As we know, the Lithuanian filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravičius, who directed Barzakh (2011), Mariupolis (2016) and Parthenon (2019), was captured and murdered by the Russian army in Mariupol in early April. His fiancée, Hanna Bilobrova, who was with him at the time, was able to bring back the footage filmed there and edited it with Mantas' editor Dounia Sichov. The film is entitled Mariupolis 2, it was essential to show it, we added it.
Mariupolis 2 will be screened on Thursday...
Back on the Croisette to celebrate its 75th edition, the Festival de Cannes is happy to welcome new partner arrangements this year: exceptional media coverage, with the creation by France Télévisions and Brut. of a TV studio just a short walk from the Palais, artist interviews carried out by TikTokers, a Campari-coloured lounge at the heart of the Palais des Festivals, and a fleet of 100% electric BMWs to ferry festival-goers to the red carpet stairs.
Not only that: we wil...
Originally named for the 60th Festival de Cannes, the Salle du Soixantième, located on the rooftop of the Riviera since 2007, will be renamed Salle "Agnès Varda".
“I don't just want to show, but also make people want to see”, she said. She got her Honorary Palme d'or, then her official poster: Agnès Varda was the picture of passion, affection and mischief. Sixty-five years of creation and experimentation, almost as long as the Festival...
Check out the 75th Festival Official Selection screening guide from 17 to 28 May and organize your stay in Cannes!
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« Rendez-vous with…» Javier Bardem, Agnès Jaoui, Mads Mikkelsen and Alice Rohrwacher at the 75th Festival de Cannes
May 11, 2022
The « Rendez-vous with… » are meetings between the artists and the public of the Festival. They make it possible to savvy the vision and th...
« PIERRE ANGÉNIEUX TRIBUTE » to DARIUS KHONDJI (A.F.C., A.S.C.*) and « ANGÉNIEUX SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT » to EVELIN VAN REI Friday May 27, 2022 at 8pm Buñuel Theater, Palais des Festivals
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As an official partner of the Cannes Festival since 2013, the premium cinema lens manufacturer Angénieux hosts the “Pierre Angénieux Tribute” every year to celebrate an exceptional...
In order to plan your stay in Cannes, please find below the link to download the screening schedule of the 61st Semaine de la Critique.
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Following Jodie Foster in 2021, Actor Forest Whitaker will be the honorary guest at the opening ceremony of the 75th Festival de Cannes, to be broadcasted live by France Télévisions and Brut. After Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Agnès Varda, or Alain Delon, he will be the new recipient of the honorary Palme d’or, which pays tribute to a sparkling artistic journey, a rare personality as well as a ...
Kelly Reichardt will be awarded with a Carrosse d'Or award May18 during the opening Ceremony of The Directors Fortnight.
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Deux longs métrages s'ajoutent à la Sélection officielle du 75e Festival de Cannes dans les sections Cannes Première et Séances spéciales.
Cannes Première
AS BESTAS
Rodrigo Sorogoyen
France/Espagne
Séances spéciales
SALAM
Mélanie « Diam’s », Houda Benyamina, Anne Cissé
France (Documentaire)
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The Short Film Jury will be tasked with selecting one of the 9 films in Competition for the Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded at the Festival's Closing Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 20...
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Following Mélanie Thierry in 2021, Spanish actress Rossy de Palma will be the President of the Jury of the Caméra d’or of the 75th Festival de Cannes, which will be awarded to a film among all the first feature films in the official Selection and in the parallel sections.
In 2018, Lukas Dhont, who is featured this year in the Competition, was awarded the Caméra d’Or for his film Girl. In 2019, the Cam&...
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Produced by Bruno Nahon and Omar Sy, Father & soldier is the second feature film of director, screenwriter and cinematographer Mathieu Vadepied. The film highlights the story of the Senegalese infantry men, forgotten heroes of World War One, forced to leave their homeland and fight to liberate France.
The Franco-Senegalese ...
The Festival de Cannes supports the decision of French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius and his partners to change the French title of his film, which will open the 75th festival.
