The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will be organised in France from May 13 to 24, 2025. Some of the best films will be screened at the film festival this year. Apart from Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme', Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague', Neeraj Ghaywan's film 'Home Bound' has also been selected. This year it is the only film selected from India in Cannes so far. Cannes Representative General Thierry Fremaux and President Iris Knobloch announced this year's films at a press conference in Paris on Thursday morning.
Neeraj Ghaywan's film 'Home Bound' gets selected for Cannes
This time Neeraj Ghaywan's film 'Home Bound' has been selected in Un Certain Regard in the Cannes Film Festival. For those who don't know, Ghaywan is an Indian film director and writer, who has received several National and Filmfare Awards for his work. He is best known for the film 'Masaan'. Vicky Kaushal made his Bollywood debut with this film.
2,909 feature films were screened
Delegate General Thierry Fremaux said that 2,909 feature films were screened during this year's selection process at the festival, which is a record so far. Last year, Cannes registered its position as the world's number-one film festival. A total of 31 of the films selected for Cannes 2024 received Oscar nominations. Nine of these won. Sean Baker's 'Anora' was at the forefront, which won 5 Academy Awards with its success on the Croisette. This includes Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Mikey Madison), Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing Awards.
Films selected for Cannes
- Alpha
- Dossier 137
- The Eagle of the Republic
- Eddington
- Fourie
- The History of Sound
- La Petite Derniere
- The Mastermind
- Nouvelle Vague
- The Phoenician Scheme
- Renoir
- Romera
- The Secret Agent
- Sentimental Value
- A Simple Accident
- Seurat
- Sound of Falling
- Two Prosecutors
- Young Mother
Films selected in Un Certain Regard
- Aisha Can't Fly Away
- Eleanor the Great
- Heads of Tails
- Home Bound
- Caravan
- L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche
- The Last One for the Road
- Metiers
- My Father's Shadow
- The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo
- Once Upon a Time in Gaza
- A Pale View of the Hills
- Pillion
- The Plague
- The Promised Sky
- Urchin
Talking of Indian actors, reportedly, Kiara Advani, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone will be seen making an appereance at Cannes red carpet this year.
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