Cannes Film Festival
The 73rd Cannes Film Festival: May 2020
POSTPONED due to coronavirus
Cannes Film Festival 2019
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 (You do not need a ticket)
Also free is Cannes Cinephiles showing films at four cinemas in Cannes. Pop into the Cannes Cinephiles' tent on the Pantiero between 9am and 5.30pm to secure your ticket.
Tickets for films shown as part of the Directors' Fortnight are available from the HQ outside the Malmaison or through Cannes Cinephiles and cost seven euros each or 30 euros for six showings. Free tickets can also be had for Critics' Week
See below for full details of these public events at the Cannes Film Festival
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 ascending the red carpet. There is a fireworks display 10pm on xx and a fun game of petanque in Les Allees with celebrities 11am on xx
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - PRESIDENT OF THE JURY 2020
Spike Lee is the president of the jury for this year's Cannes Film Festival. He is the first black president of the Jury and said he was "surprised, happy and proud". His Cannes career started in 1986 with a black and white film, made in two weeks, in the Directors' Fortnight section. A total of seven of his films have been shown here and he won the Grand Prix in 2008 with BlackkKlansman
Jury to be announced in April 2020
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Master of Ceremonies 2019
Edouard Baer returns as Master of Ceremonies for a second year. He is a French actor, director, screenwriter, film producer and radio personality.
Opening Film: Cannes Film Festival
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IN COMPETITION
Jim JARMUSCH: THE DEAD DON’T DIE
Pedro ALMODÓVAR: DOLOR Y GLORIA (PAIN AND GLORY)
TARANTINO: ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD
Marco BELLOCCHIO: TRADITORE (THE TRAITOR)
BONG Joon Ho: Gisaengchung(PARASITE)
Jean-Pierre DARDENNE Luc DARDENNE: YOUNG AHMED
Arnaud DESPLECHIN: OH MERCY!
DIAO Yinan: NAN FANG CHE ZHAN DE JU HUI (THE WILD GOOSE LAKE)
Mati DIOP: ATLANTICS
Xavier DOLAN: MATTHIAS & MAXIME
Jessica HAUSNER: LITTLE JOE
Ken LOACH: SORRY WE MISSED YOU
Ladj LY: LES MISÉRABLES 1st film
Terrence MALICK: A HIDDEN LIFE
Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO & Juliano DORNELLES: BACURAU
Corneliu PORUMBOIU: THE WHISTLERS
Ira SACHS: FRANKIE
Céline SCIAMMA: PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU
Elia SULEIMAN: IT MUST BE HEAVEN
Justine TRIET: SIBYL
Abdellatif Kechiche MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: INTERMEZZO
Olivier NAKACHA & Eric TOLEDANO: THE SPECIALS
This will also be the Final Screening on the last night of the Festival
Out of Competition
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Snappers snapped
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Un Certain Regard
The Jury
President: Nadine Labaki
Lebanese Nadine Labaki's three feature films catapulted her to international fame, from the Festival de Cannes’ red carpet to the Golden Globes and the Oscars' ceremony a few months ago. The director, actress and screenwriter's career was first launched in Cannes and it is here that all her films have been unveiled.
She says: "I remember back when I used to come to Cannes as a film student, I was so excited. It was fifteen years ago I filled in the Festival de Cannes' Cinéfondation registration form. Today, I am the president of Un Certain Regard jury, which just goes to show that sometimes life can be even better than your dreams."
