Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Cannes >> 2018 >> Special Screenings

Cannes Film Festival 2018

View other Cannes Film Festival Films by strand: ACID, Cannes Classics, Competition, Critics' Week, Directors' Fortnight, Midnight Screenings, Out Of Competition, Un Certain Regard

Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word
Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word and Dead Souls
10 Years In Thailand (Country: Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan; Year: 2018; Director: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
A collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future.
Another Day Of Life (Country: Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary; Year: 2018; Director: Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow; Writer: Raúl de la Fuente, Amaia Remirez, Niall Johnson, David Weber, Damian Nenow, Ryszard Kapuscinski; Stars: Miroslaw Haniszewski, Vergil J. Smith, Tomasz Zietek, Olga Boladz, Rafal Fudalej, Pawel Paczesny, Jakub Kamienski, Kerry Shale, Daniel Flynn, Youssef Kerkour, Lillie Flynn, Akie Kotabe, Ben Elliot, Emma Tate, Jude Owusu)
True story of a reporter who took a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the civil war in Angola in the 70s.
Full Review
Dead Souls (Les Ames Mortes) (Country: China, France, Switzerland; Year: 2016; Director: Wang Bing; Writer: Wang Bing)
Through the description of the daily lives of the now elderly survivors of the Jiabiangou Forced Labor Camp, this documentary seeks to expose the truth about the political campaigns of the late 1950s that led so many people to suffer or to die.
Full Review
The Great Mystical Circus (O Grande Circo Mistico) (Country: Brazil, Portugal, France; Year: 2018; Director: Carlos Diegues; Writer: Carlos Diegues, George Moura; Stars: Jesuíta Barbosa, Bruna Linzmeyer, Rafael Lozano)
A documentary following a century in the lives of the Knieps, an Austrian family of circus owners.
Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word (Country: France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland; Year: 2018; Director: Wim Wenders; Writer: Wim Wenders; Stars: Pope Francis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, John Kerry, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Shimon Peres, Vladimir Putin, Donald J. Trump, Melania Trump, Wim Wenders, Pope Francis, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, John Kerry, Angela Merkel, Barack Obama), Trailer
A documentary about Pope Francis, his work of reform and his answers to today's global questions.
Full Review See: Wim Wenders in conversation on symbols of Catholicism, Saint Francis and filming Pope Francis in the Vatican Gardens for Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word
, Interview with Wim Wenders about his first meeting for Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word and Patti Smith's premonition and song for the film
Another Day Of Life Another Day Of Life
Another Day Of Life and 10 Years In Thailand
The State Against Mandela And The Others (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte)
A documentary looking at how the case against Nelson Mandela and his co-accused was developed and brought to trial.
To The Four Winds (À Tous Vents) (Year: 2018; Director: Michel Toesca)
A documentary about the encounters and ensuing relationships between inhabitants in the Roya valley and refugees who have arrived there after crossing the border between France and Italy.
La Traversee (Country: France; Year: 2018; Director: Romain Goupil)
Fifty years after the events of May 68, Dany Cohn-Bendit and Romain Goupil have decided to start a journey across France. In this "road movie" they explore the territories - at times bewildering - of the Republic.
News

59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground

More news and features

Playing Now
Festival Image

Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:

Sands Film Festival
Weekend film event in St Andrews

Queer East

Visions du Réel
Swiss documentary showcase

Overlook Film Festival

New Directors/New Films
New York's celebration of new voices

In the Archive
Competition Picture


Archive of festival coverage.

Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.

Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.