Cannes Film Festival 2024 Competition List

Drama Ali Abbasi Donald Trump the Apprentice, Anoralast of Florida Project And Red rocket Director: Sean Baker and Andrea Arnold bird, The film, starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, is among the highlights of this year’s Cannes competition.

Yorgos Lanthimos Bad things tracking Types of kindness It will also premiere at Cannes. The film stars the Oscar winner Bad things Emma Stone will be at the top of every Cannes attendee’s must-see list. The Greek author has once again assembled an amazing supporting cast, including Bad things alums Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley alongside Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chao, and Mamoudou Athie.

Canadian directing legend David Cronenberg, who presented Future crimes In Cannes 2022, he returns to compete with… Shroudsa horror-thriller film starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, and Guy Pearce.

In the children’s category Nepo, Christophe Honoré Marcelo Meo Record slot competition. The drama stars Chiara Mastroianni, playing alongside her mother, Catherine Deneuve, and opposite the ghost of her father, Italian acting legend Marcello Mastroianni.

Cannes Film Festival President Iris Knobloch and Artistic Director Thierry Frémaux presented the official selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival at a press conference in Paris on Thursday. The collection includes the official competition and out-of-competition titles, films featured in the festival’s main Un Certain Regard sidebar, as well as special screenings and midnight screenings.

Surferan Australian thriller film produced by Nicolas Cage Barn Director Lorcan Finnegan will premiere in the Midnight Screenings line-up at Cannes, and will be joined by Sui Chiang’s Hong Kong action film. Twilight Warriors: Walled; I am the executioner From the Korean director Seung Wan-ryu; And Balconies By French director Noémie Merlan.

Highlights of the Un Certain Regard section include: Black dog From Chinese director Guan Hu; Crime drama Konstantin Boyanov Impudent; Saudi drama Nura From director Tawfiq Al-Zaidi; And September saysThe first appearance of French actress Ariane Lapid (Doctrine killer).

Rumors, a political comedy from acclaimed Canadian director Guy Madden, Evan and Galen Johnson, and starring Alicia Vikander, Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance, will premiere out of competition at Cannes. As will Peter Ho Soon Chan She doesn’t have a name.

Documentary film by Yolande Zauberman Beautiful GazaThe film is about a Palestinian transgender woman who goes to Tel Aviv to live with her new identity, and it will have a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Although it was made before the ongoing war in the region, Fremaux said it will receive a “new resonance” given current events.

Other political documentaries in the special screening section include Political Documentary Invasion By Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa (Donbass, My pleasure) about the Russian invasion of his country in 2022, and Ernest Cole, Lost and Founda portrait of the famous South African photographer by Raoul Peck (I’m not your nigger) Narrated by him Judas and the Black Messiah Star Lakeith Stanfield.

The French festival is starting a strong year after 2023 competition titles Anatomy of a fall And Area of ​​interest He went from Croisette to Oscar success. Justin Tritt’s courtroom drama won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, while Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust film won a second Grand Prix at Cannes and two Academy Awards: Best International Film and Best Sound. Noting that entries to the 2023 festival garnered a total of 26 Oscar nominations, Knobloch said that Cannes “confirmed” its status as a place “to find the best films.”

The 2024 edition of Cannes kicks off on May 14 with the world premiere of the French comedy Out of Competition The second lawIt is directed by Quentin Dupieux and stars Léa Seydoux and Vincent Lyndon.

Among the Hollywood highlights on the Croisette this year is George Miller’s long-awaited film Max Max: Road of anger prefix FuriosaStarring Anya Taylor-Joy and Kevin Costner Horizon: An American EpicIt is the first two-part Western epic. Both Warner Bros. titles are on display. Out of competition at Cannes, they are using the high-profile festival arc to launch their global rollout. Warner Bros. is releasing Furiosa In France on May 22 and in the United States on May 24 Horizon The films bow in the US on June 28. The second film will be released two months later, on August 16.

The highly anticipated, self-financed film from Francis Ford Coppola was announced Tuesday Major cities It will be shown in competition on May 17. The film, starring Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf, and Aubrey Plaza, was recently screened for potential buyers.

Legendary director and producer George Lucas will be honored at Cannes this year, where he will receive an honorary Palme d’Or for his life’s work. the star Wars Helmer presented his first directorial work, thx-1138in the sidebar of the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971. His last films as a director: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sithwhich also premiered at the festival, and was screened out of competition in 2005.

In a new addition this year, Cannes announced that it will launch a competitive immersive section featuring virtual and augmented reality works that “push the boundaries of storytelling.”

An international jury chaired by Barbie Director Greta Gerwig will select the winners, including this year’s Palme d’Or, from the competition’s titles. Canadian director Xavier Dolan will chair the jury for “Un Certain Regard.”

The 77th Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 14 to 25.