Cannes Film Festival
The 72nd Cannes Film Festival
Tuesday, May 14 to Saturday, May 25, in 2019
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
Two giant screens in town show highlights of the festival including press conferences, photocalls and the stars ascending the red carpet. There is a fireworks display 10pm Tuesday May 15 and a fun game of petanque in Les Allees with celebrities 11am May.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - PRESIDENT OF THE JURY 2019
Australian Cate Blanchett is one of the most highly award -nominated and winning actresses. She has won two Oscars, three Golden Globes and three Bafta's.
She is one of the stars who recently launched the Time's Up campaign tackling sexual harassment in the workplace. Cate is only the third female jury president in the last 10 years.
She says: "I have been to Cannes in many guises over the years - as an actress, producer, in the marketplace, the Gala-sphere and in competition but never solely for the sheer pleasure of watching the cornucopia of films this great festival harbours".
She is one of the stars who recently launched the Time's Up campaign tackling sexual harassment in the workplace. Cate is only the third female jury president in the last 10 years.
She says: "I have been to Cannes in many guises over the years - as an actress, producer, in the marketplace, the Gala-sphere and in competition but never solely for the sheer pleasure of watching the cornucopia of films this great festival harbours".
The Cannes Film Festival Jury
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Master of Ceremonies 2019
Edouard Baer will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 71st Cannes Film Festival.
To great acclaim, he has performed this role twice before - in 2008 and 2009. He is a well known French actor, director, producer and writer. He also hosts radio and TV shows.
Opening Film: Cannes Film Festival
Iranian director Ashar Farhadi's latest film Everybody Knows is the opening film and is also in competition for the Palme d'Or. This psychological thriller starring Penelope Cruz was shot in Spain, entirely in Spanish. Two of Farhadi's previous films The Post (2013) and The Salesman (2016) won awards at Cannes. The latter also won an Oscar for best foreign film.
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IN COMPETITION
Asghar Farhadi TODOS LO SABEN (EVERYBODY KNOWS)
Stéphane Brize AT WAR
Matteo Garrone DOGMAN
Jean-Luc Godard LE LIVRE D’IMAGE
Ryusuke Hamaguchi NETEMO SAMETEMO (ASAKO I & II)
Christophe Honore SORRY ANGEL
Eva Husson GIRLS OF THE SUN
Jia Zhang-Ke ASH IS PUREST WHITE
Kore-Eda Hirokazu SHOPLIFTERS
Nadine LABAKI CAPERNAUM
Lee Chang-Dong BUH-NING (BURNING)
Spike Lee BLACK KLANSMAN
David Robert Mitchell UNDER THE SILVER LAKE
Jafar PANAHI 3 FACES
Pawel Pawlikowski ZIMNA WOJNA (COLD WAR)
Alice Rohrwacher LAZZARO FELICE
Kirill Serebrenni KOVLETO
A.B Shaw KYYOMEDDINE 1st film
Yann Gonzalez UN COUTEAU DANS LE COEUR (KNIFE & hEART)
Sergey Dvortsevoy AYKA
Nuri Bilge Ceylan AHLAT AGACI (THE WILD PEAR TREE)
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GOSSIP - Selfies by the public with celebrities on the red carpet are to be banned at this year's film festival.
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Un Certain Regard
The Jury
President: Benicio del Toro
No stranger to Cannes, he won best actor in 2008 for Che Guevara. Sicaro was in competition in 2015. Several of his films have been shown in Special Screenings including Usual Suspects and The Pledge.
