<article class="text-token-text-primary w-full" dir="auto" data-testid="conversation-turn-4" data-scroll-anchor="true"><div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)"><div class="[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden" tabindex="-1"><div class="group/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn"><div class="relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3"><div class="flex max-w-full flex-col grow"><div data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="862c0baa-af25-4756-b399-e132ec36f0eb" dir="auto" class="min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5" data-message-model-slug="gpt-4o"><div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]"><div class="markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light"> The spotlight is on: Cannes 2025 is ready to begin. From May 13 to 24, the Croisette will once again be the beating heart of international cinema. Laurent Lafitte will be the host for the opening and closing nights of the 78th edition, while actress Juliette Binoche will preside over the Jury.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article>

From May 13 to 24 , <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/travel/luxury-hotels-in-cannes-where-the-celebrities-stay-when-attending-cannes-film-festival" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cannes</a> will once again be the beating heart of world cinema . Laurent Lafitte , who takes over from Camille Cottin , will host the opening and closing nights. The Jury will be presided over by Juliette Binoche , an icon of French auteur cinema and winner of an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for The English Patient in 1997. Exactly forty years after her first Mont&eacute;e des Marches with Rendez-vous by Andr&eacute; T&eacute;chin&eacute; , Binoche will take over from American director Greta Gerwig , the fourth woman to lead the Jury in the long history of the Cannes Film Festival , after Olivia de Havilland, Sophia Loren and Gerwig .

Valeria Golino at the Cannes Film Festival

<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Valeria Golino, Matilda De Angelis and Elodie in the cast of the only Italian film in competition at Cannes 2025.</h3>

In competition for the Palme d'Or , the only Italian film, is "Fuori" , the new film by director Mario Martone that tells a significant episode in the life of the writer Goliarda Sapienza , played by Valeria Golino . Actress and director who recently directed the acclaimed Sky series based on Goliarda Sapienza's most famous novel, The Art of Joy . After an unexpected gesture that lands her in prison, Sapienza forms deep friendships with some young inmates. Once released, these women continue to hang out, experiencing an intense and transformative Roman summer. The cast of the film that we will see in May on the Mont&eacute;e des Marches also includes Matilda De Angelis and Elodie . Two Italian films in the Un Certain Regard category . A western by directors Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis , which recalls the legendary figure of Buffalo Bill , played by John C. Reilly , in the film "Testa o croce?" . And the debut feature film by director Francesco Sossai , "Le citt&agrave; di pianura" , an intimate and contemplative road movie that crosses contemporary Italy, in its fragilities and its landscapes.
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While <a href="https://www.lofficielibiza.com/culture/everything-about-joker-folie-a-deux-with-lady-gaga-and-joaquin-phoenix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joaquin Phoenix</a> plays a sheriff in Ari Aster's "Eddington," a western set during the pandemic - which also features Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone -, actress Scarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with "Eleanor the Great," presented in the Un Certain Regard section. The film tells the story of Eleanor, played by ninety-five-year-old June Squibb , who, after the disappearance of her best friend, moves to New York to start over. In competition for the Palme d'Or, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddington_%28film%29?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="flex h-6 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2.5 text-[0.5625em] font-medium text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!"></a> Wes Anderson presents "The Phoenician Scheme" , starring Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda, a daring millionaire embroiled in a spy adventure. As is tradition, Anderson assembles an all-star cast, including Mia Threapleton , Michael Cera , Tom Hanks , Scarlett Johansson , Bryan Cranston , Jeffrey Wright and Benedict Cumberbatch .

<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d&#39;Or at Cannes Film Festival 2025.</h3>

During the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2025 , American actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will receive the Honorary Palme d&#39;Or for Lifetime Achievement . This prestigious award comes 14 years after De Niro presided over the festival&#39;s jury in 2011. The actor from The Godfather , Taxi Driver and Novecento expressed deep gratitude for the honor, highlighting the role of the Cannes Film Festival as a meeting point for storytellers , filmmakers , film enthusiasts and friends , in an era often marked by divisions. &quot; I deeply love the Cannes Film Festival. Especially now that there are so many things in the world that distance us, Cannes unites us.&quot; The following day, Wednesday, May 14 , De Niro will hold a masterclass open to the public on the stage of the Théâtre Debussy , offering spectators a unique opportunity to delve into his extraordinary career and his approach to acting .

