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Cannes Classics & the Cinéma de la Plage 2023

Jean-Luc Godard © Philippe R. DOUMIC_GAMMA-RAPHO

We might introduce these credits by speaking them, like Him in the opening of The Contempt : it’s Film History at the Festival de Cannes… there’s Wim Wenders’s Room 666 revisited in 2023 by a young director… there’s Liv Ullmann and Paul Rassam, there are two resplendent Ozus… Man Ray is put to music by Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan… Tavernier and Parrish take a stroll down the Mississippi, the centennial of the year is Warner’s, documentary filmmaker Nelson Pereira dos Santos will be celebrated, as will the rock life of Anita Pallenberg, Hitchcock will be celebrated by the Film Foundation and Sautet by Belmondo and Ventura… there are also two rarities from Cannes 1966, dockers from Marseille, Italian, Swiss and Hungarian rediscoveries, in fictions, in documentaries, in restored prints, some Messieurs de la santé, Rogelio A. Gonzalez the Mexican, René Mugica the Argentinian who adapted Jorge-Luis Borges… the Festival de Cannes presents Cannes Classics 2023, dedicated to the one who said: “With cinema, we talk about everything, we get to everything”, Jean-Luc Godard, whose last work, Phony Wars, will be presented, like all his latest films, in world premiere at the Festival de Cannes.

 

MEMORIES OF JEAN-LUC GODARD

Godard three times and for the ultimate time in majesty: the filmmaker celebrated through his last movie in world premiere, an exclusive documentary about him and a 4K restoration of one of his many masterpieces.

Le Mépris
Contempt
Jean-Luc Godard
1963, 1h40, France

A Studiocanal presentation. Restoration, supervision and digitalization in 4K by Studiocanal at Hiventy, with the participation of the CNC.
« No one better than Godard in Le Mépris has ever practiced cinema as the art of editing and editing as the art of circulating intensities, of changing lines. The art of moving from a color to a voice intonation, from a camera movement to a musical phase, from the birth of an emotion to the discovery of a space, from one speed to another» Alain Bergala. Screening in the presence of Juliette Hochart, EVP Film Library and Thierry Lacaze, Director of Theatrical, Video and VOD Distribution, Studiocanal.

Godard par Godard
Godard by Godard 
Written by Frédéric Bonnaud and directed by Florence Platarets
1h, France

An Ex Nihilo production, with the participation of France Télévisions and the CNC.
Godard by Godard is an archival self-portrait of Jean-Luc Godard. It retraces the unique and unheard-of path, made up of sudden detours and dramatic returns, of a filmmaker who never looks back on his past, never makes the same film twice, and tirelessly pursues his research, in a truly inexhaustible diversity of inspiration. Through Godard’s words, his gaze and his work, the film tells the story of a life of cinema; that of a man who will always demand a lot of himself and his art, to the point of merging with it.
Screening in the presence of Florence Platarets and Frédéric Bonnaud.

World premiere!
Film annonce du film qui n’existera jamais : «Drôles de Guerres»

Trailer of the film that will never exist : «Phony Wars»
Jean-Luc Godard
20′, France / Switzerland 

A Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and Vixens production, in coproduction with L’Atelier.
Jean-Luc Godard often transformed his synopses into aesthetic programs. Drôles de guerres follows in this tradition and will remain as the ultimate gesture of cinema, which he accompanies with the following text: “No longer trusting the billions of diktats of the alphabet to give back their freedom to the incessant metamorphoses and metaphors of a true language by returning to the places of past shootings, while taking into account the present stories.”
Screening in the presence of Fabrice Aragno.

FILMMAKERS TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE!

 

Chambre 999 
Room 999
Lubna Playoust
1h25, France

An MK Productions production.
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?
Screening in the presence of Lubna Playoust, Wim Wenders and filmmakers appearing in the movie.

BERRI-RASSAM: A FAMILY!

 

A documentary to tell the exciting and unknown story of the Berri-Rassam dynasty with Paul Rassam who confides for the first time and to whom the Festival de Cannes will pay tribute.

La Saga Rassam-Berri, le cinéma dans les veines 
The Family
Michel Denisot & Florent Maillet
1h30, France

A Together Media, Babel Doc and France Télévisions co-production.
The Rassam-Berri. Two intertwined families who have made half a century of cinema. La Grande BouffeWe won’t grow old together, Tchao Pantin, Apocalypse Now, Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis, The Artist. At the center of this family, an unknown to the general public: Paul Rassam. His brother and his brother-in-law are more famous: the sulphurous Jean-Pierre Rassam and Claude Berri. It is a story peppered with drama, and today, a new generation has taken over. Thomas Langmann – son of Claude Berri – and Dimitri Rassam, son of Carole Bouquet and Jean-Pierre Rassam.
Screening in the presence of Michel Denisot, Paul Rassam, Carole Bouquet, Thomas Langmann and Dimitri Rassam.

LIV ULLMANN’S PRESENCE

 

Actor and director Liv Ullmann, who was often in the OfficIal Selection and Jury President at Cannes in 2001, will be present fr this 76th edition for a documentary in which she talks about her career, her life and her activism.

Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled 
Dheeraj Akolkar
2h12, Norway 

Presented by Viaplay. Produced by Teddy TV and Vardo Films.
Divided in three chapters, this film explores the iconic actor, writer, director, author and activist Liv Ullmann’s multifaceted life, and her extraordinary international career spanning over 66 years. This is the story of an ever-evolving human being full of openness and curiosity, who embraces possibilities and uncertainties, demonstrates what it means to be a woman in a male-dominated world and shows how to find and use one’s voice without losing one’s integrity, sense of humour or friends. Using intimate contributions from some of Liv’s close companions, such as Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Lena Endre, Pernilla August, Jeremy Irons, John Lithgow, Sam Waterston, John Lahai, Tom Remlov, Kjell Erik Øie and Michał Leszczyłowski, the film delves deep into the core values underneath Liv’s universal appeal and longevity and celebrates one of the world’s most respected and revered artists in the world.
Screening in the presence of Liv Ullmann and Dheeraj Akolkar.

CELEBRATING OZU (1903-1963)

 

Cannes Classics will launch the celebration of Ozu, who was born in 1903 and who died in 1963. The second part of the year will be placed under the sign of the Japanese director with two new restorations in world premiere.

