# 2018 Cannes Film Festival

The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Shoplifters, marking Japan first win after more than twenty years.
The official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou. It is the second time the festival poster was inspired by Godard's film after his 1963 film Contempt at the 2016 festival. According to festival's official statement, the poster is inspired by and paid tribute to the work of French photographer Georges Pierre.
The festival opened with Everybody Knows by Asghar Farhadi, and closed with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote by Terry Gilliam.

## Juries
### Main competition

* Cate Blanchett, Australian actress - Jury President
* Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
* Ava DuVernay, American director
* Robert Guédiguian, French director
* Khadja Nin, Burundian singer-songwriter
* Léa Seydoux, French actress
* Kristen Stewart, American actress
* Denis Villeneuve, Canadian director
* Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian director

### Un Certain Regard

* Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor - Jury President
* Kantemir Balagov, Russian director
* Julie Huntsinger, American executive director of the Telluride Film Festival
* Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian writer and director
* Virginie Ledoyen, French Actress

### Camera d'Or

* Ursula Meier, Swiss film director - Jury President
* Marie Amachoukeli, French director
* Iris Brey, French-American critic, director and writer
* Sylvain Fage, French president of Cinéphase
* Jeanne Lapoirie, French cinematographer
* Arnaud Larrieu, French director and screenwriter
* Jean-Marie Larrieu, French director and screenwriter

### Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

* Bertrand Bonello, French film director - Jury President
* Valeska Grisebach, German film director
* Khalil Joreige, Lebanese artist and film director
* Alantė Kavaitė, French-Lithuanian film director
* Ariane Labed, French actress

### Critics' Week

* Joachim Trier, Norwegian film director - Jury President
* Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
* Eva Sangiorgi, Italian director of the Vienna International Film Festival
* Chloë Sevigny, American actress and film director
* Augustin Trapenard, French culture journalist

#### L'Œil d'or

* Emmanuel Finkiel, French director - Jury President
* Lolita Chammah, French actress
* Isabelle Danel, French critic
* Kim Longinotto, British documentary filmmaker
* Paul Sturtz, American director of the True/False Film Festival

## Official selection
### In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| 3 Faces | سه رخ | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| Asako I & II | 寝ても覚めて | Ryūsuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
| Ash Is Purest White | 江湖儿女 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| At War | En Guerre | Stéphane Brizé | France |
| Ayka | Айка | Sergey Dvortsevoy | Kazakhstan |
| BlacKkKlansman | BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | United States |
| Burning | 버닝 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| Capernaum | كفرناحوم | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon |
| Cold War | Zimna wojna | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland |
| Dogman | Dogman | Matteo Garrone | Italy |
| Everybody Knows (opening film) | Todos lo saben | Asghar Farhadi | Spain |
| Girls of the Sun | Les filles du soleil | Eva Husson | France |
| Happy as Lazzaro | Lazzaro Felice | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy |
| The Image Book | Le livre d'images | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Switzerland |
| Knife+Heart (QP) | Un Couteau Dans Le Cœur | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| Leto | Лето | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia |
| Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| Sorry Angel (QP) | Plaire, aimer et courir vite | Christophe Honoré | France |
| Under the Silver Lake | Under the Silver Lake | David Robert Mitchell | United States |
| The Wild Pear Tree | Ahlat Ağacı | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey |
| Yomeddine (CdO) | يوم الدين | Abu Bakr Shawky | Egypt |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
    (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

### Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| El Angel (QP) | El Ángel | Luis Ortega | Argentina, Spain |
| Angel Face | Gueule d'ange | Vanessa Filho | France |
| Border (QP) | Gräns | Ali Abbasi | Sweden, Denmark |
| The Dead and the Others | Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora | Brazil, Portugal |
| Donbass (opening film) | Донбас | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania |
| Euphoria (QP) | Euforia | Valeria Golino | Italy |
| The Gentle Indifference of the World | Әлемнің жұмсақтық мазасыздығы | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan, France |
| Girl (CdO) (QP) | Girl (CdO) (QP) | Lukas Dhont | Belgium |
| The Harvesters (CdO) | Die Stropers | Etienne Kallos | South Africa, France, Poland, Greece |
| In My Room | In My Room | Ulrich Köhler | Germany, Italy |
| Little Tickles (CdO) | Les Chatouilles | Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | France |
| Long Day's Journey into Night | 地球最後的夜晚 | Bi Gan | China |
| Manto | मंटो | Nandita Das | India |
| Murder Me, Monster | Muere, Monstruo, Muere | Alejandro Fadel | Argentina |
| My Favourite Fabric (CdO) | Mon tissu préféré | Gaya Jiji | France, Germany, Turkey |
| Rafiki (QP) | Rafiki (QP) | Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya |
| Sextape | À genoux les gars | Antoine Desrosières | France |
| Sofia (CdO) | Sofia (CdO) | Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi | Belgium |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
    (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

### Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Gotti | Gotti | Kevin Connolly | United States |
| The House That Jack Built | The House That Jack Built | Lars von Trier | Denmark |
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (closing film) | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (closing film) | Terry Gilliam | United Kingdom |
| Sink or Swim | Le Grand Bain | Gilles Lellouche | France |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard | United States |
| Midnight Screenings ||||
| Arctic (CdO) | Arctic (CdO) | Joe Penna | Iceland |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Fahrenheit 451 | Ramin Bahrani | United States |
| The Spy Gone North | 공작 / Gongjak | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| Whitney (QP) | Whitney (QP) | Kevin Macdonald | United Kingdom |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
    (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

### Special Screenings

The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Another Day of Life (ŒdO) | Jeszcze dzień życia | Damian Nenow, Raul De La Fuente | Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary |
| Dead Souls (ŒdO) | 死靈魂 | Wang Bing | France, Switzerland |
| The Great Mystical Circus | O Grande Circo Místico | Carlos Diegues | Brazil |
| Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (ŒdO) | Papst Franziskus - Ein Mann seines Wortes / Le pape François: un homme de parole | Wim Wenders | France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland |
| The State Against Mandela and the Others (ŒdO) | The State Against Mandela and the Others (ŒdO) | Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte | France |
| Ten Years Thailand | สิบปีในประเทศไทย | Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Siriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| To the Four Winds | Libre | Michel Toesca | France |
| On the Road in France | La Traversée | Romain Goupil | France |
    (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary feature.