<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Tom Cruise will present the final chapter of Mission Impossible out of competition: it will be his third time on the Croisette</h3>

On the same day, the Grand Th&eacute;&acirc;tre Lumi&egrave;re will host the out-of-competition screening of Mission: Impossible &ndash; The Final Reckoning , the highly anticipated final chapter in the saga starring Tom Cruise . Ethan Hunt , played by Cruise since 1996 , leads his IMF team on a final mission full of tension and adrenaline, which promises to leave the audience breathless . The American actor and producer will be present on the red carpet of the Palais des Festivals alongside director Christopher McQuarrie and the cast, including Vanessa Kirby and Mariela Garriga . It will be Tom Cruise's third appearance on the Croisette , after the premiere of Far and Away in 1992 and that of Top Gun: Maverick in 2022 , for which he also received an honorary Palme d'Or .

<h3 style="text-align: justify;">The official selection of films in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.</h3>

<h3>The films in competition</h3><ul><li> Sentimental Value &nbsp; by Joachim Trier</li><li> Romeria &nbsp; by Carla Simon</li><li> Sound of Falling &nbsp; by Masha Schilinski</li><li> The Eagles of the Republic &nbsp; by Tarik Saleh</li><li> The Mastermind &nbsp; by Kelly Reichardt</li><li> File 137 &nbsp; by Dominik Moll</li><li> The Secret Agent &nbsp; by Kleber Mendonça Filho</li><li> Out &nbsp; by Mario Martone</li><li> Two Prosecutors &nbsp; by Sergei Loznitsa</li><li> New Wave &nbsp; by Richard Linklater</li><li> Sirat &nbsp; by Oliver Laxe</li><li> The Little Last &nbsp; by Hafsia Herzi</li><li> The History of Sound &nbsp; by Oliver Hermanus</li><li> Renoir &nbsp; by Chie Hayakawa</li><li> Alpha &nbsp; by Julia Ducournau</li><li> Young Mothers &nbsp; by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne</li></ul><h3> A Certain Regard</h3><ul><li> The mysterious mirada of flamenco &nbsp; by Diego Cespedes</li><li> Meteors &nbsp; by Hubert Charuel</li><li> My father&#39;s shadow &nbsp; by Akinola Davies Jr.</li><li> The Unknown of the Great Arch &nbsp; by Stéphane Demoustier</li><li> Urchin &nbsp; by Harris Dickinson</li><li> Homebound by Neeraj Ghaywan</li><li> A pale view of hills by Ishikawa Kei</li><li> Eleanor the Great by Scarlett Johansson</li><li> Karavan by Zuzana Kirchnerová</li><li> Pillion by Harry Lighton</li><li> Aisha can&#39;t fly away by Morad Mostafa</li><li> Once Upon a Time in Gaza by Arab and Tarzan Nasser</li><li> The Plague by Charlie Polinger</li><li> Promis le ciel by Erige Sehiri</li><li> The cities of the plain by Francesco Sossai</li><li> Heads or Tails? by Matteo Zoppis, Alessio Rigo de Righi</li></ul><h3> Films Out of Competition</h3><ul><li> Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning &nbsp; by Christopher McQuarrie</li><li> The venue of the future &nbsp; by Cédric Klapisch</li><li> The Richest Woman in the World &nbsp; by Thierry Klifa</li><li> Private Streets &nbsp; by Rebecca Zlotowski</li></ul><h3> Special screenings</h3><ul><li> Bono: Stories of Surrender &nbsp; by Andrew Dominik</li><li> Tell Her That I Love Her &nbsp; by Claude Miller</li><li> Sons of the Neon Night &nbsp; by Juno Mak</li><li> Exit 8 &nbsp; by Genki Kawamura</li><li> Dolloway &nbsp; by Yann Gozlan</li></ul><h3> Cannes Premiere</h3><ul><li> Splitsville &nbsp; by Michael Angelo Covino</li><li> Amrum &nbsp; by Fatih Akin</li><li> Connemara &nbsp; by Alex Lutz</li><li> The Disappearance of Josef Mengele &nbsp; by Kirill Serebrennikov</li><li> The Wave &nbsp; by Sebastien Leilo</li><li> Orwell &nbsp; by Raoul Peck</li></ul>

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