2024 Cannes Film Festival


2024 Cannes Film Festival


The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival taking place from 14 to 25 May 2024. American filmmaker and actress Greta Gerwig will serve as jury president for the main competition. French actress Camille Cottin will host the opening and closing ceremonies.

The official poster for the festival featuring a still image from the movie Rhapsody in August (1991) by Akira Kurosawa, selected for the 1991 edition, was designed by Hartland Villa.

During the festival, three Honorary Palme d'Or will be awarded: the first was awarded for Meryl Streep during the festival's opening ceremony; the second was awarded to Studio Ghibli; and the third will be awarded for George Lucas during the festival's closing ceremony.

Few days before the opening ceremony, festival workers called for a general strike. The Broke Behind the Screens (Sous les écrans la dèche) collective made public a complaint about the precarious nature of film festival work.

Following the official announcement of The Seed of the Sacred Fig's selection for the main competition, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in prison as well as flogging, a fine, and confiscation of his property, on the charge of "propaganda against the regime." Cast and crew were interrogated and pressured to convince Rasoulof to withdraw the film from the festival. Shortly after, Rasoulof and some crew members managed to flee from Iran to Europe, and will attend the film's red carpet on 24 May 2024.

The festival opened with French comedy-film The Second Act directed by Quentin Dupieux.

Juries

Main Competition

  • Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker – Jury President
  • J. A. Bayona, Spanish filmmaker
  • Ebru Ceylan, Turkish actress and screenwriter
  • Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor and producer
  • Lily Gladstone, American actress
  • Eva Green, French actress
  • Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese filmmaker and producer
  • Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and filmmaker
  • Omar Sy, French actor

Un Certain Regard

  • Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and filmmaker – Jury President
  • Maïmouna Doucouré, French-Senegalese filmmaker
  • Asmae El Moudir, Moroccan filmmaker and producer
  • Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish-German actress
  • Todd McCarthy, American filmmaker, writer and film critic

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

  • Lubna Azabal, Belgian actress – Jury President
  • Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, French filmmaker and producer
  • Paolo Moretti, Italian programmer
  • Claudine Nougaret, French producer
  • Vladimir Perišić, Serbian filmmaker

Caméra d'Or

  • Baloji, Belgian-Congolese singer and filmmaker – Jury Co-President
  • Emmanuelle Béart, French actress – Jury Co-President
  • Pascal Buron, French TSF board member
  • Nathalie Chifflet, French journalist
  • Gilles Porte, French cinematographer and filmmaker
  • Zoé Wittock, Belgian filmmaker

L'Œil d'Or

  • Nicolas Philibert, French filmmaker and actor – Jury President
  • Dyana Gaye, French-Senegalese filmmaker
  • Elise Jalladeau, French producer and executive director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
  • Mina Kavani, Iranian-French actress
  • Francis Legault, Canadian filmmaker and director at Ici Radio-Canada Première

Critics' Week

  • Sylvie Pialat, French producer – Jury President
  • Ben Croll, Canadian film critic and journalist
  • Iris Kaltenbäck, French filmmaker
  • Virginie Surdej, Belgian cinematographer
  • Eliane Umuhire, Rwandan actress

Queer Palm

  • Lukas Dhont, Belgian filmmaker – Jury President
  • Hugo Bardin, French singer and director
  • Sophie Letourneur, French filmmaker
  • Juliana Rojas, Brazilian filmmaker
  • Jad Salfiti, British-Palestinian journalist

Official Selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Out of Competition

Besides the world premieres of Hollywood, French and Chinese blockbusters, alongside the Midnight Screenings section, the festival will also screen four Studio Ghibli short films at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, three of them have never been screened outside of Japan before, as a part of the celebration for Ghibli's Honorary Palme d'Or. The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Cannes Premiere

The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Special Screenings

The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:

(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Short Films Competition

Out of 4.420 entries, the following eleven short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Cinéfondation

The Cinéfondation (or La Cinéf) section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the winner of the First Prize, €11,250 for the winner of the Second Prize and €7,500 for the winner of the Third Prize. The following 18 shorts (14 live-action and 4 animated films) were selected from among the 2,263 films submitted by schools from all over the world:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Cannes Classics

The first part (3 hours and 40 minutes) of the new restoration print of Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoléon (1927), edited by Georges Mourier in association with the Cinémathèque Française and support of the CNC, opened the Cannes Classics section on May 14. The following films were selected to be screened:

(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

Cinéma de la Plage

The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes’s Plage Macé. Tales from Earthsea (2006) and Porco Rosso (1992) will be screened as part of Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d'Or commemorations. Alongside the comemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974). The following films were selected to be screened:

(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

Immersive Competition

The Immersive Competition of the Festival de Cannes will be a new competition dedicated to immersive works. Besides the eight immersive work selected for the competition, six non-competitive productions will be featured at the exhibition exploring the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema and collective storytelling. The following films were selected to be screened:

Independent Sections

Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)

The Critics' Week is a parallel selection dedicated to first and second films. The following films were selected to be screened in competition:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes)

In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "People's Choice" or "Choix du Public". It's a new addition to other independent prizes awarded within the section, such as the Europa Cinemas Label Award, SACD Prize, Art Cinema Award and Illy Prize. The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) section:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

ACID

The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Cannes Écrans Juniors

Cannes Écrans Juniors is a selection of eight international feature films of particular interest to young audiences from age 13. Below are the films featured in this selection:

Cannes Écrans Seniors

Cannes Seniors Club takes the spotlight with three premiere screenings for the Club's film enthusiasts. Below are the films featured in competition:

Golden Horse Goes to Cannes

The section is a new program collaborated by the Golden Horse Awards and Marché du Film with the support of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. Five upcoming Taiwanese projects that feature numerous Golden Horse Awards-winning cast members and filmmakers were selected to be screened during the film festival, including:

Fantastic Pavilion Gala

The 2nd edition of the Fantastic Pavilion Gala selected the following seven titles:

Official awards

Honorary Palme d'Or

  • George Lucas
  • Meryl Streep
  • Studio Ghibli

Independent awards

Critics' Week

  • Grand Prize: Simon of the Mountain by Federico Luis
  • French Touch Prize of the Jury: Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang
  • Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Montsouris Park by Guil Sela
  • Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Ricardo Teodoro for Baby
  • Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl
  • Canal+ Award for Short Film: Absent by Cem Demirer
  • SACD Award: Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl

Directors' Fortnight

  • Golden Coach: Andrea Arnold

Trophée Chopard

  • Mike Faist
  • Sophie Wilde
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Notes

References

External links

  • Official website



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