2025 Cannes Critics Survey: The Best Films and Performances, as Picked by 48 Critics

2025 Cannes Critics Survey: The Best Films and Performances, as Picked by 48 Critics

Last year, in IndieWire’s 2024 Cannes Critics Survey, there was startling unanimity, with Sean Baker’s “Anora” winning Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. The 2025 Critics Poll couldn’t be less unanimous, with different films topping each of those categories this time. (Read the IndieWire’s staff’s own picks for the best films of Cannes 2025 here.) Even though the 48 critics who voted, representing four continents, largely overlapped …