CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Festival De Cannes 2021
The 74th Cannes Film Festival
6 - 17 July 2021
Cannes Film Festival 2021
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. Facemasks must be worn at the screenings.
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 seven euros each or 30 euros for six showings.
For 2021 tickets are only available on-line at www.cannes-cinema.com and //ticketonline.festival-cannes.co
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 2021
Spike Lee
Spike Lee is 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
The Jury
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Film Festival Jury 2021
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Mistress of Ceremonies 2021
Doria Tillier
French actress
Doria Tillier
Cesar best actress winner in 2020 for La Belle Epoque
Doria Tillier
Cesar best actress winner in 2020 for La Belle Epoque
Opening Film: Cannes Film Festival 2021
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Marion Cotillard & Adam Driver
It is nine years since Leos Carax was in Cannes with Holy Motors which was also in competition 
CLOSING FILM STILL
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IN COMPETITION
* Annette by Leos Carax Opening film
* Benedetta by Paul Verhoeven Netherlands
* Bergman Island by Mia Hansen-Løve France
* Drive my Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Japan
* Casablanca Beats by Nabil Ayouch Morocco
* Julie (in 12 chapters) by Joachim Trier Norway
* La fracture by Catherine Corsin France
* Ahed's Knee by Nadav Lapid Israel
* The Restless by Joachim Lafosse Belgium
* Les Olympiades by Jacques Audiard France
* Petrov's Flue by Kirill Serebrennikov Russia
* Lingui by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Chad
* Story of my Wife by Ildikó Enyedi Hungary
* Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand
* Red Rocket by Sean Baker USA
* Titane by Julia Ducournau France
* The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson USA
* Tout s'est bien passé by François Ozon France
* Tre piani by Nanni Moretti Italy
* A Hero by Asghar Farhadi Iran
* Flag Day by Sean Penn USA
Out of Competition
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Snappers snapped
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Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard 2021
The Jury
President: Andrea Arnold
Director, screenwriter (UK)
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker whose early short films included
Wasp for which she won an Academy Award in 2005. Her first feature film Red Road (2006) and second Fish Tank (2009) both won the Jury Prize at Cannes. Andrea Arnold returned to Cannes in 2016 with American Honey and won her third Jury Prize. She’s currently working on her new project, Bird.
She is joined on the jury by...
Mounia Meddour, Director, screenwriter, producer (Algeria)
Elsa Zylberstein. Actress (France)
Daniel Burman, Director, producer, screenwriter (Argentina)
Michael Covino, Director, producer, actor (United States)
Opening Film
Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle by French film maker Arthur Harari opens Un Certain Regard
Shot in Japanese, this international coproduction tells the story of the soldier Hiroo Onoda that was sent to an island in the Philippines in 1944, to fight against the American offensive. As Japan surrenders, Onoda ignores it, trained to survive at all costs in the jungle, he keeps his war going. He will take 10,000 days to capitulate, refusing to believe the end of the Second World War.
Official Selection 2021
After Yang by Kogonada
Blue Bayou by Justin Chon
Bonne mère by Hafsia Herzi
Commitment Hasan by Semih Kaplanoglu
Delo by Alexey German Jr.
Et il y eut un matin by Eran Kolirin 1st film
Gaey Wa’r by Na Jiazuo 1st film
Great Freedom by Sebastian Meise
La civil by Teodora Ana Mihai 1st film
Lamb by Valdimar Johannsson 1st film
Moneyboys by C.B 1st film
Noche de fuego by Tatiana Huezo
Rehana Maryam Noor by Abdullah Mohammad Saad
The Innocents by Eskil Vogt
Un monde by Laura Wandel 1st film
Unclenching the Fists by Kira Kovalenko
Women Do Cry by Mina Mileva et Vesela
Mes frères et moi by Yohan Manca 1st film
Winners are...
Un Certain Regard Prize
RAZZHIMAYA KULAKI (UNCLENCHING THE FISTS)
directed by Kira KOVALENKO
Jury Prize
GROSSE FREIHEIT (GREAT FREEDOM)
directed by Sebastian MEISE
Ensemble Prize
BONNE MÈRE (GOOD MOTHER)
directed by Hafsia HERZI
Courage Prize
LA CIVIL
directed by Teodora Ana MIHAI
Prize of Originality
LAMB
directed by Valdimar JÓHANNSSON
Special Mention
NOCHE DE FUEGO (PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN)
directed by Tatiana HUEZO
Short Films & Cinefondation
Short Films and Cinefondation 2021
The Jury is...
