Cannes Film Festival 2024: a scent of scandal before the opening ceremony

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Cannes Film Festival 2024 a scent of scandal before the

The 77th Cannes Film Festival begins this Tuesday, May 14. Big names will appear on the Croisette for the opening ceremony, while scandals punctuate French cinema and #MeToo is more than ever at the heart of discussions.

The essential

  • The 77th Cannes Film Festival begins this Tuesday evening. The opening ceremony is broadcast live from the Palais des Festivals at 7 p.m. on France 2, after the traditional red carpet.

  • The Cannes Film Festival begins with great fanfare. Camille Cottin has been chosen as mistress of ceremonies and will host the opening of the event, while Meryl Streep will be present to receive an honorary Palme d’Or rewarding her entire career. The second act, a film by Quentin Dupieux with Vincent Lindon, Raphaël Quenard, Léa Seydoux and Louis Garrel, is screened to festival-goers at the end of the event.

  • #MeToo at the heart of the debate before the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. While the existence of an alleged list of implicated personalities was formally denied by Mediapart, 100 personalities demanded this Tuesday a comprehensive law on sexual violence. The day before, demonstrators, including Judith Godrèche, demanded the dismissal of Dominique Boutonnat, accused of sexual assault, from the presidency of the CNC, and film producer Alain Sarde is accused of rape and sexual assault by several women in the columns of Elle.

  • A social protest on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival. A call for a strike, launched on May 6 by the collective of cinema workers, “Under the screens, la dèche”, overshadows the event. The collective wishes to denounce “the growing precariousness” of people who work “short durations” during festivals, and denounce the consequences of the unemployment insurance reform, particularly in terms of compensation rules. Below, follow the Cannes Film Festival live.

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09:35 – The Cannes Film Festival begins this evening

The world’s largest film festival returns for its 77th edition this evening. The opening ceremony officially launches the event this Tuesday, May 14 from 7 p.m. It is broadcast live on France 2, on Brut and on the streaming platform france.tv. The Cannes Film Festival will bring life to the Croisette for around ten days, until the closing ceremony and the announcement of the winners on Saturday May 25.

The jury for the next Cannes Film Festival is made up of five women and four men, all of whom have won multiple awards during their careers. Greta Gerwig, director of barbie And The Daughters of Doctor Marchwas chosen as president of the 2024 jury. She will be helped, in her choice of the prize list and the Palme d’or, by the French actor Omar Sy (Untouchables), French actress Eva Green (Casino Royale,), Turkish screenwriter Ebru Ceylan (Winter Sleep), Native American actress Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), the Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki (Capernaum), the Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The circle of snow), the Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino (The traitor) and finally the Japanese director Kore-Eda Hirokazu (A family matter).

Opening film

The Second Act of Quentin Dupieux (out of competition)

Feature films in competition

In some perspective

Out of competition

Midnight sessions

Cannes premiere

Special sessions

Since 1962, Critics’ Week has been one of the main parallel selections of the Cannes Film Festival. It aims to bring out talents and generally focuses on the first or second films of new directors.

In competition

In special sessions

The Filmmakers’ Fortnight, formerly the Directors’ Fortnight, is also a parallel selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Organized since 1968 by the Society of Film Directors (SRF), it also aims to go beyond the festival framework with little-known directors from different backgrounds.

The short films:

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