Originally, the film was called Z (comme Z) (Z, like Z), as a tribute to the genre film, it echoes. Since the letter Z has taken on a warlike meaning with the war of aggression waged against Ukraine by the Russian government, there can be no such confusion or ambiguity.
The film has therefore...
French actor Vincent Lindon will be the President of the Jury of the 75th Festival de Cannes. Together with eight jury members, the actor who won Best Actor in 2015 will present the Palme d'Or to one of the 21 films in competition on Saturday, May 28, during the closing ceremony, to be broadcast live by France Télévisions and Brut.
Isabelle Huppert was the last French star to be Jury President in 2009. In the history of the Festival, French celebrities have often held this r...
After watching 3,507 films from more than 140 countries, 9 shorts will be presented in Competition from the following 11 countries: China, South Korea, Costa Rica, the United States, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, and Nepal.
The Short Film Palme d'or will be awarded on Saturday, May 28 during the closing ceremony.
TSUTSUE Amartei Armar
Ghana/France - 15'
PO SUI TAI YANG ZHI XIN (A SHORT STORY) Bi Gan
China - ...
THE DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT UNVEILS ITS 2022 SELECTION
FEATURE FILMS
L’ENVOL (Scarlet)
by Pietro Marcello
Opening film
1976
by Manuela Martelli
First feature film
THE DAM (Al-Sadd, السّد , Le Barrage)
by Ali Cherri
First feature film
LES ANNÉES SUPER 8 (The Super 8 Years)
by Annie Ernaux & David Ernaux-Briot
First feature film
ASHKAL
by Youssef Chebbi
First...
Ava Cahen, Artistic Director, presents the selection of 13 short films and 11 first and second features that will be screened in Cannes between May 18th and 26th.
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It’s official: LFFEC 2022 will be held in autumn, from September 23rd to October 2nd.
The date chosen for Effetto Cinema Notte is October 1st, while other showings are scheduled from April 30th to May 29th, but we will soon come back to those.
The showings will be a kind of preview of the Festival activities and will be organised in collaboration with the Casa d’Arte San Lorenzo and Over The Real.
We also seize this opportunit...
A week after the announcement of the feature films selected for the 75th Festival de Cannes, here is the list of films that will complete the Official Selection.
Competition
LE OTTO MONTAGNE Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen Italy/Belgium
UN PETIT FRÈRE Léonor Serraille France
TOURMENT SUR LES ÎLES Albert Serra Spain
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The red carpet that leads up the steps to the hope of being in the limelight.
A poetic celebration of the insuperable quest for expression and freedom.
An upward journey to contemplate the past and move ahead towards the promise of a revival. From Tuesday, May 17 to Saturday, May 28, the Festival de Cannes will hold its 75th edition, ...
In northern France, Juliette grows up alone with her father, Raphaël, a veteran of the First World War. Passionate about singing and music, the lonely young girl meets a magician one summer who promises that scarlet sails will one day take her away from her village. Juliette never stops believing in the prophecy. Freely inspired by the tale "The Scarlet Sails" by Aleksandr Grin, Pietro Marcello's film blends music, history and folklore, bordering on magical realism.
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The official poster of the 54th Directors' Fortnight is based on "Blue Flight", a photo-performance by multidisciplinary artist Cecilia Paredes.
Born in Lima, Cecilia Paredes lives and works between Peru and the United States. Her work explores the themes of nature and the interaction between the body and its environment.
Both visible and invisible, the artist blends into the image she creates, much like filmmakers do in their films.
The 54th edition of the Directors' Fort...
Selection Committees
Ava Cahen
Artistic Director
Ava Cahen founded and co-managed the magazine CLAP from 2014 to 2016. Since 2017, she's running the website frenchMania.fr and more recently, the biannual magazine FrenchMania. In 2016, she's launched her own Parisian cine-club, the Woody Club. She has also been a commentator for the TV programme "Le Cercle" on Canal+ since 2014 and since 2019 for "...