Nagaya shinshiroku
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Yasujirō Ozu
1947, 1h12, Japan

Presented by Shochiku. Digital restoration by Shochiku Co., Ltd., subsidized by J-LOD. The 4K restoration was managed by Shochiku and conducted by IMAGICA Entertainment Services, Inc. Color correction supervised by Masashi Chikamori and sound restoration supervised by Kazunori Shimizu. French distribution in theaters: Carlotta Films.
Screening in the presence of Meri Koyama (Shochiku)

Munekata kyōdai
The Munekata Sisters
Yasujirō Ozu
1950, 1h54, Japan

Presented by Toho. Digital restoration by Toho Co.,Ltd. For the 4K restoration, the 35mm master positive was provided by Toho, and conducted by Tokyo Laboratory Ltd. French distribution: Carlotta Films..
Screening in the presence of Shion Komatsu,  (Toho)

WHEN JIM JARMUSH MEETS MAN RAY

 

Event: the four films of painter, photographer and director Man Ray have just been restored. Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan, from the group Sqürl, have brought them together into a single artistic object and composed the soundtrack. An ocular, sonic and musical shock.

Return to Reason
Le Retour à la raison 
Man Ray
1h10, France

Produced by Womanray (Marieke Tricoire) and Cinenovo (Julie Viez). Films directed by Man Ray. Music composed and performed by Sqürl (Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan).
In 1923, Man Ray improvises his first film. This movie, boldly surrealist, is called Le Retour à la raison. Subsequently, he renews the experience with Emak Bakia in 1926, L‘Étoile de mer in 1928 and Les Mystères du château de Dé in 1929.
In 2023, Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan, the founding members of the group Sqürl, compose a soundtrack to the four films as if they were forming one unique piece. Return To Reason celebrates the 100th anniversary of Man Ray’s cinematic Œuvre, restored for the first time in 4K. Il reveals the unique dialogue between two multitalented artists, and creates an undefinable object, a piece of visual music that resonates through its modernity and poetry.
Screening in the presence of Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan.

WORLD PREMIERE RESTORED FILMS

 

Because the relation of contemporary cinema to its own history was about to be shaken up by the arrival of digitalization, because the Festival de Cannes must also enchant cinemas of the past, the Festival de Cannes created Cannes Classics in 2004, to present classical films in restored versions. A now integral and essential part of the Selection Officielle, Cannes Classics is also a way for the festival to pay homage to the fundamental work provided by right-holders, cinematheques, production companies and national archives across the world. In this way, Cannes Classics puts the Festival de Cannes’ prestige in service of rediscovered cinema, accompanying the release of great films of the past in theaters or on DVD.

Spellbound
La Maison du docteur Edwardes
Alfred Hitchcock
1945, 1h46, United States

Presented and restored by Walt Disney Studios in association with The Film Foundation, with the participation of the Academy Film Archive. Special thanks to Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
Screening in the presence of Margaret Bodde, Executive Director, The Film Foundation.

Classe tous risques
Danger Ahead
Claude Sautet
1960, 1h49, France / Italy

Presented by TF1 Studio. New version restored in 4K HDR Dolby Vision by TF1 Studio, with the support of the CNC, Coin de Mire Cinéma and OCS from the original camera negative and the French sound negative. Digital and photochemical work carried out by the Éclair Classics laboratory, Paris/Bologna.
Screening in the presence of Pierre Olivier, EVP Film Library & Home Entertainement, TF1 Studio.

Barev, es em
Bonjour, c’est moi
Hello, It’s Me
Frounze Dovlatian
1965, 2h16, Armenia 

Presented by National Cinema Centre of Armenia (NCCA). Digital restoration by the NCCA with support by Hayastan All Armenian Fund, conducted by Locomotive Studios, Latvia. The 4K restoration featuring original Armenian-Russian mono soundtrack is based on the original 35mm camera negative held by Gosfilmofond of Russia, and the director-approved interpositive held at the National Archives of Armenia. 
Screening in the presence of Shushanik Mirzakhanyan, Director, National Cinema Centre of Armenia, Vigen Galstyan, Head of the Film Heritage Department at the NCCA, Roberts Vinovskis, Director, Locomotive Studios in Latvia, Haykak Arshamyan, Director of All Armenian Fund.

Le Rendez-vous des quais
Paul Carpita
1955, 1h13, France

Presented by the CNC, the Cinémathèque française, Ciné-Archives and Paul Carpita’s succession. 4K digitalization, restoration and color grading of Paul Carpita’s movie were done by the CNC’s laboratory based on the original negative givent to the CNC by Ciné-Archives. Sound restoration was done by L.E. Diapason. 
Screening in the presence of Laurent Cormier, Head of Heritage Cinema, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).

Il ferroviere
Le Disque rouge
Pietro Germi
1956, 1h55, Italy

Presented by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna. Restored by Cineteca di Bologna and Surf Film at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. With fundings provided by Ministero della Cultura and the contribution of “A Season of Classic Films”, an initiative of ACE – Association des Cinémathèques Européennes supported by the EU Creative Europe MEDIA programme.
Screening in the presence of Gian Luca Farinelli, Director, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna.

Mississipi Blues
Bertrand Tavernier & Robert Parrish
1983, 1h47, France

Presented by Orange Studio. 4K restoration based on the original 35 mm negative by L’Image Retrouvée-Eclair Classics with careful work put into conforming to the original negative edit.
Screening in the presence of Kristina Zimmermann, Executive Director, Orange Studio.

ES
IT
Ulrich Schamoni
1966, 1h27, Germany

Presented by the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Francfort. Restoration supported by the Förderprogramm Filmerbe (FFE) and financed by BKM, the Länder and FFA.
Digital restoration supervised by the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum and done by Cinepost Production, Unterföhring. The digitalization materials are the original camera negative and interposive combined. These materials are preserved by DFF and BETA Film.
Screening in the presence of Ellen Harrington, Director, DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum and Lou Burkart, member of the digitization and restoration team, DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum.

The Village
Le Village près du ciel
Leopold Lindtberg
1953, 1h38, Switzerland

Presented by the Swiss Cinémathèque. 4K restoration by the Swiss Cinémathèque with the collaboration of the SRF and the support of Memoriav. A Praesens Films production. Laboratories: Cinegrell, Zurich. Screening in the presence of Frédéric Maire, Director, Cinémathèque Suisse.

Ces Messieurs de la santé
Pierre Colombier
1934, 1h55, France

Presented by Pathé. 4K restoration, based on the original negatives, a standard master positive and a nitrate print. Work was done at the Image Retrouvée laboratories (Paris-Bologna) with the support of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC).
Screening in the presence of Sophie Seydoux, President, Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé.

Sziget a szárazföldön
The Lady from Constantinople
Judit Elek
1969, 1h16, Hungary

Presented by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive.
The 4K digital restoration using the original 35 mm image negative and positive print was carried out by the NFI Hungary- Film Archive and Film Lab, in the frame of the «Long-term restoration programme of the Hungarian film heritage». Digital grading supervised by Elemér Ragályi DOP.
Screening in the presence of Judit Elek and György Ráduly, Director, NFI Film Archive.

