Cannes Film Festival 2025 reveals lineup with new films from Ari Aster, Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson

New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday. (Also read: Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound set to premiere in Un Certain Regard category at 2025 Cannes Film Festival) Coming off a 2024 edition that produced the Academy Award best-picture winner Anora, as well as a number of Oscar contenders in Emilia Pérez, The Substance and The Apprentice, the French film festival responded with a 2025 lineup full of big-name auteurs. The official selectionThierry Frémaux, Cannes’ artistic director, announced the selections in a news conference in Paris with festival president Iris Knobloch. Asked if he was under pressure after producing so many Oscars contenders last year, Frémaux said the festival organizers feel like an athlete putting his title back on the line. “What happened last year was great," he said. “And what happened the year before was great. The last seven, eight years, Cannes and...