Official Selection
Karim AÏNOUZ: A VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO (THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO)
Nariman ALIEV: EVGE 1st film
Kantemir BALAGOV: BEANPOLE
Zabou BREITMAN Eléa GOBBÉ-MÉVELLEC: THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL animation
Monia CHOKRI: A BROTHER'S LOVE 1st film
Michael COVINO: THE CLIMB 1st film
Bruno DUMONT: JOAN OF ARC
Christophe HONORÉ: CHAMBRE 212
Oliver LAXE: O QUE ARDE (A SUN THAT NEVER SETS)
Danielle LESSOVITZ: PORT AUTHORITY 1st film
Mounia MEDDOUR: PAPICHA 1st film
Midi Z: ZHUO REN MI MI (NINA WU)
Albert SERRA: LIBERTÉ
Annie SILVERSTEIN: BULL 1st film
Marian TOUZANI: ADAM
ZU Feng: LIU YU TIAN (SUMMER OF CHANGSHA) 1st film
Lorenzo MATTOTTI LA FAMOSA INVESIONE DEGLI ORSI IN SICILIA
Larissa SADILOVA ODNAZHDY V TRIBCHEVSKA
President: Nadine Labaki
Lebanese Nadine Labaki's three feature films catapulted her to international fame, from the Festival de Cannes’ red carpet to the Golden Globes and the Oscars' ceremony a few months ago. The director, actress and screenwriter's career was first launched in Cannes and it is here that all her films have been unveiled.
She says: "I remember back when I used to come to Cannes as a film student, I was so excited. It was fifteen years ago I filled in the Festival de Cannes' Cinéfondation registration form. Today, I am the president of Un Certain Regard jury, which just goes to show that sometimes life can be even better than your dreams."
Official Selection
Karim AÏNOUZ: A VIDA INVISÍVEL DE EURÍDICE GUSMÃO (THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO)
Nariman ALIEV: EVGE 1st film
Kantemir BALAGOV: BEANPOLE
Zabou BREITMAN Eléa GOBBÉ-MÉVELLEC: THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL animation
Monia CHOKRI: A BROTHER'S LOVE 1st film
Michael COVINO: THE CLIMB 1st film
Bruno DUMONT: JOAN OF ARC
Christophe HONORÉ: CHAMBRE 212
Oliver LAXE: O QUE ARDE (A SUN THAT NEVER SETS)
Danielle LESSOVITZ: PORT AUTHORITY 1st film
Mounia MEDDOUR: PAPICHA 1st film
Midi Z: ZHUO REN MI MI (NINA WU)
Albert SERRA: LIBERTÉ
Annie SILVERSTEIN: BULL 1st film
Marian TOUZANI: ADAM
ZU Feng: LIU YU TIAN (SUMMER OF CHANGSHA) 1st film
Lorenzo MATTOTTI LA FAMOSA INVESIONE DEGLI ORSI IN SICILIA
Larissa SADILOVA ODNAZHDY V TRIBCHEVSKA
Short Films & Cinefondation
Jury president is
Claire Denis
French film maker Claire Denis (73) has occupied a unique place in contemporary cinema for more than 30 years. She has directed a compelling body of work, including 13 feature films, four of which were screened in the Festival de Cannes’ Official Selection. A true adventurer, she has established her taste for observation and experimentation throughout her artistic career. She will present the short film Palme d'Or at the closing ceremony.
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:
The following films are all in the running for the 2019 Short Film Palme d’Or
Erenik BEQIRI: THE VAN Albania/France
Dekel BERENSON: ANNA Ukraine/Israel/UK Vanessa DUMONT: THE JUMP (documentary) France
Nicolas DAVENEL Vasilis KEKATOS: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY Greece
Teemu NIKKI: ALL INCLUSIVE Finland
Elin ÖVERGAARD: INGEN LYSSNAR (WHO TALKS) Sweden
Agnès PATRON: AND THEN THE BEAR (Animation) France
Yona ROZENKIER: PARPARIM (BUTTERFLIES) Israel
Agustina SAN MARTIN: MONSTRUO DIOS (MONSTER GOD) Argentina
Chloë SEVIGNY: WHITE ECHO USA
Federico Luis TACHELLA: LA SIESTA Argentina
Cinefondation Awards are for film students
CAMERA D'OR - for the best first film
Cambodian director Rithy Panh,
Jury President
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
Jim Jarmusch, Mira Nair, Naomi Kawase, Bahman Ghobadi and Steve McQueen have received this award in the past.
