CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
See you all 14 - 25 May 2024 for the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival
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The 76th Cannes Film Festival
16 - 27 May 2023
Cannes Film Festival 2022
JUST FOR YOU
Not one of the gilded few sporting a film festival badge?
No probs, you can still indulge your love of films. Every evening during the film festival on the Plage Mace there is a free open air cinema showing classic films - just turn up and grab a deckchair
Also free is Cannes Cinephiles showing films at four cinemas in Cannes.
Free tickets can also be had for Critics' Week
Tickets for films shown as part of the Directors' Fortnight are available from the HQ outside the Malmaison or through Cannes Cinephiles and cost eight euros each or 40 euros for six showings. Tickets are available on-line at www.ticketonline.festival-cannes.com
See below for full details of these public events at the Cannes Film Festival - just scroll down!
Always check what language the film is shown in, if there are subtitles and in what language
(usually French and English but do check)
Two giant screens in town show highlights of the festival including press conferences, photo calls and the stars on the red carpet.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - PRESIDENT OF THE JURY 2024
Greta says of cinema: “I love films – I love making them, I love going to them, I love talking about them. As a cinephile, Cannes has always been the pinnacle of what the universal language of movies can be. I am stunned and thrilled and humbled to be serving as the president of the Cannes Film Festival Jury. ”
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President of the Jury of the 77th Festival of Cannes is 40-year-old American director Greta Gerwig.
American director, screenwriter, and actress Greta Gerwig is the first American female director to be Jury President and only the second woman American, following Olivia de Haviland in 1965. She is the youngest person to take on the role since Sophia Loren, aged 31 in 1966. She is also only the second female director since Jane Campion in 2014. Greta's latest film Barbie smashed every record. |
The Jury
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 Cannes Film Festival Jury
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MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES
Mistress of Ceremonies 2023: Chiara Mastroanni
Chiara Mastroianni
Daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni, she is an award winning actress. Chiara (50) was on the Jury under Martin Scorsese.
Honorary Palme d'Or: Michael Douglas
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Honorary Palme d'Or: Michael Douglas
actor’s third participation at the Festival. He reappeared only 20 years later, with Behind the Candelabra by Steven Soderbergh. |
Jeanne du Barry - Opening Film
Opening Film:
Jeanne du Barry
directed by Maïwenn and starring Johnny Depp, opens the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May. It is the director's sixth feature film and stars herself as Jeanne du Barry opposite Johnny Depp.
The film tells the story of a working class woman, Jeanne Vaubernier, who climbs the social ladder to become the favourite of King Louis XV. He is unaware she is a courtesan and they fall madly in love. The arrival of Jeanne at Versailles scandalizes the court.
Director, screenwriter, actress and producer, Maïwenn directed her first feature film, Pardonnez-moi in 2006. Identity quest, self building and family at large are at the centre of her work. In 2011, she won the Jury Prize at Cannes for Polisse. Four years later, Maiwenn returned with My King, which earned Emmanuelle Bercot, the Best Actress award.
A World Premier...A World Premier...A World Premier...A World Premier
HONORARY PALME D'OR: Harrison Ford
The embodiment of heroic America, Harrison Ford has played some of the most iconic roles of the last 50 years including Han Solo for George Lucas in Star Wars IV, V, and VI, and Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) and Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In 2023, James Mangold directs him to play again the adventurer with the hat and the whip.
Jeanne du Barry
directed by Maïwenn and starring Johnny Depp, opens the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 16 May. It is the director's sixth feature film and stars herself as Jeanne du Barry opposite Johnny Depp.
The film tells the story of a working class woman, Jeanne Vaubernier, who climbs the social ladder to become the favourite of King Louis XV. He is unaware she is a courtesan and they fall madly in love. The arrival of Jeanne at Versailles scandalizes the court.
Director, screenwriter, actress and producer, Maïwenn directed her first feature film, Pardonnez-moi in 2006. Identity quest, self building and family at large are at the centre of her work. In 2011, she won the Jury Prize at Cannes for Polisse. Four years later, Maiwenn returned with My King, which earned Emmanuelle Bercot, the Best Actress award.
