The Phoenician Scheme Scavenger Hunt: everything you need to know about the daily quest to find seven hidden items

Wes Anderson directs The Phoenician Scheme. — Photographer… Roger Do Minh/​Focus Features
Wes Anderson directs The Phoenician Scheme. Photographer… Roger Do Minh/​Focus Features

Be entered to win a private screening of Wes Anderson’s new globe-trotting comedy adventure (or one of three runner-up prizes) by solving the clues to collect seven The Phoenician Scheme-inspired items hidden around Letterboxd.

Find all the daily clues in our The Phoenician Scheme Scavenger Hunt crew list

the Great Asteroid City Scavenger Hunt of 2023? Get ready for the Great Phoenician Scheme Scavenger Hunt of 2025! We’ve once again teamed up with Focus Features to create a playful puzzle for Letterboxd’s most curious minds. You’ll be searching for seven items inspired by Wes Anderson’s signature aesthetic, hidden around our website and app, in the lead up to the theatrical release of his twelfth feature film.

Each day for the next week, a new item will be hidden on Letterboxd somewhere in the extended Wes Anderson universe of films and their creators, and it’s up to you to find them. We’ll drop daily clues on our social media, and once you have collected all seven items, you’re automatically in the draw to win the grand prize: a private screening of The Phoenician Scheme for you and your Anderson Amigos at your nearest cinema.

There’ll also be three runner-up prize packs containing limited-edition The Phoenician Scheme merch and a signed poster; all eligible go in the draw and winners are chosen at random. and conditions apply—this competition is global, but the grand prize is only eligible to be won by a Letterboxd member living in the US. If you’re drawn as the winner of the grand prize but are outside the US, you’ll receive a runner-up prize pack instead (until the allocation of prize packs is exhausted).

Mathieu Amalric, Anderson, Mia Threapleton and Benicio Del Toro on the set of The Phoenician Scheme. — Photographer… Roger Do Minh/​Focus Features
Mathieu Amalric, Anderson, Mia Threapleton and Benicio Del Toro on the set of The Phoenician Scheme. Photographer… Roger Do Minh/​Focus Features

Anderson’s new comedy tells the thrilling tale of a rich rogue (Benicio Del Toro), his estranged daughter—a blue-eye-shadowed nun (Mia Threapleton)—and a bug-loving tutor (Michael Cera) as they take flight on a globetrotting adventure during which they must evade assassination and attempt to save the family business.

Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeffrey Wright, Rupert Friend, Steve Park, Hope Davis, Mathieu Amalric, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe and more Anderson regulars round out the ensemble—plus, please welcome Riz Ahmed to Wes World!

To kick things off, here’s the first clue:

“Step up to the podium and give a short speech—your trophy is for the taking and your fans are all here. Victory is sweet.”

And here’s what you’re looking for:

Read on for more details, and happy hunting!


How to hunt

  • You need to be signed-in as a Letterboxd member to participate, and app s will need the latest version from the App or Play Store
  • A new item is introduced each day from May 21–27 (US dates)
  • Follow our social s—Instagram, X, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook—for daily clues; we’re also posting them on our Scavenger Hunt crew list
  • The clues point you in the right direction but are only part of the puzzle; you may be required to deploy our sorting or filtering options, and be prepared to dive deep into the Wes Anderson filmmaking universe of collaborators to find the answers
  • You’ll find ‘Your Collection’ on the main screen for The Phoenician Scheme, to see which items you’ve collected so far
  • The scavenger hunt takes place on both app and web, with the same clues appearing on both—to ‘collect’ an item, click or tap it to add it to your collection
  • You may collect the items in any order—if you find the seventh item first, for example, you may collect it, then go back and collect the rest
  • Once you collect an item, it no longer appears in the place you found it (but remains visible for who haven’t collected it yet)
Anxiously awaiting the next clue.
Anxiously awaiting the next clue.

How to be entered to win

  • You must collect all items by midnight on May 28, Pacific time and winners will be drawn and informed on May 30, 2025 or as soon thereafter as possible
  • who successfully collect all seven items are automatically entered into the random prize draw
  • Only entered who reside in the US are eligible to win the grand prize of a private screening (any member outside the US who is drawn as the winner of this prize will instead receive a runner-up prize pack, until the allocation of prize packs is exhausted)
  • All entered are eligible to win one of three runner-up prize packs containing The Phoenician Scheme merch and a signed poster
  • Winners will be chosen at random
  • The grand-prize winner and their friends will be responsible for their own travel and associated costs to get to their nearest cinema
  • If you’re a winner, we’ll you regarding fulfillment details
  • There is more fine print! Read our giveaway rules to be fully prepared.

The Phoenician Scheme opens in select theaters May 30 and expands widely on June 6, courtesy of Focus Features.

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