2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel – Laxe, Mendonça Filho, Panahi & Trier Reign Supreme

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The final grades trickled in and finally, our top three has slightly changed. Instead of a firm trio, we now have a foursome as the Norwegian film added itself to the mix. All four films are Neon releases in North America. Grabbing gold we have Óliver Laxe‘s Sirat (Jury Prize winner at 3.9), placing in silver spot is Brazil’s Kleber Mendonça Filho‘s The Secret Agent (Best Director and Best Actor 3.6) and the bronze with an average score of 3.5 is Jafar Panahi‘s It Was Just an Accident (Palme d’Or winner) and Joachim Trier‘s Sentimental Value (Grand Prize winner).

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Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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