The Cannes Film Festival begins its first day of competition with a first French film on the world of reality TV, the presence of Judith Godrèche for her event short film and the preview of a blockbuster awaited for several years.
The essential
- The Cannes Film Festival begins its first day After the opening ceremony last night, which saw Meryl Streep receive an honorary Palme d’Or rewarding her entire career.
- What is the program for the Cannes Film Festival this Wednesday, May 15? Festival-goers can catch up The second act, before the press conference of the film team. A meeting with Meryl Streep is also organized at the start of the afternoon, before the screening of the first French film in competition, Rough diamond by Agathe Riedinger before The Girl with the Needle by Magnus von Horn. The event of the day will undoubtedly be the climb of the steps of Furiosa by Georges Miller, screened at the Grand Théâtre Lumière at 7 p.m.
- Judith Godrèche in Cannes. At the same time, the parallel section Un certain regard will open with the projection of Me too by Judith Godrèche. This short film on sexual violence will also be shown to the general public at the beach cinema from 9:30 p.m.
- A star adored by the public and who gets talked about on each of her red carpets will be at the Cannes Film Festival this evening. Anya Taylor-Joy, who constantly causes a sensation with her always very sophisticated looks, will take the steps alongside Chris Hemsworth and Georges Miller to present Furiosaprequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, at the end of the day. Below, follow the Cannes Film Festival live.
Live
10:00 – A first French film opens the official competition
If The second act by Quentin Dupieux was presented at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening, it was not as part of the official competition. The first feature film to claim the Palme d’Or is being screened at the Grand Théâtre Lumière this afternoon. This is the first film by French director Agathe Riedinger, Rough diamond. This drama with Malou Khebizi, Idir Azougli and Andréa Bescond takes the viewer behind the scenes of reality TV. If festival-goers discover it today, this feature film will be released in French theaters on October 9.
09:30 – What is the program for this first day of the Cannes Film Festival?
After the emotion of the opening ceremony, it’s time for the competition! If festival-goers who were not necessarily able to discover The Second Act during its preview screening can do so this morning before the film team’s press conference scheduled for 12 p.m. While Meryl Streep gives an exceptional masterclass at 2 p.m., the first (French!) film in the competition, Rough diamondis screened at 4 p.m. at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, before the rise of the steps and the preview of Furiosa, scheduled for 7 p.m. At the end of the day, Judith Godrèche presents her short film on sexual violence, Me too, at the opening of Critics’ Week then at 9:30 p.m. at the beach cinema. The day will end with the screening of the second film in the official competition, Pigen Med Nalen (The girl with the needle) by Magnus von Horn, at 10:30 p.m.
09:00 – First day of competition at the Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival was officially declared open by Camille Cottin this Tuesday evening. The competition therefore officially begins on the Croisette this Wednesday. On the program: screenings of anticipated films, first films, the launch of parallel competitions and press conferences and star parades.
The jury for the next Cannes Film Festival is made up of five women and four men, all of whom have won multiple awards during their careers. Greta Gerwig, director of barbie And The Daughters of Doctor Marchwas chosen as president of the 2024 jury. She will be helped, in her choice of the prize list and the Palme d’or, by the French actor Omar Sy (Untouchables), French actress Eva Green (Casino Royale,), Turkish screenwriter Ebru Ceylan (Winter Sleep), Native American actress Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), the Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki (Capernaum), the Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The circle of snow), the Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino (The traitor) and finally the Japanese director Kore-Eda Hirokazu (A family matter).