THE SELECTION
Segey Loznitsa DONBASS - OPENING FILM
Ali ABBASI GRÄNS (BORDER)
Meryem BENM’BAREK SOFIA 1st film
Andréa BESCOND Eric METAYER LITTLE TICKLES 1st film
BI Gan LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
Nandita DAS MANTO
Antoine DESROSIÈRES SEXTAPE
Lukas DHONT GIRL 1st film
Vanessa FILHO ANGEL FACE 1st film
Valeria GOLINO EUPHORIA
Gaya JIJIMY FAVORITE FABRIC 1st film
Wanuri KAHIU RAFIKI (FRIEND)
Etienne KALLOSDIE STROPERS (THE HARVESTERS) 1st film
Ulrich KÖHLERIN MY ROOM
Luis ORTEGAEL ANGEL
Adilkhan YERZHANOV THE GENTLE INDIFFERENCE OF THE WORLD
Alejandro Fadel MUERE, MONSTRUO, MUERE
Joao Salaviza/Renee Nadar Messora CANTORIA NA ALDEIA DOS MORTOS (THE DEAD & THE OTHERS)
Short Films & Cinefondation 2019
Jury president is Bertrand Bonnello
At just 49 years of age he is considered one of the great modern French film directors: individualistic and iconoclastic.
His first film, Quelque chose d'organique, appeared in 1998 and is now considered unique in its genre.
Several of his films have been shown in competition in Cannes: Tiresia (2003), L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close (2011) and Saint Laurent (2014). He has seven feature films and eight short films to his credit to date.
He is joined on the jury by BERTRAND BONELLO French director, writer & composer; VALESKA GRISEBACH German director, writer & producer; KHALILJOREIGE Lebanese filmmaker & artist; ALANTÉ KAVAÏTÉ French-Lithuanian director & screenwriter; ARIANE LABED French actress
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION:
The following films are all in the running for the 2018 Short Film Palme d’Or
Oren Gerner GABRIEL France
Raymund Ribay Guttierez JUDGEMENT Philippines
Celine Held Logan GEORGE CAROLINE USA
Saeed Jafariantariki (Umbra) Iran
Marta Pajekiti animation movie Poland
Masahiko Sato, Genki Kawamura, Yutaro Seki, Masayuki Toyota,Kentaro Hirase DUALITY Japan
Wei Shujun ON THE BORDER China
Charles William ALL THESE CREATURES Australia
Cinefondation Awards are for film students
CAMERA D'OR - for the best first film
Ursula Meier, 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 Swiss filmmaker Ursula Meier, one of the new generation in the industry.
Her work includes five short films, two works for television, two documentaries and two feature films for cinema. Since 1994, Ursula Meier has compiled a bold cinematography that emphasises the complexity of the world.
The Caméra d’Or boosts a film-maker’s career offering him/her a high profile and international opportunities.
Jim Jarmusch, Mira Nair, Naomi Kawase, Bahman Ghobadi and Steve McQueen have received this award in the past.
Her work includes five short films, two works for television, two documentaries and two feature films for cinema. Since 1994, Ursula Meier has compiled a bold cinematography that emphasises the complexity of the world.
The Caméra d’Or boosts a film-maker’s career offering him/her a high profile and international opportunities.
Jim Jarmusch, Mira Nair, Naomi Kawase, Bahman Ghobadi and Steve McQueen have received this award in the past.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL CLASSICS
Jane Fonda in Barbarella
Cannes Classics presents old established feature films and masterpieces from the history of film in restored prints at the Palais des Festivals and Cinema de la Plage. In addition it features documentaries on the history of cinema.
Documentaries:
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blachée by Pamela B Green (USA) Alice Guy was the first woman director, producer and director of a studio in the history of cinema,
Jane Fonda in Five Acts by Susan Lacy (USA) Jane’s Fonda’s film career, her place in the history of the twentieth century, her relationship with the men in her life.
2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 by Stanley Kubrick (1968, UK & USA)
The Eyes of Orson Welles by Mark Cousins (UK)
Searching for Ingmar Bergman by Margarethe von Trotta (Germany, France)
Documentaries:
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blachée by Pamela B Green (USA) Alice Guy was the first woman director, producer and director of a studio in the history of cinema,
Jane Fonda in Five Acts by Susan Lacy (USA) Jane’s Fonda’s film career, her place in the history of the twentieth century, her relationship with the men in her life.
