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 Official poster of the 71st Cannes Film Festival featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina in Pierrot le Fou (1965)[1] | |
| Opening film | Everybody Knows |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Shoplifters |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition) 18 (Un Certain Regard) |
| Festival date | 8–19 May 2018 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018.[2] Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as president of the jury.[3] The Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.[4]
Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Ricardo Darín, opened the festival and competed in the Main Competition section. It was the second Spanish-language film to open Cannes, following Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education, which screened on the opening night of the 2004 festival.[5]
The official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou. It is the second time the festival poster was inspired by Godard's film after his 1963 film Contempt at the 2016 festival. According to festival's official statement, the poster is inspired by and paid tribute to the work of French photographer Georges Pierre.[1]
Juries
Main competition
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actress - Jury President[3][6]
- Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
- Ava DuVernay, American director
- Robert Guédiguian, French director
- Khadja Nin, Burundian singer-songwriter
- Léa Seydoux, French actress
- Kristen Stewart, American actress
- Denis Villeneuve, Canadian director
- Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian director
Un Certain Regard
- Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor - Jury President[7]
- Kantemir Balagov, Russian director[8]
- Julie Huntsinger, American executive director of the Telluride Film Festival
- Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian writer and director
- Virginie Ledoyen, French Actress
Camera d'Or
- Ursula Meier, Swiss film director - Jury President[9]
- Marie Amachoukeli, French director[10]
- Iris Brey, French-American critic, director and writer
- Sylvain Fage, French president of Cinéphase
- Jeanne Lapoirie, French cinematographer
- Arnaud Larrieu, French director and screenwriter
- Jean-Marie Larrieu, French director and screenwriter
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
- Bertrand Bonello, French film director - Jury President[11]
- Valeska Grisebach, German film director
- Khalil Joreige, Lebanese artist and film director
- Alantė Kavaitė, French-Lithuanian film director
- Ariane Labed, French actress
Independent Juries
Critics' Week
- Joachim Trier, Norwegian film director - Jury President[12]
- Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
- Eva Sangiorgi, Italian director of the Vienna International Film Festival
- Chloë Sevigny, American actress and film director
- Augustin Trapenard, French culture journalist
L'Œil d'or
- Emmanuel Finkiel, French director - Jury President[13]
- Lolita Chammah, French actress
- Isabelle Danel, French critic
- Kim Longinotto, British documentary filmmaker
- Paul Sturtz, American director of the True/False Film Festival
Official selection
In competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[14][15][16]
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[14][15][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Angel (QP) | El Ángel | Luis Ortega | Argentina, Spain |
| Angel Face | Gueule d'ange | Vanessa Filho | France |
| Border (QP) | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Sweden, Denmark |
| The Dead and the Others | Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora | Brazil, Portugal |
| Donbass (opening film) | Донбас | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania |
| Euphoria (QP) | Euforia | Valeria Golino | Italy |
| The Gentle Indifference of the World | Әлемнің жұмсақтық мазасыздығы | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan, France |
| Girl (CdO) (QP) | Lukas Dhont | Belgium | |
| The Harvesters (CdO) | Die Stropers | Etienne Kallos | South Africa, France, Poland, Greece |
| In My Room | Ulrich Köhler | Germany, Italy | |
| Little Tickles (CdO) | Les Chatouilles | Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | France |
| Long Day's Journey into Night | 地球最後的夜晚 | Bi Gan | China |
| Manto | मंटो | Nandita Das | India |
| Murder Me, Monster | Muere, Monstruo, Muere | Alejandro Fadel | Argentina |
| My Favourite Fabric (CdO) | Mon tissu préféré | Gaya Jiji | France, Germany, Turkey |
| Rafiki (QP) | Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya | |
| Sextape | À genoux les gars | Antoine Desrosières | France |
| Sofia (CdO) | Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi | Belgium | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[14][15][17][16][18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotti | Kevin Connolly | United States | |
| The House That Jack Built | Lars von Trier | Denmark | |
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (closing film) | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom | |
| Sink or Swim | Le Grand Bain | Gilles Lellouche | France |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard | United States | |
| Midnight Screenings | |||
| Arctic (CdO) | Joe Penna | Iceland | |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Ramin Bahrani | United States | |
| The Spy Gone North | 공작 / Gongjak | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| Whitney (QP) | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
- (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special Screenings
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:[14][15]