### Cannes Classics

The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 23 April 2018.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Restorations ||||
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Stanley Kubrick | United States, United Kingdom |
| The Seventh Seal (1957) | Det sjunde inseglet | Ingmar Bergman | Sweden |
| Beating Heart (1940) | Battement de cœur | Henri Decoin | France |
| Enamorada (1946) | Enamorada (1946) | Emilio Fernández | Mexico |
| Bicycle Thieves (1948) | Ladri di biciclette | Vittorio De Sica | Italy |
| Tokyo Story (1953) | 東京物語 | Yasujirō Ozu | Japan |
| The Apartment (1960) | The Apartment (1960) | Billy Wilder | United States |
| Lamb (1964) | La Lutte sénégalaise | Paulin Soumanou Vieyra | Senegal |
| Diamonds of the Night (1964) | Démanty noci | Jan Němec | Czechoslovakia |
| War and Peace Part I (1966) | Война и мир | Sergei Bondarchuk | Soviet Union |
| The Nun (1966) | La Religieuse | Jacques Rivette | France |
| Four White Shirts (1967) | Četri balti krekli | Rolands Kalniņš | Soviet Union |
| The Hour of the Furnaces (1968) | La hora de los hornos | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| Blow for Blow (1972) | Coup pour coup | Marin Karmitz | France |
| João and the Knife (1972) | João a faca e o rio | George Sluizer | Netherlands, Brazil |
| Come and work (1979) | Fad’jal | Safi Faye | Senegal |
| The Island of Love (1982) | A Ilha dos Amores | Paulo Rocha | Portugal, Japan |
| Five and the Skin (1982) | Cinq et la peau | Pierre Rissient | France |
| Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | Bruce Beresford | United States |
| Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) | Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) | Jean-Paul Rappeneau | France |
| Hyenas (1992) | Hyènes | Djibril Diop Mambéty | Senegal |
| Documentaries about Cinema ||||
| The Eyes of Orson Welles (ŒdO) | The Eyes of Orson Welles (ŒdO) | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Pamela B.Green | United States |
| Jane Fonda in Five Acts | Jane Fonda in Five Acts | Susan Lacy | United States |
| Bergman - A Year in Life | Bergman — ett år, ett liv | Jane Magnusson | Sweden |
| Searching for Ingmar Bergman | À la recherche d'Ingmar Bergman | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany |
    (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 |
| Tuesday 8 | The Firemen's Ball (1967) | Hoří, má panenko | Miloš Forman | Czechoslovakia |
| Wednesday 9 | Black Panther (2018) | Black Panther (2018) | Ryan Coogler | United States |
| Thursday 10 | The Specialists (1969) | Le Spécialiste | Sergio Corbucci | France, Italy, West Germany |
| Friday 11 | The Big Blue (1988) | Le Grand Bleu | Luc Besson | France, United States, Italy |
| Saturday 12 | The Departure (1967) | Le Départ | Jerzy Skolimowski | Belgium |
| Saturday 12 | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | Jonathan Demme | United States |
| Sunday 13 | Destiny (1997) | المصير | Youssef Chahine | Egypt |
| Monday 14 | One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) | L'une chante, l'autre pas | Agnès Varda | France |
| Tuesday 15 | Vertigo (1958) | Vertigo (1958) | Alfred Hitchcock | United States |
| Wednesday 16 | Grease (1978) | Grease (1978) | Randal Kleiser | United States |
| Thursday 17 | Le grand bal (2018) | Le grand bal (2018) | Laetitia Carton | France |
| Friday 18 | Bagdad Cafe (1987) | Bagdad Cafe (1987) | Percy Adlon | West Germany |
| Saturday 19 | Good Morning, Babylon (1987) | Good morning Babilonia | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Italy |

## Parallel sections
### Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the Critics' Week section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Chris the Swiss (CdO) | Chris the Swiss (CdO) | Anja Kofmel | Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Finland |
| Diamantino (CdO) (QP) | Diamantino (CdO) (QP) | Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt | Portugal, France, Brazil |
| One Day (CdO) | Egy Nap | Zsófia Szilágyi | Hungary |
| Fugue | Fuga | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden |
| Woman at War | Kona fer í stríð | Benedikt Erlingsson | Iceland, France, Ukraine |
| Sauvage (CdO) (QP) | Sauvage (CdO) (QP) | Camille Vidal-Naquet | France |
| Sir (CdO) | Monsieur | Rohena Gera | India, France |
| Special Screenings ||||
| Wildlife (opening film) (CdO) | Wildlife (opening film) (CdO) | Paul Dano | United States |
| Our Struggles | Nos Batailles | Guillaume Senez | Belgium, France |
| Shéhérazade (CdO) (QP) | Shéhérazade (CdO) (QP) | Jean-Bernard Marlin | France |
| Guy (closing film) | Guy (closing film) | Alex Lutz | France |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
    (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

#### Shorts

| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Amor, Avenidas Novas | Amor, Avenidas Novas | Duarte Coimbra | Portugal |
| Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year | Ektoras Malo: I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece |
| Exemplary Citizen | Mo-Bum-Shi-Min | Kim Cheol-hwi | South Korea |
| Pauline Enslaved | Pauline asservie | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | France |
| La Persistente | La Persistente | Camille Lugan | France |
| Raptor Rapace | Rapaz | Felipe Gálvez | Chile |
| Schächer | Schächer | Flurin Giger | Switzerland |
| The Tiger | Tiikeri | Mikko Myllylahti | Finland |
| A Wedding Day | Un jour de marriage | Elias Belkeddar | Algeria, France |
| Normal | Ya normalniy | Michael Borodin | Russia |
| Special Screenings ||||
| The Fall | La chute | Boris Labbé | France |
| Third Kind | Third Kind | Yorgos Zois | Greece, Croatia |
| Ultra Pulpe | Ultra Pulpe | Bertrand Mandico | France |

