Oscar race has already started. Over the last two weeks, several major titles premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and it’s a safe bet to assume many of the films and performances launched on the French Riviera will play a significant part in the forthcoming awards season.

From the hundreds of titles that premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, here are the ones which are going to be big talking points all through 2025.

Starring Renate Reinsve — reuniting with Trier after the hit “The Worst Person in the World” — Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Fanning, it premiered to rave reviews. But unlike some other Palme d’Or contenders, it touched the audience as well.

Elle Fanning and Renate Reinsve attends the "Affeksjonsverdi" (Sentimental Value) red carpet and Paul Mescal, attend the "The History Of Sound" red carpet The 77th Cannes Film Festival continues on Day 9 with two world premieres: Oliver Hermanus’s The History of Sound,

With a record 15-minute standing ovation at its world premiere, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is winning rave reviews and generating the biggest buzz from the Cannes Film Festival.

Joachim Trier Summer got off to a rousing start on Wednesday with the world premiere of Sentimental Value, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker's follow-up to The Worst Person in the World. The competition title received an absurd 19-minute standing ovation after its premiere,

Starring Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve, Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value' is a major Oscar contender to emerge from Cannes 2025.