<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">The press conference for the 78th Cannes Film Festival, scheduled to take place from May 13 to 24, was held over the past few hours. Details of the highly anticipated event and the films participating were announced. This year's official competition includes 19 films competing for the Palme d'Or.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Details of Arab cinema's participation in the 2025 Cannes Film Festival </h2><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:555/312;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/5f736da2-5bb3-4ac9-9e95-cc9fea761c04.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Arab cinema is participating in the official sections of the Cannes Film Festival with three films: The Eagles of the Republic by Swedish director of Egyptian origin Tarek Saleh, in the official competition, alongside Aisha Can't Fly by Egyptian director Murad Mustafa in the Un Certain Regard section, and the Palestinian film Once Upon a Time in Gaza by Palestinian directors Tarzan and Arab Nassar, in the same section.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> This year's festival is set to open with Leave One Day by French director Amélie Bonnin, her feature-length directorial debut. At the press conference, the festival's artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, noted that this is the first time in the festival's history that the first feature film by an emerging female director has opened.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New offers and competitions </h3><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1379/878;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a5bc0650-6552-453b-af4b-72fd345b6f18.webp" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the Un Certain Regard section of the festival, this section will mark the directorial debut of American star Scarlett Johansson with her film Eleanor the Great.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Out of competition screenings include the highly anticipated Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, directed by American director Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, and Vie Privée from France, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski. The Richest Woman in the World, directed by French director Thierry Cliva, and The Coming of the Future, also from France, will also be screened.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Special screenings include the Australian-Irish musical documentary Stories of Surrender by Andrew Dominik, The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol from France by Sylvain Chomi, Exit 8 from Japan by Genki Kawamura, and Dolloway by Yann Gozlan from France.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h4 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> List of participating films for each section </h4><figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:1080/1350;" src="https://cdn.sbisiali.com/news/images/a1213a34-3301-4c5f-a2dc-349953c45096.jpg" ></figure><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As for the list of films participating in each section, the following films participate in the out-of-competition section:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Coming of the Future</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Richest Woman in the World</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Private Life</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> While the films of the special screening section:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Bono: Stories of Surrender</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Tell Her That I Love Her</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sons of the Neon Night</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Exit 8</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Residence</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> As for the films that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Splitsville</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Amrum</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Connemara</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Disappearance of Josef Mengele</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> La Ola</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Orwell</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> S</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Part of the festival's press conference</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Un Certain Regard Films</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Meteors</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> My Father's Shadow</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Urchin</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The unknown of the Great Arch</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Eleanor the Great</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A Pale View of the Hills</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Pillion</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Aicha Can't Fly Away</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Once Upon a Time in Gaza</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Heads or Tails?</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Last One for the Road</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Homebound,” Neeraj Ghaywan</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Official Competition Film List:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sentimental Value</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Romeria</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sound of Falling</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Eagles of the Republic</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Mastermind</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> File 137</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Secret Agent</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> “Fuori,” Mario Martone</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Two Prosecutors</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> New Wave</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sirat</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Little Derniere</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The History of Sound</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Renoir</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Alpha</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Young Mothers</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Eddington</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Phoenician Scheme</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>