The names ! All the spotlights were on Iris Knobloch and Thierry Frémaux. The President and the General Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival presented this Thursday, April 13 the Official Selection of films in competition.
The 76th Cannes Film Festival will take place May 16-27. Like every year, about a month before, the organizers announce the list of selected films.
Note: six directors in competition, a record. Among these women, two French women, directors Catherine Breillat and Justine Triet. Also note the presence of a young Senegalese filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy and the Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania. The film which will open the festival, “Jeanne du Barry” (out of competition), is also directed by a director: the Frenchwoman Maïwenn.
- 12 p.m.: end of the presentation
End of the press conference, we will remember the names of Wim Wenders, Ken Loach, Catherine Breillat and Kore-Eda
- 11:45 am: The Official Selection: 19 films have been selected
- CLUB ZERO by Jessica Hausner
- THE ZONE OF INTEREST de Jonathan Glazer
- FALLEN LEAVES de Aki Kaurismaki
- OLFA’S DAUGHTERS (FOUR DAUGHTERS) by Kaouther Ben Hania
- ANATOMY OF A FALL by Justine Triet
- ASTEROID CITY de Wes Anderson Wes Anderson, a regular on the Croisette. After “The French Dispatch”, he again brings together a procession of stars, from Tilda Swinton to Adrien Brody via Tom Hanks, for “Asteroid City”.
- MONSTER de Kore-Eda Hirokazu
- THE SUN OF THE FUTURE by Nanni Moretti
- THE CHIMERA by Alice Rohrwacher
- LAST SUMMER by Frenchwoman Catherine Breillat
- KURU OTLAR USTUNE (DRY HERBS / ABOUT DRY GRASSES) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- THE PASSION OF DODIN BUFFANT by Tran Anh Hung
- KIDNAPPED by Marco Bellocchio
- MAY DECEMBER de Todd Haynes
- FIREBRAND by Karim Aïnouz
- THE OLD OAK de Ken Loach
- BANEL ET ADAMA – The Best of Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- PERFECT DAYS de Wim Wenders – Un film en 3D.
- YOUTH by Wang Bing – A documentary.
> Opening movie:
“Jeanne du Barry” by the French Maïwennstarring Johnny Depp. The film directed by Maïwenn and which marks the great return to the screen of the Pirate of the Caribbean, will open on May 16, and will be released simultaneously in French cinemas, the organizers announced on Wednesday.
A selection that will be completed. No animated film yet.
- 11:30 a.m.: It’s the turn of the films presented hgold competition
We already knew: On May 20, American director Martin Scorsese will present his new film “Killers of the Flower Moon” at Cannes. This is the first time since 1986 that the filmmaker has presented a film at the mythical international festival of the 7th art.
> COBWEB by Kim Jee-woon
> THE IDOL by Sam Levinson – The festival therefore makes room for a long-awaited series, “The Idol”, created by the author of “Euphoria”. The Weeknd, who shares the poster with Lily-Rose Depp.
> The new “Indiana Jones” will also be at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. The latter will also pay an “exceptional tribute” to his actor, Harrison Ford, 80 years old.
- 11:20 a.m. Presentation of the selection for Un Certain Regard
Two French films selected:
- THE DELINQUENTS by Rodrigo Moreno
- GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed Kordofani – First film
- HOW TO HAVE SEX de Molly Manning Walker – Premier film
- KADIB ABYAD (THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES) by Asmae El Moudir
- SIMPLE AS SYLVAIN by Monia Chokri
- CROWRÃ (THE BURITI FLOWER) by João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora
- AUGUR (OMEN) by Baloji Tshiani – First film
- THE SETTLERS (LES COLONS / THE SETTLERS) by Felipe Gálvez – Premier film
- ROSALIE by the Frenchwoman Stéphanie Di GIusto
- THE BREAKING ICE de Anthony Chen
- THE NEW BOY de Warwick Thornton
- A Mongolian film, it’s the first time in Cannes : IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE de Zoljargal Purevdash – Premier film
- HOPELESS de Kim Chang-hoon – Premier film
- TERRESTRIAL VERSES de Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
- Another French film: LES MEUTES by Kamal Lazraq – First film
- NOTHING TO LOSE by Delphine Deloget – First film
- The opening will be with: LE REGNE ANIMAL by Thomas Cailley.
- 11:15 am: “We have seen more than 2000 films”
Beginning of Thierry Frémaux’s speech and adding “the dream is still there!”
And to say again that it is important “to have a nose for discovery”.
- 11:00 a.m.: Beginning of the conference
All the spotlights are on Iris Knobloch and Thierry Frémaux. The president and general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival.
It is the new president who opens the presentation.
Iris Knobloch was born on February 13, 1963 in Germany, was originally a lawyer, and more precisely a lawyer. She was admitted to the bars of New York, California and Germany.
She spent part of her career in France, notably at Warner, one of the main American studios, where she managed the French activities, then in a wider part of Europe, until the‘last summer.
She then, last July, participated in the creation and took the lead ofI2POa financial vehicle created by the Pinault family and investment banker Matthieu Pigasse, to raise funds and make investments in the entertainment and leisure sectors.
We should also know this Thursday the composition of the jury and discover the official poster for this 76th edition.
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