A World Premier...A World Premier...A World Premier...A World Premier
HONORARY PALME D'OR: Harrison Ford
The embodiment of heroic America, Harrison Ford has played some of the most iconic roles of the last 50 years including Han Solo for George Lucas in Star Wars IV, V, and VI, and Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982) and Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017). In 2023, James Mangold directs him to play again the adventurer with the hat and the whip.
Honorary Palme D'Or Harrison Ford
World Premier: Indiana Jones & the Dial of the Destiny
It is directed by James Mangold and stars Harrison Ford and is the latest and last installment. It will be screened on Thursday 18 May. John Williams continues to compose the music for it. Joining them on the red carpet will be the cast including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas and Mads Mikkelsen.
Dreamt up by George Lucas, Raiders of the Lost Ark the first part of the saga was revealed to the world in 1981. The adventures of Indiana Jones has conquered the hearts of millions of fans for four decades.
Director James Mangold is back in Cannes 28 years after the screening of his first film Heavy as part of Directors' Fortnight. Other films he has directed include Copland (1997), the biopic on Johnny Cash, Walk the Line (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Ford v Ferrari in 2019.
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World Premier: Killers of the Flower Moon
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 Scorsese, Di Caprio and De Niro
In 1998, he was President of the Jury. Four years later, he chaired the Jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Films alongside Iranian director, Abbas Kiarostami. Since 1990, Martin Scorsese has directed The Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting and preserving the history of motion pictures worldwide. In this capacity, he has presented numerous films at Cannes Classics. |
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Closing Film: World Premier
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: FILMS IN COMPETITION
CLUB ZERO by Jessica HAUSNER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Jonathan GLAZER
FALLEN LEAVES by Aki KAURISMAKI
LES FILLES D’OLFA (FOUR DAUGHTERS) by Kaouther BEN HANIA
ASTEROID CITY by Wes ANDERSON
ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE by Justine TRIET
MONSTER by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
IL SOL DELL’ AVVENIRE by Nanni MORETTI
L’ÉTÉ DERNIER by Catherine BREILLAT
KURU OTLAR USTUNE (ABOUT DRY GRASSES) by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
LA CHIMERA by Alice ROHRWACHER
LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT by TRAN Anh Hun
RAPITO by Marco BELLOCCHIO
MAY DECEMBER by Todd HAYNES
JEUNESSE by WANG Bing
THE OLD OAK by Ken LOACH
BANEL E ADAMA by Ramata-Toulaye SY
PERFECT DAYS by Wim WENDERS
FIREBRAND by Karim AÏNOUZ
BLACK FLIES by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire
LE RETOUR by Catherine Corsini
OUT OF COMPETITION
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NEWS FLASHES...
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Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar
The director and two lead actors, Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, are attending the screening which will be followed by a conversation with Pedro Almodóvar and the filmmaking team. The film, a short, is a Western shot in the South of Spain and is the director's second English language film. The music is composed by Alberto Iglesias.
Pedro Almodóvar won the Best Director at Cannes for All About My Mother in 1999. In 2004, Bad Education was screened as the opening film, a first for a Spanish film. Pedro Almodóvar received the Best Screenplay award in 2006 for Volver. President of the Jury in 2017, he awarded the Palme d'Or to The Square by Ruben Östlund. Two years later, he presented the very personal Pain and Glory in which Antonio Banderas' deeply moving performance earned him the Best Actor award from the Jury chaired by Alejandro González Iñárritu, crowning one of the most beautiful collaborations in the history of cinema.
The director and two lead actors, Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, are attending the screening which will be followed by a conversation with Pedro Almodóvar and the filmmaking team. The film, a short, is a Western shot in the South of Spain and is the director's second English language film. The music is composed by Alberto Iglesias.
Pedro Almodóvar won the Best Director at Cannes for All About My Mother in 1999. In 2004, Bad Education was screened as the opening film, a first for a Spanish film. Pedro Almodóvar received the Best Screenplay award in 2006 for Volver. President of the Jury in 2017, he awarded the Palme d'Or to The Square by Ruben Östlund. Two years later, he presented the very personal Pain and Glory in which Antonio Banderas' deeply moving performance earned him the Best Actor award from the Jury chaired by Alejandro González Iñárritu, crowning one of the most beautiful collaborations in the history of cinema.
