Following Louder Than Bombs (2015) and The Worst Person in the World (2021), Norwegian director Joachim Trier‘s latest film, Sentimental Value, marks his third entry in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film reunites him with actress Renate Reinsve, who won the Best Actress Award at Cannes for her role in The Worst Person in the World.
Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh joins the competition with Eagles of the Republic, his second Palme d’Or bid after Boy from Heaven (2022), once again teaming up with longtime collaborator Fares Fares. The actor has worked with Saleh on multiple projects, including The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) and Boy from Heaven. Both films are set to have their world premiere at the festival (May 13–24).
About Sentimental Value
The film stars Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (The Last King), Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting), and Elle Fanning (Maleficent) in an Oslo family drama, weaving memory and art with Nordic introspection. Joachim Trier has written the screenplay together with Eskil Vogt. The two have collaborated on all of Trier’s previous feature films.
Sentimental Value centers on actress Nora (Renate Reinsve) and her sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) when their father, Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), suddenly reappears in their lives after many years of absence. Gustav was once a famous film director and offers Nora the lead role in his new film. But working with her father is the last thing Nora can think about.
The film is produced by Maria Ekerhovd, Mer Film, and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Eye Eye Pictures, in co-production with Film i Väst, Zentropa (Sisse Graum Jørgensen), Zentropa Sweden (Lizette Jonjic), MK Productions (Nathanael Karmitz), Lumen Production (Juliette Schrameck), Komplizen Film (Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach) and with support from the Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo Filmfond, Storyline, Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, FFA, BBC Film (Eva Yates), Arte Grand Accord and Normandie Regional Fund, National Center of Cinema Film (CNC), Nordisk Film og TV-fond. International sales Mk2, US distribution Neon. Nordic distribution by Nordisk Film.
Donya (Lyna Khoudri), George (Fares Fares) in Eagles of the Republic. Photo: Yigit Eken
About Eagles of the Republic
Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, featuring FaresFares (Boy from Heaven), Lyna Khoudri (The French Dispatch), and Zineb Triki (The Bureau), concludes his Cairo trilogy, exploring power and betrayal through a tense thriller lens.
Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy (Fares Fares), is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.
Eagles of the Republic is produced by Unlimited Stories (Linus Stöhr Torell), Apparaten (Linda Mutawi, Johan Lindström) and Memento (Alexandre Mallet-Guy) in co-production with Ström Pictures, Bufo, Films Boutique, SVT, Film i Väst, ARTE France Cinéma, SF Studios, Mikael Ahlström Films, Playtime & Post Control. With support from the Swedish Film Institute, Playtime, Canal +, Ciné +, Eurimages, Nordisk Film & TV Fund, Memento Distribution, Bayerisher Rundfunk, ARTE France, Danish Film Institute, Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée, Paris Region Fund, Finnish Film Foundation, Business Finland Oy, YLE and DR. Nordic distribution: SF Studios. International sales: Playtime.
About the 78th Cannes Film Festival
The 78th Cannes Film Festival runs from May 13 to 24, 2025, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. Juliette Binoche chairs the main competition jury, with Laurent Lafitte hosting the opening and closing ceremonies. Robert De Niro will receive an Honorary Palme d’Or at the opening. The festival opens with Amélie Bonnin’s comedy Bye Bye, shown out of competition.
Source: Film i Väst/SF Studios Photo credits: Yigit Eken/Kasper Tuxen
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Following Louder Than Bombs (2015) and The Worst Person in the World (2021), Norwegian director Joachim Trier‘s latest film, Sentimental Value, marks his third entry in competition for the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film reunites him with actress Renate Reinsve, who won the Best Actress Award at Cannes for her role in The Worst Person in the World.
Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh joins the competition with Eagles of the Republic, his second Palme d’Or bid after Boy from Heaven (2022), once again teaming up with longtime collaborator Fares Fares. The actor has worked with Saleh on multiple projects, including The Nile Hilton Incident (2017) and Boy from Heaven. Both films are set to have their world premiere at the festival (May 13–24).
About Sentimental Value
The film stars Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (The Last King), Stellan Skarsgård (Good Will Hunting), and Elle Fanning (Maleficent) in an Oslo family drama, weaving memory and art with Nordic introspection. Joachim Trier has written the screenplay together with Eskil Vogt. The two have collaborated on all of Trier’s previous feature films.
Sentimental Value centers on actress Nora (Renate Reinsve) and her sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) when their father, Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), suddenly reappears in their lives after many years of absence. Gustav was once a famous film director and offers Nora the lead role in his new film. But working with her father is the last thing Nora can think about.
The film is produced by Maria Ekerhovd, Mer Film, and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Eye Eye Pictures, in co-production with Film i Väst, Zentropa (Sisse Graum Jørgensen), Zentropa Sweden (Lizette Jonjic), MK Productions (Nathanael Karmitz), Lumen Production (Juliette Schrameck), Komplizen Film (Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach) and with support from the Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo Filmfond, Storyline, Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, FFA, BBC Film (Eva Yates), Arte Grand Accord and Normandie Regional Fund, National Center of Cinema Film (CNC), Nordisk Film og TV-fond. International sales Mk2, US distribution Neon. Nordic distribution by Nordisk Film.
About Eagles of the Republic
Saleh’s Eagles of the Republic, featuring Fares Fares (Boy from Heaven), Lyna Khoudri (The French Dispatch), and Zineb Triki (The Bureau), concludes his Cairo trilogy, exploring power and betrayal through a tense thriller lens.
Egypt’s most adored actor, George Fahmy (Fares Fares), is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts the role and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like a moth drawn to the flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the film.
Eagles of the Republic is produced by Unlimited Stories (Linus Stöhr Torell), Apparaten (Linda Mutawi, Johan Lindström) and Memento (Alexandre Mallet-Guy) in co-production with Ström Pictures, Bufo, Films Boutique, SVT, Film i Väst, ARTE France Cinéma, SF Studios, Mikael Ahlström Films, Playtime & Post Control. With support from the Swedish Film Institute, Playtime, Canal +, Ciné +, Eurimages, Nordisk Film & TV Fund, Memento Distribution, Bayerisher Rundfunk, ARTE France, Danish Film Institute, Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée, Paris Region Fund, Finnish Film Foundation, Business Finland Oy, YLE and DR. Nordic distribution: SF Studios. International sales: Playtime.
About the 78th Cannes Film Festival
The 78th Cannes Film Festival runs from May 13 to 24, 2025, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. Juliette Binoche chairs the main competition jury, with Laurent Lafitte hosting the opening and closing ceremonies. Robert De Niro will receive an Honorary Palme d’Or at the opening. The festival opens with Amélie Bonnin’s comedy Bye Bye, shown out of competition.
Source: Film i Väst/SF Studios Photo credits: Yigit Eken/Kasper Tuxen
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