Cannes Film Festival 2024 Film Guide
Here are the official selections for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the following categories: Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere, and Special Screenings.
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- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsLéa SeydouxLouis GarrelVincent LindonFlorence wants to introduce David, the man she's madly in love with, to her father. But David isn't attracted to her and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.Opening Film
- DirectorYolande ZaubermanStarsTalleen Abu HannaFollows Palestinian trans people fleeing Gaza for Tel Aviv to live openly. Their perilous journey between these worlds offers insight into their struggle for self-affirmation amid conflict and oppression.Special Screenings
- DirectorClaire SimonA documentary that unveils the profound impact of teachers' devotion to their students. Witness their daily triumphs and struggles as they inspire young minds with unwavering dedication.Special Screenings
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaSergei Loznitsa questions the consequences of the invasion of one country by another.Special Screenings
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsLaKeith StanfieldFollows Ernest Cole's journey as the first Black freelance photographer in apartheid South Africa.Special Screenings
- DirectorDaniel AuteuilStarsSidse Babett KnudsenDaniel AuteuilIsabelle CandelierA man is accused of murdering his wife. His lawyer must defend him against all odds, and especially against himself.Special Screenings
- DirectorAlain GuiraudieStarsCatherine FrotJean-Baptiste DurandFélix KysylReturning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsLeos CaraxDenis LavantEkaterina YuspinaA self-portrait of the director and his oeuvre, revisiting in free-form more than 40 years of the author's filmography.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsNisrin ErradiJoud ChamihyJalila TalemsiTouda is a Sheikha, a traditional Moroccan singer. Performing in the bars of her provincial town under the gaze of men, she plans to leave for the lights of Casablanca, to gain recognition and ensure a better future for her son.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorEmmanuel CourcolStarsBenjamin LavernhePierre LottinLudmila MikaëlAcclaimed conductor Thibaut has leukemia and needs a bone marrow donor. Learning he was adopted, he finds an older brother, a musician and factory worker. Their reunion sparks a fraternal, musical journey amidst the town's factory closure.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorRithy PanhStarsGrégoire ColinCyril GueïIrène JacobThree French journalists travel to Cambodia in 1978 after receiving an invitation from the Khmer Rouge regime, embarking on a perilous adventure.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorArnaud LarrieuJean-Marie LarrieuStarsKarim LeklouLaetitia DoschBertrand BelinA family living in the Jura mountains who are torn apart following the return of the son's biological father.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorSoi CheangStarsLouis KooSammo Kam-Bo HungRichie JenFollows troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun as he accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way.Midnight Screenings
- DirectorSeung Wan RyooStarsJung Hae-inHwang Jung-minJang Yoon-juFollows detective Seo Do-cheol and the Violent Crimes Investigation Division as they face a crisis.Midnight Screenings
- DirectorLorcan FinneganStarsNicolas CageJulian McMahonNicholas CassimWhen a man returns to his beach side hometown in Australia, he is humiliated in front of his teenage son by a local group of surfers who claim ownership over the secluded beach of his childhood.Midnight Screenings
- DirectorNoémie MerlantStarsNoémie MerlantSouheila YacoubLucas BravoThree women in a Marseille apartment gets stuck in a heat wave. They find themselves trapped in a terrifying affair and longing for freedom.Midnight Screenings
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsAnya Taylor-JoyChris HemsworthTom BurkeThe origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.Out of Competition
- DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerDale DickeyJena MaloneChronicles a multi-faceted, 15-year span of pre-and post-Civil War expansion and settlement of the American west.Out of Competition
- DirectorPeter Ho-Sun ChanStarsZiyi ZhangJiayin LeiChuan-jun WangA bizarre case caused thousands of waves. There are different opinions on the truth. When the whole story of the case was gradually restored like pieces of a puzzle, people realized that the truth was not that important anymore.Out of Competition
- DirectorEvan JohnsonGalen JohnsonGuy MaddinStarsAlicia VikanderCate BlanchettTakehiro HiraThe leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods while drafting a statement on a global crisis, facing danger as they attempt to find their way out.Out of Competition
