Keith Kimbell

Photo by Film Movement Animation/Drama/Documentary - dir. Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani In theaters June 26 Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki, best known for their 2020 quarantine web series 2 Lizards, make their feature directing debut with this animated story based on an actual conversation between Bennani and her mother.

Hollywood may have stayed away from the Croisette this year, but the 79th edition of the film world's most prestigious festival still saw the debuts—some great, some less so—of new films from noted directors such as James Gray, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Pedro Almodóvar, Jane Schoenbrun, Steven Soderbergh, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ira Sachs, Cristian Mungiu, Nicolas Winding Refn, Pawel Pawlikowski, Asghar Farhadi, and Radu Jude, as well as a few impressive debuts from first-time directors.

MetascoreGenerally favorable Photo by Kino Lorber Foreign/Drama - dir. Milagros Mumenthaler In theaters May 29 After traveling the festival circuit in 2025, the latest from Swiss-Argentinian writer-director Milagros Mumenthaler comes to select theaters this month before expanding in June. This intimate character study follows Lina (Isabel Aimé González Sola), an accomplished designer who, while accepting an award for her career in Switzerland, decides to jump in an icy winter lake.