Cannes Festival 2025: Acid's (super) selection resumes at Le Louxor cinema

Le Louxor cinema invites you to a very special event this autumn. For 3 days, from September 20 to 22, 2025, the 10th arrondissement cinema will be hostingAcid (l'Association du Cinéma Indépendant pour sa Diffusion).

Acid was created to support the distribution of independent films, and returns to Cannes each year with its own batch of young directors. At the Cannes Film Festival, Acid has had its own parallel program since 1993, put together by some 15 of the association's filmmakers.

This year, they have selected 9 films for the Cannes 2025 Festival, with the usual focus on films without distributors. Among them are Sepideh Farsi's deeply moving Put your Soul on your Hand and Walk and Lucio Castro's wonderful Drunken Noodles.

• To be read
• Cannes 2026: Directors’ Fortnight films return to Paris cinemas
• Cannes Film Festival 2026: Revival of Critics’ Week films at the Cinémathèque Française
• Festival de Cannes 2026 : Un Certain Regard lineup returns to L'Arlequin and Pathé Convention

On the program for the resumption of ACID 2025 at the Luxor:

Drunken Noodles: our review of Lucio Castro's sensual and dreamlike film
Lucio Castro premiered his film 'Drunken Noodles' at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, and this sensual, dreamlike gem is finally hitting French theaters on April 22, 2026. Read our review before you go! [Read more]

Put your Soul on your Hand and Walk by Sepideh Farsi, selected at Acid 2025: Our review
Sepideh Farsi's documentary Put your Soul on your Hand and Walk was unveiled at Acid, Cannes Film Festival 2025. Read our review. [Read more]

Entroncamento by Pedro Cabeleira, selected at Acid 2025: Our verdict
Pedro Cabeleira's second film, Entroncamento, was part of Acid's 2025 selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Read our review. [Read more]

La Couleuvre Noire by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, shortlisted at Acid 2025: Our verdict
And that's two for Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, who unveiled his 'Black Snake' at Acid 2025. Read our review. [Read more]

Sophie Letourneur's L'Aventura, opening film at Acid 2025
Sophie Letourneur is delighted to open Acid 2025 with her new film, L'Aventura. [Read more]

Laurent in the Wind, a compelling drama-comedy that’s worth checking out at the cinema
Laurent in Le Vent by Anton Balekdjian, featuring Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon, premiered at the 2025 Cannes Acid section and was released in theaters on December 31, 2025. [Read more]

Never say goodbye: Finnish musical drama hits theaters
La lumière ne meurt jamais by Lauri-Matti Parppei, a musical drama showcased at Acid in Cannes 2025, hits theaters on February 4, 2026. [Read more]

Nuit Obscure - Ain't I a Child? by Sylvain George, selected at Acid 2025
Sylvain George's new documentary 'Nuit Obscure - Ain't I a Child?' has been selected for Acid 2025. [Read more]

Life After Siham: An Intimate Documentary Comes to the Cinemas
"Life After Siham" by Namir Abdel Messeeh, a documentary showcased at the Acid at Cannes 2025, hits theaters on January 28, 2026. [Read more]

Days and times of screenings :

Thursday, September 18 at 8:30pm: Opening night with La Vie après Siham by Namir Abdel Messeeh

Friday, September 19

• 7pm: Entroncamento by Pedro Cabeleira
• 10pm: Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro

Saturday, September 20

• 4pm: L'Aventura by Sophie Letourneur
• 6:30pm: Put your Soul on your Hand and Walk by Sepideh Farsi
• 9:15pm: Laurent dans le vent by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture and Mattéo Eustachon

Sunday, September 21st

• 4pm: La Couleuvre Noire by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux
• 18:30: The Light Never Dies by Lauri-Matti Parppei

Monday, September 22 at 7pm: Closing night with Nuit Obscure "Ain't I a Child?" by Sylvain George

All screenings will be followed by meetings with the filmmakers, actors, composers and scriptwriters... We look forward to seeing you there!

Please note that the films will also be previewed this autumn at Le Méliès in Montreuil, Marcel Pagnol in Malakoff and Le Luxy inIvry-sur-Seine.