Who’s premiering their newest documentary films at the 78th Cannes Film Festival? DAFilms had a look at the 2025 program selection.
Even though non-fiction storytelling has historically not been in the spotlight of Cannes, there are a number of documentaries that made it to the official selection. This program offers previous works by filmmakers premiering their newest films at the 2025 edition of Cannes.
Militantropos by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova & Simon Mozgovyi
Directors Fortnight - Feature competition
Previous work:
—School Number 3 by Georg Genoux and Yelizaveta Smith, 2016, Ukraine/Germany, 116 min
— No Obvious Signs by Alina Gorlova, 2018, Ukraine, 63 min
—The Winter Garden’s Tale by Simon Mozgovyi, 2018, Ukraine, 75 min
L’mina by Randa Maroufi
Critics’ Week - Shorts Competition
Previous work:
—Bab Sebta, 2019, France/Morocco, 19 min
Put your soul on your hand and walk by Sepideh Farsi
ACID Cannes
Previous work:
—7 Veils, 2017, Afghanistan/France, 80 min
Critical Condition by Mila Zhluktenko
Critics’ Week - Shorts Competition
Previous work:
—Waking Up in Silence by Daniel Asadi Faezi and Mila Zhluktenko, 2023, Germany/Ukraine, 18 min
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