Un Certain Regard @ Cannes
Uncertain Regards Jury 2023
The Jury
President:
JOHN C. REILLY
Actor United States
And he is joined by...
ALICE WINOCOUR Director & screenwriter France; PAULA BEER Actress Germany;
DAVY CHOU Director & producer France/Cambodia; ÉMILIE DEQUENNE Actress Belgium
Official Selection
LE RÈGNE ANIMAL by Thomas CAILLEY – Opening Film
LOS DELINCUENTES (THE DELINQUENTS) by Rodrigo MORENO
HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly MANNING WALKER | 1st film
GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed KORDOFANI | 1st film
KADIB ABYAD (THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES) by Asmae EL MOUDIR
SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN by Monia CHOKRI
CROWRÃ (THE BURITI FLOWER) by João SALAVIZA, Renée NADER MESSORA
LOS COLONOS (THE SETTLERS) by Felipe GÁLVEZ | 1st film
OMEN by Baloji TSHIANI | 1st film
THE BREAKING ICE by Anthony CHEN
ROSALIE by Stéphanie DI GIUSTO
THE NEW BOY by Warwick THORNTON
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE by Zoljargal PUREVDASH | 1st film
HOPELESS by KIM Chang-hoon | 1st film
TERRESTRIAL VERSES by Ali ASGARI, Alireza KHATAMI
RIEN À PERDRE by Delphine DELOGET | 1st film
LES MEUTES by Kamal LAZRAQ | 1st film
ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS by Wei Shujun
SALEM by Jean-Bernard Marlin
UNE NUIT by Alex Lutz screened Out of Competition - Closing film
Winners are...
Un Certain Regard Prize
HOW TO HAVE SEX directed by Molly MANNING WALKER
JURY PRIZE
LES MEUTES (HOUNDS) directed by Kamal LAZRAQ
BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE
Asmae EL MOUDIR for KADIB ABYAD (THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES)
NEW VOICE PRIZE
AUGURE (OMEN) directed by BALOJI
ENSEMBLE PRIZE
CROWRÃ (THE BURITI FLOWER) directed by João SALAVIZA & Renée NADER MESSORA
FREEDOM PRIZE
GOODBYE JULIA directed by Mohamed KORDOFANI
Short Films & Cinefondation
The Jury is...
Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi, president, who is joined by Iranian American screenwriter Ana Lily Amirpour, Canadian actress Charlotte Le Bon, French actress Karidja Touré and Israeli director Shlomi Elkabetz.
The Jury will be awarding the Short Film Palme d'Or to one of the films in Competition:
Cinefondation Awards are for film students
The three Cinéfondation prizes will go to the best of the film school students.
Shorts Winners are...
PALME D’OR
27 for Flóra Anna BUDA
SPECIAL MENTION
FÁR (INTRUSION) directed by Gunnur MARTINSDÓTTIR SCHLÜTER
CAMERA D'OR 2023...
...for the best first film
The Caméra d’Or, created in 1978, is awarded to the director of the best first film presented in the Official Selection - In Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard, as well as the Critics' Week and the Directors’ Fortnight.
This year's jury president is French actress
Anaïs Demoustier
Best First Film:
BÊN TRONG VO KEN VANG (INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL) de THIEN AN PHAM
CANNES FILM CLASSICS - our cinema heritage
Jean Luc Godard
Restored films being shown this year...
Le Mépris (Contempt) Jean-Luc Godard 1963, France
Godard par Godard (Godard by Godard)
Written by Frédéric Bonnaud and directed by Florence Platarets France
World Premiere!
Film annonce du film qui n’existera jamais : « Drôles de Guerres » (Trailer of the film that will never exist : « Phony Wars ») Jean-Luc Godard France / Switzerland
Chambre 999 (Room 999) Lubna Playoust France
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. In Cannes, 40 years later, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: "is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?"
