Cannes 2025: Full Lineup Out; Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' Part of Un Certain Regard Category

The 78th Cannes Film Festival unveiled its official lineup early Thursday, April 10, with the announcement live-streamed at 5 a.m. ET for audiences in the U.S. and 11 a.m. local time in France. Festival director Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch revealed this year’s highly anticipated selections across categories, from the main competition to Un Certain Regard and beyond.

As expected, the prestigious Palme d’Or race is packed with heavyweight contenders — and a strong dose of Hollywood star power.

Among the titles competing for top honours are new films by acclaimed auteurs like Wes Anderson (The Phoenician Scheme), Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague), Ari Aster (Eddington), Julia Ducournau (Alpha), and Kelly Reichardt (The Mastermind). Six women helm entries in the main competition this year, including Hafsia Herzi, Chie Hayakawa, Carla Simon, and rising German director Mascha Schilinski with the intriguingly titled Sound of Falling.

Dharma Productions' Homebound, directed by National Award-winning Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan, has also been officially selected at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ category. The film stars Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor and Vishal Jethwa, makes it Dharma’s first Cannes selection.

As previously announced, Juliette Binoche will lead the main jury, with more members to be revealed in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Robert De Niro will receive this year’s honorary Palme d’Or — one of several marquee names boosting the festival’s international profile.

A still from 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning'.

Tom Cruise returns to the Croisette with Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, premiering out of competition, three years after Top Gun: Maverick dazzled Cannes. With a record 2,909 films submitted, Frémaux hinted that additional titles may still be slotted across categories, a growing trend in recent years.

Cannes 2025 opens on May 13 with Amélie Bonnin’s Leave One Day, kicking off what looks to be a star-studded and artistically rich edition — one that marks a return to form after several pandemic-affected years and industry strikes.

Here's the full list of titles debuting at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025:

OPENING FILM

“Leave One Day,” Amélie Bonnin

COMPETITION

“The Phoenician Scheme,” Wes Anderson

“Eddington,” Ari Aster

“Jeunes Mères” (“Young Mothers”), Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne

“Alpha,” Julia Ducournau

“Renoir,” Hayakawa Chie

“The History of Sound,” Oliver Hermanus

“La Petite Dernière,” Hafsia Herzi

“Sirat,” Oliver Laxe

“Nouvelle Vague” (“New Wave”), Richard Linklater

“Two Prosecutors,” Sergei Loznitsa

“Fuori,” Mario Martone

“O Secreto Agente” (“The Secret Agent”), Kleber Mendonça Filho 

“Dossier 137,” Dominik Moll

“Un Simple Accident,” Jafar Panahi

“The Mastermind,” Kelly Reichardt

“Aigles of the Republic,” Tarik Saleh

“Sound of Falling,” Mascha Schilinski

“Romería,” Carla Simón

“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier

UN CERTAIN REGARD

“La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco” (“The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo”), Diego Céspedes

“Météors,” Hubert Charuel

“My Father’s Shadow,” Akinola Davies Jr.

“L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche,” Stéphane Demoustier

“Urchin,” Harris Dickinson

“Homebound,” Neeraj Ghaywan

“Toi Yamanamino Hikari” (“A Pale View of Hills”), Ishikawa Kei

“Eleanor the Great,” Scarlett Johansson

“Karavan,” Zuzana Kirchnerová

“Pillion,” Harry Lighton

“Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” Morad Mostafa

“Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” Arab Nasser and Tarzan Nasser

“The Plague,” Charlie Polinger

“Promised Sky,” Erige Sehiri

“Le Città di Pianura” (“The Last One for the Road”), Francesco Sossai

“Testa o Croce?” (“Heads or Tails?”), Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis

OUT OF COMPETITION

“Colours of Time,” Cédric Klapisch

“La Femme la Plus Riche du Monde” (“The Richest Woman in the World”), Thierry Klifa

“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” Christopher McQuarrie

“Vie Privée,” Rebecca Zlotowski

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

“Bono: Stories of Surrender,” Andrew Dominik

“Tell Her That I Love Her,” Romane Bohringer

“A Magnificent Life,” Sylvain Chomet

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

“Dalloway,” Yann Gozlan

“Exit 8,” Kawamura Genki

“Feng Lin Huo Shan” (“Sons of the Neon Night”), Mak Juno

CANNES PREMIERE

“Amrum,” Fatih Akin

“Splitsville,” Michael Angelo Covino

“The Wave” (“La Ola”), Sebastián Lelio

“Connemara,” Alex Lutz

“Orwell: 2+2=5,” Raoul Peck

“The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” (“Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele”), Kirill Serebrennikov