Festival de Cannes has announced the complete lineup for the 74th edition, sets to return in July. And that’s such a good news to know it will finally be back with in person event!🤵🏾
The other good news is that many countries usually underrepresented will be featured at this year Cannes Film Festival, including Iran 🇮🇷 with Asghar Farhadi, Russia 🇷🇺 with Kirill Serebrennikov, Thailand 🇹🇭 with Apichatpong Weerasethakul and also Chad 🇹🇩 with Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
There will also be some special screenings during the festival: one of the most anticipated is Todd Haynes’ documentary about The Velvet Underground, premiered out of competition.
Cannes also confirmed Jodie Foster will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 2021 festival and be the guest of honor at the opening night ceremony. 🌴
Here you are the list of movies in competition:
Annette di Leos Carax
The French Dispatch di Wes Anderson
Benedetta di Paul Verhoeven
A Hero di Asghar Farhadi
Tout S’est Bien Passe di François Ozon
Tre Piani di Nanni Moretti
Titane di Julia Ducournau
Red Rocket di Sean Baker
Petrov’s Flu di Kirill Serebrennikov
France di Bruno Dumont
Nitram di Justin Kurzel
Memoria di Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Lingui di Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Paris 13th District di Jacques Audiard
The Restless di Joachim Lafosse
La Fracture di Catherine Corsini
The Worst Person in the World di Joachim Trier
Compartment No. 6 di Juho Kuosmanen
Casablanca Beats di Nabil Ayouch
Ahed’s Knee di Nadav Lapid
Drive My Car di Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Bergman Island di Mia Hansen-Løve
The Story of My Wife di Ildikó Enyedi
We still don’t know how big Cannes will be, but if you are just thrilled as we are and you’re thinking to attend and celebrate the return of the Festival on the croisette, just remember to wear a mask that match with you fancy dress!