La Saga Rassam-Berri, le cinéma dans les veines (The Family) Michel Denisot & Florent Maillet France
Two intertwined families who have made half a century of cinema. La Grande Bouffe, We won't grow old together, Tchao Pantin, Apocalypse Now, Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis, The Artist. It is a story peppered with drama, and today, a new generation has taken over. Thomas Langmann - son of Claude Berri - and Dimitri Rassam, son of Carole Bouquet and Jean-Pierre Rassam.
Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled Dheeraj Akolkar Norway
Liv Ullmann, often in the OfficIal Selection and Jury President at Cannes in 2001, will be present for this documentary about her career, life and activism.
Man Ray France
In 1923, Man Ray created his first film Le Retour à la raison. Subsequently, he renews the experience with Emak Bakia in 1926, L‘Étoile de mer in 1928 and Les Mystères du château de Dé in 1929. In 2023, Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan compose a soundtrack to the four films as if they were forming one unique piece. Return To Reason celebrates the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s cinematic Œuvre, restored for the first time in 4K.
Nagaya shinshiroku (Record of a Tenement Gentleman) Yasujirō Ozu 1947, Japan; Munekata kyōdai (The Munekata Sisters) Yasujirō Ozu 1950, Japon; Spellbound (La Maison du docteur Edwardes) Alfred Hitchcock 1945, USA; Classe tous risques (Danger Ahead) Claude Sautet 1960, France / Italy; Barev, es em (Hello, It’s Me) Frounze Dovlatian 1965, Armenia ; Le Rendez-vous des quais Paul Carpita 1955, France; Il ferroviere (Le Disque rouge) Pietro Germi 1956, Italy; Mississipi Blues Bertrand Tavernier & Robert Parrish 1983, France; ES (IT) Ulrich Schamoni 1966, Germany; The Village (Le Village près du ciel) Leopold Lindtberg 1953, Switzerland; Ces Messieurs de la santé Pierre Colombier 1934, France; Sziget a szárazföldön (The Lady from Constantinaple Judit Elek 1969, Hungary ; El esqueleto de la Señora Morales (Skeleton of Mrs. Morales) Rogelio A. González 1959, Mexico; Hombre de la esquina rosada (Man on Pink Corner) René Mugica, script by Jorge-Luis Borges 1962, Argentina; L’Amour fou Jacques Rivette 1967, France; Caligula – The Ultimate Cut 1976, USA/Italy; Ishanou (The Chosen One); Aribam Syam Sharma 1990, India; Leslie Iwerks USA; Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Vida de Cinema (Nelson Pereira dos Santos – une vie de cinéma) Aida Marques & Ivelise Ferreira Brazil ; Viva Varda ! Pierre-Henri Gibert France ; Anita Svetlana Zill & Alexis Bloom USA
Le Mépris (Contempt) Jean-Luc Godard 1963, France
Godard par Godard (Godard by Godard)
Written by Frédéric Bonnaud and directed by Florence Platarets France
World Premiere!
Film annonce du film qui n’existera jamais : « Drôles de Guerres » (Trailer of the film that will never exist : « Phony Wars ») Jean-Luc Godard France / Switzerland
Chambre 999 (Room 999) Lubna Playoust France
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. In Cannes, 40 years later, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: "is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?"
La Saga Rassam-Berri, le cinéma dans les veines (The Family) Michel Denisot & Florent Maillet France
Two intertwined families who have made half a century of cinema. La Grande Bouffe, We won't grow old together, Tchao Pantin, Apocalypse Now, Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis, The Artist. It is a story peppered with drama, and today, a new generation has taken over. Thomas Langmann - son of Claude Berri - and Dimitri Rassam, son of Carole Bouquet and Jean-Pierre Rassam.
Liv Ullmann - A Road Less Travelled Dheeraj Akolkar Norway
Liv Ullmann, often in the OfficIal Selection and Jury President at Cannes in 2001, will be present for this documentary about her career, life and activism.
