Cannes 2025

First impressions from the Festival de Cannes 2025. By Peter Paul Huth

With a critical eye, Peter Paul Huth presents two German films in Cannes 2025 and contrasts them with a project by the late Laurent Cantet realised by Robert Campillo.

Peter Paul Huth reports about "Eddington" by Ari Aster and "Die, My Love" by Lynne Ramsay.

Peter Paul Huth writes about two historically and conceptually contrasting films on the subject of state violence from the international competition in Cannes 2025.

Two films in the competition at Cannes deal with the military dictatorships in Brazil and Egypt: Peter Paul Huth honours ‘The Secret Agent’ and ‘Eagles of the Republic’.

Attentive observers of the gender balance have calculated that six out of 18 films in the competition were directed by women. In another report from Cannes, Peter Paul Huth explores this topic.

In his report, Peter Paul Huth looks at the two Iranian films in the International Competition at Cannes 2025.

Under the title ‘Making Of’, Peter Paul Huth refers in his report from Cannes to the cinematically reconstructed history of the creation of two works, one from film history and one from architectural history.

Peter Paul Huth discusses two outstanding films from the Cannes 2025 festival, ‘Jeunes mères’ by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and ‘Miroirs No. 3’ by Christian Petzold.

Commentary on the decisions of the festival jury chaired by Juliette Binoche. By Peter Paul Huth

Peter Paul Huth's reporting from Cannes ends with a look at the ‘Cannes Classics’ section.