After a long year without movie theaters, the Cannes Film Festival is back in full swing with a lineup that includes great names such asWes Anderson,Sean Baker,Mia Hansen-Love,Leos Carax, and much, much more. The full 2021 lineup was unveiled today in a press conference withPierre Lescure, president of the Festival de Cannes, andThierry Frémaux, general delegate of the event.
The 2021 edition of the Cannes Film Festival will feature long-awaited moviesinitially promised for the 2020 editionbefore the event was canceled due to the pandemic.Carax’s new filmAnnettewill open the festival, whileAnderson’sThe French DispatchandPaul Verhoeven’sBenedettawill finally be exhibited for the first time.
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Even if movie theaters in France are still operating with reduced capacity, all the screenings of the Cannes Film Festival will have permission to operate at 100 percent capacity. As with commercial screenings in France, all moviegoers will be required to wear face masks during the entire time. Cannes, however, will have an extra cautionary measure, as spectators will need to present a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test taken 48 hours before the screening.
The 2021 Cannes Film Festival begins July 6 and runs through July 17. Check the official announcement of the 2021 Cannes Official Selection below, or jump straight to our full list of films and filmmakers.
Opening Night Film
Annette, byLeos Carax
Competition
Ahed’s Knee, byNadav Lapid
Benedetta, byPaul Verhoeven
Bergman Island, byMia Hansen-Løve
Casablanca Beats, byNabil Ayouch
Compartment No. 6, byJuho Kuosmanen
Drive My Car, byRyûsuke Hamaguchi
Everything Went Fine, byFrancois Ozon
The French Dispatch, byWes Anderson
A Hero, byAsghar Farhadi
La fracture, byCatherine Corsini
Lingui, byMahamat-Saleh Haroun
Memoria, byApichatpong Weerasethakul
Nitram, byJustin Kurzel
Paris, by 13th District, byJacques Audiard
Par un Demi Clair Matin, byBruno Dumont
Petrov’s Flu, byKirill Serebrennikov
Red Rocket, bySean Baker
The Restless, byJoachim Lafosse
The Story of My Wife, byIldikó Enyedi
Three Floors, byNanni Moretti
Titane, byJulia Ducournau
The Worst Person in the World, byJoachim Trier
Flag Day, bySean Penn
Un Certain Regard
After Yang, byKogonada
Blue Bayou, byJustin Chon
Bonne Mère, byHafsia Herzi
Commitment Hasan, byHasan Semih
Freda, byGessica Généus
House Arrest or Delo, byAlexey German Jr.
The Innocents, byEskil Vogt
Lamb, byValdimar Jóhansson
Moneyboys, byB.C Yi
Noche de Fuego, byTatiana Huezo
Un Monde, byLaura Wandel
Women Do Cry, byMina MilevaandVesela Kazakova
La Civil, byTeodora Ana Mihai
Unclenching the Fists, byKira Kovalenko
Let Their Be Morning, byEran Kolirin
Rehana Maryam Noor, byAbdullah Mohammad Saad
Cannes Premiere
Evolution, byKornel Mundruczo
Cow, byAndrea Arnold
Deception or Tromperie, byArnaud Desplechin
Hold Me Tight, byMathieu Almaric
In Front of Your Face, byHong Sang-soo
Love Songs for Tough Guys, bySamuel Benchetrit
Mothering Sunday, byEva Husson
Val, byTing PooandLeo Scott
Out of Competition
Aline, the Voice of Love, byValerie Lemercier
Babi Yar. Context, bySergei Loznitsa
Bac Nord, byCédric Jimenez
Emergency Declaration, byHan Jae-Rim
In His Lifetime or De son vivant, byEmmanuelle Bercot
Stillwater, byTom McCarthy
The Velvet Underground, byTodd Haynes
Special Screenings
Black Notebooks, byShlomi Elkabetz
H6, byYé Yé
Jane by Charlotte, byCharlotte Gainsbourg
JFK: Through the Looking Glass, byOliver Stone
Mariner of the Mountains, byKarim Aïnouz
Baby Yar. Context., bySergei Loznitsa
The Year of the Everlasting Storm, byJafar Panahi,Anthony Chen,Malik Vitthal,Laura Poitras,Dominga Sotomayar,David Lowery, andApichatpong Weerasethakul
Midnight Screenings
Bloody Oranges, byJean-Christophe Meurisse
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