Man Ray France
In 1923, Man Ray created his first film Le Retour à la raison. Subsequently, he renews the experience with Emak Bakia in 1926, L‘Étoile de mer in 1928 and Les Mystères du château de Dé in 1929. In 2023, Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan compose a soundtrack to the four films as if they were forming one unique piece. Return To Reason celebrates the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s cinematic Œuvre, restored for the first time in 4K.
Nagaya shinshiroku (Record of a Tenement Gentleman) Yasujirō Ozu 1947, Japan; Munekata kyōdai (The Munekata Sisters) Yasujirō Ozu 1950, Japon; Spellbound (La Maison du docteur Edwardes) Alfred Hitchcock 1945, USA; Classe tous risques (Danger Ahead) Claude Sautet 1960, France / Italy; Barev, es em (Hello, It’s Me) Frounze Dovlatian 1965, Armenia ; Le Rendez-vous des quais Paul Carpita 1955, France; Il ferroviere (Le Disque rouge) Pietro Germi 1956, Italy; Mississipi Blues Bertrand Tavernier & Robert Parrish 1983, France; ES (IT) Ulrich Schamoni 1966, Germany; The Village (Le Village près du ciel) Leopold Lindtberg 1953, Switzerland; Ces Messieurs de la santé Pierre Colombier 1934, France; Sziget a szárazföldön (The Lady from Constantinaple Judit Elek 1969, Hungary ; El esqueleto de la Señora Morales (Skeleton of Mrs. Morales) Rogelio A. González 1959, Mexico; Hombre de la esquina rosada (Man on Pink Corner) René Mugica, script by Jorge-Luis Borges 1962, Argentina; L’Amour fou Jacques Rivette 1967, France; Caligula – The Ultimate Cut 1976, USA/Italy; Ishanou (The Chosen One); Aribam Syam Sharma 1990, India; Leslie Iwerks USA; Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Vida de Cinema (Nelson Pereira dos Santos – une vie de cinéma) Aida Marques & Ivelise Ferreira Brazil ; Viva Varda ! Pierre-Henri Gibert France ; Anita Svetlana Zill & Alexis Bloom USA
Festival De Cannes 2023
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Cinema de la Plage Great films shown on the Mace Beach at 9.30pm, free entry You just turn up - first come, first seated on the deckchairs. Many of the films are presented by the directors and stars associated with them. Be there! 
24 May - L’Été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer)
Jean Becker 1983, France In the presence of Jean Becker. 25 May - Concert 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death 26 May - The Way of the Dragon (Meng long guo jiang) Bruce Lee 1972, Hong Kong 27 May - Alberto Express Arthur Joffé 1990, France YOUNG AUDIENCE SCREENING |
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Cannes Directors' Fortnight: 16 - 27 May 2022
*open to the public*
Directors Fortnight 2023
The 2023 poster (left) pays homage to the sublime Val Abraham by Manoel de Oliveira (inspired by Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ) which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year (Directors' Fortnight 1993).
You can buy an individual ticket (8 euros) from the headquarters at Malmaison on the Croisette or the Cinephile tent.
NB The pass (40 euros) for six festival showings must be bought online. www.ticketonline.festival-cannes.com/newcompte.aspx
See the website for full details www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com
Feature Films
VALE ABRAÃO (Val Abraham / Abraham’s Valley) by Manoel d Spécial Showing
LE PROCÈS GOLDMAN (The Goldman Case) by Cédric Kahn Opening Film
AGRA by Kanu Behl
L’AUTRE LAURENS (The Other Laurens) by Claude Schmitz
BÊN TRONG VỎ KÉN VÀNG (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell) by Thien An Pham
First feature film
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani
BLAZH (Grace / La Grâce) by Ilya Povolotsky First feature film
CONANN by Bertrand Mandico
CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno
DÉSERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi
IN FLAMES by Zarrar Kahn First feature film
LÉGUA by Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra
LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS (The Book of Solutions) by Michel Gondry
MAMBAR PIERRETTE by Rosine Mbakam
RIDDLE OF FIRE by Weston Razooli First feature film
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
by Joanna Arnow First feature film
THE SWEET EAST by Sean Price Williams
UN PRINCE (A Prince) by Pierre Creton
XIAO BAI CHUAN (A Song Sung Blue) by Zihan Geng First feature film
WOO-RI-UI-HA-RU (In Our Day)de Hong Sangsoo Closing Film
SHORT FILMS
AXXAM YAṚƔA, MAQAṚ ANSAḤMU (The House Is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm) Mouloud Aït Liotna
DANS LA TÊTE UN ORAGE (A Storm Inside) Clément Pérot
IL COMPLEANNO DI ENRICO (The Birthday Party) Francesco Sossai
J'AI VU LE VISAGE DU DIABLE (I Saw the Face of the Devil) Julia Kowalski
LEMON TREE Rachel Walden
MARGARETHE 89 Lucas Malbrun
MAST-DEL Maryam Tafakory
OYU Atsushi Hirai
THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY Faris Alrjoob
XIA RI FU BEN (Talking to the River) Yue Pan
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You can buy an individual ticket (8 euros) from the headquarters at Malmaison on the Croisette or the Cinephile tent.