### Directors' Fortnight

The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:

#### Features

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Amin | Amin | Philippe Faucon | France |
| Birds of Passage | Pájaros de verano | Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra | Colombia |
| Buy Me a Gun | Cómprame un Revólver | Julio Hernández Cordón | Mexico |
| Carmen and Lola (CdO) (QP) | Carmen y Lola | Arantxa Echevarria | Spain |
| Climax | Climax | Gaspar Noé | France |
| Leave No Trace | Leave No Trace | Debra Granik | United States |
| The Load (CdO) | Teret | Ognjen Glavonić | Serbia, France |
| Lucia's Grace | Troppa grazia | Gianni Zanasi | Italy |
| Mandy | Mandy | Panos Cosmatos | United States |
| Mirai | 未来のミライ | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
| The World Is Yours | Le Monde est à toi | Romain Gavras | France |
| The Pluto Moment | 冥王星時刻 | Ming Zhang | China |
| Petra | Petra | Jaime Rosales | Spain, France |
| Samouni Road | La strada dei Samouni | Stefano Savona | Italy, France |
| Los Silencios | Los Silencios | Beatriz Seigner | Brazil, Colombia, France |
| The Snatch Thief | El Motoarrebatador | Agustin Toscano | Argentina |
| To the Ends of the World | Les Confins du Monde | Guillaume Nicloux | France |
| Treat Me Like Fire (CdO) | Joueurs | Marie Monge | France |
| The Trouble With You | En liberté! | Pierre Salvadori | France |
| Dear Son | ولدي | Mohamed Ben Attia | Tunisia, Belgium, France |
    (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
    (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

#### Shorts

| International title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Basses | Félix Imbert | France |
| La Chanson | Tiphaine Raffier | France |
| La Lotta | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Las Cruces | Nicolas Boone | France |
| La Nuit des sacs plastiques | Gabriel Harel | France |
| The Orphan (O órfão) | Carolina Markowicz | Brazil |
| Our Song to War | Juanita Onzaga | Colombia |
| Skip Day | Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas | United States |
| The Subject (Le sujet) | Patrick Bouchard | Canada |
| This Magnificent Cake! (Ce magnifique gâteau!) | Emma De Swaef, Marc Roels | Belgium |

### ACID

| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
| Alone at My Wedding | Seule à mon mariage | Marta Bergman | Belgium |
| Bad Bad Winter | Так Себе Зима | Olga Korotko | Kazakhstan |
| Cassandro the Exotico! (QP) | Cassandro the Exotico! (QP) | Marie Losier | France |
| In the Mighty Jungle | Dans la terrible jungle | Caroline Capelle, Ombline Rey | France |
| Love Blooms (QP) | L'Amour debout | Michaël Dacheux | France |
| Something is Happening | Il se passe quelque chose | Anne Alix | France |
| Thunder Road | Thunder Road | Jim Cummings | United States |
| A Violent Desire For Joy | Un violent désir de Bonheur | Clément Schneider | France |
| We the Coyotes | Nous les Coyotes | Hanna Ladoul, Marco La Via | France, United States |
    (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

## Controversies
### Netflix films

A ban on Netflix films in competition, which came about after the streaming giant refused to show them in French cinemas, has meant the issues of streaming and distribution have also been hot topics. The issue prompted Juror Ava DuVernay, who made 13th for Netflix, to make a plea for "flexibility of thought".
In March and April 2018, weeks before general delegate Thierry Frémaux was set to unveil the official selection, reports suggested streaming service Netflix was to pull its already-selected films from premiering at the festival in retaliation for the barring of Netflix films from competing. They were still allowed to premiere in other sections, and many reportedly opted for an Out of Competition berth. The films affected were Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, Morgan Neville's They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind, Paul Greengrass' 22 July, and Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark.
Ultimately, Netflix pulled all of their films from selection. Notably, in the press conference announcement, Frémaux commented that he wanted The Other Side of the Wind and had planned to screen it as a special screening with the Welles-related documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead. He also noted that he had selected Roma for competition.