- DirectorTawfik AlzaidiStarsYagoub AlfarhanMaria BahrawiAbdullah Al-SadhanSet in a small remote Saudi Arabian village in the 90s, when artistic expression was banned, NORAH is a story about the arrival of a new teacher, formerly an artist, into the tiny community where he meets a young woman named Norah.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorKonstantin BojanovStarsSebita AdhikariPramod AgrahariMihir AgrawalAfter killing a cop in a Delhi brothel, Renuka takes refuge in a northern India community of sex workers. There, she begins a forbidden romance with the 17-year-old Devika. Against all odds, they try to forge their path to freedom.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorJulien ColonnaStarsAndrea CossuGhjuvanna BenedettiSaveriu SantucciLesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorLouise CourvoisierStarsMaïwene BarthelemyDimitri BaudryMathis BernardTotone's carefree teenage life of drinking and dancing takes a turn when he must provide for his 7-year-old sister. Seeking income, he channels his energy into producing an award-winning comté cheese to claim a competition prize.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorLaetitia DoschStarsLaetitia DoschFrançois DamiensJean-Pascal ZadiAvril, a young lawyer specializing in animal defense, goes to great lengths to save her client, a repeat-offender dog, from capital punishment. This dog helps Avril accept her own human complexity.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorHu GuanStarsZhangke JiaEddie PengYi ZhangReleased from jail, Lang returns to his hometown in Northwest China. As part of a dog patrol tasked with clearing stray dogs before the 2008 Olympics, he bonds with a black stray. The two lonely souls embark on a new journey together.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorMo HaraweStarsAxmen Cali FaaraxCanab Axmed IbraahinAhmed Mohamoud SallebanA newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorAriane LabedStarsMia ThariaPascale KannRakhee ThakrarWhen September is suspended from their school, her sister July begins to assert her own independence. Tension in the family builds on holiday Ireland as a series of surreal encounters test the them all to their limit.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorBoris LojkineStarsAbou SangareNina MeurisseEmmanuel YovanieA Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorRoberto MinerviniStarsRené W. SolomonJeremiah KnuppCuyler BallengerIn the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted Western territories.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorRungano NyoniStarsSusan ChardyRoy ChishaBlessings BhamjeeA comedy-drama exploring human relationships in Zambia and Guinea.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorHiroshi OkuyamaStarsKeitatsu KoshiyamaKiara TakanashiSôsuke IkematsuTwo young skaters, polar opposites in personality, team up to train for a figure skating duo, their growing bond blurring the lines between partners and more as winter unfolds.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorSandhya SuriStarsShahana GoswamiSanjay BishnoiSunita RajwarNewly widowed Santosh inherits her husband's job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl's body is found, she's pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorMinh Quy TruongStarsThi Nga NguyenDaniel Viet Tung LeIn the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam's father's remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorHalfdan Ullmann TøndelStarsRenate ReinsveEllen Dorrit PetersenØystein RøgerArmand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorAli AbbasiStarsJeremy StrongMaria BakalovaSebastian StanThe story of how a young Donald Trump started his real estate business in 1970s and 80s New York with the helping hand of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn.Competition
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsFábio AssunçãoNataly RochaIago XavierUnder the burning sky on a roadside on the coast of Ceará, Motel Destino is the scene of dangerous games of desire, power and violence. One night, the arrival of young Heraldo definitively transforms the daily life of the place.Competition
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsBarry KeoghanFranz RogowskiJames Nelson-JoyceBailey lives with his brother Hunter and his father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere.Competition
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsZoe SaldanaSelena GomezEdgar RamírezMexico, today. Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer. She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman he's always dreamed of being.Competition
- DirectorSean BakerStarsMikey MadisonYura BorisovDarya EkamasovaAnora is a comedy about a sex worker shot in New York City and Las Vegas.Competition
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsNathalie EmmanuelShia LaBeoufGiancarlo EspositoAn architect wants to rebuild New York City as a utopia following a devastating disaster.Competition
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsVincent CasselDiane KrugerGuy PearceKarsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, builds a device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud.Competition
- DirectorCoralie FargeatStarsMargaret QualleyDemi MooreDennis QuaidCompetition
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsJani ZhaoLang Khê TranGonçalo WaddingtonEdward, civil servant, flees fiancee Molly on their wedding day in Rangoon, 1917. His travels replace panic with melancholy. Molly, set on marriage, amused by his escape, trails him across Asia.Competition
- DirectorChristophe HonoréStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveFabrice LuchiniChiara is an actress and daughter of Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve. One summer, she decides to live like her father. She dresses, speaks, and breathes like him with such conviction that others start calling her "Marcello".Competition
