# 2017 Cannes Film Festival

The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition. Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his comedy-drama film The Square.
The festival celebrated its 70th edition with a special anniversary section featuring some of the new works from well established filmmakers. The official poster of the festival featured Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. The actress responded: "'I am honored and proud to be flying the flag for the 70th Festival de Cannes, and delighted with this choice of photo. It's the image I myself have of the Festival, of an event that illuminates everything around ... Happy anniversary!"
The festival opened with Ismael's Ghosts by Arnaud Desplechin, and closed with The Square.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker - Jury President
* Maren Ade, German film director
* Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
* Park Chan-wook, South Korean film director
* Jessica Chastain, American actress and producer
* Agnès Jaoui, French actress and film director
* Will Smith, American actor and producer
* Paolo Sorrentino, Italian film director
* Gabriel Yared, French-Lebanese composer

### Un Certain Regard

* Uma Thurman, American actress - Jury President
* Mohamed Diab, Egyptian film director
* Reda Kateb, French actor
* Joachim Lafosse, Belgian film director
* Karel Och, Czech artistic director of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

### Caméra d'or

* Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress - Jury President
* Patrick Blossier, French cinematographer
* Elodie Bouchez, French actress
* Guillaume Brac, French film director
* Thibault Carterot, French president of M141 Productions
* Fabien Gaffez, French film critic
* Michel Merkt, Swiss film producer

### Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

* Cristian Mungiu, Romanian film director - Jury President
* Clotilde Hesme, French actress
* Barry Jenkins, American film director
* Eric Khoo, Singaporean film director
* Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greek film director

### Independent juries
#### Nespresso Grand Prize (Critics' Week)

* Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazilian film director - Jury President
* Diana Bustamante Escobar, Colombian film producer and artistic director of FICCI
* Eric Kohn, American film critic
* Hania Mroué, Lebanese director of Metropolis Cinema
* Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor

#### L'Œil d'or

* Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress and film director - Jury President
* Lorenzo Codelli, Italian film critic
* Dror Moreh, Israeli film director
* Thom Powers, American programmer and festival director
* Lucy Walker, British film director

#### Queer Palm

* Travis Mathews, American film director - Jury President
* Yair Hochner, Israeli film director, founder and artistic director of TLVFest
* Paz Lazaro, Spanish film programmer
* Didier Roth-Bettoni, French journalist and film historian
* Lidia Leber Terki, French film director

## Official selection
### In Competition

The films competing in the main competition section for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017: The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Amant Double | L'Amant double | François Ozon | France |
| The Beguiled | The Beguiled | Sofia Coppola | United States |
| BPM (Beats per Minute) (QP) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo | France |
| The Day After | 그 후 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| A Gentle Creature | Кроткая | Sergei Loznitsa | France, Ukraine, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia |
| Good Time | Good Time | Josh and Benny Safdie | United States |
| Happy End | Happy End | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria |
| In the Fade | Aus dem Nichts | Fatih Akin | Germany |
| Jupiter's Moon | Jupiter holdja | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States |
| Loveless | Нелюбовь | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Noah Baumbach | United States |
| Okja | 옥자 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea, United States |
| Radiance | 光 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Redoubtable | Le Redoutable | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| Rodin | Rodin | Jacques Doillon | France, Belgium |
| The Square (closing film) | The Square (closing film) | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark |
| Wonderstruck | Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States |
| You Were Never Really Here | You Were Never Really Here | Lynne Ramsay | United Kingdom, United States, France |
    (QP) indicates film eligible for the Queer Palm.

