As with the 2024 Venice Festival, when the jury headed by Isabelle Huppert delivered Pedro Almodovar his first top European festival award, the Golden Lion, to The Room Next Door,
Julian Assange
When Thierry Fremaux announced the 2025 Cannes programme last month, he was aware that the festival had enjoyed huge successes in recent years, most notably in 2024 with Sean Baker’s
Ithaka, the new feature length documentary from award winning filmmaker Ben Lawrence (Ghosthunter, Hearts and Bones) turns a unique lens upon the Julian Assange Wikileaks saga.