### Lars Von Trier

Danish film director Lars von Trier returned to Cannes with his film The House That Jack Built, after he was declared "persona non grata" at the 2011 festival.

### Gender equality

The chair of the jury Cate Blanchett has called for gender parity at the Cannes Film Festival, calling it "almost a gladiatorial sport". However, she concedes that there has been improvements and the change "won't happen overnight".
During the festival, 82 female film professionals, led by Jury president Cate Blanchett and veteran director Agnès Varda, took part to a demonstration on the red carpet, demanding more equality between men and women in the film industry, notably the end of the pay gap.
The festival launched a sexual harassment hotline in partnership with France’s Ministry of Gender Equality where victims of harassment and abuse could receive support and guidance by calling a dedicated number.

## Official awards
### In Competition

* Palme d'Or: Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda
* Grand Prix: BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee
* Best Director: Paweł Pawlikowski for Cold War
* Jury Prize: Capernaum by Nadine Labaki
* Best Screenplay:
** Alice Rohrwacher for Happy as Lazzaro
** Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar for 3 Faces
* Best Actress: Samal Yeslyamova for Ayka
* Best Actor: Marcello Fonte for Dogman
* Special Palme d'Or: The Image Book by Jean-Luc Godard

### Un Certain Regard

* Un Certain Regard Award: Border by Ali Abbasi
* Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The Dead and the Others by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
* Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Sergei Loznitsa for Donbass
* Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance: Victor Polster for Girl
* Un Certain Regard Award for Best Screenplay: Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi for Sofia

### Cinéfondation

* First Prize: The Summer of the Electric Lion by Diego Céspedes
* Second Prize:
** Calendar by Igor Poplauhin
** The Storms in Our Blood by Shen Di
* Third Prize: Inanimate by Lucia Bulgheroni

### Caméra d'Or

* Girl by Lukas Dhont

## Independent awards
### FIPRESCI Prizes

* In Competition: Burning by Lee Chang-dong
* Un Certain Regard: Girl by Lukas Dhont
* Critics' Week: One Day by Zsófia Szilágyi

### Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

* Capernaum by Nadine Labaki
** Special Mention: BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee

### Critics' Week

* Nespresso Grand Prize: Diamantino by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
* Leica Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year by Jacqueline Lentzou
* Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Félix Maritaud for Sauvage
* Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Sir by Rohena Gera
* SACD Award: Woman at War by Benedikt Erlingsson and Ólafur Egill Egilsson
* Canal+ Award for Short Film: A Wedding Day by Elias Belkeddar

### Directors' Fortnight

* Art Cinema Award: Climax by Gaspar Noé
* SACD Award: The Trouble with You by Pierre Salvadori
* Europa Cinemas Label Award: Lucia's Grace by Gianni Zanasi
* Illy Short Film Award: Skip Day by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
* Carrosse d'Or: Martin Scorsese

### L'Œil d'or

* Samouni Road by Stefano Savona
** Special Mention:
*** Libre by Michel Toesca
*** The Eyes of Orson Welles by Mark Cousins

### Queer Palm

* Girl by Lukas Dhont
* Short Film Queer Palm: The Orphan by Carolina Markowicz

### Palm Dog

* Palm Dog Award: Canine cast of Dogman
* Grand Jury Prize: Diamantino
* Palm DogManitarian Award: Vanessa Davies and her pug Patrick
* Special Jury Prize: Security dogs Lilou, Glock and Even

### Prix François Chalais

* Yomeddine by Abu Bakr Shawky

### Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

* Shin Joom-hee for Burning (art direction)

### Cannes Soundtrack Award

* Roma Zver and German Osipov for Summer

### Trophée Chopard

* Elizabeth Debicki
* Joe Alwyn