### Un Certain Regard

The films competing in the Un Certain Regard section were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017. Barbara, directed by Mathieu Amalric, was announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section. The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| After the War (CdO) | Après la guerre | Annarita Zambrano | France |
| April's Daughter | Las hijas de abril | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Barbara (opening film) | Barbara (opening film) | Mathieu Amalric | France |
| Beauty and the Dogs | على كف عفريت | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Switzerland |
| Before We Vanish | 散歩する侵略者 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Closeness (CdO) | Теснота | Kantemir Balagov | Russia |
| The Desert Bride (CdO) | La novia del desierto | Cecilia Atán, Valeria Pivato | Argentina, Chile |
| Directions | Посоки | Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Germany, Republic of Macedonia |
| Fortunata | Fortunata | Sergio Castellitto | Italy |
| A Man of Integrity | لِرد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| Montparnasse Bienvenue (CdO) | Jeune Femme | Léonor Serraille | France, Belgium |
| Out (CdO) | Vychladnutie | György Kristóf | Slovakia, United States |
| The Summit | La cordillera | Santiago Mitre | Argentina, France, Spain |
| Until the Birds Return (CdO) | En Attendant les hirondelles | Karim Moussaoui | France |
| Walking Past the Future | 路過未來 | Li Ruijun | China |
| Western | Western | Valeska Grisebach | Germany, Austria, Bulgaria |
| Wind River (CdO) | Wind River (CdO) | Taylor Sheridan | United States, United Kingdom, Canada |
| The Workshop | L'Atelier | Laurent Cantet | France |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Based on a True Story | D'après une histoire vraie | Roman Polanski | France, Belgium |
| Blade of the Immortal | 無限の住人 | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Faces Places (ŒdO) | Visages Villages | Agnès Varda, JR | France |
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | How to Talk to Girls at Parties | John Cameron Mitchell | United Kingdom, United States |
| Ismael's Ghosts (opening film) | Les fantômes d'Ismaël | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Midnight Screenings ||||
| A Prayer Before Dawn | A Prayer Before Dawn | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | France, United Kingdom |
| The Merciless | 불한당 | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea |
| The Villainess | 악녀 | Jung Byung-gil | South Korea |
    (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

### Special Screenings

The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
| 12 Days (ŒdO) | 12 Jours | Raymond Depardon | France |
| Claire's Camera | La caméra de Claire | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea, France |
| Demons in Paradise (CdO) (ŒdO) | Demons in Paradise (CdO) (ŒdO) | Jude Ratnam | France, Sri Lanka |
| Golden Years (QP) | Nos années folles | André Téchiné | France |
| An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (ŒdO) | An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (ŒdO) | Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | United States |
| Napalm (ŒdO) | Napalm (ŒdO) | Claude Lanzmann | France |
| Plot 35 (ŒdO) | Carré 35 | Éric Caravaca | France, Germany |
| Promised Land (ŒdO) | Promised Land (ŒdO) | Eugene Jarecki | United States |
| Sea Sorrow (ŒdO) | Sea Sorrow (ŒdO) | Vanessa Redgrave | United Kingdom |
| They (CdO) (QP) | They (CdO) (QP) | Anahita Ghazvinizadeh | United States, Denmark, Qatar |
| The Venerable W. (ŒdO) | Le Vénérable W. | Barbet Schroeder | France, Switzerland |
| Zombillenium (CdO) | Zombillénium | Arthur de Pins, Alexis Ducord | France, Belgium |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

### Virtual Reality

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
| Flesh and Sand | Carne y arena | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |

### 70th Anniversary Events

The following films were selected to be screened in the 70th Anniversary section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
| 24 Frames | ۲۴ فریم | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| Come Swim | Come Swim | Kristen Stewart | United States |
| Top of the Lake: China Girl (6 episodes) | Top of the Lake: China Girl (6 episodes) | Jane Campion, Ariel Kleiman | United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States |
| Twin Peaks: The Return (Part 1 and 2) | Twin Peaks: The Return (Part 1 and 2) | David Lynch | United States |

