Revealed at La Semaine de la Critique, back at Cannes in 2025!
Icon of the 2024 La Semaine de la Critique’s poster, Hafsia Herzi presented her first feature film YOU DESERVE A LOVER in 2019. She enters the official competition with her third feature film, THE LITTLE SISTER. After her short film JUNIOR and her first feature film RAW, both selected at La Semaine de la Critique, Julia Ducournau, Palme d'Or for TITANE, returns to official competition with ALPHA. Nespresso Grand Prize in 2016 with MIMOSAS, Oliver Laxe will present his new feature film SIRAT.
Revealed in 2010 with DEAR PRUDENCE at La Semaine de la Critique, Rebecca Zlotowski presents her latest feature film VIE PRIVÉE out of competition. Cannes Première will host CONNEMARA the fourth feature by Alex Lutz, who closed La Semaine de la Critique in 2018 with GUY.
At Un Certain Regard, the Palestinian brothers and filmmakers Tarzan & Arab Nasser return to Cannes with ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA. They were discovered at La Semaine de la Critique in 2015 with their first feature film DEGRADE. In Special screening in 2017 with BLOODY MILK, winner of three César Awards, Hubert Charuel will present his second feature film MÉTÉORS. Also at Un Certain Regard, two short film directors alumni with their first feature: AISHA CAN’T FLY AWAY by filmmaker Morad Mostafa, a project developed at Next Step, passed La Semaine de la Critique with his short film I PROMISE YOU PARADISE in 2023. Another alumni in short film with THE MELTING CREATURES in 2022, Diego Céspedes will also present his first feature THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO.