Following Rossy de Palma in 2022, this year French actress Anaïs Demoustier will preside over the Caméra d'Or Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes. The Caméra d’Or goes to one of all the debut feature films presented in Official Selection and in parallel sections.
The emotion of beginnings, youth as a source of inspiration, freshness as a force of conviction: these are the energies celebrated by the Festival de Cannes when awarding its Caméra d'Or, a...
There are numerous film festivals around the world, ranging from small, local events to large, international ones. Some of the most prestigious and well-known film festivals in the world include:
Cannes Film Festival - held annually in Cannes, France, this is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. It showcases a diverse selection of films from around the world and awards prizes to the best films in various categories.
Sundance Film Festival - held an...
The Cannes Film Festival, also known as Festival de Cannes, is an international film festival held annually in Cannes, France. It was founded in 1946 and has since become one of the most prestigious and widely publicized film festivals in the world.
The festival was the brainchild of Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, who wanted to create an international cultural event to rival the Venice Film Festival, which had been established in 1932. The first Cannes Film Festival was or...
Wim Wenders' ANSELM celebrates its world premiere at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival
Cannes International Film Festival, which will take place from May 16 to 27, 2023, has announced its program in further sections this week. The films of the Sélection Officielle have been published, and Un Certain Regard, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and the Semaine de la Critique have also announced their selection. Germany is represented in the Séances Sp&eacu...
Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors' Fortnight, has revealed the Selection of its 55th edition.
"The Directors’ Fortnight was born when a community of directors came together with the desire to create an independent space that would encourage the emergence of free filmmaking regardless of geographical provenance or any other limiting criteria. At the heart of the creation of the Directors’ Fortnight was the singular quality of a work of art and the impos...
Barry Ackroyd on Angénieux optics
Throughout my Documentary and super 16mm film making I shot mostly with the famous Angenieux 10 to 1 zoom lenses and at times 15-150mm. These were my standard kit . Always on the camera ready to pick up and shoot. I worked in more than 50 countries in all conditions and they never let me down.
Shortly after the unbeatable Angenieux 24mm – 290mm zoom came out in the mid 2000’s… it’s on every one of my jobs, often...
In 1969, in Cannes, the Directors’ Fortnight was born, a counter-programming of free-spirited films from all over the world.
In 1969, in California, a new generation of filmmakers rose against old Hollywood. Of this, Quentin Tarantino has recently published a captivating analysis in a critical essay on 1970s cinema.
As an exceptional and generous cinephile, Tarantino is at home at the Fortnight. He will be our guest this year to present a secret screening ...
Photo © Ildyko Enyedi © Claude Medale - Getty Images / Karidja Touré © Matthieu Dortomb / Ana Lily Amirpour © Myrna Suarez / Shlomi Elkabetz © DR / Charlotte Le Bon © Matthieu Delbreuve
Flanked by Ana Lily Amirpour, Charlotte Le Bon, Karidja Touré and Shlomi Elkabetz, the Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi will award the Short Film Palme d'or and the 3 La Cinef prizes for student films in the Officia...
Since 2018, the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publisher is an institutional partner of the Cannes Film Festival to promote film scores and composers.
Sacem is organising the "Music Lesson" that will be given this year by Howard Shore, a leading composer of the Seventh Art. His Music Lesson will be an opportunity to share his experiences and go behind the scenes of his works. It will take place on May 22t at 4:30 pm (Palais des Festivals, Buñuel roo...
FEATURE FILMS IN SELECTION
Feature Films
Il pleut dans la maison
BELGIUM / FRANCE
Paloma Sermon-Daï
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JORDAN / FRANCE / SAUDI ARABIA / QATAR
Amjad Al Rasheed
Jam Sleep
SOUTH KOREA
Jason Y...
Ten short films in competition and three in special screening compose the selection of the 62nd edition.
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
Arkhé
MEXICO
Armando Navarro
Boléro
FRANCE
Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Contadores
SPAIN
Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe
Corpos Cin...
Elemental ©2023 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.
Pixar Animation Studios are back at the Festival de Cannes on May 27th for the world premiere of their all-new feature film Elemental. Presented Out of Competition, the film will be released in theaters on June 16 in the United States and on June 21 in France.
Elemental is the fourth feature film from Pixar Animation Studios to be presented in the Official Selection, after Up, Inside Out and So...
Actress Catherine Deneuve is standing on Pampelonne beach, near Saint-Tropez, for the shooting of La Chamade by Alain Cavalier, adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan. She plays Lucile, who leads a worldly and superficial life, tinged with ease and a taste for luxury. Her heart beats frantically, hurriedly, passionately. Like the heart of cinema that the Festival de Cannes celebrates every year: its lively and embodied pulse can be heard everywhere. The heart of the 7th Art - of its ...
The Official Selection for the 76th Festival de Cannes was unveiled on 13 April at 11 a.m., during the annual meeting with the French and international press, in the presence of Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate.
Discover the list of feature films selected in Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings.
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La Semaine de la Critique, the parallel selection of the Festival de Cannes dedicated to first and second films, is proud to announce that the President of the 62nd edition will be director Audrey Diwan.
A journalist, editor and screenwriter, Audrey Diwan questions the world around her and hones her professional skillset before directing her first feature film, Losing it in 2019.
In 2021, Happening, her second feature, shakes up Venice Film Festiva...
Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar ©2023 Iglesias Más / El Deseo
Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar will be presented in the Official Selection and in world premiere, with the director and the two lead actors Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal in attendance. Western shot in the South of Spain, this short is the filmmaker’s second English-language experience, after The Human Voice in 2020.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with Pedro Almod&oacu...
Indiana Jones returns to the Festival de Cannes for the world premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, directed by James Mangold, starring Harrison Ford as the legendary hero. 15 years after the presentation in 2008 of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull directed by Steven Spielberg, the final installment of the Lucasfilm saga will be screened on Thursday, May 18 in Cannes and will be released in theaters on June 28 in France and June 30 in the United States. On this o...
THE DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT REVEALS ITS 2023 POSTER!
The 55th edition of the Directors' Fortnight will be luminous and adventurous. Serene, with no frills, Leonor Silveira challenges our gaze.
The 2023 poster pays tribute to Manoel de Oliveira's magnificent Abraham’s Valley (inspired by Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary) and celebrates the 30th anniversary of its selection (1993 Directors' Fortnight).
As cens...
Jeanne du Barry (Maïwenn) and Johnny Depp (Louis XV) in Jeanne du Barry © Stéphanie Branchu / Why Not Productions
Jeanne du Barry, directed by Maïwenn, starring Johnny Depp, will open the 76th Festival de Cannes and will be screened in world premiere. The directors’ sixth feature will be presented on Tuesday, May 16 on the big screen of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, after the opening ceremony broadcasted live on France Tél&ea...
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Lily Gladstone (Mollie Burkhart) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Ernest Burkhart) in Killers of the Flower Moon © 2023 Apple Studios
Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone.
Hailing from Apple Studios, Killers of the Flower Moon was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way. Producers are Martin Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Daniel Lupi, with...
Scottish director Charlotte Wells’ first feature, AFTERSUN, was discovered last year at La Semaine de la Critique, and has since found phenomenal success, moving audiences throughout the world.
Photographer and artist Sarah Makharine captures a warm embrace between the protagonists, Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. A moment out of time, intimate and graceful, a simple gesture that envelops and reassures. Both a discovery and an encounter: two stunning actors meet acros...
This year's visual is by illustrator Xavier Lissilour
Metaphoric dream of a diverse cinema, the ACID Cannes 2023 poster invites us into the heart of a luminous and mysterious forest. A place to project into the imaginary world of individuals who build together, through their eyes, new worlds, new possibilities. As many stories as hidden treasures that we wish to share with you.
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50 years after fellow citizen Ingrid Bergman, Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d'or, will preside over the Jury of the 76th edition of the Festival de Cannes to be held from May 16 to 27.
« I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honor of Jury president for this year's Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in Competition at the Festival...
Morelia International Film Festival, celebrating its 20th edition this year, and Cannes’ Semaine de la Critique team up for the very first time around the Next Step workshop. Jorge Sistos, a Mexican director whose short film La Oscuridad was recently presented at la Semaine de la Critique in the frame of the Invitation to Morelia IFF, will be invited to participate in the Next Step workshop, taking place in Paris and Normandy in December. During the week-long pro...