### Cinéfondation

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) were selected out of 2,600 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
| Afternoon Clouds | Afternoon Clouds | Payal Kapadia | FTII, India |
| Animal | حیوان | Bahman and Bahram Ark | Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran |
| Atlantis, 2003 | Атлантида, 2003 | Michal Blaško | FTF VŠMU, Slovakia |
| Breathless | À perdre haleine | Léa Krawczyk | La Poudrière, France |
| Camouflage | Camouflage | Imge Özbilge | KASK, Belgium |
| Empty on the Outside | Vazio do Lado de Fora | Eduardo Brandão Pinto | UFF, Brazil |
| Give Up The Ghost | Give Up The Ghost | Marian Mathias | NYU Tisch School of the Arts, United States |
| Heritage | בן ממשיך | Yuval Aharoni | TAU, Israel |
| Invisibly | Láthatatlan | Áron Szentpéteri | Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary |
| Lejla | Lejla | Stijn Bouma | Sarajevo Film Academy, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Little Manifesto Against Solemn Cinema | Pequeño manifiesto en contra del cine solemne | Roberto Porta | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| Paul Is Here | Paul est là | Valentina Maurel | INSAS, Belgium |
| Tokeru | 溶ける | Aya Igashi | Toho Gakuen Film Techniques Training College, Japan |
| Towards the Sun | 迎向邊疆公路 | Wang Yi-ling | NTUA, Taiwan |
| Two Youths Died | Deux Égarés sont morts | Tommaso Usberti | La Fémis, France |
| Wild Horses | Wild Horses | Rory Stewart | NFTS, United Kingdom |

### Short Films Competition

Out of 4,843 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Across My Land | Across My Land | Fiona Godivier | United States |
| The Ceiling | Katto | Teppo Airaksinen | Finland |
| Damiana | Damiana | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia |
| A Drowning Man | A Drowning Man | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece |
| A Gentle Night | 小城二月 | Qiu Yang | China |
| Grandpa Walrus | Pépé le morse | Lucrèce Andreae | France |
| Lunch Time | وقت ناهار | Alireza Ghasemi | Iran |
| Push It | Push It | Julia Thelin | Sweden |
| Time to Go | Koniec widzenia | Grzegorz Mołda | Poland |

### Cannes Classics

The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 3 May 2017.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Restorations ||||
| All That Jazz (1979) | All That Jazz (1979) | Bob Fosse | United States |
| L'Atalante (1934) | L'Atalante (1934) | Jean Vigo | France |
| Babatu (1976) | Babatou, les trois conseils | Jean Rouch | Niger, France |
| The Ballad of Narayama (1983) | 楢山節考 | Shōhei Imamura | Japan |
| The Battle of the Rails (1946) | La Bataille du rail | René Clément | France |
| Belle de Jour (1967) | Belle de jour | Luis Buñuel | France, Italy |
| Blow-Up (1966) | Blowup | Michelangelo Antonioni | United Kingdom, Italy, United States |
| Dream of Light aka The Quince Tree Sun (1992) | El sol del membrillo | Víctor Erice | Spain |
| Duo (1968) | Pas de deux | Norman McLaren | Canada |
| The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) | Madame de... | Max Ophüls | France, Italy |
| Harpya (1979) | Harpya (1979) | Raoul Servais | Belgium |
| I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) | Skupljači perja | Aleksandar Petrović | Yugoslavia |
| In the Realm of the Senses (1976) | 愛のコリーダ | Nagisa Oshima | Japan, France |
| L'Interview (1998) | L'Interview (1998) | Xavier Giannoli | France |
| Lucía (1968) | Lucía (1968) | Humberto Solás | Cuba |
| Man of Iron (1981) | Człowiek z żelaza | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| Matzor (1969) | מצור | Gilberto Tofano | Israel |
| Merry-Go-Round (1956) | Körhinta | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| Mirror of Holland (1950) | Spiegel van Holland | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| Native Son (1951) | Native Son (1951) | Pierre Chenal | Argentina, United States |
| Soleil O (1970) | Soleil O (1970) | Med Hondo | France, Mauritania |
| Paparazzi (1964) | Paparazzi (1964) | Jacques Rozier | France |
| Peel (1986) | Peel (1986) | Jane Campion | Australia |
| A River Runs Through It (1992) | A River Runs Through It (1992) | Robert Redford | United States |
| The Seine Meets Paris (1957) | La Seine a rencontré Paris | Joris Ivens | France |
| Unforgiven (1992) | Unforgiven (1992) | Clint Eastwood | United States |
| The Wages of Fear (1953) | Le Salaire de la peur | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, Italy |
| The Way (1982) | Yol | Yılmaz Güney | Turkey, Switzerland, France |
| When the Day Breaks (1999) | When the Day Breaks (1999) | Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis | Canada |
| Whither? (1957) | إلى أين؟ | Georges Nasser | Lebanon |
| Documentaries about Cinema ||||
| Becoming Cary Grant (ŒdO) | Becoming Cary Grant (ŒdO) | Mark Kidel | United States, United Kingdom, France |
| The Belgian Road to Cannes (ŒdO) | La belge histoire du Festival de Cannes | Henri de Gerlache | Belgium |
| David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (ŒdO) | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (ŒdO) | Sally Aitken | Australia |
| Filmworker (ŒdO) | Filmworker (ŒdO) | Tony Zierra | United States |
| Restless Child (ŒdO) | Jean Douchet, l'enfant agité | Fabien Hagège, Guillaume Namur, Vincent Haasser | France |
    (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