Jim Jarmusch, Mira Nair, Naomi Kawase, Bahman Ghobadi and Steve McQueen have received this award in the past.
CANNES FILM CLASSICS - our cinema heritage
Peter Fonda: Easy Rider
Cannes has created the first ever Heritage Cinema section at a major festival.
This year's screenings include the 25 year old La Cité de la peur; a Midnight Screening of The Shining presented by Alfonso Cuarón; and 50 years of the mythical Easy Rider in the company of Peter Fonda.
Luis Buñuel is in the spotlight with three films and other highlights are: the attendance of Lina Wertmüller; the 1951 Grand Prix Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan; a final salute to Milos Forman; and the first Japanese animated film in colour. The World Cinema Project and the Film Foundation of Martin Scorsese also feature as well as documentaries about cinema and history, known masterpieces, and rare films in restored version from countries rarely honoured.
This year's screenings include the 25 year old La Cité de la peur; a Midnight Screening of The Shining presented by Alfonso Cuarón; and 50 years of the mythical Easy Rider in the company of Peter Fonda.
Luis Buñuel is in the spotlight with three films and other highlights are: the attendance of Lina Wertmüller; the 1951 Grand Prix Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan; a final salute to Milos Forman; and the first Japanese animated film in colour. The World Cinema Project and the Film Foundation of Martin Scorsese also feature as well as documentaries about cinema and history, known masterpieces, and rare films in restored version from countries rarely honoured.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Cinema de la Plage Classic films shown on the Mace Beach at 9.30pm, free You just turn up - first come, first seated on the deckchairs. 
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Some of the films will be presented by the stars associated with them. Be there!
14 May: Ciné-karaoké (sing along) 15 May: Les 400 coups, François Truffaut (1959) 16 May: La Cité de la peur Alain Berberian (1994) 17 May: A surprise film 18 May: Mélodie en sous-sol Henri Verneuil (1962) 19 May: The Doors Oliver Stone (1991) 20 May: Haut les filles François Armanet (2019) 21 May: Tigre et dragons Ang Lee (2000) 22May: Easy Rider Dennis Hopper (1969) 23 May: Boyz'n the hood John Singleton (1991) 24 May: Les patriotes Éric Rochant (1994) 25 May: Cine Karoake (sing along) |
Cannes Film Fans
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Directors' Fortnight: 15-25 May
*open to the public*
You can buy an individual ticket (8 euros) or a pass (35 euros) for six festival showings from the headquarters at Malmaison on the Croisette or the Cinephile tent or via its website.
You have to buy daily tickets on the day of the showing. Full length feature films are shown at The Croisette Theatre.
The full screening programme can be downloaded from www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com
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.
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.
Official Film Festival Poster
2019 Cannes Film Festival
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This year's official poster pays tribute to French film maker Agnès Varda who died on March 29, 2019. The poster is a still taken from her 1994 film, La Pointe Courte. A member of the Jury in 2005, Ms Varda was awarded an honorary Palme d'Or in 2015. It can be purchased at official outlets in Cannes |
Critics' Week May *OPEN TO THE PUBLIC* Encourages newcomers to the film industry
Tickets can be obtained from 25 rue Pasteur, a side street next to the Miramar or from Cannes Cinephiles. Tickets are limited and you have to arrive 50 minutes before the screening. Films are shown at the Miramar.
This year, besides showings all day, there will be a screening at 8.30pm.
The jury will award the Grand Prix Nespresso to one of the feature films in competition; the Discovery Leica Cine Prize for one of the short films; and the Louis Roederer Foundation awards a Newcomer. The latter will be presented to an actor in a feature film shown in competition
Opening Film
Litigante
Feature Film Special Screening
Les héros ne meurent jamais
Tu mérites un amour
Short Film Special Screening
Demonic Naptha
Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You
Invisível Herói (Invisible Hero)
Tenzo
Closing Film
Chun jiang shui nuan (Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains)
Feature Films & Shorts in Competition
See web site: www.semainedelacritique.com
Litigante
Feature Film Special Screening
Les héros ne meurent jamais
Tu mérites un amour
Short Film Special Screening
Demonic Naptha
Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You
Invisível Herói (Invisible Hero)
Tenzo
Closing Film
Chun jiang shui nuan (Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains)
Feature Films & Shorts in Competition
See web site: www.semainedelacritique.com
Chairman of the Critic's Week jury this year is ...