El esqueleto de la Señora Morales
Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
Rogelio A. González
1959, 1h24, Mexico

Presented by Cineteca Nacional. Forms part of the América Móvil and Claro Video collections. The digital restoration was made by The Digital Restoration Laboratory of Cineteca Nacional, in cooperation with América Móvil y Claro Video, from a 35 mm positive print preserved in the vaults of the institution. A digital workflow of image, sound and color stabilization was done on this version.

Hombre de la esquina rosada
L’Homme au coin rose
Man on Pink Corner
René Mugica, scénario de Jorge-Luis Borges
1962, 1h10, Argentina

Presented by Argentina Sono Film. Restored in 4K by Cubic Restoration, in cooperation with Society for Audiovisual Heritage, and the support of cultural patronage of the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires, coordinated by Fernando Madedo and supervised by Luis Alberto Scalella. Restoration carried out on the 60th anniversary of the film from the original 35mm negatives, a 16mm positive duplicate and a 35mm negative duplicate preserved at the archive of Argentina Sono Film, owner of the film.
Screening in the presence of Luis Alberto Scalella, President, Argentina Sono Film..

L’Amour fou 
Jacques Rivette
1967, 4h14, France

Presented by les films du losange. The 35mm negative having been burned in a fire at the GTC laboratory in 1973, this restoration was carried out using elements from various sources kept at the Archives du film and in the stocks of Eclair Préservation. The film was reconstituted in accordance with its original version using an incomplete positive print, a complete duplicate and incomplete 16mm rushes. Film restored in 4K by Véronique Manniez-Rivette and Les films du Veilleur, with the support of the CNC, by the Hiventy laboratory in Boulogne Billancourt, and under the supervision of Caroline Champetier, AFC.
Screening in the presence of Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon.

Caligula – The Ultimate Cut 
1976, 2h53, United States / Italy

Presented by Penthouse Films International. Restoration produced by Penthouse films International. The image and sound restoration work was done by Technorganica based on the original camera negatives and the original audio. This project was supervised by Thomas Negovan. French distributor: Bac Films. International seller: Goodfellas.
Screening in the presence of  Helen Mirren and Thomas Negovan.

Ishanou 
The Chosen One
Aribam Syam Sharma
1990, 1h31, India

Presented and restored by Film Heritage Foundation at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory and Prasad Corporation Pvt. Ltd.’s Post – Studios, Chennai, in association with the Producer and Director, Aribam Syam Sharma and Manipur State Film Development Society. Funding provided by Film Heritage Foundation with the support of Dr. Richard Meyer and Susan Harmon.
Screening in presence of Aribam Syam Sharma, the team of the film and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, director of the Film Heritage Foundation.

DOCUMENTARIES

 

100 Years of Warner Bros.
100 Ans de Warner Bros.
Leslie Iwerks
2h, United States of America

A Warner Bros. Unscripted Television production in association with Warner Horizon and Iwerks & Co.
100 Years of Warner Bros. takes a historical look at the powerful legacy of one of America’s leading studios. The documentary special explores the origin, evolution and endurance of Warner Bros. – from a family affair to a global juggernaut – as it celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023. Featuring legendary filmmakers, actors and executives with the vision, the moxie and the talent to create some of the most indelible stories that have made a lasting impact on the world, 100 Years of Warner Bros. tells the story of courage and risk and passion and innovation as it takes a behind-the-scenes journey into “the stuff that dreams are made of”.
Screening in the presence of Leslie Iwerks.

Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Vida de Cinema 
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – A Life of Cinema
Aida Marques & Ivelise Ferreira
1h42, Brazil

A MP2 Productions, Globo Films and Istrili Films coproduction with the participation of the Niteroi municipality, the Canal Brazil and Globo News.
For six decades, the cinema of Nelson Pereira dos Santos has projected Brazil into the eyes of the world. Precursor of Cinema Novo, Nelson was, more than a director, he was an ideologue, a thinker of his country. At the Festival de Cannes, Vidas SecasAzyllo muito Louco and O Amuleto de Ogun competed for the Palme d’Or. In 2012, Música Segundo Tom Jobim was screened during a tribute session dedicated to the filmmaker. The film shows us the man behind the camera. Through his legacy it is possible to ser all the richness of Brazilian culture reflected.
Screening in the presence of Aida Marques and Ivelise Ferreira.

Viva Varda !  
Pierre-Henri Gibert
1h07, France

A Cinétévé, Ciné-Tamaris and ARTE France coproduction with the participation of Ciné +, the CNC, the Procirep – société des producteurs and the Angoa.
A pioneering post-war female film director, an instigator of the New Wave who was honored by Hollywood in her own lifetime, Agnès Varda has become a source of inspiration for a whole new generation of young filmmakers. With movies like Cléo de 5 à 7, Le Bonheur, Sans toit ni loi, Les Glaneurs et la glaneuse, she created a quirky, open to the world, sensitive to the disenfranchised, often silly body of work. Always one finger on the pulse, she shook everything up, including cinema itself which she refused to constrict to pure fiction or long-form films.
Screening in the presence of Pierre-Henri Gibert, Rosalie Varda and Mathieu Demy.

Anita 
Svetlana Zill and Alexis Bloom
1h50, United States of America

An SK Global Entertainment production.
An exploration of the life of Anita Pallenberg, European actress and rock ’n’ roll muse. Told in Anita’s own words, from her unpublished memoir, and in the words of her family, this bittersweet film is a never-seen-before look at life with The Rolling Stones. Using Super 8mm home movies shot in the 1960s and 1970s, and contemporary interviews, the filmmakers weave together an intimate and profoundly moving story. Anita was a woman with a wild life: she dazzled the Festival de Cannes Film Festival and and inspired love in those around her, including Tilda Swinton who performed the voice over of the film.
Screening in the presence of Svetlana Zill and Alexis Bloom.

ON THE OCCASION OF THE FESTIVAL DE CANNES TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL DOUGLAS

 

Michael Douglas will be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony.
To complete the tribute paid to him, a new documentary by Amine Mestari, produced by Folamour and soon to be broadcasted on Arte, will be visible for two days on the Festival website, from Sunday, May 14th at 6PM to Tuesday, May 16th at 6PM.

Michael Douglas, le fils prodige
Michael Douglas, The Prodigal Son
Amine Mestari
52′, France

An Arte France Folamour Productions production, with the participation of Ciné+.
Not easy being his father’s son. Especially in Hollywood. Especially when his father was for more than 30 years one of the major figures of American cinema. Eldest son of the tremendous Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas took a long time to emerge from the father’s shadow. By tracing his tormented life, this documentary shows us how Michael, an actor and producer like his father, had to accept their resemblance throughout his exceptional career to assert his difference. The time to learn how to become Michael when your name is Douglas.

