‘Two Prosecutors’, ‘It Was Just An Accident’ finish joint top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid

‘Two Prosecutors’, ‘It Was Just An Accident’ finish joint top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid

‘Two Prosecutors’, ‘It Was Just An Accident’ finish joint top of Screen’s Cannes jury grid

Sergei Loznitsa’s Two Prosecutors and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident completed joint top of Screen’s remaining 2025 Cannes jury grid with a mean rating of 3.1.

The ultimate two titles on the grid, the Dardenne brothers’ Younger Moms, and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, each landed with 2.7.

See the ultimate grid beneath:

Jury grid May 24

Younger Moms  sees the Dardenne brothers return to Competitors with the story of 5 youngsters, all housed in a shelter for younger moms and hoping for a greater life for themselves and their infants.

The movie scored two four-stars (wonderful), from Peter Bradshaw and Stephanie Zacharek, in addition to 4 three-stars (good), whereas Ahmed Shawky gave it a one star (poor), for an total 2.7 common.

The 2-time Palme d’Or winners have been beforehand on the grid with Tori And Lokita in 2022, scoring a 2.5.

Reichardt’s drama The Mastermind follows a thief planning an audacious artwork heist, set towards the backdrop of the Vietnam Warfare. Josh O’Connor, Gaby Hoffman, John Magaro and Hope Davis head the solid.

It earned a 2.7 total rating, due to a combination of three and two-stars (common), though Screen’s critic awarded it a four-star.

Displaying Up, her earlier movie in Cannes Competitors, landed third on the grid in 2022 with 2.7.

The successful scores of 3.1 have been down on final yr’s winner, The Seed Of The Sacred Fig from Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, which topped the 2024 chart with a 3.4. The file holder remains to be Burning with 3.8 in 2018.

Propping up the grid this yr was Mario Martone’s Fuori with a 1.1 (the worst rating ever on the grid was Sean Penn’s The Final Face, which obtained simply 0.2 in 2016), adopted by Julia Ducournau’s Alpha on 1.5.

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