Ciro Guerra
A 38-year-old Colombian film director and screenwriter, he made his first film Wandering Shadows in 2004. His next film The Wind Journeys competed in Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes film Festival.
His 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent was screened at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes in 2015. The film was in the running for Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars and was the first Colombian film ever to be nominated. In 2018, Guerra released his fourth feature film, Birds of Passage. Guerra will make his Hollywood debut directing an adaptation of the adventure book The Detainee by Peter Liney. Guerra is working on another film: an adaptation of the novel Waiting for the Barbarians, starring Mark Rylance.
www.semainedelacritique.com
And the Winners are...
Nespresso Grand Prize J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY)
by Jérémy Clapin
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for short film SHE RUNS by Qiu Yang
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson HVÍTUR, HVÍTUR DAGUR (A WHITE, WHITE DAY)
by Hlynur Pálmason
On the red carpet...
Sixty meters of red carpet are used to cover the famous 24 steps at the Palais des Festivals. The carpet is changed three times a day during the festival and a total of 2km is used.
The president of the festival Pierre Lesclure, former head of Canal Plus, greets the stars and other guests at the top of the steps. He is joined by the mayor of Cannes, currently David Lisnard
Frock Spot Opening Night: 14 May 2019
Sixty meters of red carpet are used to cover the famous 24 steps at the Palais des Festivals. The carpet is changed three times a day during the festival and a total of 2km is used.
The president of the festival Pierre Lesclure, former head of Canal Plus, greets the stars and other guests at the top of the steps. He is joined by the mayor of Cannes, currently David Lisnard
Frock Spot Opening Night: 14 May 2019
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Cannes Film Murals
Take a tour round Cannes to see all the film murals - there are 16 in total. This one is at the bus station and celebrated 100 years of cinema: can you spot Mickey Mouse, R2-D2 and Batman? The Palme d'Or by Chopard
The Palme d'Or is worth about 20,000 euros and the 19 leafed palm is made from 118 grammes of pure gold. It is attached to a block of crystal. Each piece is unique as the crystal can be of a slightly different hue each year. Two are made, as well as two mini Palme d'Or, for each festival by five of Chopard's top jewellers in Geneva. These same artisans produce the "red carpet" range of jewellery worn by the stars each evening.
The mini palm d'ors are for the best actor and actress awards. And the winners are...Palme d'Or
Bong Joon-Ho: Parasite GRAND PRIX Mati Diop: Atlantique JURY PRIZE BEST ACTOR Antonio Bandera in Douleur et Gloire BEST ACTRESS Emily Beecham in Little Joe BEST SCREENPLAY Celine Sciamma for Portrait de la jeune fille en Feu BEST DIRECTOR Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne for Young Ahmed |
Film Festival TitbitsCannes is building a multiplex cinema which will include a museum of cinema. Thanks to the Cannes film festival, the town has more than 10,000 films, 50,000 interviews with stars and 300,000 photographs. It is on track to open early 2020
It has been designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti and will have seats for 2,426 people in 12 cinemas. There is a Grace Kelly suite at the Carlton Hotel The chef of the Palme d'Or restaurant in the Martinez Hotel prepares a film themed menu for the jury's first meal together. The tourist authorities produce a brochure featuring film tours on the Cote d'Azur to see where great movies were made. Set-jetting rather than jet-setting 250 gardeners plant 15,000 plants in the town for the festival & 400 giant planters protect pedestrians 4,580 journalists join the 12,000 film professionals 700 local and national police are on hand to look after everyone together with 580 street cameras And 100 extra taxis are in Cannes for the festival The wonderful Villa Domergue (below) is at the disposal of the jury during the Festival. 
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