LE CINÉMA DE LA PLAGE

Underground
Emir Kusturica
1995, 2h47, former Yugoslavia

Presented by Malavida Films. A new version restored by TF1 Studio in 4K with the support of the CNC, based on the original negative and the original 24 tracks mix. Digital and photochemical work done by the VDM laboratory. Release in French theaters in 2023.

Thelma & Louise 
Ridley Scott
1990, 2h10, United States of America

Presented by Park Circus. MGM Studios’ THELMA & LOUISE (1991) has been digitally restored from a new 4K 16 bit scan, supervised by director Ridley Scott using the original negative. The film has been restored by The Criterion Collection with participation from MGM Studios and Park Circus. Park Circus will release the new 4K restoration into theatres worldwide; including in the UK (2nd June), France (5th July) and the US (4th August).

L’Été meurtrier 
One Deadly Summer
Jean Becker
1983, 2h05, France

Presented by SND (M6 Group), this new version was restored in 4K based on the original negative. Digital and photochemical work was carried out by the Hiventy laboratory, supervised by Filmo, for SND.
Screening in the presence of Jean Becker.

Celebration of Jean-Pierre Bacri
Le Sens de la fête  
The Sense of Celebration 
Éric Tolédano & Olivier Nakache
2017, 1h57, France

Present by Gaumont. Showing in a brand-new copy, the greatest comedy of these last years with a grandiose performance by Jean-Pierre Bacri.
Screening in the presence of Éric Tolédano and Olivier Nakache, who’ve come to celebrate the Festival de Cannes on the Plage.

World Premiere !
Flo
Géraldine Danon
2023, 2h11, France

Presented by Metropolitan. World premiering on the Plage, it tells the story of « the little fiancée of the Atlantic », who’s career reached its peak with her victory of the Route du Rhum in 1990. An event film about the great navigator Florence Arthaud.
Screening in the presence of Géraldine Danon, Stéphane Caillard, Samuel Jouy, Pierre Deladonchamps and Alexis Michalik.

For the 50th anniversary of Bruce lee’s death
The Way of the Dragon    
Meng long guo jiang
Bruce Lee
1972, 1h35, Hong Kong

Presented by Metropolitan. Bruce Lee against Chuck Norris at the Rome Coliseum, an incredible fight! To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Little Dragon’s death, the third movie by the iconic Bruce Lee who acted as its leading man, scriptwriter, director and producer.

Tribute to Carlos Saura
Carmen    
Carlos Saura
1982, 2h32, Spain

Paying tribute to the great director Carlos Saura, the screening of a film he held very dearly in a gorgeous 4K restoration.
Screening in the presence of Antonio Saura.

World premiere !
Mars Express  
Jérémie Périn
2023, 1h23, France

Presented by Gebeka/mk2. An animated film world premiering on the Plage! Aline Ruby, an obstinate private detective, and Carlos Rivera, an android replica of his deceased partner, throw themselves in a race against the clock across Mars. They must find Jon Chow, a simple cybernetics student who’s on the runs, before the hitmen who are following him closely kill him.
Screening in the presence of Jérémie Périn.

Memories of Ed Pressman
Badlands     
Terrence Malick
1973, 1h33, United States of America

Presented by Warner Bros. Paying tribute to the producer Edward R. Pressman, Terrence Malick’s spine chilling thriller in which two lovers (Martin Sheen et Sissy Spacek) embark on a blood soaked road- trip across South Dakota in the 1950’s.
Screening in the presence of Edward R. Pressman.

L’Eté en pente douce      
Gérard Krawczyk
1987, 1h37, France

Presented by Mission. After his mother’s death, un homme returns to his family how where he reunites with his mentally deficient brother and a childhood friend. A great adaptation by Pierre Pelot.
Screening in the presence of Gérard Krawczyk.

Sarafina!  
Darrell Roodt
1992, 1h57

Presented by Videovision Entertainment.
A Special Screening at the Festival de Cannes in 1992, an emblematic, musical and politically powerful film that left a lasting impression. After its successful premiere, the film toured the world, helped raise awareness and was adapted into a Broadway musical. A must-see.

Alberto express
Arthur Joffé
1990, 1h32, France

A presentation by Jetlag Films.
Full of tenderness and poetry, a thunderous work on fatherhood between Italy and France with Sergio Castellitto in one of his best roles, moving, tender and in the purest tradition of Italian comedy.

Young Audience Screening

After Le Petit Nicolas in 2022, the animated film Robot Dreams by Pablo Berger will be screened in the Official Selection – Out of Competition for a screening intended for young audiences at the Festival de Cannes.

World Premiere !
Robot Dreams  
Pablo Berger
2023, 90 mn, Spain-France

Presented by Arcadia Motion Pictures Barcelona – Films du Worso – Noodles Production.

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Cannes Classics 2024

Cannes Classics
© Festival de Cannes

The Cannes Classics selection, created twenty years ago, once again features celebrations, restored prints and documentaries. It will be marked by the presence of great artists: Faye Dunaway, Wim Wenders, Sylvia Chang, Costa-Gavras, Raymond Depardon, Marco Bellocchio, Ron Howard, Frederick Wiseman, Dong-ho Kim, Montxo Armendáriz and more, to visit the history of cinema with those who preserve and restore our heritage, those who distribute and show films, film librarians and laboratories, festivals from all over the world, public institutions, 2024 festival-goers, loyal Cannes Cinéphiles accredited members and young 3 Three Days in Cannes spectators. Welcome!

 

EVENTS

100 years of Columbia Pictures

GILDA
Charles Vidor
1946, 1h50, United States

A Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation. Restoration from the original 35mm nitrate negative and a 35mm nitrate internegative. 4K digitization and digital image restoration by Cineric, Inc. Audio restoration by John Polito at Audio Mechanics from the sound track of the original 35mm nitrate negative. Color correction, conformation, additional image restoration and DCP creation by Motion Picture Imaging colorist Sheri Eisenberg. Restoration supervised by Grover Crisp.

Screening in the presence of Tom Rothman, President of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The 40th anniversary of Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders,

Palme d’or 1984
PARIS, TEXAS
Wim Wenders
1984, 2h28, West Germany/France

A Wim Wenders Stiftung presentation. A 4K restoration commissioned by the Wim Wenders Stiftung under the supervision of Wim Wenders and with the kind collaboration of Argos Films.
Distribution France Tamasa, release July 3, 2024.

Screening in the presence of Wim Wenders.

Le siècle de Costa-Gavras
LA VÉRITÉ EST RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE – L’AVEU
Directed by Yannick Kergoat, written by Edwy Plenel
2024, 52mins, France

Michèle Ray-Gavras presents a KG Productions production with the support of INA, Gaumont Pathé Archives, ERT.
Presentation of one of the ten episodes of the documentary series « Le Siècle de Costa-Gavras », dedicated to the history of the film L’Aveu.