### Cinéma de la Plage

The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.
| Evening | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
| Thursday 18 | All About My Mother (1999) | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Friday 19 | Bugsy Malone (1976) | Bugsy Malone (1976) | Alan Parker | United Kingdom |
| Saturday 20 | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | John Badham | United States |
| Tuesday 23 | Missing (1982) | Missing (1982) | Costa Gavras | United States |
| Wednesday 24 | Chariots Of Fire (1981) | Chariots Of Fire (1981) | Hugh Hudson | United Kingdom |
| Thursday 25 | Djam (2017) | Djam (2017) | Tony Gatlif | France, Greece, Turkey |
| Friday 26 | Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) | Week-end à Zuydcoote | Henri Verneuil | France, Italy |
| Thursday 27 | August 32nd on Earth (1998) | Un 32 Août sur terre | Denis Villeneuve | Canada |

## Parallel sections
### Critics' Week

The full selection for the Critics' Week section was announced on 21 April 2017, at the section's website. Sicilian Ghost Story, directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, was selected as the opening film for the Critics' Week section, while Brigsby Bear, directed by Dave McCary, was selected as its closing film. The feature film competition included, for the first time in the section's history, an animated film and a documentary film.

#### Feature films

The winner of the Nespresso Grand Prize has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Ava (CdO) | Ava (CdO) | Léa Mysius | France |
| The Family (CdO) | La familia | Gustavo Rondón Córdova | Venezuela, Chile, Norway |
| Gabriel and the Mountain | Gabriel e a montanha | Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa | Brazil, France |
| Makala (ŒdO) | Makala (ŒdO) | Emmanuel Gras | France |
| Oh Lucy! (CdO) | Oh Lucy! (CdO) | Atsuko Hirayanagi | Japan, United States |
| Los Perros | Los Perros | Marcela Said | Chile, France |
| Tehran Taboo (CdO) | Tehran Taboo (CdO) | Ali Soozandeh | Germany, Austria |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

#### Short films

The winner of the Discovery Award for Short Film has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Best Fireworks Ever | Najpiękniejsze fajerwerki ever | Aleksandra Terpińska | Poland |
| Children Leave at Dawn | Les Enfants partent à l'aube | Manon Coubia | France |
| Los Desheredados (ŒdO) | Los Desheredados (ŒdO) | Laura Ferrés | Spain |
| Ela - Sketches on a Departure | Ela - Szkice na Pozegnanie | Oliver Adam Kusio | Germany |
| Exposure | Le Visage | Salvatore Lista | France |
| Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month | Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month | Carlo Francisco Manatad | Philippines, Singapore |
| Möbius | Möbius | Sam Kuhn | United States, Canada |
| Real Gods Require Blood | Real Gods Require Blood | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom |
| Selva | Selva | Sofía Quirós Ubeda | Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile |
| Tesla: lumière mondiale | Tesla: lumière mondiale | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
    (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

#### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| After School Knife Fight | After School Knife Fight | Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel | France |
| Bad Bunny | Coelho Mau | Carlos Conceição | Portugal, France |
| Bloody Milk (CdO) | Petit Paysan | Hubert Charuel | France |
| Brigsby Bear (CdO) (closing film) | Brigsby Bear (CdO) (closing film) | Dave McCary | United States |
| Islands | Les Îles | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| Sicilian Ghost Story (opening film) | Sicilian Ghost Story (opening film) | Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza | Italy |
| A Violent Life | Une vie violente | Thierry de Peretti | France |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.

