Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, winner of the 2025 Grand Prix in Cannes, leads the way with 9 nominations. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent, winner of Best Directing and Best Performance by an actor, totals 4 nominations. Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, which won the Palme d’or at the 78th Festival de Cannes, received 2 Oscar nominations. Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt, winner of the Jury Prize (Ex-æquo), received 2 Oscar nominations. Ugo Bienvenu’s Arco and Maylis Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s Little Amelie or The Character of Rain each received 1 nomination.

The Festival de Cannes warmly congratulates the nominees and wishes them the success they deserve at the 98th Academy Award ceremony.

SENTIMENTAL VALUE
by Joachim Trier
Competition – Grand Prix

9 nominations

• Best Picture
• Best International Feature Film
• Best Directing
• Best Actress in a leading role : Renate Reinsve
• Best Performance Actor in a supporting role : Stellan Skarsgård
• Best Performance Actress in a supporting role : Elle Fanning
• Best Performance Actress in a supporting role : Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Editing

THE SECRET AGENT
by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Competition – Best Directing – Best performance by an actor

4 nominations

• Best Picture
• Best International Feature Film
• Best Actor in a leading role : Wagner Moura
• Best Casting

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
by Jafar Panahi
Competition – Palme d’or

2 nominations

• Best International Feature Film
• Best Original Screenplay

SIRĀT
by Oliver Laxe
Competition – Jury Prize (Ex-æquo)

2 nominations

• Best International Feature Film
• Best Sound

ARCO
by Ugo Bienvenu
Special Screenings

1 nomination

• Best Animated Feature Film

LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
by Maylis Vallade et Liane Cho-Han
Special Screenings

1 nomination

• Best Animated Feature Film