Screening in the presence of Costa-Gavras, Edwy Plenel and Yannick Kergoat.

The ultimate film of Jean-Luc Godard
SCÉNARIOS
Jean-Luc Godard
2024, 18mins and 34mins, France/Japan

An Écran noir productions production in association with ARTE France and Nekojarashi Llp (Roadstead).
Scénarios is the title Jean-Luc Godard chose for his final 18-minute film, made, literally, the day before his voluntary death. In addition, Jean-Luc Godard recorded a 34-minute film in which, mixing still and moving images, halfway between reading and seeing, he outlined his project for Scénarios.

Screening in the presence of Fabrice Aragno, Jean-Luc Godard’s assistant, and Mitra Farahani, producer.

The 70th birthday of the Seven Samourai
THE SEVEN SAMOURAI
(Les Sept Samouraïs)
Akira Kurosawa
1954, 3h27, Japan

A presentation of Toho Global Ltd. Digital restoration by Toho Co.,Ltd. For the 4K restoration, the 35mm print was supplied by Toho and produced by TOHO Archive Co, Ltd. Images and sound respectively digitized by ARRISCAN and SONDOR RESONANCES. Restoration carried out to celebrate the film’s 70th anniversary since its first Japanese cinema release. French distributor : The Jokers Films.

Screening in the presence of Shion Komatsu (Toho).  

The complete works of Frederick Wiseman
LAW AND ORDER
Frederick Wiseman
1969, 1h21, United States

A presentation and restoration by Zipporah Films in association with Steven Spielberg, with the participation of the Library of Congress.
New version restored in 4K from the 16mm image negative and original sound. Digitization and color grading carried out at DuArt and Goldcrest laboratories in New York. Calibration and restoration by Jane Tolmachyov, under the supervision of Frederick Wiseman and the production direction of Karen Konicek. Digitization of the complete works of Frederick Wiseman, which will be the subject of retrospectives around the world from autumn 2024.

Screening in the presence of Frederick Wiseman.

Raymond Depardon Photographer
LES ANNÉES DÉCLIC
(The Declic Years)
Raymond Depardon
1984, 1h07, France

A Presentation of the Films du losange. Restauration in 4K under the supervision of Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon at TransPerfect Media laboratory from 35mm image, magnetic and sound negatives.
Screening in the presence of Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon.

Lucy Barreto, a producer in Brasil
BYE BYE BRASIL
(Bye bye Brésil)
Carlos Diegues
1970, 1h42, Brazil

A presentation and restoration by Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto for Produções Cinematográficas LC Barreto, in association with Quanta, Alexandre Rocha and Marcelo Pedrazzi, financed by Rede D’Or.
Screening in the presence of Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, Paula Barreto.

The 60th anniversary of Jacques Demy’s Umbrellas of Cherbourg,

Palme d’or 1964

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
Jacques Demy
1964, 1h32, France

A presentation by Ciné-Tamaris. 4K restoration under the supervision of Mathieu Demy and Rosalie Varda-Demy from the original negative, scanned in immersion to reduce the effects of time on the film by the Eclair Classics and L.E. Diapason laboratories in Paris. Sound restoration based on a three-track stereophonic mix of music and vocals.
Screening in the presence of Rosalie Varda-Demy and Mathieu Demy.

JACQUES DEMY, LE ROSE ET LE NOIR
Florence Platarets
2024, 1h28, France

An Ex Nihilo, Ciné-Tamaris, ARTE France and INA production, with the participation of Ciné +, Cineventure 9, and the CNC. International distribution by mk2 Films.
Screening in the presence of Florence Platarets and Frédéric Bonnaud (screenwriter).

DOCUMENTARIES

FAYE 
Laurent Bouzereau
2024, 1h31, United States

A Needland Media, Amblin and HBO production.
The first feature-length documentary about Faye Dunaway who speaks about her career, with landmark roles in Bonnie and ClydeChinatown and Network. Joining Faye are her son Liam, colleagues and friends such as Sharon Stone, Mickey Rourke, James Gray and many others.

Screening in the presence of Faye Dunaway and Laurent Bouzereau.

JIM HENSON IDEA MAN
Ron Howard
2024, 1h51, United States

An Imagine Documentaries and Disney Branded Television production.
Welcome to the mind of Jim Henson, a singular creative visionary, from his early years as a puppeteer on local television to the worldwide success of Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and more. With unprecedented access to Jim’s personal archives, Oscar-winning director Ron Howard offers a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose vivid imagination inspired the world.

Screening in the presence of Ron Howard.

WALKING IN THE MOVIES
Lyang Kim
2024, 1h28, South Korea

A ZONE Film, Kookje Daily News co-production with the participation of Busan’s Committee for Local Press.
A portrait of one of the key figures in the rise of Korean cinema: Kim Dong-ho, founder of the Busan International Film Festival. The film describes his own dedication and creativity in the service of cinema and asks: “How could a high official fall in love with cinema?”

Screening in the presence Dong-ho Kim and Lyang Kim. 

JACQUES ROZIER, D’UNE VAGUE À L’AUTRE
Emmanuel Barnault
2024, 1h, France

An INA and mk2 Films production, with the participation of Ciné+ and the CNC.
Jacques Rozier or the fierce, independent itinerary of a filmmaker in perpetual disarray, admired by his peers and pampered by the critics.
Screening in the presence of Emmanuel Barnault.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LOST TAPES
Nanette Burstein
2024, 1h41, United States

A Zipper Bros Films, Gerber Pictures, Sutter Road Picture Company and Bad Robot production.
Thanks to access to Elizabeth Taylor’s personal archives and seventy hours of newly-discovered intimate recordings, the film by Nanette Burstein, who won acclaim at Cannes a few years ago for The Kid Stays in the Picture, which she co-directed with Brett Morgen, lifts the veil on the star, revealing a woman far removed from her public image.

Screening in the presence of Nanette Burstein.

 

FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT, LE SCÉNARIO DE MA VIE
David Teboul
2024, 1h38, France

A co-production of 10.7 production and INA, with the participation of France Télévisions, CNC, Procirep-Angoa and Fondation La Poste. International sales mk2 Films.
At the end of his life, gravely ill, François Truffaut took refuge with his ex-wife Madeleine Morgenstern. She tried to keep him occupied during his long agony. The filmmaker confided in his friend Claude de Givray, with the intention of writing his autobiography. Too weakened, he abandoned the project. The film reveals part of this final story.

Screening in the presence of David Teboul and Serge Toubiana (screenwriter).

