After COVID brought down the 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the 74th annual event is moving forward this year. Instead of the usual May dates, the fest has been pushed to July 6th to the 17th. This will be an in-person festival but with safety protocols in place which will include daily health pass checks that must show full vaccination or a negative test result issued no more than 48 hours prior and masks are to be worn during indoor screenings.
"Annette", the first feature film from Leos Carax since 2012, will be the Opening Night film. This is the fanciful French director's English-language debut and first actual musical which he co-wrote with Ron and Russell Mael of the art-rock band, Sparks. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star as a creative couple who give birth to a daughter, Annette who has a special gift. This dramatic musical has also been selected in the main competition for prizes.
Spike Lee, who was selected for the 2020 event before it was cancelled, will be President of the jury who will determine the winners of the awards. The impressive list of jurors who will be joining the American filmmaker (whose image also graces the 2021 Cannes poster) this year will be French/Senegalese director, Mati Diop ("Atlantics"); French-Canadian musician, Mylène Farmer; American actor, Maggie Gyllenhaal; Austrian filmmaker, Jessica Hausner; French actor/filmmaker, Mélanie Laurent; Brazilian filmmaker, Kleber Mendonça Filho; French actor, Tahar Rahim and South Korean actor, Song Kang-Ho ("Parasite").
Twenty-four films will be vying for these prizes and the competition is heavy with new works by some familiar names of international filmmaking; Mia Hansen-Løve ("Bergman Island"), Paul Verhoeven ("Benedetta"), Ildikó Enyedi ("The Story of My Wife"), François Ozon ("Tout s'est bien passé (Everything Went Fine)"), Joachim Trier ("The Worst Person in the World"), Sean Baker ("Red Rocket"), Jacques Audiard ("Paris, 13th District"), Asghar Farhadi ("A Hero"), Apichatpong Weerasethakul ("Memoria"), Sean Penn ("Flag Day") and Wes Anderson ("The French Dispatch").
There is a new section added to the fest called Cannes Première which will focus on putting a spotlight on the films they want to give special recognition but cannot accommodate due to limited space in the competition section. Some of the films featured include the latest from cinematic provocateur, Gaspar Noé with "Vortex" which is about the last years of a couple suffering from senility, "Cow" from British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold, "Hold Me Tight", a new feature from French actor/filmmaker, Mathieu Almaric and Arnaud Desplechin's "Tromperie (Deception)".
"OSS 117: From Africa With Love", the latest in the French spy comedy series starring Oscar-winner, Jean Dujardin, will be shown as the Final Screening of the fest. And Jodie Foster will receive this year's Honorary Palme d'Or for her outstanding contributions to cinema as a performer and filmmaker. The two-time Oscar winner plans to attend the event in person to accept the honor during the Opening Night cermony.
"Annette", the first feature film from Leos Carax since 2012, will be the Opening Night film. This is the fanciful French director's English-language debut and first actual musical which he co-wrote with Ron and Russell Mael of the art-rock band, Sparks. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star as a creative couple who give birth to a daughter, Annette who has a special gift. This dramatic musical has also been selected in the main competition for prizes.
Spike Lee, who was selected for the 2020 event before it was cancelled, will be President of the jury who will determine the winners of the awards. The impressive list of jurors who will be joining the American filmmaker (whose image also graces the 2021 Cannes poster) this year will be French/Senegalese director, Mati Diop ("Atlantics"); French-Canadian musician, Mylène Farmer; American actor, Maggie Gyllenhaal; Austrian filmmaker, Jessica Hausner; French actor/filmmaker, Mélanie Laurent; Brazilian filmmaker, Kleber Mendonça Filho; French actor, Tahar Rahim and South Korean actor, Song Kang-Ho ("Parasite").
Twenty-four films will be vying for these prizes and the competition is heavy with new works by some familiar names of international filmmaking; Mia Hansen-Løve ("Bergman Island"), Paul Verhoeven ("Benedetta"), Ildikó Enyedi ("The Story of My Wife"), François Ozon ("Tout s'est bien passé (Everything Went Fine)"), Joachim Trier ("The Worst Person in the World"), Sean Baker ("Red Rocket"), Jacques Audiard ("Paris, 13th District"), Asghar Farhadi ("A Hero"), Apichatpong Weerasethakul ("Memoria"), Sean Penn ("Flag Day") and Wes Anderson ("The French Dispatch").
There is a new section added to the fest called Cannes Première which will focus on putting a spotlight on the films they want to give special recognition but cannot accommodate due to limited space in the competition section. Some of the films featured include the latest from cinematic provocateur, Gaspar Noé with "Vortex" which is about the last years of a couple suffering from senility, "Cow" from British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold, "Hold Me Tight", a new feature from French actor/filmmaker, Mathieu Almaric and Arnaud Desplechin's "Tromperie (Deception)".
"OSS 117: From Africa With Love", the latest in the French spy comedy series starring Oscar-winner, Jean Dujardin, will be shown as the Final Screening of the fest. And Jodie Foster will receive this year's Honorary Palme d'Or for her outstanding contributions to cinema as a performer and filmmaker. The two-time Oscar winner plans to attend the event in person to accept the honor during the Opening Night cermony.
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