Cannes Film Festival 2023: we give you all the details of the most prestigious of film festivals

Created in 1939, the Cannes Film Festival brings together every year, during the second half of May, filmmakers, stars, journalists and industry professionals around a preview selection of the best films selected from around the world. He is chaired since 2022 by Iris Knobloch while Thierry Frémaux has been its general delegate since 2007. The screenings take place at the Palais des Festivals. Every day, the teams from the films in competition climb the famous steps of the red carpet. The official poster of this 76^And edition represents Catherine Deneuve in a frame from the film set The chamade (1968).

Where and when ?

This year, the Cannes Film Festival will take place from 16 to 27 May 2023 on the Croisette. The opening ceremony will be presented by Chiara Mastroianni and broadcast live on France 2 (several programmes, such as It’s up to you, will also be transferred to Cannes during the Festival) and Brut from 6.50pm. We also know that Michael Douglas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or. After this opening ceremony, the historical drama will be screened Joan of Barry directed by Maïwenn, in which he plays the title role, alongside Johnny Depp in that of Louis XV. A choice criticized by feminists, after the domestic violence of which Amber Heard accuses him and following a process that is too much in the media. For her part, Maïwenn admitted, on the set of the Daily, to having assaulted journalist Edwy Plenel in a restaurant. You also confirmed Johnny Depp’s presence on the red carpet. The closing ceremony, broadcast on France 2, will screen the latest film from the Pixar studios, Elementarydirected by Peter Sohn.

The jury and the films in Official Competition

This year, the president of the jury is the Swedish director Ruben Östlundwhich was awarded the Palme d’Or twice: in 2017 for The square and in 2022 for Without filter. He will be accompanied in his choices by the French director Julia DucournauPalme d’Or in 2021 with Titaniumthe american actress Brie LarsonOscar winner for Room in 2016, the Moroccan director Maryam Touzanithe French actor Denis Menochetthe Anglo-Zambian director Rungano Nyonithe actor Paul Danothe Afghan writer Atq Rahimi and the Argentine director Damiano Szifron.

This jury will have the difficult task of choosing the Golden Palm among 21 films, made by veteran filmmakers like Wes Anderson or Nanni Moretti and sometimes already awarded (Wim Wenders, Ken Loach) but also hopeful of following. Note that this year, the official competition includes seven female directors : we are still far from the parity required by the 50/50 collective but it is a record in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.

Here is the list of films in official competition for the Palme d’Or, which will be screened at the Louis Lumière Auditorium:

• Club Zero by Jessica Hausner
• The area of ​​interest by Jonathan Glazer
• Dead leaves by Aki Kaurismaki
• Olfa’s daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania
• City of Asteroids by Wes Anderson
• Anatomy of a fall by Justine Triet
• Monster by Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Towards a bright future by Nanni Moretti
• The Chimera by Alice Rohrwacher
• Dried herbs by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Last summer by Catherine Breillat
• The passion of Dodin Bouffant by Tran Anh Hung
• Collection by Marco Bellocchio
• May-December by Todd Haynes
• brand of fire by Karim Ainouz
• The Old Oak by Ken Loach
• Banel and Adama by Ramata-Toulaye Sy
• perfect days by Wim Wenders
• Youth by Wang Bing
• Black flies by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire
• The return by Caterina Corsini

The Un Certain Regard selection

The president of the Un Certain Regard jury is the American actor John C. Reilly, surrounded by Alice Winocour, Davy Chou, Paula Beer and Emilie Dequenne.

• The Delincuentsby Rodrigo Moreno
• How to have sexby Molly Manning Walker
• Hi Giuliaby Mohamed Kordofani
• Crowraby João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
• Simple as Sylvainby Monia Chokri
• Augurby Baloji Tshinai
• Los Colonosby Felipe Galvez
• Kadib Abyadby Asmae El Moudir
• Rosalie, by Stefania Di Giusto
• the new boy, by Warwick Thorton
• The Breaking the Iceby Anthony Chen
• If only I could hibernateby Zoljargal Purevdash
• Hopelessby Kim Chang Hoon
• Terrestrial Versesby Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami
• Nothing to looseby Delphine Deloget
• packagesby Kamal Lazraq
• the animal kingdomby Thomas Cailley

The Official Awards contain the following prizes: the Palme d’Or, the Best Actress Award, the Best Actor Award, the Jury Award, the Director Award and the Screenplay Award, but also Un Certain Regard (more independent films), the Caméra d’Or (best first work) and the Palme d’Or for the short film. The Festival has other parallel sections, such as the Quinzaine des cinéastes (non-competitive), the Critics’ Week (which has its own awards). All selections combined, the Queer Palm awards a film from 2010 for its treatment of LGBTQ+ themes. This year it is chaired by John Cameron Mitchell.

The stars expected on the red carpet

Some movies, like the last Wes Andersonthey are filled with Hollywood stars. Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks and Edward Norton should walk the red carpet. The stars Judah Law AND Natalie Portman will come to defend respectively brand of fire AND May-December. Other American films presented out of competition will bring their share of superstars: The flower moon killersdirected by Martin Scorsese for Apple TV+, will see the director ascend the steps of Cannes with his two muses, Robert de Niro AND Leonardo Dicaprio. Harrison Ford AND Mads Mikkelsen will come to present Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyby James Mangold. Sean Penn AND Ben Affleck will also be there to defend the films respectively Black flies AND Hypnotic by Robert Rodriguez. Finally, we are also waiting for the singer The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Deppwhich will feature a film version of the miniseries The idol, by Sam Levinson, which has already flown a lot of ink. Finally, director Pedro Almodovar will present his gay western, Strange lifestyleworn by Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascalin the short films section.

France will obviously be well represented with the expected participation of Juliette Binoch, Benoit Magimel, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Guillaume Canet, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier (President of the Camera d’Or jury) or even Virginia Efira, who have films to present on the Croisette. And many others !

How to participate?

The Cannes Film Festival is above all an event reserved for professionals of the film industry, accredited according to their profession. However, viewers can request accreditation Cannes cinephiles to have access to films from the Official Selection (which includes (Competition, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Un Certain Regard), Critics’ Week and Filmmakers’ Fortnight which will be screened in Cannes. There is also the “Three Days at Cannes ” Pass for movie fans aged 18-28.

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