The 75th edition of Cannes Film Festival will be held between 17-28 May this year. 21 movies will compete for the Palme d’Or in the Main Competition category.
Organized for the 75th time this year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off with the opening ceremony last night. The head of the jury of the festival this year was the French actor Vincent Lindon, who co-starred in Titane in 2021 and won the Palme d’Or at the 74th Film Festival. Joachim Trier also serve as a jury member. As you remember, Trier was nominated for Oscar for The Worst Person in the World.
“It is a great honor and source of pride to be entrusted, in the midst of the tumult of all the events we are going through in the world, with the splendid, weighty task of chairing the Jury of the 75th International Cannes Film Festival. With my Jury, we will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future, all of which carry the same secret hope of courage, loyalty, and freedom, with a mission to move the greatest number of women and men by speaking to them of their common wounds and joys.”
Vincent Lindon
Michel Hazanavicious’s Final Cut will be opening movie of the festival on May 17. The festival also features Hollywood movies such as Elvis by Baz Luhrmann and Top Gun: Maverick starring Tom Cruise. On the other side, Emir Alper’s Burning Days will be screened during the festival. Burning Days will make its world premiere at Un Certain Regard section.
Movies That Will Compete for the Palme d’Or
“Armageddon Time”, James Gray
“Boy From Heaven”, Tarik Saleh
“Broker”, Hirokazu Koreeda
“Brother and Sister (Frère et Sœur)”, Arnaud Desplechin
“Close”, Lucas Dhont
“Crimes of the Future”, David Cronenberg
“Decision to Leave”, Park Chan-Wook
“Eo (Hi-Han)”, Jerzy Skolimowski
“Forever Young (Les Almandiers)”, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
“Holy Spider”, Ali Abbasi
“Leila’s Brothers”, Saeed Roustaee
“Nostalgia”, Mario Martone
“RMN”, Cristian Mungiu
“Showing Up”, Kelly Reichardt
“Stars at Noon”, Claire Denis
“Tchaïkovski’s Wife”, Kirill Serebrennikov
“Tori and Lokita”, Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
“Triangle of Sadness”, Ruben Östlund
Un Certain Regard Section
“All the People I’ll Never Be (Retour à Séoul)”, Davy Chou
“Beast”, Riley Keough & Gina Gammell
“Kurak Günler (Burning Days)”, Emin Alper
“Butterfly Vision”, Maksim Nakonechnyi
“Corsage”, Marie Kruetzer
“Domingo and the Mist”, Ariel Escalante Meza
“Joyland”, Saim Sadiq
“Metronom”, Alexandru Belc
“Plan 75”, Hayakawa Chie
“Rodeo”, Lola Quivoron
“Sick of Myself”, Kristoffer Borgli
“The Silent Twins”, Agnieszka Smocynska
“The Stranger”, Thomas M. Wright
“Volada Land”, Hlynur Pálmason
“The Worst (Les Pires)”, Lise Akora & Romane Gueret
Out of Competition
“Elvis”, Baz Luhrmann
“Final Cut (Comme Z)”, Michel Hazanvicius
“Mascarade, “Nicolas Bedos
“November”, Cédric Jimenez
“Three Thousand Years of Longing”, George Miller
“Top Gun: Maverick”, Joseph Kosinski
