Cannes 2025: UK films and co-productions

Director Oliver Hermanus’ The History Of Sound will screen In Competition, an Italy, US and UK co-production along with Die, My Love from Lynne Ramsay, who won the screenwriter award for You Were Never Really Here at Cannes in 2017. The Un Certain Regard strand will feature three UK titles; My Father’s Shadow, the debut feature from Akinola Davies Jr., Pillion from Harry Lighton and Urchin, the directorial debut of Harris Dickinson — all of which are backed by the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund. 

Elsewhere, Critics Week will see Left-Handed Girl from director Shih-Ching Tsou and La Cinef Selection will feature short film Ether from director Vida Skerk and the National Film and Television School. 

The immersive section will also feature three UK titles: Lili by Navid Khonsari, Taxi by Yamil Rodriguez, Michael Arcos and Stephen Henderson and Trailblazer by Eloise Singer which will be out of competition. 

THE HISTORY OF SOUND | Dir. Oliver Hermanus | Wri.Ben Shattuck
World Premiere | Italy-US- UK 
Supported by Film4 

DIE, MY LOVE | Wri-dir. Lynne Ramsay | Wris. Ariana Harwicz, Enda Walsh
World Premiere | US-UK 

MY FATHER’S SHADOW | Dir. Akinola Davies Jr. | Wris. Wale Davies, Akinola Davies Jr 
World Premiere | UK-Ireland 
Supported by the BFI and BBC Film

PILLION | Wri-dir. Harry Lighton   
World Premiere | UK-Ireland
Supported by BBC Film and BFI

URCHIN | Wri-dir. Harris Dickinson  
World Premiere | UK 
Supported by BBC Film and BFI 

LEFT-HANDED GIRL | Wri-dir. Shih-Ching Tsou | Wri. Sean Baker 
World Premiere | Taiwan-France-USA-UK 

WONDERWALL (Short) | Wri-dir. Róisín Burns| Wri. Aaron Cohen-Yanay 
World Premiere | France-UK 

LILI | Navid Khonsari 
World Premiere | UK-France

TAXI | Yamil Rodriguez, Michael Arcos, Stephen Henderson 
World Premiere | UK 

TRAILBLAZER | Eloise Singer 
World Premiere | UK 

ETHER | Dir. Vida Skerk | Wri. Niky Pasolini 
World Premiere | UK