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Source: Neon

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Screen International is tracking all the films selected for the 2025 Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24), including the Official Selection and parallel sidebars Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight.

The updating list below includes sales agents and key deals. To request updates, please contact Orlando Parfitt.

Official selection

Competition

Alpha
Dir. Julia Ducournau
Sales: Charades and FilmNation Entertainment
Key deals: US (Neon), UK-Ireland (Curzon)

Die, My Love
Dir. Lynne Ramsay
Sales: 193

Dossier 137
Dir. Dominik Moll
Sales: Charades

Eagles Of The Republic 
Dir. Tarik Saleh
Sales: Playtime
Key deals: Memento (France), SF Studios (Nordics)

Eddington 
Dir. Ari Aster
Sales: A24 (also US distribution)

Fuori 
Dir. Mario Martone
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)
Key deals: 01 Distribution (Italy)

The History Of Sound
Dir. Oliver Hermanus
Key deals: Mubi (North America), Focus Features and Universal Pictures International (international)

It Was Just An Accident
Dir. Jafar Panahi
Sales: mk2 Films

The Mastermind
Dir. Kelly Reichardt
Sales: The Match Factory
Key deals: Mubi (select territories incl. North America, UK-Ireland, LatAm, Germany)

Nouvelle Vague
Dir. Richard Linklater
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (CAA Media Finance (North America)
Key deals: 
ARP Sélection (France)

La Petite Derniere
Dir. Hafsia Herzi
Sales: mk2 Films

The Phoenician Scheme
Dir. Wes Anderson
Key deals: Focus Features

Renoir
Dir. Chie Hayakawa
Sales: Goodfellas (worldwide except Asia); Happinet Phantom Studios (Asia); CAA Media Finance (CAA Media Finance (North America)
Key deals: 
Eurozoom (France), Happinet Phantom Studios (Japan)

Résurrection
Dir. 
Bi Gan 
Sales: 
Les Films du Losange
Key dealds: 
Les Films du Losange (France)

Romeria
Dir. Carla Simon
Sales: mk2 Films
Key deals: 
Elastica Films (Spain), Cherry Pickers (Benelux)

The Secret Agent
Dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho
Sales: mk2 Films

Sentimental Value
Dir. Joachim Trier
Sales: mk2 Films
Key deals: 
Neon (US), Mubi (UK, Ireland, LatAm, Turkey, India), Nordisk Film (Norway, Denmark, Sweden), Plaion Pictures (Germany)

Sirat
Dir. Oliver Laxe
Sales: The Match Factory
Key deals: 
BTeam Pictures (Spain), Pyramide Distribution (France)

Sound Of Falling
Dir. Mascha Schilinski
Sales: mk2 Films
Key deals: 
Neue Visionen (Germany)

Two Prosecutors
Dir. Sergei Loznitsa
Sales: Coproduction Office (international); SBS International (US, UK)
Key deals: Pyramide Distribution (France)

Mother And Child
Dir. 
Saeed Roustaee
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)

The Young Mother’s Home
Dir. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)

Out of competition

13 Days, 13 Nights 
Dir. 
Martin Bourboulon
Sales: 
Pathé
Key delas: 
Pathé (France)

Colours Of Time
Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Sales: Studiocanal

Highest 2 Lowest
Dir. Spike Lee
Worldwide: Apple TV+

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Dir. Christopher McQuarrie
Worldwide: Paramount Pictures

Partir Un Jour
Dir. Amélie Bonnin
Sales: Pathé International 

The Richest Woman In The World
Dir. Thierry Klifa
Sales: Playtime
Key deals: Haut Et Court (France)

Vie Privée
Dir. Rebecca Zlotowski 
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (US)
Key deals: 
Altitude (UK), Caramel Films (Spain), Plaion Pictures (Germany), Europictures (Italy)

Midnight Screenings

Dalloway
Dir. Yann Gozlan
Sales: Gaumont
Key deals: 
Gaumont (France)

Exit 8
Dir. Genki Kawamura
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)
Key deals:
Toho (Japan)

Honey Don’t!
Dir. Ethan Coen
Worldwide: Focus Features (US) and Universal Pictures International

No One Will Know
Dir. 
Vincent Mael Cardona
Sales: Studiocanal

Sons Of The Neon Night
Dir. Juno Mak
Sales: Distribution Workshop

Cannes Premiere

Amrum
Dir. Fatih Akin
Sales: Beta Cinema 
Key deals: 
Warner Bros Pictures (Germany)

Connemara
Dir. Alex Lutz
Sales: Studiocanal (also French distribution)

The Disappearance Of Josef Mengele
Dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
Sales: Kinology
Key deals: Bac Films (France), DCM (Germany)

Love On Trial
Dir. 
Koji Fukada
Sales: mk2 Films

The Love That Remains
Dir.
Hlynur Palmason
Sales: New Europe Film Sales

Ma Frère 
Dirs. 
Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret
Sales: 
Studiocanal
Key sales: 
Studiocanal (France)

Magellan
Dir.
Lav Diaz
Sales: Luxbox

Orwell: 2+2=5
Dir. Raoul Peck
Sales: Goodfellas
Key deals: 
Neon (US)

Splitsville
Dir. Michael Angelo Covino
Sales: Neon (also US distribution)

The Wave
Dir. Sebastian Lelio 
Sales: FilmNation Entertainment (international excluding Latin America); Fabula (Latin America)

Special Screenings

Arco
Dir.
Ugo Bienvenu
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)

Bono: Stories Of Surrender
Dir. Andrew Dominik
Worldwide: Apple TV+

Little Amelie
Dirs.
Mailys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)

