The poster shows Varda, aged 26, standing on the shoulders of a technician, shooting her first film La Pointe Courte in 1954. The film would screen at the Cannes Film Festival the following year.
Thirteen of Varda’s films were showcased
in Official Selection at Cannes over the years. She was a jury member
in 2005, president of the Caméra d’Or jury in 2013 and received an
honorary Palme d’Or in 2015.
In a statement from the film festival organizers, “Avant-garde but
popular, intimate yet universal, her films have led the way,” said the
festival. ”And so, perched high on this pyramid, surveying the beach at
Cannes, young and eternal, Agnès Varda will be the inspirational guiding
light of this 72nd edition of the Festival.”
There is a definite buzz this time of year in the
French Riviera surrounding the upcoming 72nd Cannes Film Festival that
takes place May 14 to May 25, 2019.
Although
preparations have been going on for months, you can still sense an
awakening in the springtime air with those in the business community
getting everything prepared for when this part of France goes up on the
world stage.
The Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival will be unveiled this Thursday (April 18).