- DirectorZhangke JiaStarsTao ZhaoZhubin LiXu ChangchuA Chinese woman lives for herself in silence, celebrating the prosperous Belle Epoque with songs and dance.Competition
- DirectorPayal KapadiaStarsKani KusrutiDivya PrabhaChhaya KadamIn Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend.Competition
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneJesse PlemonsWillem DafoeA man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning, and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide.Competition
- DirectorGilles LelloucheStarsAdèle ExarchopoulosFrançois CivilRaphaël QuenardFollows an improbable relationship between two people. A girl from an upper-middle-class family and a boy from a modest background fall in love but drift apart; he eventually becomes a criminal and spends 12 years in prison.Competition
- DirectorAgathe RiedingerStarsMalou KhebiziIdir AzougliAndréa BescondLiane, 19, lives with her mother and sister in Fréjus in the south of France. Consumed by aspirations of beauty and stardom, she auditions for a reality show called "Miracle Island."Competition
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsJoshua BessJean BrassardGregory ConnorsLeonard Fife, one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam, shares all his secrets to de-mythologize his mythologized life.Competition
- DirectorKirill SerebrennikovStarsBen WhishawTomas AranaMasha MashkovaThe outrageous story of Eduard Limonov, the radical Soviet poet who became a bum in New York, a sensation in France, and a political antihero in Russia.Competition
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsGary OldmanStefania SandrelliLuisa RanieriPartenope is a woman who bears the name of her city. Is she a siren or a myth?Competition
- DirectorMagnus von HornStarsVic Carmen SonneTrine DyrholmBesir ZeciriCopenhagen 1919: A young worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows but her world shatters when she stumbles on the shocking truth behind her work.Competition
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsJean-Louis TrintignantDenis PodalydèsGrégory GadeboisIn war-torn times, a poor woodcutter and his wife live in a great forest. One day, the woman finds and rescues a baby girl, bringing irrevocable change to the lives of the couple, and those whose paths the child will cross.Competition
- DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsSoheila GolestaniMissagh ZarehMahsa RostamiInvestigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.Competition
- DirectorEmanuel ParvuStarsLaura VasiliuAdrian TitieniBogdan DumitracheSet in a conservative Danube Delta community, a gay teenager's journey of self-discovery clashes with the traditional values upheld by his parents and neighbors.Competition
- DirectorOliver StoneRob WilsonStarsLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaJanja SilvaAn intimate portrait of Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, one of the world's most influential political figures, chronicling his extraordinary path to regaining Brazil's presidency in 2022 after a 19-month imprisonment.Special Screenings
- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsMathieu AmalricMilo Machado-GranerFrançoise LebrunCelebrating movie theaters' magic, a film enthusiast follows the footsteps of Paul Dédalus. Memories, fiction, and discoveries intertwine in a torrential flow of cinematic imagery.Special Screenings
- DirectorYe LouStarsXuan HuangMing LiangXiaorui MaoJanuary 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.Special Screenings
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuCristian PascariuTudor D. PopescuStarsIlie NastaseIon TiriacJimmy Connors1972 was a turning point in Ilie Nastase's career: winning US Open, reaching Wimbledon and Davis Cup finals. It portrays his victories, controversies, rebellious persona challenging tennis norms, and his influence as a tennis rebel icon.Special Screenings
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsElín HallKatla NjálsdóttirMikael KaaberUna grapples with grief while harboring a secret, unable to fully express her emotions, as she navigates challenging events swirling around her.Un Certain Regard - Opening Film
- DirectorCéline SalletteStarsCharlotte Le BonJohn RobinsonDamien BonnardFollows Saint-Phalle while she is modeling and striving to be an actor. She's married and has a daughter who is two years old. They left the United States during the harsh McCarthy era and travel to France, where they briefly feel elated.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorGints ZilbalodisCat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.Un Certain Regard
- DirectorJessica PaludStarsMatt DillonHugo BeckerAnamaria VartolomeiMaria Schneider's rise to fame after "Last Tango in Paris" and its controversial production's impact on her life and career.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorGaël MorelStarsVictor BelmondoThéo ChristineNoah DericA potential love triangle between Emma, Sammy, and Cyril is shattered by the emergence of the AIDS crisis. Expecting the worst, each character's destiny takes an unexpected path.Cannes Premiere
- DirectorAlexandre de La PatellièreMatthieu DelaporteStarsPierre NineyPierfrancesco FavinoAnaïs DemoustierA new adaptation of the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas.Out of Competition