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2024 Cannes Film Festival Announced – What You Can Expect

One of the most prestigious film festivals of all time, Cannes, has announced their 2024 selection including films from directors such as George Miller, Kevin Costner, Yorgos Lanthimos and Francis Ford Coppola. The festival opens this May 15.

2024 Cannes Film Festival Announced - Here Is What You Can Expect
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Below are the films for each respective category at Cannes Film Festival 2024.

Special Screenings

La Belle de Gaza – directed by Yolande Zauberman

Apprendre – directed by Claire Simon

L’Invasion (The Invasion) – directed by Sergei Loznitsa

Ernest Cole, Photographe (Ernest Cole, Lost And Found) – directed by Raoul Peck

Le Fil – directed by Daniel Auteuil

Opening

Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act) – directed by Quentin Dupieux

2024 Cannes Film Festival Announced - Here Is What You Can Expect
Megalopolis / Image Courtesy of Francis Ford Coppola

Competition

The Apprentice – directed by Ali Abbasi

Motel Destino – directed by Karim Aïnouz

Bird – directed by Andrea Arnold

Emilia Perez – directed by Jacques Audiard

Anora – directed by Sean Baker

Megalopolis – directed by Francis Ford Coppola

The Shrouds – directed by David Cronenberg

The Substance – directed by Coralie Fargeat

Grand Tour – directed by Miguel Gomes

Marcello Mio – directed by Christophe Honoré

Feng Liu Yi Dai (Caught By The Tides) – directed by Jia Zhang-ke

All We Imagine As Light – directed by Payal Kapadia

Kinds of Kindness – directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

L’amour Ouf – directed by Gilles Lellouche

Diamant Brut (Wild Diamond) – directed by Agathe Riedinger (first film)

Oh Canada – directed by Paul Schrader

Limonov – The Ballad – directed by Kirill Serebrennikov

Parthenope – directed by Paolo Sorrentino

Pigen Med Nålen (The Girl With The Needle) – directed by Magnus Von Horn

2024 Cannes Film Festival Announced - Here Is What You Can Expect
The Shrouds / Image Courtesy of Cahiers du Cinéma

Out of Competition

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – directed by George Miller (May 15)

Horizon: An American Saga – Part One – directed by Kevin Costner (3 hours long)

She’s Got No Name – directed by Chan Peter Ho-sun

Rumours – directed by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin

Cannes Premiere

Miséricorde – directed by Alain Guiraudie

C’est Pas Moi – directed by Leos Carax

Everybody Loves Touda – directed by Nabil Ayouch

En Fanfare (The Matching Bang) – directed by Emmanuel Courcol

Rendez-vous Avec Pol Pot – directed by Rithy Panh

Le Roman De Jim – directed by Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu

Midnight Screenings

Twilight Of The Warrior Walled In – directed by Soi Cheang

I, The Executioner – directed by Seung Wan Ryoo

The Surfer – directed by Lorcan Finnegan

Les Femmes Au Balcon (The Balconettes) – directed by Noémie Merlant

2024 Cannes Film Festival Announced - Here Is What You Can Expect
Kinds of Kindness / Image Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Uncertain Regard Selection

Norah – directed by Tawfik Alzaidi

The Shameless – directed by Konstantin Bojanov

Le Royaume – directed Julien Colonna (first film)

Vingt Dieux! – directed by Louise Courvoisier (first film)

Le Procès Du Chien (Who Let The Dog Bite?) – directed by Lætitia Dosch (first film)

Gou Zhen (Black Dog) – directed by Guan Hu

The Village Next To Paradise – directed by Mo Harawe (first film)

September Says – directed by Ariane Labed (first film)

L’histoire De Souleymane – directed by Boris Lojkine

Les Damnés (The Damned) – directed by Roberto Minervini

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl – directed by Rungano Nyoni

Boku No Ohisama (My Sunshine) – directed by Hiroshi Okuyama

Santosh – directed by Sandhya Suri

Viet And Nam – directed by Truong Minh Quý

Armand – directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (first film)

The Cannes Film Festival returns for its 77th year next month on May 14 and will finish May 25. Thank you for reading this article, if you enjoyed it and found it useful, please free to have a look at our other articles!

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