NB The pass (40 euros) for six festival showings must be bought online. www.ticketonline.festival-cannes.com/newcompte.aspx
See the website for full details www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com
Feature Films
VALE ABRAÃO (Val Abraham / Abraham’s Valley) by Manoel d Spécial Showing
LE PROCÈS GOLDMAN (The Goldman Case) by Cédric Kahn Opening Film
AGRA by Kanu Behl
L’AUTRE LAURENS (The Other Laurens) by Claude Schmitz
BÊN TRONG VỎ KÉN VÀNG (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell) by Thien An Pham
First feature film
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY by Elene Naveriani
BLAZH (Grace / La Grâce) by Ilya Povolotsky First feature film
CONANN by Bertrand Mandico
CREATURA by Elena Martín Gimeno
DÉSERTS by Faouzi Bensaïdi
IN FLAMES by Zarrar Kahn First feature film
LÉGUA by Filipa Reis & João Miller Guerra
LE LIVRE DES SOLUTIONS (The Book of Solutions) by Michel Gondry
MAMBAR PIERRETTE by Rosine Mbakam
RIDDLE OF FIRE by Weston Razooli First feature film
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
by Joanna Arnow First feature film
THE SWEET EAST by Sean Price Williams
UN PRINCE (A Prince) by Pierre Creton
XIAO BAI CHUAN (A Song Sung Blue) by Zihan Geng First feature film
WOO-RI-UI-HA-RU (In Our Day)de Hong Sangsoo Closing Film
SHORT FILMS
AXXAM YAṚƔA, MAQAṚ ANSAḤMU (The House Is on Fire, Might as Well Get Warm) Mouloud Aït Liotna
DANS LA TÊTE UN ORAGE (A Storm Inside) Clément Pérot
IL COMPLEANNO DI ENRICO (The Birthday Party) Francesco Sossai
J'AI VU LE VISAGE DU DIABLE (I Saw the Face of the Devil) Julia Kowalski
LEMON TREE Rachel Walden
MARGARETHE 89 Lucas Malbrun
MAST-DEL Maryam Tafakory
OYU Atsushi Hirai
THE RED SEA MAKES ME WANNA CRY Faris Alrjoob
XIA RI FU BEN (Talking to the River) Yue Pan
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The French Film Guild's Golden Coach is awarded each year to one director
The Carrosse d'Or is a bronze statuette inspired by the figures of the Comedia dell'Arte and Jean Renoir's film of the same name – it was created by painter-sculptor Lili Legouvello.
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The Carrosse d'Or is a bronze statuette inspired by the figures of the Comedia dell'Arte and Jean Renoir's film of the same name – it was created by painter-sculptor Lili Legouvello.
