The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its official selection: record with 6 female directors… together with Johnny Depp and Sam Levinson

This Thursday, April 13, the world of cinema vibrates to the rhythm of the Cannes Film Festival.

five weeks before the start of the most prestigious film festival, which will take place on the Croisette du from 16 to 27 Maythe delegate general Thierry Fremaux and the new president of the festival Iris Knobloch announced the list of contenders for the coveted Palme d’Or.

Both gathered in front of worldwide cameras from a cinema on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. They said they saw over 2,000 movies and promised to “renewed selection, punctuated here and there by great authors ». It remains to be seen who will be awarded during this edition, inclusive the jury will be chaired by Swedish director Ruben Östlund, twice Palme d’Or winner (The square AND Without filter).

Martin Scorsese, Harrison Ford and… Johnny Depp

We already knew that this 76^And edition of the Cannes festival promised to be memorable, with the arrival of Martin Scorsese, Robert de Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, who came to present The flower moon killers.

The world premiere ofIndiana Jones 5: The Dial of Destiny it is also one of the most anticipated events of the festival, especially since then Harrison Ford will answer present and go up the steps.

pedro Almodóvar will be there to project Strange way to livehis short film posing as a hot version of the cult The Brokeback Mountain Secret. If the film has everything to make you want, it is also because it is embodied by two great actors: Ethan Hawke and Peter Pascalwhere we fell in love The Last of Us. All three will be present at the end of the screening to present the film.

However, other programming choices were also questionable: let’s think about the screening of the film Joan of Barry by Maïwenn with a real Johnny Depp to open the contest, despite domestic violence allegations against the actor.

Six directors in competition

However, it seems that Cannes wants to take a step on the side of feminism. This new edition marks a record given that six directors are in competition this year. Among them, we are particularly pleased with the presence of great French directors such as Justine Triet (Sybil, Victoria) OR Catherine Breillat (A real little girl, To my sister!).

We are also thrilled to learn that this year, the young Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy will be competing, as well as the Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania, The Austrian Jessica Hausner and the Italian Alice Rohrwacher. We recall that only two women have won the Palme d’Or since the creation of the festival: the French Julia Ducounau, to whom we owe the sublime Titanium (2021), as well as New Zealander Jane Campion for The piano lesson (1993).

Big names in cinema

As is often the case, the Cannes Film Festival rewards famous directors who know the red carpet very well. Thus, the new Wes Anderson film, City of Asteroids and its array of stars (Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks…!) he was chosen among the contenders for the supreme prize.

Great filmmaker of social and committed cinema, the English director Ken Loach will also be present with his film The old oak.

Asian cinema will also be represented with Japanese cinema Kore-Eda Hirozaku and the Chinese Van Bing.

Finally, we are delighted that queer director Todd Haynes (who is especially responsible for the beautiful carol) is one of the selected with his film May-December.

Sam Levinson series with Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd premiere

Among the more startling announcements at this Thursday’s press conference was the presence of The Sam Levinson series The idol.

Despite the scandals that go aroundEuphoria From bad shooting conditionsTHE showrunner returns with a series worn by Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd. Although ten years separate them, both are staged as a toxic couple in an environment where drugs reign.

The first episodes of the series will be broadcast out of competition, such asIndiana Jones 5 and Martin Scorsese’s film.

Movies from the official selection from 16 to 27 May

Jessica Hausner- Club Zero

Jonathan Glazer- The area of ​​interest

Aki Kaurismaki – Fallen leaves

Kaouther Ben Hania – Olfa’s daughters

Wes Anderson- City of Asteroids

Justine Triet – Anatomy of a fall

Kore-Eda Hirozaku – Monster

Nanni Moretti- The sun of the future

Alice Rohrwacher- the chimera

Nuri Bilge Ceylon – dried herbs

Catherine Breillat – Last summer

Tran Anh Hung – The passion of Dodin Bouffant

Marco Bellocchio – Kidnapped

Todd Haynes- May-December

Karim Ainouz – brand of fire

Ken Loach- The old oak

Coppery-Toulaye Sy – Banel and Adama

Wim Wender – perfect days

Wang Bing- Youth (documentary)

Cannes premieres

Katell Quillévéré – time to love

Victor Erice – Close eyes

Martin Provost – Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe

Takeshi Kitano – Kubi

Out of competition

Martin Scorsese- Flower moon killers

Sam Levinson- The idol

Kim Jee won – spiderweb

James Mangold- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

In a certain perspective

Rodrigo Moreno- The Delinquents

Molly Manning Walker- How to have sex

Mohamed Cordofani – Hi Giulia

João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora – Buriti’s flower

Monia Chokri – Simple as Sylvain

Asmae El Moudir – The mother of all lies

Philip Galvez – The settlers

Baloji Tshiani – Omen

Anthony Chen- The Breaking the Ice

Stephanie Di Giusto – Rosalia

Warwick Thornton- The new boy

Zoljargal Purevdash – If only I could hibernate

Kim Chang Hoon – Hopeless

Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami – Terrestrial Verses

Delphine Deloget – Nothing to loose

Kamal Lazraq – packages

Thomas Cayet- the animal kingdom (opening)

Special screenings

Kleber Mendonça Filho – Ghost portraits

Wim Wender – The sound of time

Steve McQueen- occupied city

Wang Bing- man in black

Midnight sessions

Elias Belkeddar – Omar the strawberry

Anurag Kashyap – kennedy

Only Philippot – Acid