Opening film
The Second Act of Quentin Dupieux (out of competition)
Feature films in competition
- The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi
- Motel Destino by Karim Aïnouz
- Bird by Andrea Arnold
- Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard
- Anora by Sean Baker
- Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola
- The Shrouds by David Cronenberg
- The Substance by Coralie Fargeat
- Great tour of Miguel Gomes
- Marcello Mio by Christophe Honoré
- Feng Liu yi Dai by Jia Zhang-ke (Caught by the tides)
- All we imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
- Kinds of Kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos
- The amazing love of Gilles Lellouche
- Diamond in the Rough by Agathe Riedinger (1st film)
- Oh Canada by Paul Schrader
- Limonov – The Ballad by Kirill Serebrennikov
- Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino
- Pigen Med Nålen by Magnus Von horn (The girl with the needle)
- The most precious of Michel Hazanavicius’ goods
- Three kilometers to the end of the world, by Emanuel Parvu
- The seed of the sacred fig, by Mohammad Rasoulof
In some perspective
- Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi
- The Shameless by Konstantin Bojanov
- The Kingdom of Julien Colonna (1st film)
- Twenty gods! by Louise Courvoisier (1st film)
- Who let the dog bite? by Laetitia Dosch (1st film)
- Gou zhen (Black dog) by Guan Hu
- The Village next to Paradise by Mo Harawe (1st film)
- September says by Ariane Labed (1st film)
- The story of Souleymane by Boris Lojkine
- The Damned by Roberto Minervini
- On becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni
- Boku no Ohisama (My Sunshine) by Hiroshi Okuyama
- Santosh by Sandhya Suri
- Viet and Nam by Truong Minh quý
- Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (1st film)
- When the light breaks, Runar Runarsson, opening film
- Flow, Gints Zilbalodis
- Niki, Céline Sallette (1st film)
Out of competition
- She’s Got No Name by Chan Peter Ho-sun
- Horizon, an American Saga by Kevin Costner
- Rumors of Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin
- Furiosa: a Mad Max saga by George Miller
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre De La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte
Midnight sessions
- Twilight of the Warrior walled in by Soi Cheang
- The Surfer by Lorcan Finnegan
- Women on the Balcony by Noémie Merlant
- I, the Executioner by Ryoo Seung wan
Cannes premiere
- Everybody loves Touda by Nabil Ayouch
- It’s Not Me by Leos Carax
- In Fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol
- Mercy by Alain Guiraudie
- The Romance of Jim by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
- Meet Pol Pot by Rithy Panh
- Live, die, be reborn by Gaël Morel
- Maria, by Jessica Palud
Special sessions
- The Thread of Daniel Auteuil
- Ernest Cole, photographer of Raoul Peck
- The Invasion of Sergei Loznitsa
- Learn from Claire Simon
- The Beauty of Gaza by Yolande Zauberman
- Spectators of Arnaud Desplechin
- Nasty by Tudor Giurgiu
- Lula by Oliver Stone
- An unfinished film by Lou Ye
Since 1962, Critics’ Week has been One of the main parallel selections of the Cannes Film Festival. It aims to bring out talents and generally focuses on the first or second films of new directors.
In competition
- Babe by Marcelo Caetano (Brazil-France-Netherlands)
- Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang (United States)
- Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Djil (Belgium-Sweden)
- KEFF Locust (Taiwan/France/United States)
- The Pampas by Antoine Chevrollier (France)
- The Brink of Dreams (Rafaat einy Il sama) by Nadia Riyadh & Ayman El Amir (Egypt-France-Denmark-Qatar-Saudi Arabia)
- Simon de la Montaña by Frederico Luis (Argentina – Chile – Uruguay)
In special sessions
- The Ghosts of Jonathan Millet (France-Germany-Belgium)
- The Sea in the Distance by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi (France-Morocco-Belgium-Qatar)
- The Queens of Drama by Alexis Langlois (France-Belgium)
The Filmmakers’ Fortnight, formerly the Directors’ Fortnight, is also a parallel selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Organized since 1968 by the Society of Film Directors (SRF), it also aims to go beyond the festival framework with little-known directors from different backgrounds.
- My life, my mouth by Sophie Fillières (opening film)
- Plastic Guns by Jean-Christophe Meurisse (closing film)
- In his image of Thierry de Peretti
- Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point by Tyler Taormina
- Desert of Namibia (Namibia no sabaku) by Yôko Yamanaka
- East of Noon (Sharq 12) by Hala Elkoussy
- Eat The Night by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
- Eephus by Carson Lund – first feature film
- Gazer by Ryan J. Sloan – first feature film
- The Prisoner of Bordeaux by Patricia Mazuy
- Savanna And The Mountain (A savana ea montanha) by Paulo Carneiro
- Sister Midnight by Karan Kandhari
- Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed (Algo viejo, algo nuevo, algo prestado) by Hernán Rosselli
- The Falling Sky (A queda do céu / La Chute du ciel) by Eryk Rocha & Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha
- The Hyperboreans (Los hiperbóreos) by Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña
- September without waiting (The Other Way Around / Volveréis) by Jonás Trueba
- To A Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel
- A Universal Language by Matthew Rankin
- Special session: STORIES OF AMERICA: FOOD, FAMILY AND PHILOSOPHY by Chantal Akerman
The short films:
- After the Sun by Rayane Mcirdi
- Extremely Short (Totemo mijikai) by Kōji Yamamura
- Immaculata by Kim Lêa Sakkal
- Antoine’s Weather (Antoine, Élise and Léandre) by Jules Follet
- Mulberry Fields (Một lần dang dở) by Nguyễn Trung Nghĩa
- Our Own Shadow (Nuestra sombra) by Agustina Sánchez Gavier
- The Moving Garden (O garden in motion) by Inês Lima
- Very Gentle Work by Nate Lavey
- When The Land Runs Away by Frederico Lobo
- Ghost Cat Anzu (Bakeneko Anzu-chan / Anzu, ghost cat) by Yôko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita
- Good One by India Donaldson – first feature film
- Mongrel (白衣蒼狗) by Chiang Wei Liang & You Qiao Yin – first feature film
