The Cannes Film Festival revealed its lineup this morning in Paris and it was a sometimes star studded and intriguing lineup. You can see the full lineup right here. Below are our 5 key takeaways from the reveal.
1. Changing Of The Guard?
Julia Ducournau poses with the Palme d’Or ‘Best Movie Award’ for ‘Titane’.
This is a recent lineup. Frémaux stated there’s extra to return however this wasn’t your typical Cannes Competition lineup studded with older, acquainted auteurs. The competition is opening with a feminine debut filmmaker for the primary time within the form of Amelie Bonin’s Leave One Day and 7 of the 19 movies in Competition are first time Palme d’Or contenders. The common age in Competition should be considerably decrease than most years. Yes there are three earlier Palme d’Or winners within the lineup, however the likes of Mascha Schilinski, Hafsia Herzi and Chie Hayakawa, not to mention Julie Ducournau and Carla Simon, signify a possible new wave of filmmakers. The UCR part, which is primarily for rising filmmakers, has some actual oomph behind it this version with buzzed about first films from the likes of Harris Dickinson and Akinola Davies Jr.
2. Women In The Spotlight
Scarlett Johansson
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Cannes President Irish Knobloch set the tone on the press convention, declaring: “Changes are being made. Women are finally being heard. The festival is very attentive to that,” earlier than noting that Juliette Binoche’s appointment as head of the jury marks the primary time that two ladies have headed the jury in consecutive years. Cannes has historically featured few ladies in its Competition. This yr there are six ladies administrators in Competition and that would go up when additions are made (the report quantity is seven feminine administrators again in 2023); the fest opens with a first-time feminine filmmaker; and the lineup contains eye-catching tasks reminiscent of Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, which performs in UCR.
3. What’s Not In
Spike Lee on the Red Sea International Film Festival
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There had been some intriguing omissions. Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee and Arnaud Desplechin had been most likely the largest shockers. Though Spike Lee has simply taken to Instagram to say that his Denzel Washington Akira Kurosawa adaptation is enjoying Out Of Competition! Kristen Stewart, Lazlo Nemes and Karim Ainouz had been additionally broadly speculated as possibles. There shall be a lot extra additions throughout the lineup, together with one assumes in Competition. Frémaux solely introduced 4 Special Screenings; final yr there have been 12. As we reported earlier this week, we’ve heard that Lynne Ramsay is amongst those that might probably be a late addition to the lineup. It’s a superb factor that Paramount and Mission Impossible got here via as a result of latest additions have tended to have a few big-canvas studio films. Without MI Cannes would have been gentle in that division. In phrases of geography, just one movie in Competition from Asia is one thing of a shock.
4. Cannes In Demand
Sope Dirisu, Akkinola Davies Jr
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Frémaux confirmed that the competition has obtained a report 2909 options to this point this version. That’s a report and an enormous soar from solely 1500 a couple of years in the past. Cannes is massively in-demand. Of these movies, Frémaux revealed that 68% of submissions had been from male administrators, 32% from ladies, and that one third had been first movies. Frémaux revealed that submissions got here from 168 international locations (together with what he stated might be a primary ever movie from Nigeria on the competition in My Father’s Shadow). “Cinema is alive and kicking,” he declared. Can Cannes observe up on latest years the place movies from its lineup have scored very extremely within the U.S. awards season? We’ll see.
5. Star Power
Emma Stone, Paul Mescal, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Cruise
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Despite the recent vibe to the lineup, there shall be a lot of star-power on present. Tom Cruise, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Hanks, Pedro Pascal, Scarlett Johansson, Bono, Josh O’Connor, Dakota Johnson, Denzel Washington (if Spike’s reveal is correct) and Paul Mescal are simply a number of the names prone to tread the carpet. Cannes has been identified to drag off the odd spectacular stunt too. Tom Cruise’s final movie on the Croisette, Top Gun, was greeted with a fly by. Could he have one thing up his sleeve this go-around for Mission Impossible?