Kaouther Ben Hania, Director, Writer Tunisia
Tuva Novotny, Director, writer, actress Sweden
Alice Winocour, Director, writer France
Sameh Alaa, Director, producer, writer Egypt
Carlos Muguiro, Filmmaker, teacher Spain
Nicolas Pariser, Director, screenwriter France
The Jury will be awarding the Short Film Palme d'Or to one of the 10 films in Competition which come from from Brazil, Denmark, China, France, Hong Kong, Iran, Portugal and, for the first time in Official Selection, Kosovo and Macedonia.
The three Cinéfondation prizes will go to the best of the 17 selected films by film school students.
Cinefondation Awards are for film students
Winners are...
Palme d'Or Short Film: Hong Kong’s All The Crows In The World by Tang Yi
Special Jury Mention for Short Film: Ceu de Agosto by Jasmin Tenucci
The Jury is...
Kaouther Ben Hania, Director, Writer Tunisia
Tuva Novotny, Director, writer, actress Sweden
Alice Winocour, Director, writer France
Sameh Alaa, Director, producer, writer Egypt
Carlos Muguiro, Filmmaker, teacher Spain
Nicolas Pariser, Director, screenwriter France
The Jury will be awarding the Short Film Palme d'Or to one of the 10 films in Competition which come from from Brazil, Denmark, China, France, Hong Kong, Iran, Portugal and, for the first time in Official Selection, Kosovo and Macedonia.
The three Cinéfondation prizes will go to the best of the 17 selected films by film school students.
Cinefondation Awards are for film students
Winners are...
Palme d'Or Short Film: Hong Kong’s All The Crows In The World by Tang Yi
Special Jury Mention for Short Film: Ceu de Agosto by Jasmin Tenucci
CAMERA D'OR - 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 Melanie Thierry.
In a career spanning 20 years she has established herself as one of the best of her generation. She was first noticed on the silver screen in La Légende du pianiste sur l'océan (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano) by Giuseppe Tornatore in 1998. In 2020, Spike Lee offered her one of the main roles in Da 5 Bloods, produced by Netflix. In 2021, she stars in Tralala by Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu, presented at the Festival de Cannes
Best First Film: Antoneta Kusijanovic for Murina (Croatia)
CANNES FILM CLASSICS - our cinema heritage
Kinuyo Tanako
Cannes has created the first ever Heritage Cinema section at a major festival.
This year's screenings:
The Killing Floor by Bill Duke
(1985, USA) Director Bill Duke and executive producer and co-screenwriter Elsa Rassbach in attendance.
Tsuki wa noborinu (La Lune s’est levée / The Moon Has Risen) by Kinuyo Tanaka
(1955, Japan)
El camino (Le Chemin / The Path) by Ana Mariscal
(1964, Spain)
Murder in Harlem by Oscar Micheaux (1935, 1h36, United States)
Oscar Micheaux - The Superhero of Black Filmmaking by Francesco Zippel
(Italy) Director Francesco Zippel in attendance
Orfeu Negro, Palme d’Or in 1959 (Black Orfeus) by Marcel Camus
(1959, France / Brazil / Italy)
Francesco, giullare di Dio (Les onze fioretti de François d'Assise / The Flowers of St. Francis) by Roberto Rossellini (1950, 1h27, Italy)
This year's screenings:
The Killing Floor by Bill Duke
(1985, USA) Director Bill Duke and executive producer and co-screenwriter Elsa Rassbach in attendance.
Tsuki wa noborinu (La Lune s’est levée / The Moon Has Risen) by Kinuyo Tanaka
(1955, Japan)
El camino (Le Chemin / The Path) by Ana Mariscal
(1964, Spain)
Murder in Harlem by Oscar Micheaux (1935, 1h36, United States)
Oscar Micheaux - The Superhero of Black Filmmaking by Francesco Zippel
(Italy) Director Francesco Zippel in attendance
Orfeu Negro, Palme d’Or in 1959 (Black Orfeus) by Marcel Camus
(1959, France / Brazil / Italy)
Francesco, giullare di Dio (Les onze fioretti de François d'Assise / The Flowers of St. Francis) by Roberto Rossellini (1950, 1h27, Italy)
CANNES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - GET YOUR TICKETS @ TICKETONLINE.FESTIVAL-CANNES.COM
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Cinema de la Plage
Great films shown on the Mace Beach at 9.30pm, free tickets You just turn up - first come, first seated on the deckchairs. The blockbuster Fast and Furious 9 will be shown on the beach pre cinema launch on 12 July 
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*open to the public*
Many of the films are presented by the directors and stars associated with them.
