Festival de Cannes 2025: The Critics' Week prize list

The Cannes Film Festival 2025 is drawing to a close. While the winners of the Official Selection andUn Certain Regard will be announced on May 24, the winners of Critics' Week, the festival's parallel section directed by Ava Cahen, were announced on Wednesday May 21.

The 64th Semaine de la Critique was presided over by Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen, surrounded by a jury including Moroccan journalist Jihane Bougrine, French-Canadian director of photography Josée Deshaies, Indonesian producer Yulia Evina Bhara and Oscar-winning British actor Daniel Kaluuya.

Together, they awarded 8 prizes at the end of a week of intense screenings, much appreciated by cinephiles: the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique for best feature film, the new Grand Prix AMI Paris, the Prix French Touch du Jury, the Prix Fondation Louis Roederer de la Révélation for best actor, the Prix Fondation Gan, the Prix SACD, the Prix Canal+ for short film, and the Prix Découverte Leitz Ciné for best short film.

• To be read
• Cannes Festival 2025: The latest news and information about the 78th edition
• Cannes Festival 2025: The 22 films in competition for the Palme d'Or

The winners of Critics' Week 2025 :

• Grand Prize: 

Fantôme Utile: a Thai fantasy comedy
Fantôme Utile (Pee Chai Dai Ka), the first film by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke starring Mai Davika Hoorne, is released on August 27, 2025. Selected at Cannes. [Read more]

• French Touch Jury Prize:

Imago by Déni Oumar Pitsaev, selected for Critics' Week 2025
Déni Oumar Pitsaev's documentary Imago is part of the Critics' Week 2025 selection. [Read more]

• Louis Roederer Foundation Revelation Award:

Nino by Pauline Loquès, selected for Critics' Week 2025
La Semaine de la Critique 2025 will present Pauline Loquès' first film, Nino. It is competing for the Caméra d'Or. [Read more]

• Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: 

Left-Handed Girl by Shih-Ching Tsou, selected for Critics' Week 2025
Shih-Ching Tsou's Left-Handed Girl is part of the Critics' Week 2025 selection. [Read more] 

• SACD Award:  

Sleepless City (Ciudad Sin Sueño) by Guillermo Galoe, selected for Critics' Week 2025
After several short films, director Guillermo Galoe unveils his first feature film, Sleepless City (Ciudad Sin Sueño), at Critics' Week 2025. [Read more]

• Canal+Short FilmAward:Erogenesis by Xandra Popescu

• Leitz Cine Discovery Award for Short Film:L’mina by Randa Maroufi