Overview

• Eugene Jarecki’s documentary, ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man,’ about Julian Assange, will screen in the Special Screenings section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
• The film was withdrawn from Sundance in late 2024 after pivotal legal developments in Assange’s case required significant revisions to the documentary.
• Julian Assange secured his release in June 2024 through a plea deal with the U.S. Justice Department, pleading guilty to one count of illegally disseminating national security material.
• The agreement ended Assange’s five-year incarceration in the UK, lifted the threat of extradition to the U.S., and allowed him to return to Australia.
• Cannes also announced Bi Gan’s ‘Resurrection’ for Competition, Martin Bourboulon’s ‘13 Jours, 13 Nuits’ Out of Competition, and Lise Akoka and Romane Guéret’s ‘Ma Frère’ in Cannes Premiere.