Who will win the 2025 Cannes Film Festival’s top prize?

CANNES: After nearly two weeks of exciting premieres, star-studded press conferences and beachside parties that go into the early hours, the Cannes Film Festival is ready to roll up the red carpet after one last task: crowning this year’s Palme d’Or winner.

The nine-strong jury headed by French actor Juliette Binoche will pick one of 22 films to award the top prize on Saturday night, with titles from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Richard Linklater and Joachim Trier among the competitors.

Other awards include the Grand Prix, jury prize, best director, best actor and best screenplay.

These awards can make or break careers: Renate Reinsve, who stars in Trier’s entry “Sentimental Value,” said that winning best actress in 2021 for “The Worst Person in the World” completely changed her life.

The jury’s decisions will be closely watched after “Anora,” which won the top prize in 2024, went on to take home five Oscars, including the Best Picture top Academy Award. “The Substance,” which was awarded best screenplay at Cannes the same year, also won an Oscar.