77TH Edition Of Cannes Film Festival
The official selection of films to be presented during the Cannes Film Festival was unveiled at a press conference on the morning of April 11.
The 77th edition will take place from May 14th to 25th in Cannes, France. The selection will feature the return of Francis Ford Coppola with the film “MEGALOPOLIS”. Furthermore, the director already holds 2 Palme d’Or awards for the films:
“THE CONVERSATION” (1974) and “APOCALYPSE NOW” (1979).
In addition to Coppola’s film, three films selected were produced by Saint Laurent productions: EMELIA PEREZ” by Jacques Audiard , THE SHROUDS” by David Cronenberg and “PARTHENOPE” by Paolo Sorrentino
Saint Laurent Productions is a subsidiary of the Saint Laurent brand, which belongs to the Kering Group, and its creative director Anthony Vaccarello, who is also leading this project.
According to Vaccarello himself, “I want to work with all the great talents of cinema that have inspired me over the years and give them a space.”
Saint Laurent has become the first fashion house to have a film production company. Another anticipated moment will be the Palme d’Or en honneur (in honor) which will be awarded to GEORGE LUCAS (79 years old), a major figure in Hollywood cinema. The director, producer, and screenwriter considered the father of the Star Wars saga will receive the award on May 25th during the festival’s closing ceremony.
19 films will be in competition and were selected from 2000 feature films viewed. The jury will be chaired by GRETTA GERWING, the American director of the film Barbie.
Additionally, we will have another woman who will be the master of ceremonies, French actress “CAMILLE COTTIN”.
OPENING FILM
LE DEUXIÈME ACTE by Quentin DUPIEUX | out of competition
THE APPRENTICE by Ali ABBASI
MOTEL DESTINO by Karim AÏNOUZ
BIRD by Andrea ARNOLD
EMILIA PEREZ by Jacques AUDIARD
ANORA by Sean BAKER
MEGALOPOLIS by Francis Ford COPPOLA
THE SHROUDS by David CRONENBERG
THE SUBSTANCE by Coralie FARGEAT
GRAND TOUR by Miguel GOMES
MARCELLO MIO by Christophe HONORÉ
FENG LIU YI DAI by JIA Zhang-Ke
(CAUGHT BY THE TIDES)
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal KAPADIA
KINDS OF KINDNESS by Yórgos LÁNTHIMOS
L'AMOUR OUF by Gilles LELLOUCHE
DIAMANT BRUT by Agathe RIEDINGER | 1er film
OH CANADA by Paul SCHRADER
LIMONOV - THE BALLAD by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
PARTHENOPE by Paolo SORRENTINO
PIGEN MED NÅLEN de Magnus VON HORN
(THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE)
IN SOME PERSPECTIVE
NORAH by Tawfik ALZAIDI
THE SHAMELESS by Konstantin BOJANOV
LE ROYAUME by Julien COLONNA | 1er film
VINGT DIEUX ! By Louise COURVOISIER | 1er film
LE PROCÈS DU CHIEN (WHO LET THE DOG BITE?) by Laetitia DOSCH | 1er film
GOU ZHEN (BLACK DOG) by GUAN Hu
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo HARAWE | 1er film
SEPTEMBER SAYS by Ariane LABED | 1er film
L'HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE by Boris LOJKINE
LES DAMNÉS by Roberto MINERVINI
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL by Rungano NYONI
BOKU NO OHISAMA (MY SUNSHINE) by Hiroshi OKUYAMA
SANTOSH by Sandhya SURI
VIET AND NAM by TRUONG Minh Quý
ARMAND by Halfdan ULLMANN TØNDEL | 1er film
OUT OF COMPETITION
SHE'S GOT NO NAME by CHAN Peter Ho-Sun
HORIZON, AN AMERICAN SAGA by Kevin COSTNER
RUMOURS by Evan JOHNSON, Galen JOHNSON et Guy MADDIN
FURIOSA : UNE SAGA MAD MAX by George MILLER
MIDNIGHT SESSIONS
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIOR WALLED IN by Soi CHEANG
THE SURFER by Lorcan FINNEGAN
LES FEMMES AU BALCON by Noémie MERLANT
I, THE EXECUTIONER by RYOO Seung Wan
CANNES FIRST
EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA by Nabil AYOUCH
C’EST PAS MOI by Leos CARAX
EN FANFARE by Emmanuel COURCOL
MISÉRICORDE by Alain GUIRAUDIE
LE ROMAN by JIM de Arnaud LARRIEU and Jean-Marie LARRIEU
RENDEZ-VOUS AVEC POL POT by Rithy PANH
SPECIAL SESSIONS
LE FIL by Daniel AUTEUIL
ERNEST COLE, PHOTOGRAPHE by Raoul PECK
L’INVASION by Sergei LOZNITSA
APPRENDRE by Claire SIMON
LA BELLE DE GAZA by Yolande ZAUBERMAN
Photos credits: © Valery HACHE / AFP, © JAKS Productions. All rights reserved and Festival de Cannes
