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 44th 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 by Quentin Dupieux.

Greta Gerwig, Main Competition jury president

Xavier Dolan, Un Certain Regard jury president

• Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker – Jury President

• J. A. Bayona, Spanish filmmaker

• Ebru Ceylan, Turkish actress and screenwriter

• Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor and producer

• Lily Gladstone, American actress

• Eva Green, French actress

• Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese filmmaker and producer

• Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and filmmaker

• Omar Sy, French actor

• Xavier Dolan, Canadian filmmaker and actor – Jury President

• Maïmouna Doucouré, French-Senegalese filmmaker

• Asmae El Moudir, Moroccan filmmaker and producer

• Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish-German actress

• Todd McCarthy, American filmmaker, writer and film criticLubna Azabal, Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition jury president

• Lubna Azabal, Belgian actress – Jury President

• Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, French filmmaker and producer

• Paolo Moretti, Italian programmer

• Claudine Nougaret, French producer

• Vladimir Perišić, Serbian filmmaker

• Baloji, Belgian-Congolese singer and filmmaker – Jury Co-president

• Emmanuelle Béart, French actress – Jury Co-president

• Pascal Buron, French TSF board member

• Nathalie Chifflet, French journalist

• Gilles Porte, French cinematographer and filmmaker

• Zoé Wittock, Belgian filmmaker

• Nicolas Philibert, French filmmaker and actor – Jury President

• Dyana Gaye, French-Senegalese filmmaker

• Elise Jalladeau, French producer and executive director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival

• Mina Kavani, Iranian-French actress

• Francis Legault, Canadian filmmaker and director at Ici Radio-Canada Première

• Sylvie Pialat, French producer – Jury President

• Ben Croll, Canadian film critic and journalist

• Iris Kaltenbäck, French filmmaker

• Virginie Surdej, Belgian cinematographer

• Eliane Umuhire, Rwandan actress

• Lukas Dhont, Belgian filmmaker – Jury President

• Hugo Bardin, French singer and director

• Sophie Letourneur, French filmmaker

• Juliana Rojas, Brazilian filmmaker

• Jad Salfiti, British-Palestinian journalist

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

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:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section:

(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

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:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut. (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

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:

(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut. (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:

(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

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:

Sean Baker, Palme d'Or winner

Payal Kapadia, Grand Prix winner

Jacques Audiard, Jury Prize winner

Miguel Gomes, Best Director winner

Mohammad Rasoulof, Special Award winner

• Palme d'Or: Anora by Sean Baker

• Grand Prix: All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia

• Jury Prize: Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard

• Best Director: Miguel Gomes for Grand Tour

• Best Actress: Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez

• Best Actor: Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness

• Best Screenplay: The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

• Prix Spécial: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

• Un Certain Regard Prize: Black Dog by Guan Hu

• Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Souleymane's Story by Boris Lojkine

• Un Certain Regard Best Director:

  • The Damned by Roberto Minervini
  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni

• Un Certain Regard Performance Prize:

  • Anasuya Sengupta for The Shameless
  • Abou Sangaré for Souleymane's Story

• Un Certain Regard Youth Prize: Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier

• Special Mention: Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi

• Meryl Streep

• Studio Ghibli

• George Lucas

• Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

  • Special Mention: Mongrel by Chiang Wei Liang and You Qiao Yin

• The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević

  • Special Mention: Bad for a Moment by Daniel Soares

• First Prize: Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know... by Chidananda S Naik

• Second Prize:

  • Out of the Window Through the Wall by Asya Segalovich
  • The Chaos She Left Behind by Nikos Kolioukos

• Third Prize: Bunnyhood by Mansi Maheshwari

• Colored by Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud

• In Competition: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

• Un Certain Regard: Souleymane's Story by Boris Lojkine

• Parallel section (first features): Desert of Namibia by Yôko Yamanaka

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

• Grand Prize: Simon of the Mountain by Federico Luis

• French Touch Prize of the Jury: Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang

• Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Montsouris Park by Guil Sela

• Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Ricardo Teodoro for Baby

• Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl

• Canal+ Award for Short Film: Absent by Cem Demirer

• SACD Award: Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl

• Audience Award: Universal Language by Matthew Rankin

• Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: The Other Way Around by Jonás Trueba

• SACD Prize for Best French Film: This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières

• Golden Coach: Andrea Arnold

• Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck

• The Brink of Dreams by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir

• Three Kilometres to the End of the World by Emanuel Pârvu

• Best Short Film: Southern Brides by Elena López Riera

• The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

• Citizenship Prize: Bird by Andrea Arnold

• AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

  • Special Mention: All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia

• Kodi for Dog on Trial

• Grand Jury Prize: Xin for Black Dog

• Mutt Moment:

  • Bird
  • Kinds of Kindness
  • Megalopolis

• Mike Faist

• Sophie Wilde

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