Cannes 2025 Winners
Palme d'Or (1st place)
Dir/Wri: Jafar Panahi
Domestic Distributor: Neon
U.K., Ireland, India, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Turkey rights: Mubi
Synopsis:
A small mishap triggered a chain reaction of ever-growing problems.
Grand Prix (2nd place)
Dir/Co-Writer: Joachim Trier
Trier’s 3rd Official selection at Cannes (previous: Louder Than Bombs, Worst Person in the World)
Cast: Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve
Domestic Distributor: Neon
U.K., Ireland, India, Mexico, Turkey distributor: Mubi
Synopsis:
An intimate and moving exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.
Joint Jury Prize (3rd Place)
Dir/Co-Writer: Óliver Laxe
Domestic Distributor: Neon
India, Italy, Turkey distributor: Mubi
Synopsis:
A father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa.
Dir/Co-Writer: Mascha Schilinski
US, UK, Turkey, and India Distributor: Mubi
Synopsis:
A remote German farm harbors generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls.
Best Director/Best performance by an actor:
Dir/Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cast: Wagner Moura
US Distributor: Neon
UK, India, Latin America (Minus Brazi) Distributor: Mubi
Synopsis:
In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.
Best Screenplay
Dir/Wri: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Previous Palme d’Or wins: Rosetta (1999, trailer) and L'Enfant (2005, trailer).
Synopsis:
Five young mothers living in a shelter strive for a better future for themselves and kids amidst challenging upbringings.
Best performance by an actress
Dir/Co-Writer: Hafsia Herzi
Cast: Nadia Melliti
Synopsis:
When Fatima leaves her close-knit suburban family to study philosophy in Paris, she finds herself caught between her religious upbringing and the freedom of student life in the city.
Special Prize
Dir/Wri: Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey into Night)
Synopsis:
A woman whose consciousness falls into the eternal time zone during a surgical procedure. Trapped in many dreams, she finds an android corpse and tries to wake it up by telling endless stories.
Gan is a master of slow and surreal, lush and liminal imagery.