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Official Cannes
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The official poster for this year's Film Festival features Catherine Deneuve. Dateline: 1 June 1968 Pampelonne Beach, St Tropez. Ms Deneuve was filming La Chamade by Alain Cavalier, adapted from a novel by Françoise Sagan. The poster was created by Hartland Villa (Lionel Avignon, Stefan de Vivies) from a photo by Jack Garofalo. Photo credits: Jack Garofalo/Paris Match/Scoop. Graphic design © Hartland Villa It can be purchased at official outlets in Cannes |
Critics' Week: 17 - 25 May 2023
Dedicated to finding new film industry talent
62nd Anniversary
*open to the public*
Showings are at the Espace Miramar. Tickets are available from rue Pasteur near the Miramar or from the Cinephiles tent. Eleven full length feature films with seven in competition and four special showings have been selected from 1000 films viewed.
Opening Film
Ama Gloria France
Feature Film Special Screenings
Vincent doit mourir (Vincent must die) France
Le syndrome des amours passées (The (Ex)perience of Love) Belgique - France
Closing Film
La fille de son père (No Love Lost) France Paloma Sermon-Daï Amjad Al Rasheed Jason Yu Lillah Halla Vladimir Perisič Iris Kaltenbäck Amanda Nell Eu
Feature Films and Shorts in Competition
See web site: www.semainedelacritique.com
Ama Gloria France
Feature Film Special Screenings
Vincent doit mourir (Vincent must die) France
Le syndrome des amours passées (The (Ex)perience of Love) Belgique - France
Closing Film
La fille de son père (No Love Lost) France Paloma Sermon-Daï Amjad Al Rasheed Jason Yu Lillah Halla Vladimir Perisič Iris Kaltenbäck Amanda Nell Eu
Feature Films and Shorts in Competition
See web site: www.semainedelacritique.com
Chairwoman of the Critics' Week jury this year is
Audrey Diwan
Journalist, editor, screenwriter
Her first film was But you are crazy (2019)
followed by L'Événement (2021) which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Joining Audrey on the jury are Portuguese director of photography Rui Poças, the German actor, choreographer and dancer Franz Rogowski), Indian journalist and curator Meenakshi Shedde , who is also a Berlin Festival programming advisor, and American Kim Yutani, programme director of the Sundance Film Festival.
And the 2023 Winners are...
Grand Prize
Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu.
French Touch Jury Prize
Il pleut dans la maison by Paloma Sermon-Daï
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Jovan Ginić in Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić
Audrey Diwan
Journalist, editor, screenwriter
Her first film was But you are crazy (2019)
followed by L'Événement (2021) which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Joining Audrey on the jury are Portuguese director of photography Rui Poças, the German actor, choreographer and dancer Franz Rogowski), Indian journalist and curator Meenakshi Shedde , who is also a Berlin Festival programming advisor, and American Kim Yutani, programme director of the Sundance Film Festival.
And the 2023 Winners are...
Grand Prize
Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu.
French Touch Jury Prize
Il pleut dans la maison by Paloma Sermon-Daï
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Jovan Ginić in Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić
On the red carpet...
Sixty meters of red carpet are used to cover the famous 24 steps at the Palais des Festivals. In the past the carpet was changed three times a day during the festival with a total of 2km used. In 2021 this was cut by 50% and only one km was used to help save the planet.
The president of the festival Iris Knobloch - the first female president in the Festival's history and former boss of WarnerMedia - greets the stars and other guests at the top of the steps. She is joined by the mayor of Cannes, currently David Lisnard
Frock Spot Opening Night
The president of the festival Iris Knobloch - the first female president in the Festival's history and former boss of WarnerMedia - greets the stars and other guests at the top of the steps. She is joined by the mayor of Cannes, currently David Lisnard
Frock Spot Opening Night
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Actress Emily Blunt made history in October 2022 by being the first actor to imprint her hands on the red carpet. She was using a new mould made by Dominique NB, Vallauris, which includes her name and date as well. The final metal plaques cost 150 euros each to produce for the town's Walk of Fame. CANNES FAIT LE MUR Twelve large photographs of the stars appear on walls throughout the town and across the rue d'Antibes. Try and identify the stars as you walk around. 
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Cannes Film Murals
Take a tour round Cannes to see all the film murals - there are 19 in total. This one is at the bus station and celebrated 100 years of cinema: can you spot Mickey Mouse, R2-D2 and Batman? You can pick up a leaflet at the tourist office showing all the sites. 
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