Be there! 6 July: In the Mood for Love (2000) China 7 July: Scarecrow (1973) USA 8 July: Tom Medina (2021) France/ Germany World Premiere 9 July: Black Cat, White Cat (1998) France/Germany 10 July: The Summit of the Gods (2021) Animated film. World Premiere 11 July: JFK (Director's Cut (1991) USA 12 July: Fast & Furious 9 (2021) USA World Premiere 13 July: Repeat of Fast & Furious if no new film announced 14 July: No film - fireworks 15 July: David Byrnes American Utopia (2020) USA presented by Spike Lee |
Cannes Film Fans
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Tickets
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Directors' Fortnight: 7-17 July
*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
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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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Since Spike Lee's first feature, shot in black and white in the heat of summer 1985, he was already shaking up cinema with his innovative style grounded in urban and pop culture. In this photograph he takes on the persona of Mars Blackmon, the B-Boy in She’s Gotta Have It. It is a stereotypical representation of the Afro-American community that the film blows apart Despite constantly questioning and incessantly rebelling for nearly four decades, Spike never neglects entertainment. Spike Lee, citizen of the "People's Republic of Brooklyn, New York", is on the poster of this collector's edition. It can be purchased at official outlets in Cannes |
Critics' Week: 7 - 15 July 2021
Dedicated to finding new film industry talent
60th Anniversary
*open to the public*
Showings are at the refurbished Espace Miramar. Tickets are available from rue Pasteur near the Miramar or from the Cinephiles tent.
This year's poster is taken from It Follows (2014) by David Robert Mitchell, winner of the Critics' Week in 2010 with his first film, The Myth of the American Sleepover.
Opening Film
Robuste by Constance Meyer
Feature Film Special Screenings
Les Amours d’Anaïs
Bruno Reidal
Petite Nature
Une jeune fille qui va bien
Closing Film
Une histoire d’amour et de désir by Leyla Bouzid
Feature Films in Competitionr
Amparo
Feathers
The Gravedigger’s wife (La Femme du fossoyeur)
Libertad
Olga
Piccolo Corpo
Rien à foutre
Shorts in Competitionr: Brutalia, Days of Labour (Brutalia, jours de labeur)
Duo Li (Lili, toute seule)
Fang ke (An Invitation)
Inherent
Interfon 15 (Intercom 15)
Ma Shelo Nishbar (If It Ain’t Broke)
Noir-soleil
Safe
Soldat noir
Über Wasser (Hors de l’eau)
See web site: www.semainedelacritique.com
Robuste by Constance Meyer
Feature Film Special Screenings
Les Amours d’Anaïs
Bruno Reidal
Petite Nature
Une jeune fille qui va bien
Closing Film
Une histoire d’amour et de désir by Leyla Bouzid
Feature Films in Competitionr
Amparo
Feathers
The Gravedigger’s wife (La Femme du fossoyeur)
Libertad
Olga
Piccolo Corpo
Rien à foutre
Shorts in Competitionr: Brutalia, Days of Labour (Brutalia, jours de labeur)
Duo Li (Lili, toute seule)
Fang ke (An Invitation)
Inherent
Interfon 15 (Intercom 15)
Ma Shelo Nishbar (If It Ain’t Broke)
Noir-soleil
Safe
Soldat noir
Über Wasser (Hors de l’eau)
See web site: www.semainedelacritique.com
Chairman of the Critics' Week jury this year is ...
Cristian Mungiu
Film maker whose five feature films have all been shown at Cannes. He is the first Romanian filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or for his second feature film 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days...
...the story of an illegal abortion under Ceaușescu. In 2012, Beyond the Hills received the Screenplay Prize and a double Interpretation Prize for its actresses Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur. Once again selected in the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival in 2016, Baccalaureate , filmed in long shots, earned him the Director's Prize. His first film, Occident, was shown at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2002.
His jury is Didar Domehri, Camélia Jordana , Michel Merkt and Karel Och
And the 2021 Winners are...
Nespresso Grand Prize for best feature film
Feathers by Omar El Zohairy
Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for short film
Duo Li (Lili Alone) by Zou Jing
Louis Roederer Foundation for best actor
Sandra Melissa Torres in Amparo by Simón Mesa Soto
On the red carpet...
Sixty meters of red carpet are used to cover the famous 24 steps at the Palais des Festivals. Normally the carpet is changed three times a day during the festival and a total of 2km is used. This year (2021) It will be cut by 50% and only one km will be used to help save the planet.
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: 6 July 2021
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: 6 July 2021
Bella Hadid
Candice Swanepoel wears Etro
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Carla Bruni Sarkozy
Jodie Foster
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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 2021 winners are...
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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 will open 2021.
It has been designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti and will have seats for 2,426 people in 12 cinemas. 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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