2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 by Stanley Kubrick (1968, UK & USA)
The Eyes of Orson Welles by Mark Cousins (UK)
Searching for Ingmar Bergman by Margarethe von Trotta (Germany, France)
Cinema de la Plage, Cannes
This year some of the films will be presented by the stars associated with them. Be there! 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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Directors' Fortnight: *open to the public*
You can buy an individual ticket (7 euros) or a pass (30 euros) for 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 organisation is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary at Cannes this year.
The French Film Guild's Golden Coach is awarded each year to one director
Last year it is went to 59-year-old Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.
In 2002 he was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes for his film The Man without a Past.
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.
Last year it is went to 59-year-old Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki.
In 2002 he was awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes for his film The Man without a Past.
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
2018 Cannes Film Festival
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This year's official poster is taken from Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le fou (1965) - featuring Jean Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina - and is inspired by the work of Georges Pierre (1927-2003): a photographer who immortalised the shooting of over a hundred films in a 30-year career. The poster itself is the work of graphic designer Flore Maquin. It can be purchased at official outlets in Cannes |
Critics' Week May 9 - 17 *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
Tickets are limited and entry to the viewings is not guaranteed as badged festival-goers have priority, usually though everyone gets in. Best to arrive early.
The jury will be awarding the Grand Prix Nespresso to one of the seven feature films in competition; the Discovery Leica Cine Prize for one of the 10 short films; and, for the first time, the Louis Roederer Foundation for a Newcomer. The latter will be presented to an actor in a feature film shown in competition
Opening Film
Wildlife
Feature Film Special Screening
Nos Batailles
Shéhérazade
Short Film Special Screening
La Chute
Third Kind
Ultra Pulpe
Closing Film
Guy Guillaume Senez
Feature ilms in Competition
Chris the Swiss; Diamantino ; Egy Nap (Un jour); Fuga (Fugue) ;
Kona fer í stríð (Woman at War); Sauvage; Sir (Monsieur)
Shorts in Competition
Amor, Avenidas Novas Ektoras Malo : I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias (Hector Malot - The Last Day Of The Year) Mo-Bum-Shi-Min (Exemplary citizen) Pauline asservie La Persistente Rapaz (Rapace) Schächer Tiikeri (The Tiger) Un jour de mariage Ya normalniy (Normal)
Wildlife
Feature Film Special Screening
Nos Batailles
Shéhérazade
Short Film Special Screening
La Chute
Third Kind
Ultra Pulpe
Closing Film
Guy Guillaume Senez
Feature ilms in Competition
Chris the Swiss; Diamantino ; Egy Nap (Un jour); Fuga (Fugue) ;
Kona fer í stríð (Woman at War); Sauvage; Sir (Monsieur)
Shorts in Competition
Amor, Avenidas Novas Ektoras Malo : I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias (Hector Malot - The Last Day Of The Year) Mo-Bum-Shi-Min (Exemplary citizen) Pauline asservie La Persistente Rapaz (Rapace) Schächer Tiikeri (The Tiger) Un jour de mariage Ya normalniy (Normal)
Chairman of the Critic's Week jury this year is ...
Joachin Trier
www.semainedelacritique.com
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 isnard
Frock Spot Opening Night: 8 May 2018
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 isnard
Frock Spot Opening Night: 8 May 2018
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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
Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-Eda GRAND PRIX Blackklansman by Spike Lee JURY PRIZE Carpharnaum by Nadine Labaki SPECIAL PALME D'OR Jean Luc Godard for Image Book BEST ACTOR Marcello Fonte for Dogman BEST ACTRESS Samal Yeslyamora for Ayka BEST SCREENPLAY Jafar Panahi for 3 Faces & Alice Rohrwacher for Harry as Lazzaro BEST DIRECTOR Pawel Pawlikowski for Cold War |
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 2019
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 have planted 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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