2024 Cannes Film Festival

The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2024. American filmmaker and actress Greta Gerwig served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Sean Baker won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Anora.
The official poster for the festival featuring a still image from the movie Rhapsody in August (1991) by Akira Kurosawa, selected for the 1991 edition, was designed by Hartland Villa. French actress Camille Cottin hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
During the festival, three Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded: the first was awarded to Meryl Streep during the festival's opening ceremony; the second was awarded to Studio Ghibli; and the third was awarded to George Lucas during the festival's closing ceremony.
Few days before the opening ceremony, festival workers called for a general strike. The Broke Behind the Screens (Sous les écrans la dèche) collective made public a complaint about the precarious nature of film festival work.
Following the official announcement of The Seed of the Sacred Fig's selection for the main competition, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in prison as well as flogging, a fine, and confiscation of his property, on the charge of "propaganda against the regime." Cast and crew were interrogated and pressured to convince Rasoulof to withdraw the film from the festival. Shortly after, Rasoulof and some crew members managed to flee from Iran to Europe, and attended the film's world premiere on 24 May 2024. On the red carpet, Rasoulof held up images of stars Soheila Golestani and Missagh Zareh, who were unable to leave Iran for the premiere, and had their passport confiscated. The film received a 12-minute standing ovation, while cast and crew protested in solidarity with Iranian women fight for rights.
The festival opened with French comedy-film The Second Act directed by Quentin Dupieux.
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
Besides the world premieres of Hollywood, French and Chinese blockbusters, alongside the Midnight Screenings section, the festival also screened four Studio Ghibli short films at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, three of them never screened outside of Japan before, as a part of the celebration for Ghibli's Honorary Palme d'Or. The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:
The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:
Out of 4.420 entries, the following eleven short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
The Cinéfondation (or La Cinéf) section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the winner of the First Prize, €11,250 for the winner of the Second Prize and €7,500 for the winner of the Third Prize. The following 18 shorts (14 live-action and 4 animated films) were selected from among the 2,263 films submitted by schools from all over the world:
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The first part (3 hours and 40 minutes) of the new restoration print of Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoléon (1927), edited by Georges Mourier in association with the Cinémathèque Française and support of the CNC, opened the Cannes Classics section on May 14. The following films were selected to be screened:
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes's Plage Macé. Tales from Earthsea (2006) and Porco Rosso (1992) will be screened as part of Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d'Or commemorations, alongside the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974). The following films were selected to be screened:
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
The Immersive Competition of the Festival de Cannes will be a new competition dedicated to immersive works. Besides the eight immersive work selected for the competition, six non-competitive productions will be featured at the exhibition exploring the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema and collective storytelling. The following films were selected to be screened:
The Critics' Week is a parallel selection dedicated to first and second films. The following films were selected to be screened in competition:
In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "Audience Award" or "Choix du Public". It is the first ever official award presented by the section, since its creation in 1969. The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) section:
The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:
Cannes Écrans Juniors is a selection of eight international feature films of particular interest to young audiences from age 13. Below are the films featured in this selection:
Cannes Seniors Club takes the spotlight with three premiere screenings for the club's film enthusiasts. Below are the films featured in competition:
The section is a new program collaborated by the Golden Horse Awards and Marché du Film with the support of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. Five upcoming Taiwanese projects that feature numerous Golden Horse Awards-winning cast members and filmmakers were selected to be screened during the film festival, including:
The 2nd edition of the Fantastic Pavilion Gala selected the following seven titles:
The following awards were presented for films shown in Competition: