The 78th Cannes Film Festival has once again confirmed France’s role as engine and pillar in the co-production of the best international auteur cinema. Indeed, no fewer than 16 feature films that have gone through the selective filter of the Aide aux cinémas du monde fund (co-managed and co-financed by the CNC and the French Institute in order to encourage and support the international co-production of feature films between France and the rest of the world) were selected this year in the various categories of the Croisette–and nine of which won awards, including five in official competition.
The Aide aux cinémas du monde (ACM) was rewarded in the official competition by the Palme d’Or given to It Was Just an Accident [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, the Grand Prize given to Sentimental Value [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, the double Best Directing and Best Actor awards received by The Secret Agent [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho, by the Jury Prize given to Sirât [+lee también:
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entrevista: Óliver Laxe
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ficha de la película] by Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan.

Three other films carrying the ACM label were in official competition: Two Prosecutors [+lee también:
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entrevista: Sergei Loznitsa
ficha de la película] by Ukrainian filmmaker Sergueï Loznitsa, Eagles of the Republic [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tarik Saleh
ficha de la película] by Swedish director Tarik Saleh, and Renoir [+lee también:
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entrevista: Chie Hayakawa
ficha de la película] by Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa.

Films that benefited from the Aide aux cinémas du monde also shone bright in Un Certain Regard with the main award going to The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo [+lee también:
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entrevista: Diego Céspedes
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entrevista: Tarzan Nasser
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entrevista: Pedro Pinho
ficha de la película] by fellow Portuguese artist Pedro Pinho. The other ACM titles in Un Certain Regard were Aïcha Can't Fly Away [+lee también:
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entrevista: Morad Mostafa
ficha de la película] by Egyptian director Morad Mostafa and Promised Sky [+lee también:
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entrevista: Erige Sehiri
ficha de la película] by Tunisian filmmaker Erige Sehiri. Another feature supported by the ACM also had its world premiere in Official selection, in the Cannes Première section: Magellan [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz.

Finally, the Aide aux cinémas du monde rounded off its brilliant Cannes 2025 run in the parallel section, with the Critics’ Week Grand Prize going to A Useful Ghost [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke. The ACM title Sleepless City [+lee también:
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entrevista: Guillermo Galoe
ficha de la película] by Spanish director Guillermo Galoe also took part in this competition.

Since its creation in 2012, the Aide aux cinémas du monde has supported 695 projects (590 fiction films, 92 documentaries, 11 animation titles and two hybrid films) of 113 different nationalities.