Cannes Film Festival 2025: Tom Cruise and the "Mission: Impossible" crew strut on the crimson carpet, reigniting the ascent
Cannes Film Festival 2022: All You Need to Know, Uncensored
It's time for the red carpet and high stakes as the legendary Tom Cruise graces the Cannes Film Festival once more! he's back on Wednesday, May 14, to present Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The eighth installment in the series will hit French theaters on May 21. Don't miss the live stream of Cruise's iconic walk up the steps on our website!
Twenty-two films are in the battle for the Palme d'Or. In the competition, Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski (Germany) and Two Prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine) will be screened on the Croisette on Wednesday. Other competitors for the Palme d'Or include Young Mothers by the Dardenne brothers, who have already clinched the prize twice, and Alpha by Julia Ducournau, winner of the award in 2021 with Titane. Check out the complete Official Selection for a full list.
Robert De Niro received a thunderous standing ovation at the festival's opening ceremony. The actor, acclaimed for hits like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, took home an honorary Palme d'Or for his amazing career. "Art is inclusive, art seeks freedom, art includes diversity, and that's why art is threatened! That's why we are a threat to the autocrats and fascists of this world," declared the 81-year-old star in an impassioned speech.
The ceremony also highlighted the call to break the "silence" on the war in Gaza. During the opening ceremony on Tuesday, jury president paid tribute to Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, killed by an Israeli bombing in Gaza in mid-April. Juliette Binoche also expressed her concerns for "hostages of October 7 and all the hostages, prisoners, drowned who endure terror and die in a terrible sense of abandonment". Nearly 400 personalities from the global film industry, including Pedro Almodovar and Richard Gere, urged to break "the silence" in the face of "genocide" in the Palestinian enclave.
Intriguing films to watch out for:
- "Tori and Lokita" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- "The Eight Mountains" by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen
- "Boy from Heaven" by Tarik Saleh
...and many more! Keep an eye out for the full list as we approach the festival dates.
Update: The prestigious Palme d'Or was awarded to "Triangle of Sadness" by Ruben Östlund. The complete list of films in competition for the Palme d'Or in 2022 included:
- "Tori and Lokita" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- "The Eight Mountains" by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen
- "Boy from Heaven" by Tarik Saleh
- "RMN" by Cristian Mungiu
- "The Natural History of Destruction" by Sergei Loznitsa
- "The Almond Tree" by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- "Triangle of Sadness" by Ruben Östlund
- "Showing Up" by Kelly Reichardt
- "EO" by Jerzy Skolimowski
- "The Innocent" by Louis Garrel
- "Decision to Leave" by Park Chan-wook
- "Broker" by Hirokazu Kore-eda
- "Crimes of the Future" by David Cronenberg
- "The Night of the 12th" by Dominik Moll
- "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbasi
- "Pacifiction" by Albert Serra
- "The Plan" by Jonathan Glazer was not in the competition, but "The Stars at Noon" by Claire Denis was.
French movies-and-tv enthusiasts are excited to watch "Tori and Lokita" by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, among other intriguing films, as they compete for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Winners will be announced on the final day of the event, with hopes that some of these French productions may take home the prestigious award.