ONCE UPON A TIME MICHEL LEGRAND
David Hertzog Dessites
2024, 2h, France

A MACT Productions and Le Sous-Marin Productions production with the participation of OCS, in association with Dulac Distribution, Mediawan Rights and Indéfilms 10.
Michel Legrand, jazz musician and composer extraordinaire, has left his mark on the history of cinema, including the films of Jacques Demy, especially The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, the 60th anniversary of which is being celebrated in Cannes. Using never-before-seen archives and personal accounts, the film looks back on a lifetime dedicated to music, and the career of a man who served it masterfully to the very end.
Screening in the presence of David Hertzog Dessites.

RESTORED PRINTS

SLAP THE MONSTER ON PAGE ONE
Marco Bellocchio
1972, 1h28, Italy/France

A Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna presentation. Restored in 4K by the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with Surf Film and Kavac Film, under the supervision of Marco Bellocchio at the L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.

Screening in the presence of Marco Bellocchio and Gian Luca Farinelli, Director of the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna.

THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS
Steven Spielberg
1974, 1h50, United States

A presentation and restoration by Universal Pictures. Special thanks to Steven Spielberg for his oversight of the 4K restoration of this film.

Screening in the presence of Cassandra Moore, Vice President, Mastering & Archive at NBCUniversal.

CAMP DE THIAROYE
Ousmane Sembene and Thierno Faty Sow
1988, 2h33, Senegal/Algeria/Tunisia

A presentation of The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna at the L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with the Tunisian Ministry of Culture and the Senegalese Ministry of Culture and Historical Heritage. Thanks to Mohammed Challouf. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

Screening in the presence of Margaret Bodde, Executive Director of The Film Foundation.

ARMY OF SHADOWS
Jean-Pierre Melville
1969, 2h23, France

A Studiocanal presentation. 4K restoration created from the original 35mm negative and sound negative carried out by L’Image Retrouvée.

Screening in the presence of Juliette Hochart, EVP of Library, and Thierry Lacaze, Head of French theatrical, video and VOD distribution, Studiocanal.

JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN
Dalton Trumbo
1971, 1h52, United States

A Gaumont presentation. New 4K digital print, produced by GP Archives. Malavida will be released in France on October 2, 2024 in this new 4K print.

Screening in the presence of Nicolas Seydoux, Chairman of Gaumont.

ROSORA AT 10 O’CLOCK
Mario Soffici
1958, 1h42, Argentina

An Argentina Sono Film presentation. Restored in 4K by Cubic Restauration in collaboration with the Society for Audiovisual Heritage, coordinated by Fernando Madedo and supervised by Luis Alberto Scalella. Restored in the original AlexScope 2.35 format from the original 35mm negatives in the archives of Argentina Sono Film, the owner of the film.

Screening in the presence of Luis Alberto Scalella, president of Argentina Sono Film.

TASIO
Montxo Armendáriz
1984, 1h36, Spain

A presentation of the Cinémathèque Basque, Spain. 4K restoration financed by the Basque Government and carried out by the L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory from the original negative, supervised by director Montxo Armendáriz and with the agreement of production company Enrique Cerezo, PC. French distribution by Tamasa and release in French theaters in 2025.

Screening in the presence of Montxo Armendáriz.

THE ROSE OF THE SEA
Jacques de Baroncelli
1947, 1h26, France

A Pathé presentation. 4K restoration, based on the original nitrate negatives, an image negative and an optical sound negative, as well as a 1st generation standard brown. Work carried out by the L’Image Retrouvée laboratory (Paris-Bologna).

Screening in the presence of Sophie Seydoux, President of the Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation.

BONA
Lino Brocka
1980, 1h26, Philippines

A Kani Releasing and Carlotta Films presentation. New version restored in 4K by Carlotta Films and Kani Releasing at the Cité de Mémoire laboratory (Paris) from the original 35mm image and sound negatives preserved by LTC Patrimoine. Special thanks to Pierre Rissient and José B. Capino. French theatrical release: September 25, 2024.

Screening in the presence of Vincent Paul-Boncour, director and co-founder of Carlotta Films.

MANTHAN
(The Churning)
Shyam Benegal
1976, 2h14, India

A presentation of Film Heritage Foundation. Restored by Film Heritage Foundation at Prasad Corporation Pvt. Ltd.’s Post – Studios, Chennai and L’Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, in association with Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., the cinematographer Govind Nihalani and the director Shyam Benegal. Manthan was restored using the best surviving elements: the 35 mm original camera negative preserved at the NFDC-National Film Archive of India and the sound was digitised from the 35 mm release print preserved at Film Heritage Foundation. Funding supported by Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.

Screening in the presence of actor Naseeruddin Shah, the family of actress Smita Patil, producers of the film and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation.

SHANGHAI BLUES
Tsui Hark
1984, 1h42, Hong Kong

A Film Workshop presentation to mark the company’s 40th anniversary. 4K restoration of the original negative supervised by Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi, in collaboration with L’Immagine Ritrovata, soundtrack remixed by One Cool Sound.

Screening in the presence of actress Sylvia Chang.

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER 
Robert Bresson
1971, 1h23, France/Italy

A mk2 presentation. Restored in 4K by mk2 Films with the support of the CNC from the image negative and magnetic sound at ECLAIR CLASSICS, Paris/Bologna.

Restoration and color grading supervised by Mylène Bresson. Color grading by Christophe Bousquet. Sound restoration by L.E. DIAPASON. French theatrical release by mk2.Alt and Carlotta first quarter of 2025. International distribution: mk2 films.

Screening in the presence of Nathanaël Karmitz, Chairman of the board of mk2.

REMINDER

Napoléon par Abel Gance (1927) to open Cannes Classics 
NAPOLÉON PAR ABEL GANCE (1927)
Abel Gance
1927, 3h40, France

After 16 years in the making, here is the first part (3h40) of Abel Gance’s Napoleonic epic (from Bonaparte’s youth to the Siege of Toulon).
Screening in the presence of Costa-Gavras, President, and Frédéric Bonnaud, General Director, of the Cinémathèque française.

The screening will take place in Salle Debussy on Tuesday May 14 at 2PM.

The 77th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 25, 2024.

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Short films and La Cinef Jury and selections of the 77th Festival de Cannes

Short films and La Cinef Jury and selections of the 77th Festival de Cannes
Lubna Azabal © Dominique Charriau / Paolo Moretti © Angèle Marignac-Serra ECAL / Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar @ Guy Ferrandis / Claudine Nougaret © Raymond Depardon / Vladimir Perišić © Philippe Lebruman

Flanked by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Paolo Moretti, Claudine Nougaret and Vladimir Perišić, the Belgian actress Lubna Azabal will award the Short Film Palme d’or and the 3 La Cinef prizes, the Festival de Cannes’ selection dedicated to student films. The Jury will discover the 11 films in the Short Film Competition and the 18 films in La Cinef selection unveiled today.