A Magnificent Life
Dir. Sylvain Chomet 
Sales: Elle Driver
Key deals: 
Wild Bunch (France), Sony Pictures Classics (North and Latin America, Middle East, Israel, Scandinavia, India, Italy), Picturehouse Entertainment (UK and Ireland)

Mama
Dir.
Or Sinai
Sales: Intramovies

The Man Who Saw The Bear
Dir.
Pierre Richard
Sales: Loco Films

The Six Billion Dollar Man 
Dir. Eugene Jarecki
Sales: WME Independent

Tell Her That I Love Her
Dir. Romane Bohringer
Sales: Kinology

The Wonderers
Dir.
Josephine Japy
Sales: Pulsar Content

Un Certain Regard

Aisha Can’t Fly Away
Dir. Morad Mostafa
Sales: MAD World

Caravan
Dir. Zuzana Kirchnerová
Sales: Alpha Violet
Key deals: Les Alchimistes (France) 

The Chronology Of Water
Dir.
Kristen Stewart
Sales: Les Films du Losange (international); WME Independent (North America)

Eleanor The Great
Dir. Scarlett Johansson
Worldwide: TriStar Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics (US)

The Great Arch
Dir. Stéphane Demoustier
Sales: Le Pacte (also French distribution)

Heads Or Tails?
Dirs. Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis
Sales: RAI Cinema International

Homebound
Dir. Neeraj Ghaywan
Sales: WME Independent (Noth America), Paradise City Sales (rest of world)

I Only Rest In The Storm
Dir.
Pedro Pinho
Sales: Paradise City Sales

The Last One For The Road
Dir. Francesco Sossai 
Sales: Lucky Number

Love Me Tender
Dir.
Anna Cazenave Cambet
Sales: Be For Films

Meteors
Dir. Hubert Charuel
Sales: Pyramide International (also French distribution)

My Father’s Shadow
Dir. Akinola Davies Jr.
Sales: The Match Factory
Key deals: Mubi (North America, UK-Ireland, Turkey)

The Mysterious Gaze Of The Flamingo
Dir. Diego Céspedes
Sales: Charades
Key deals: Bteam Pictures (Spain)

Once Upon A Time In Gaza
Dirs. Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser
Sales: The Party Film Sales
Key deals: MAD Distribution (MENA), Bac Films (France)

A Pale View Of Hills
Dir. Kei Ishikawa
Sales: Gaga Corporation

Pillion
Dir. Harry Lighton
Sales: Cornerstone Film
Key deals: 
Picturehouse (UK), A24 (North America)

The Plague
Dir. Charlie Polinger 
Sales: AGC International (International), UTA, Cinetic (North America)

A Poet
Dir.
Simon Mesa Soto
Sales: Luxbox

Promised Sky 
Dir. Erige Sehiri
Sales: Luxbox

Urchin
Dir. Harris Dickinson 
Sales: Charades (international); Gersh, UTA Independent Film Group (North America)

Directors’ Fortnight

Brand New Landscape
Dir. Yuiga Danzuka
Sales: Luxbox

Dangerous Animals
Dir. Sean Byrne
Sales: Mister Smith Entertainment

Death Does Not Exist
Dir. Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Sales: Best Friend Forever 

Enzo
Dir. Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo 
Sales: mk2 Films
Key deals: Ad Vitam (France), Lucky Red (Italy)

The Girl In The Snow
Dir. Louise Hémon
Sales: Kinology 

Girl On Edge
Dir. Jinghao Zhou
Sales: TBC

The Girls We Want
Dir. Prïncia Car
Sales: SND - Groupe M6
Key deals: 
Zinc (France)

Her Will Be Done
Dir. Julia Kowalski
Sales: WTFilms
Key deals: New Story (France)

Indomptables
Dir. Thomas Ngijol
Sales: Goodfellas (international); CAA Media Finance (North America)

Kokuho
Dir. Lee Sang-il
Sales: Pyramide International

Lucky Lu
Dir. Lloyd Lee Choi
Sales: Global Constellation (international); WME Independent (North America)

Militantropos
Dirs. Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova and Simon Mozgovyi
Sales: Square Eyes

Miroirs N° 3
Dir. Christian Petzold
Sales: The Match Factory 
Key deals: Metrograph Pictures (US), Les Films du Losange (France), M&M International (South Korea).

The Party’s Over!
Dir. Antony Cordier
Sales: France tv distribution
Key deals: 
Tandem (France)

Peak Everything
Dir. Anne Émond
Sales: Indie Sales (international); CAA Media Finance (US)
Key deals: 
Immina Films (Canada)

The President’s Cake
Dir. Hasan Hadi
Sales: Films Boutique

Sorry, Baby
Dir. Eva Victor 
Sales: Charades (international)
Key deals: A24 (US)

Wild Foxes
Dir. Valéry Carnoy
Sales: The Party Film Sales

Yes
Dir.
Nadav Lapid
Sales: Les Films du Losange

Critics’ Week

Competition

Imago
Dir.
Déni Oumar Pitsaev
Sales: Rediance Films

Kika 
Dir. Alexe Poukine
Sales: Totem Films

Left-Handed Girl 
Dir.
Shih-Ching Tsou
Sales: Le Pacte

Nino 
Dir. Pauline Loquès
Sales: The Party Film Sales

Reedland
Dir. Sven Bresser
Sales: The Party Film Sales

Sleepless City 
Dir. Guillermo Galoe
Sales: Best Friend Forever

A Useful Ghost 
Dir. Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke
Sales: Best Friend Forever

Special screenings

Adam’s Sake
Dir.
Laura Wandel
Sales: Indie Sales

Baise-en-Ville 
Dir.
Martin Jauvat
Sales: Ecce Films

Dandelion’s Odyssey
Dir. Momoko Seto
Sales: Indie Sales

Love Letters
Dir.
Alice Douard
Sales: Pulsar Content

 
 

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