The 2024 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection has been
unveiled, showcasing a diverse blend of emerging global talents and
renowned Hollywood figures.
Scheduled from Tuesday,
May 14th to Saturday, May 25th, the 77th installment of the legendary
Cannes Film Festival promises to uphold its reputation as one of the
premier and most eagerly awaited events of the year.
The 2024 rendition will be notable for appointing the inaugural
American female President of the Jury. Greta Gerwig, the 40-year-old
director of "Barbie," will also be one of the youngest presidents in the
esteemed event's history. It's been nearly six decades since someone as
youthful as 31-year-old Sophia Loren assumed this prestigious position
back in 1966.
Mega-director George Lucas, aged 79,
famed for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, has been
named as the recipient of an honorary Palme d’Or. The prestigious award
will be bestowed upon him during the Festival's closing ceremonies on
Saturday, May 25th.
This year's event will welcome back familiar faces, including
actor-director Kevin Costner, presenting his latest cinematic endeavor, a
western titled "Horizon: An American Saga." The ensemble cast features
Costner alongside talents such as Sienna Miller, Abby Lee, and Jamie
Campbell."I couldn't imagine a more fitting venue than the Cannes
Film Festival to unveil the culmination of such a magnificent journey,"
Costner remarks.
The iconic Mad Max series will make its mark at
Cannes, as George Miller unveils his latest film, "Furiosa: A Mad Max
Saga," featuring a star-studded cast including Chris Hemsworth, Tom
Burke, and Anya Taylor-Joy.
The opening film of the Festival comes from the imaginative mind of
French filmmaker and DJ Quentin Dupieux: "The Second Act." While not
included in the list of competition entries, it's poised to become one
of the year's standout French-language comedy successes. Starring Léa
Seydoux and Vincent Lindon, it promises to captivate audiences with its
unique charm.Drawing considerable anticipation with its world
premiere is Ali Abbasi’s "The Apprentice," a fictionalized biopic
shedding light on Donald Trump’s real estate endeavors during the 1970s
and 1980s. Sebastian Stan steps into the shoes of the man himself, while
Jeremy Strong portrays Trump’s infamous lawyer and fixer, Roy Cohn. The
film is a notable inclusion in the official In Competition selection.
Among the array of titles vying for recognition in the competition
are Magnus von Horn’s "The Girl with the Needle"; Karim Aïnouz’s "Motel
Destino"; Jia Zhang-Ke’s "Caught by the Tides"; "Bird" by Andrea Arnold;
"Emilia Perez" by Jacques Audiard; Sean Baker’s "Anora"; Francis Ford
Coppola’s "Megalopolis"; "The Shrouds" by David Cronenberg; "The
Substance" by Coralie Fargeat; Miguel Gomes’ "Grand Tour"; Christophe
Honoré's "Marcello Mio"; "All We Imagine as Light" by Payal Kapadia;
Yórgos Lánthimos’s "Kinds of Kindness"; "L’Amour Ouf" by Gilles
Lellouche; Agathe Riedinger’s "Wild Diamond"; Paul Schrader’s "Oh
Canada"; Kirill Serebrennikov’s "Limonov – The Ballad"; and "Parthenope"
from Paolo Sorrentino.
The Un Certain Regard category has
narrowed down its selection to 15 films, with six of them marking the
directors' debut feature-length productions. These include Julien
Colonna’s "Le Royaume"; Louise Courvoisier’s "Vingt Deux !"; Laetitia
Dosch’s "Dog on Trial"; "The Village Next to Paradise" by Mo Harawe;
Ariane Labed’s "September Says"; and "Armand" by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel.
For more details about the films both in and out of competition, click here.