### Directors' Fortnight

The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 20 April 2017, at the section's website. Let the Sunshine In, directed by Claire Denis, was selected as the opening film for the Directors' Fortnight section and Patti Cake$, directed by Geremy Jasper, was selected as the closing film for the Directors' Fortnight section.

#### Feature films

The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| A Ciambra | A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France, Germany |
| Alive in France (ŒdO) | Alive in France (ŒdO) | Abel Ferrara | France |
| Bushwick | Bushwick | Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott | United States |
| The Dragon Defense (CdO) | La Defensa del Dragón | Natalia Santa | Colombia |
| The Florida Project | The Florida Project | Sean Baker | United States |
| Frost | Frost | Šarūnas Bartas | Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine |
| I Am Not a Witch (CdO) | I Am Not a Witch (CdO) | Rungano Nyoni | United Kingdom, France |
| The Intruder | L'Intrusa | Leonardo Di Costanzo | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc | Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Just to Be Sure | Ôtez-moi d'un Doute | Carine Tardieu | France, Belgium |
| Let the Sunshine In (opening film) | Un beau soleil intérieur | Claire Denis | France |
| Lover for a Day | L'Amant d'un jour | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (QP) | Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
| Mobile Homes | Mobile Homes | Vladimir de Fontenay | Canada, France |
| Nothingwood (CdO) (ŒdO) (QP) | Nothingwood (CdO) (ŒdO) (QP) | Sonia Kronlund | France, Germany |
| Patti Cake$ (CdO) (closing film) | Patti Cake$ (CdO) (closing film) | Geremy Jasper | United States |
| Pure Hearts (CdO) | Cuori Puri | Roberto De Paolis | Italy |
| The Rider | The Rider | Chloé Zhao | United States |
| West of the Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited) (ŒdO) | ממערב לירדן | Amos Gitai | Israel |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as directorial debut feature.
    (ŒdO) film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
    (QP) film eligible for the Queer Palm.

#### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Nothing Factory | A Fábrica de Nada | Pedro Pinho | Portugal |

#### Short films

The winner of the Illy Prize for Short Film has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Água Mole | Água Mole | Laura Goncalves, Alexandra Ramires | Portugal |
| Back to Genoa City (ŒdO) | Retour à Genoa City | Benoit Grimalt | France |
| La Bouche | La Bouche | Camilo Restrepo | France |
| Copa-Loca | Copa-Loca | Christos Massalas | Greece |
| Crème de menthe | Crème de menthe | David Philippe Gagné, Jean-Marc E. Roy | Canada |
| Farpões, Baldios | Farpões, Baldios | Marta Mateus | Portugal |
| Min Börda | Min Börda | Niki Lindroth von Bahr | Sweden |
| Mada | Mada | Alexandre Martins | Brazil |
| Tijuana Tales | Tijuana Tales | Jean-Charles Hue | France |
| Trešnje | Trešnje | Dubravka Turić | Croatia |
    (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

### ACID

ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers. The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2017:

#### Feature films

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| The Assembly | L'Assemblée | Mariana Otero | France |
| Before Summer Ends | Avant la fin de l'été | Maryam Goormaghtigh | France, Switzerland |
| Belinda | Belinda | Marie Dumora | France |
| Coby (QP) | Coby (QP) | Christian Sonderegger | France |
| Kiss and Cry | Kiss and Cry | Lila Pinell, Chloé Mahieu | France |
| Last Laugh | Last Laugh | Zhang Tao | Hong Kong, France |
| No Farewells | Sans Adieu | Christophe Agou | France |
| Scaffoldling | Scaffoldling | Matan Yair | Israel, Poland |
| The Starry Sky Above Me | Le Ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête | Ilan Klipper | France |
    (QP) indicates film eligible for the Queer Palm.

#### Special Screenings

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Comfort and Consolation in France | Pour le réconfort | Vincent Macaigne | France |

#### ACID Trip #1 - Serbia

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Dos Patrias | Dos Patrias | Kosta Ristić | Serbia, Cuba |
| Emergency Exit | Izlaz u slučaju opasnosti | Vladimir Tagić | Serbia |
| A Handful of Stones | Kamen u ruci | Stefan Ivancić | Serbia |
| Humidity | Vlažnost | Nikola Ljuca | Serbia, Netherlands, Greece |
| If I had it my way I would never leave | If I had it my way I would never leave | Marko Grba Singh | Serbia |
| Requiem for Mrs. J | Rekvijem za gospodju J. | Bojan Vuletić | Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany |
| Transition | Tranzicija | Milica Tomović | Serbia |

## Official awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: The Square by Ruben Östlund
* Grand Prix: BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo
* Best Director: Sofia Coppola for The Beguiled
* Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix for You Were Never Really Here
* Best Actress: Diane Kruger for In the Fade
* Jury Prize: Loveless by Andrey Zvyagintsev
* Best Screenplay:
** Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou for The Killing of a Sacred Deer
** Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here
* 70th Anniversary Prize: Nicole Kidman

### Honorary Palme d'Or

* Jeffrey Katzenberg

### Un Certain Regard

* Un Certain Regard Award: A Man of Integrity by Mohammad Rasoulof
* Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: April's Daughter by Michel Franco
* Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Taylor Sheridan for Wind River
* Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance: Jasmine Trinca for Fortunata
* The Poetry of Cinema Award: Barbara by Mathieu Amalric

### Cinéfondation

* First Prize: Paul Is Here by Valentina Maurel
* Second Prize: Animal by Bahman and Bahram Ark
* Third Prize: Two Youths Died by Tommaso Usberti

### Caméra d'Or

* Montparnasse Bienvenue by Léonor Serraille

### Short Films Competition

* Short Film Palme d'Or: A Gentle Night by Qiu Yang
** Special Mention: The Ceiling by Teppo Airaksinen

## Independent awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo (In Competition)
* Closeness by Kantemir Balagov (Un Certain Regard)
* The Nothing Factory by Pedro Pinho (Directors' Fortnight)

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Radiance by Naomi Kawase

### Critics' Week

* Nespresso Grand Prize: Makala by Emmanuel Gras
* France 4 Visionary Award: Gabriel and the Mountain by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
* Leica Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Los Desheredados by Laura Ferrés
* Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Award: Gabriel and the Mountain by Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
* SACD Award: Ava by Léa Mysius
* Canal+ Award: The Best Fireworks Ever by Aleksandra Terpińska

### Directors' Fortnight

* Art Cinema Award: The Rider by Chloé Zhao
* SACD Award:
** Let the Sunshine In by Claire Denis
** Lover for a Day by Philippe Garrel
* Europa Cinemas Label Award: A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano
* Illy Prize for Short Film: Back to Genoa City by Benoit Grimalt
* Carrosse d'Or: Werner Herzog

### L'Œil d'or

* Faces Places by Agnès Varda and JR
** Special Mention: Makala by Emmanuel Gras

### Queer Palm

* BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo
* Short Film Queer Palm: Islands by Yann Gonzalez

### Palm Dog

* Palm Dog Award: Einstein for The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
* Grand Jury Prize: Lupo for Ava
* Palm DogManitarian Award: Leslie Caron and her 17-year-old pet rescue dog Tchi Tchi

### Prix François Chalais

* BPM (Beats per Minute) by Robin Campillo

### Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

* Josefin Åsberg for The Square (set decoration)

### Cannes Soundtrack Award

* Oneohtrix Point Never for Good Time

### Chopard Trophy

* Anya Taylor-Joy
* George MacKay