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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
Dangerous Animals
When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape.
When Zephyr, a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape.
Love Letters
Céline is expecting her firstborn. But she’s not the one who’s pregnant. In three months, her wife Nadia will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and the law, Céline looks for her place and sense of legitimacy.
Céline is expecting her firstborn. But she’s not the one who’s pregnant. In three months, her wife Nadia will give birth to their daughter. Under the gaze of her friends, her mother, and the law, Céline looks for her place and sense of legitimacy.
Colours of Time
After a group of distant relatives inherit a house, they begin to investigate the life of their predecessor.
After a group of distant relatives inherit a house, they begin to investigate the life of their predecessor.
Sirât
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
A father arrives at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco with his son, looking for his daughter who has been missing for months.
Dandelion's Odyssey
Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa - four dandelion achenes that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth - are propelled into the cosmos. After crash-landing on an unknown planet, they set out in search of soil where their species might survive.
Dendelion, Baraban, Léonto and Taraxa - four dandelion achenes that survive from a series of nuclear explosions destroying Earth - are propelled into the cosmos. After crash-landing on an unknown planet, they set out in search of soil where their species might survive.
Love Me Tender
One late summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s having romantic relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he takes custody of her son. Clémence must fight to remain a mother, a woman and a free woman.
One late summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s having romantic relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he takes custody of her son. Clémence must fight to remain a mother, a woman and a free woman.
Sleepless City
Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in the largest illegal slum in Europe, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But when demolition companies start closing in on their land, the family is divided and choices must be made.
Toni, a 15-year-old Roma boy, lives in the largest illegal slum in Europe, on the outskirts of Madrid. Proud to belong to his family of scrap dealers, he follows his grandfather everywhere. But when demolition companies start closing in on their land, the family is divided and choices must be made.
Sorry, Baby
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.
Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least.
Leave One Day
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born... and runs into her teenage crush.
Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born... and runs into her teenage crush.
Enzo
A 16-year-old boy breaks out from his bourgeois family and starts an apprenticeship as a stonemason. He also meets a Ukrainian colleague who turns his world upside down.
A 16-year-old boy breaks out from his bourgeois family and starts an apprenticeship as a stonemason. He also meets a Ukrainian colleague who turns his world upside down.
Cannes Film Festival Features
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
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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