The 2025 Cannes Film Festival takes place from Tuesday, May 13, 2025, to Saturday, May 24, 2025, and it's one of the best times of the year. The Cannes market is a fertile place where you can find the next breakout hit like The Substance or the next Oscar winner, like Anora. There are a bunch of titles we're excited about this year, but I wanted to highlight 20 of them that I think have the potential to break out. Let's dive in. 20 Cannes Titles That Excite UsOne of the things I love about Cannes is just the bubbling hopefulness of everyone showing their movies there. These are exciting titles from all over the world that could catapult a person into the mainstream and get their next movie greenlit. So, there's a lot at stake. Let's look at some titles vying for the Palme d'Or. In Competition Die, My Love (Director: Lynne Ramsay): Starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, this adaptation is Ramsay's much-awaited return and is frequently cited as a top contender for the award. Eddington (Director: Ari Aster): A contemporary Western black comedy starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone from the acclaimed director of Hereditary and Midsommar. Alpha (Director: Julia Ducournau): The follow-up from the director of the 2021 Palme d'Or winner Titane, starring Emma Mackey and Tahar Rahim. The Phoenician Scheme (Director: Wes Anderson): Anderson returns with a spy comedy featuring his signature style and a cast including Benicio Del Toro and Michael Cera....
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