JURY MEMBERS OF THE SHORT FILM AND LA CINEF

LUBNA AZABAL – President

Actress
Belgium

After attending the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, Lubna Azabal began her acting career in theater. In 1997, she got her first role in front of the camera in Vincent Lannoo’s short film J’adore le cinéma (I Love the Movies). She went on to work with directors such as Michel Deville, Ridley Scott, André Téchiné, Nadir Moknèche and Denis Villeneuve. She was noticed for her performance in Tony Gatlif’s Exils, which won Best Director Award at the Festival de Cannes in 2004. In 2018, she returned to Cannes with director Meryem Benm’Barek’s Sofia, which won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Screenplay. In 2019, she presented Adam by Maryam Touzani, with whom she was back in Cannes in 2022 for The Blue Caftan, which earned her a third Magritte Award for Best Actress in 2024.

MARIE-CASTILLE MENTION-SCHAAR

Director, screenwriter, producer
France

Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar began her career in the U.S. as deputy international editor at The Hollywood Reporter, then moved to Columbia Pictures to manage remake projects. Returning to France in 1994, she produced some twenty films through her production companies Vendredi and Willow. After co-writing La Première Etoile, she wrote and directed her first film Ma première fois (2011), followed by Bowling (2012) and Once in a life time (2014). In 2015, Heaven Will Wait was selected at numerous festivals, and earned Noémie Merlant a nomination for the César for Best Emerging Actress. After All About Mothers (2017), her sixth film, A Good Man is part of the Official Selection 2020 of the Festival de Cannes. Her seventh film, Divertimento, was released in January 2023. She is the founder of the Cercle Féminin du Cinéma Français and Officier des Arts et des Lettres.

PAOLO MORETTI

Film programmer
Italy

Currently director of the cinema department at the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL), director of the Grütli Cinemas in Geneva and cinema curator at the Fondazione Prada in Milan, Paolo Moretti was general delegate of the Directors’ Fortnight, the parallel selection of the Festival de Cannes, from 2018 to 2022. He worked for numerous film festivals and institutions in Europe, including the Centre Pompidou and Cinéma du Réel in Paris, the Filmoteca Española in Madrid, the Leeds International Film Festival and the Portuguese Cinematheque in Lisbon. From 2008 to 2011 he was programming advisor and deputy director of the Venice Film Festival. Between 2014 and 2019 he directed the La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival and was a member of the selection committees of the FIDMarseille and Visions du Réel festivals.

CLAUDINE NOUGARET

Producer, director
France

Claudine Nougaret is a producer and director. She started out in the film industry as a sound engineer in 1984 on Éric Rohmer’s The Green Ray. In 1992, together with Raymond Depardon, she founded Palmeraie et Désert to produce quality documentary films including Urgences, Caught in the Acts, Africa: How Are You with Pain?, The 10th Judicial Court: Judicial HearingsModern Life, Journal de France, France, 12 Days (presented in 2017 at the Festival de Cannes in Official Selection – Out of Competition). In 2021, she created the CST Award for best young female film technician at the Festival de Cannes, and in 2022 produced the film Feminist Riposte by Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon, a documentary about feminist collectives across France (Festival de Cannes 2022, Official Selection).

VLADIMIR PERIŠIĆ

Director, screenwriter
Serbia

Graduated from the Fémis film school, Vladimir Perišić presented his graduation film, the short Dremano oko, in the Cinéfondation selection at the Festival de Cannes 2003. In 2009, he directed his first feature film Ordinary People, an intense war film he co-wrote with Alice Winocour, in competition for the Caméra d’Or at the Festival de Cannes 2009. He returned in 2014 with Bridges of Sarajevo, screened in Special Screenings, a collective work by thirteen renowned European filmmakers on the history of the Bosnian capital, for which he directed Our Shadow Will. His latest film, Lost Country (2023), is a critically acclaimed intimate political chronicle. In parallel, he has been one of the programmers of the Belgrade Auteur Film Festival since 2011.

“Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking.” Antonio Machado. The Festival de Cannes is one of those paths we dream of crossing. The focus on young filmmakers presenting their short films, and the paths they have taken to get there, honor me. I can’t wait to discover the richness of it all. It’s a journey that I want to be demanding and kind, short after short, step after step. To be selected in this mythical place is a message of love, a worldwide recognition, and to preside over it is a source of pride.

LUBNA AZABAL
Short films and La Cinef Jury President

THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

Selected from 4 420 films, 11 shorts will be presented this year in Competition, coming from 10 countries : Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, France, Kosovo, Lithuania, Portugal and the United States. The Short Film Palme d’or will be handed by the Jury chaired by Lubna Azabal, Saturday, May 25, during the closing ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes.

VOLCELEST
Éric Briche
France – 15′

OOTIDĖ
(Ootid)
Razumaitė Eglė
Lithuania – 9′

SANKI YOXSAN
Azer Guliev
Azerbaijan – 15′

LES BELLES CICATRICES
Raphaël Jouzeau
France – 15′

RRUGËS
(On The Way)
Samir Karahoda
Kosovo – 15′

ACROSS THE WATERS
Viv Li
China – 15′

PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS
Alison McAlpine
Canada – 15′

TEA
Blake Rice
United States – 12′

AMARELA
(Yellow)
André Hayato Saito
Brazil – 15′

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Nebojša Slijepčević
Croatia – 13′

BAD FOR A MOMENT
(Mau Por Um Momento)
Daniel Soares
Portugal – 15′

LA CINEF SELECTION

For its 27th edition La Cinef has selected 18 shorts (14 live-action and 4 animated films) from among the 2,263 submitted by film schools all over the world. This year’s programme reflects the geographic mobility of film students, with a Singaporean director in Australia, an Indian and a Lithuanian in the UK, a Russian in the Czech Republic and three shorts made at American schools by Russian, Chinese and British filmmakers.

The Jury will hand over La Cinef prizes at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday 23 May in the Buñuel Theatre.

CROW MAN
Yohann Abdelnour
ALBA – Lebanon – 8′

BANISHED LOVE
Xiwen Cong
Beijing Film Academy – China – 40′

PRAEIS (IT’LL PASS)
Dovydas Drakšas
London Film School – United Kingdom – 27′

ECHOES
Robinson Drossos
ENSAD – France – 7′

MAUVAIS COTON (US AND THEM)
Nicolas Dumaret
La Fémis – France – 20′

TERMINAL
East Elliott
NYU – United States of America – 18′

ELEVACIÓN  
Gabriel Esdras
Universidad de Guadalajara – Mexico – 28′

IN SPIRITO
Nicolò Folin
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Italy – 14′

THE DEER’S TOOTH
Saif Hammash
Dar Al-Kalima University – Palestine – 16′

PLEVEL (WEEDS)
Pola Kazak
FAMO – Czech Republic – 14′

THE CHAOS SHE LEFT BEHIND
Nikos Kolioukos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Greece – 33′

FOREST OF ECHOES
Yoori Lim
Korea National University of Arts – South Korea – 22′

BUNNYHOOD
Mansi Maheshwari
NFTS – United Kingdom – 9′

SUNFLOWERS WERE THE FIRST ONES TO KNOW…
Chidananda S Naik
FTII, Pune – India – 16′

WITHERED BLOSSOMS
Lionel Seah
AFTRS – Australia – 14′

OUT THE WINDOW THROUGH THE WALL
Asya Segalovich
Columbia University – United States of America – 22′

THREE
Amie Song
Columbia University – United States of America – 15′

IT’S NOT TIME FOR POP
Amit Vaknin
Tel Aviv University – Israel – 14′

The 77th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 25, 2024.

