The Cannes Movie Pageant‘s ACID sidebar, run by France’s unbiased cinemas’ affiliation l’ACID , unveiled its 2025 line-up on Tuesday, with the part kicking off with The Adventura (L’aventura), a French household drama from actor/director Sophie Letourneur, starring Letourneur and Philippe Katerine because the dad and mom of babies who go on a summer time highway journey to Italy.
ACID’s 2025 drama lineup additionally contains Drunken Noodles, from U.S.-based Argentinian director Lucio Castro, a function loosely impressed by the lifetime of artist Sal Salandra; The Black Snake from French filmmaker Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, a couple of man who, after years of absence, returns to the Colombian Tatacoa Desert to the bedside of his dying mom; Laruent within the Wind from administrators Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture, and Mattéo Eustachon, a couple of 29-year-old trying to find the that means in his life; the crime drama Entroncamento from Portuguese director Pedro Cabeleira; and Finnish movie A Mild That By no means Goes Out from director Lauri-Matti Parppei, starring Samuel Kujala as a classical flutist with a perfectionist streak who returns to his small hometown after struggling a breakdown.
Documentaries featured in ACID this yr embody Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Stroll from Iranian-French director Sepideh Farsi, about life in Gaza in the course of the Israeli navy marketing campaign, captured by means of Farsi’s video calls with a younger girl in Gaza; Namir Abdel Messeeh’s Life After Siham, an investigation into her circle of relatives historical past, which strikes between France and Egypt; and Sylvain George’s Nuit Obscure – Ain’t I A Baby, about Moroccan youngsters residing on the streets of Paris.
Launched in 1992, ACID prides itself on discovering up-and-coming directing skills and has championed the likes of Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall), Man Maddin (My Winnipeg), Radu Jude (Dangerous Luck Banging, Or Looney Porn) early of their careers.
ACID 2025 Program
The Adventura (L’Aventura), Dir. Sophie Letourneur
The Black Snake (La Couleuvre Noire), Dir. Aurélien Vernhes -Lermusiaux
Drunken Noodles, Dir. Lucio Castro
Entroncamento, Dir. Pedro Cabeleira
Laurent within the Wind (Laurent Dans Le Vent), Dirs: Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture, Mattéo Eustachon
Life After Siham, Dir. Namir Abdel Messeeh
A Mild That By no means Goes Out, Dir. Lauri-Matti Parppei
Nuit Obscure – Ain’t I A Baby?, Dir. Sylvain George
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Stroll, Dir. Sepideh Farsi