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This year's edition is running from May 13 to 24 and will open with Partir un jour, directed by Amélie Bonnin. Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d'Or. It will feature Sylvain Chomet's A Magnificent Life, left, as a Special Screening.
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- Cannes Classics
- Cannes Premiere
- Competition
- Critics' Week
- Directors' Fortnight
- Midnight Screenings
- Out Of Competition
- Special Screenings
- Un Certain Regard
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Cannes Latest Reviews
A Pale View Of Hills
UK 1982. An young aspiring Japanese-British writer plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, Etsuko begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. The writer begins to find troubling inconsistencies in the recollections.
UK 1982. An young aspiring Japanese-British writer plans to write a book based on her mother Etsuko’s post-war experiences in Nagasaki. Haunted by the suicide of her older daughter, Etsuko begins to recount her memories from 1952 as a young mother-to-be. The writer begins to find troubling inconsistencies in the recollections.
Splitsville
Splitsville picks up with Ashley asking for a divorce, watching as the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Splitsville picks up with Ashley asking for a divorce, watching as the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.
Pillion
A man is taken on as a motorbike club's leader's submissive but begins to question that role.
A man is taken on as a motorbike club's leader's submissive but begins to question that role.
Orwell: 2+2=5
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
Kokuho
A boy born into a family of gangsgters is taken in by a kabuki theatre actor and finds a talent for the craft.
A boy born into a family of gangsgters is taken in by a kabuki theatre actor and finds a talent for the craft.
Arco
In 2075, a 10-year-old girl, Iris, witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Iris shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.
In 2075, a 10-year-old girl, Iris, witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. Iris shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time.
Homebound
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
The Plague
At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious 12-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
At an all-boys water polo camp, a socially anxious 12-year-old is pulled into a cruel tradition targeting an outcast with an illness they call “The Plague.” But as the lines between game and reality blur, he fears the joke might be hiding something real.
Left-Handed Girl
A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei to open a night market stand. Three generations of family secrets begin to unravel after the youngest daughter who’s left-handed is told by her traditional grandfather to never use her "devil hand”.
A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei to open a night market stand. Three generations of family secrets begin to unravel after the youngest daughter who’s left-handed is told by her traditional grandfather to never use her "devil hand”.
Julian Assange And The War On Journalism
This film traces the saga of Julian Assange, a contemporary icon of the right to information, whose recent release from prison has reignited the global debate on press freedom.
This film traces the saga of Julian Assange, a contemporary icon of the right to information, whose recent release from prison has reignited the global debate on press freedom.
Cannes Film Festival Features
Looking back
Kei Ishikawa on memory, ambiguity and A Pale View Of Hills
Seeking light out of darkness
Pauline Loquès on the personal tragedy that inspired her first feature Nino
A 'difficult' director
Jon Asp on Swedish film history and making Being Bo Widerberg
'Children can understand a lot more than we think..'
The makers of Little Amélie on why perceptions about animation are changing
'I don't like that feeling of things that look alike'
The Love That Remains director Hlynur Pálmason on the idiosyncratic and personal
'I like putting incompatible stuff together and seeing how it works'
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke on mixing fantasy and reality in A Useful Ghost
Song of the desert
Kangding Ray on changing attitudes to music in cinema, and scoring Sirât
A different language
Bi Gan on his creative process, abstraction, discomfort and Resurrection
It’s about re-enchantment
Christian Petzold on cinema history, lullabies, Laura, Rebecca and Miroirs No. 3
'I didn't make this film myself. The Islamic Republic made it by putting me in prison'
Jafar Panahi on the inspiration for It Was Just An Accident
Palettes and paradoxes
Félix Dufour-Laperrière on the concept, contradictions and colours of Death Does Not Exist
'Being a filmmaker is a kind of disease'
Director István Szabó on reflections, restorations and why he will never say never
Dual identity
Or Sinai on exploring the life of a migrant worker who returns home in Mama
'Speaking the language turns me into a totally different person'
Jodie finds the right French accent in A Private Life
'It’s the work that is going to stand above all awards'
Spike Lee on hard graft, collaborating with Denzel and his love of the Knicks
Feeling the flow
Sven Bresser on the rhythms and composition of Reedland
A sense of place
When The Geese Flew director Arthur Gay on transient characters and the idea of home
'He kept this spirit of a child'
Sylvain Chomet on animating Marcel Pagnol's career in A Magnificent Life
'I admit it was crazy idea, but then film people are crazy'
Richard Linklater on chronicling the creation of Godard's Breathless in Nouvelle Vague
Warring parents sparked Ramsay’s Cannes entry
Die, My Love stars Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence in fighting form
Slice of life... and fable
The President's Cake director Hasan Hadi on the challenges and craft behind his debut
Cannes Film Festival News
Barbra Streisand to receive honorary Palme d'Or
Cannes pays tribute to 'consummate creator and courageous citizen'
Peter Jackson to receive Honorary Palme d'Or
Lord Of The Rings director 'privileged' to receive accolade
Park Chan-wook for president
Cannes names South Korean filmmaker as jury head
Cruising for a bruising as Cannes goes wild
The latest Mission Impossible storms the Croisette with honorary Palme d’Or and red carpet adulation
Binoche suggests Depardieu downed by #MeToo
Cannes Jury president on society’s changes … and the need for jury humility
Cannes supremo keeps powder dry on tariffs
Why Frémaux still feels the love for American cinema
Chaplin strikes gold in Cannes
Festival to present restored classic to mark film’s centenary year
Manning Walker ready for Cannes great escape
How To Have Sex director to head Un Certain Regard jury
Berry and Kidman join Cannes ranks
Full Palme d'Or jury revealed, plus accolade for Nicole
Cantet and Campillo take opening slot in Directors’ Fortnight
Act of friendship and artistic endeavour headlines a diverse Cannes selection
Childhood foray to open Cannes Critics’ Week
Award-winning director Laura Wendel returns to Croisette with second feature
Linklater, Anderson, and Chomet grab Cannes limelight
Dardennes, Reichardt and Trier also make cut as selection revealed
Cannes mission possible for Tom Cruise
The Final Reckoning to be presented Out of Competition
Honorary Palme d’Or for De Niro the perfectionist
Cannes organisers announce award for Taxi Driver veteran on opening night
President Binoche to head Cannes jury
Organisers praise star with enduring 'artistic curiosity'
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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