The board of directors of the Cannes Film Festival has unanimously re-elected Iris Knobloch to serve a second term as festival president.

Iris Knobloch has been re-elected as Cannes Film Festival President for a second term, running from July 2025 to 2027 inclusive. The festival said in a statement that the reappointment had been agreed unanimously by the its board and that the decision reflected, “a renewed vote of confidence in her leadership”.

Iris Knobloch has been unanimously re-elected as president of the Cannes Film Festival. After taking over in 2022, her second three-year term will now take her through July 2028.