera son chef-d’œuvre « L’Art de la joie ». Mais son manuscrit est rejeté par toutes les maisons d’&eacut...
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