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An immersive 2024 Festival

An immersive 2024 Festival

The Festival de Cannes announces eight projects as a part of the Immersive Competition including collective location-based virtual reality and mixed reality experiences, and projection mapping and holographic works. These carefully selected immersive works showcase the cutting edge of this new era in storytelling, challenging convention, embracing new technologies, and above all celebrating new artists as well as old.

IMMERSIVE COMPETITION

EN AMOUR

France

Claire Bardainne, Adrien Mondot, Laurent Bardainne

Casting Claire Bardainne (voice over), November Ultra (singing voice)

Produced by Adrien M & Claire B, Ekleroshock records

EN AMOUR France IMMERSIVE COMPETITION
© Adrien M & Claire B

EVOLVER

UK, France, United States French Premiere

Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin, Robin McNicholas

Casting Cate Blanchett (voice)
Produced by Marshmallow Laser Feast, Atlas V, Pressman Film, Orange, Bia-Echo Foundation

EVOLVER UK, France, United States French Premiere
© DR

HUMAN VIOLINS: PRELUDE (multi-user version)

Romania, France
World Premiere
Ioana Mischie

Casting Cabiria Morgenstern (English Voice)
Produced by Storyscapes, Da Prod, Studioset

HUMAN VIOLINS PRELUDE multi user version
© Alexandru Pop

MAYA: THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO

UK, France, United States European Premiere

Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke

Casting Indira Varma, Kathy Packianathan (French voices), Indira Varma, Charithra Chandran (English voices), Florrie Antoniou (voices)

Produced by Just Another Production Company, Floréal, Meta VR for Good, France Télévisions, Francetv Storylab, Meta

MAYA THE BIRTH OF A SUPERHERO
© Poulomi Basu, CJ Clarke

COLORED

France, Taiwan

Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud

Casting Tania de Montaigne, Rebecca Naluyange, Keril Daniel Elombe, Véronique Bailey, Jona Kraft, Sergei Laev, Mbongiseni Kunene, Craig Thomas Crawford, John Harve Jackson, Gwei Lun-Mei (Mandarin voice), Susanna Dimitri (Italian voice).

Produced by Novaya, Flash Forward Entertainment, Centre Pompidou

COLORED
© Novaya

TELOS I

Canada, Sweden, Denmark World Premiere

Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel

Produced by Dorotea Saykaly, Emil Dam Seidel

Casting Dorotea Saykaly

TELOS I Canada, Sweden, Denmark World Premiere
© Kristoffer Engholm Aabo

THE ROAMING

France, Luxembourg, Canada

Mathieu Pradat

Casting Axel Beaumont, Pierre Tallaron, Tony Sanial, Mila Pousséo, Chloé Froget, Anne Klein, Marianne Bourg

Produced by La prairie productions, Wild Fang Films, Normal Studio, Small Creative

THE ROAMING France, Luxembourg, Canada
© La prairie productions

TRAVERSING THE MIST

Taiwan

Tung-Yen Chou Casting Jing-Yan Lin

Produced by Very Theatre

TRAVERSING THE MIST
© Very Theatre

IMMERSIVE SELECTION

Non-competitive works

Part of the Immersive Selection, six non-competitive works will be featured at the exhibition exploring the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema and collective storytelling.

BATTLESCAR

France, United States

Martin Allais, Nico Casavecchia
Casting Dawson (English voice), Jehnny Beth (French voice), Lo Rivera (German voice)
Produced by Atlas V, Albyon, 1STAveMachine, ARTE France, Oculus, Ryot

BATTLESCAR France, United States
© Atlas V, Albyon, 1stAveMachine

EMPEROR

France, Germany

Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen

Casting Olivia Cooke (English voice), Vimala Pons (French voice)

Produced by Atlas V, Reynard Films, France Télévisions

EMPEROR France, Germany Marion Burger, Ilan J. Cohen
© Atlas V, Reynard films

GLOOMY

EYES Argentina, France, United States

Fernando Maldonado, Jorge Tereso

Casting Tahar Rahim (French voice), Colin Farrell (English voice), Max Riemelt (German voice), Jorge Drexler (Spanish voice), Jam Hsiao (Mandarin voice)

Produced by Atlas V, 3dar, ARTE France, HTC, Ryot

GLOOMY EYES Argentina, France, United States
© ATLAS V, 3DAR, RYOT, ARTE

MISSING PICTURES: NAOMI KAWASE

France, UK, Taiwan, Luxembourg, South Korea

Clément Deneux

Casting Naomi Kawase

Produced by Atlas V, ARTE France, BBC, PTS, Serendipity Films, Wild Fang Films, Giioii

MISSING PICTURES NAOMI KAWASE
© Atlas V, Arte France, BBC, Serendipity, PTS Taiwan, Wild Fang Films, GIIOII

NOTES ON BLINDNESS

France, UK

Arnaud Colinart, Amaury La Burthe, Peter Middleton, James Spinney

Casting John Hull (English version), Lambert Wilson (French version)

Produced by Ex Nihilo, ARTE France, Archer’s Mark, Novelab

NOTES ON BLINDNESS France, UK
© Ex Nihilo, ARTE France, Archer’s Mark, Novelab, Atlas V

 

SPHERES

United States, France

Eliza McNitt
Casting Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown, Patti Smith
Produced by Protozoa Pictures, City Lights, Crime of Curiosity, Atlas V

SPHERES United States, France
© Protozoa Pictures, Citylights, Atlas V, Novelab, Crimes of Curiosity, Kaleidoscope

The Best Immersive Work Award will be presented by the President of the Jury at the Closing Ceremony on May 23. The Compétition Immersive of the Festival de Cannes is a new competition dedicated to immersive works, the first edition of which will be held from May 15-24, 2024 at the Cannes Cineum and the Université Côte d’Azur, Georges Méliès Campus.

The 77th Festival de Cannes will take place from Tuesday May 14 to Saturday May 25, 2024.

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