Cannes: ACID Sidebar Unveils 2025 Lineup

The Cannes Film Festival's ACID sidebar, run by France's independent cinemas' association l'ACID , unveiled its 2025 line-up on Tuesday, with the section kicking off with The Adventura ( L'aventura ), a French family drama from actor/director Sophie Letourneur, starring Letourneur and Philippe Katerine as the parents of small children who go on a summer road trip to Italy.

ACID's 2025 drama lineup also includes Drunken Noodles , from U.S.-based Argentinian director Lucio Castro, a feature loosely inspired by the life of artist Sal Salandra; The Black Snake from French filmmaker Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux, about a man who, after years of absence, returns to the Colombian Tatacoa Desert to the bedside of his dying mother; Laruent in the Wind from directors Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture, and Mattéo Eustachon, about a 29-year-old searching for the meaning in his life; the crime drama Entroncamento from Portuguese director Pedro Cabeleira; and Finnish film A Light That Never Goes Out from director Lauri-Matti Parppei, starring Samuel Kujala as a classical flutist with a perfectionist streak who returns to his small hometown after suffering a breakdown.

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Documentaries featured in ACID this year include Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk from Iranian-French director Sepideh Farsi, about life in Gaza during the Israeli military campaign, captured through Farsi's video calls with a young woman in Gaza; Namir Abdel Messeeh's Life After Siham , an investigation into her own family history, which moves between France and Egypt; and Sylvain George's Nuit Obscure – Ain't I A Child , about Moroccan teenagers living on the streets of Paris.

Launched in 1992, ACID prides itself on discovering up-and-coming directing talents and has championed the likes of Justine Triet ( Anatomy of a Fall ), Guy Maddin ( My Winnipeg ), Radu Jude ( Bad Luck Banging, Or Looney Porn ) early in their careers.

ACID 2025 Program

The Adventura (L'Aventura) , Dir. Sophie Letourneur
The Black Snake (La Couleuvre Noire) , Dir. Aurélien Vernhes -Lermusiaux
Drunken Noodles , Dir. Lucio Castro
Entroncamento , Dir. Pedro Cabeleira
Laurent in the Wind ( Laurent Dans Le Vent ), Dirs: Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture, Mattéo Eustachon
Life After Siham , Dir. Namir Abdel Messeeh
A Light That Never Goes Out , Dir. Lauri-Matti Parppei
Nuit Obscure – Ain't I A Child? , Dir. Sylvain George
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk , Dir. Sepideh Farsi

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