The air is filled with suspense as film stars and film lovers across the world anticipate the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

The Cannes Film Festival, or Festival De Cannes in French, is one of the most prestigious and widely recognized film festivals in the world. It is held annually in Cannes, France.

The festival celebrates international cinema by showcasing new films of all genres from around the globe, including feature films, documentaries, and shorts.

For this year’s edition of the festival, a total of 22 films have been announced in the main competition, which is scheduled to kick off on the French Riviera on May 13.

The 22 movies competing in the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and their countries are listed below:

‘A Simple Accident’ by Jafar Panahi (Iran)

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ by Wes Anderson (United States)

‘Young Mothers’ by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)

‘Alpha’ by Julia Ducournau (France)

‘Sentimental Value’ by Joachim Trier (Norway)

‘Romeria’ by Carla Simon (Spain)

‘Sound of Falling’ by Mascha Schilinski (Germany)

‘Eagles of the Republic’ by Tarik Saleh (Sweden/Egypt)

‘The Mastermind’ by Kelly Reichardt (United States)

‘Dossier 137’ by Dominik Moll (France)

‘The Secret Agent’ by Kleber Mendonca Filho (Brazil)

‘Fuori’ by Mario Martone (Italy)

‘Two Prosecutors’ by Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine)

‘Nouvelle Vague’ by Richard Linklater (US)

‘Sirat’ by Oliver Laxe (Spain)

‘The Last One’ by Hafsia Herzi (France)

‘The History of Sound’ by Oliver Hermanus (South Africa)

‘Renoir’ by Chie Hayakawa (Japan) –

‘Eddington’ by Ari Aster (US)

‘Die My Love’ by Lynne Ramsay (Britain)

‘Mother and Child’ by Saeed Roustaee (Iran)

‘Resurrection’ by Bi Gan (China)