Emilia Perez surrendered a lot to get the results she was wanting. The surrendering allows Manitas to become the woman he has always wanted. This musical brings the transformation of cartel boss Manitas to reality he always wanted.
Emilia Perez Synopsis
Mexico, today. Overqualified and exploited, lawyer Rita is wasting her talents working for a large firm far better at whitewashing criminal garbage than serving justice. But an unexpected way out appears, the sort of offers you can’t refuse : to help feared cartel boss Juan “Little Hands” Del Monte – aka Manitas – retire from his business and disappear forever. Manitas has a plan he’s been fine-tuning in secret for years : to become, at last, the woman he’s always dreamed of becoming.
Director Jacques Audiard brings his talents to the development of Karla Sofía Gascón as cartel boss Juan “Little Hands” Del Monte – aka Manitas and transformed to Emilia Perez. Gascón states about the characters, “It was a real gift from Jacques. It was wonderful to work with all these actors and to be a person in the film like that. I did not want to give on this opportunity. I threw myself into the character.”
This is Pérez’s first roll following transition in 2018. The film is the first film with all women as leads.
Emilia Perez Musical
Composers Camille and Clément Ducol with choreographer Paul Guilhaume brought this musical with a fluid acting and singing. Clément Ducol states, “There are lost of technical means at our disposal which enable us to make the music more of a part of the narrative.” The choreography needed to be apart of the script not just an obstacle. Damien Jalet says that it took some time to work how the choreography would fit in the story. Jalet states, “we needed to find a language that really worked for this story and something that all the actors could espouse as something real.”
The Opera
Audiard states, “It’s an opera . . . people sing and dance so why not against the background of a tragedy.” The films inspiration for the idea of the musical from a chapter in a novel about a drug trafficker who yearns to change his identity. The story brings forward the struggle of violence, femicide, regions that are crumbling, and missing people everywhere.
Adriana Paz states, ” I live in Mexico and every day I live with fear you can’t go out of your house at night alone. . . you have to be very careful in terms of your children as well. . . It is such a beautiful country with so much in terms of culture landscapes and worth many wonderful people. . . Jacques show with great mastery he mixes together the music and dancing. . . but you can sense the as the inner fiber.”
The release date is August 28, 2024.
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The 76th Cannes Film Festival begins May 16, 2023 starting with the walk up the stairs. The evening present bold colors, reconnection with friends, showing off bow ties, and glamour. Jeanne du Barry, Johnny Depp is casted as the starring role, screened opening. There was a 7 minute standing ovation for Johnny Depp.
The red carpet was filled with 2500 beautiful fashion, bold colors, and bow ties. Helen Mirren takes the red carpet in Del Core periwinkle gown with silver metallic platform heels and blue hair. The top dressed and received this evening was Uma Thurman. Many embraced her and cheered her up the red stairs. Her gown with spaghetti straps is Dior Haute Couture. She is accompanied by her son, Levon Hawke. Her daughter, Maya Hawke, is in the film, Asteroid City, showing at Cannes.
Cannes Film Festival
The films around the world release and compete in the 76th Cannes Film Festival this year. The films presenting out of competition allows these film a starting point of exposure. The 76th Cannes Film Festival year’s films out of competition included:
Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese
Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn
The Idol, Sam Levinson
Cobweb, Kim Jee-woon
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, James Mangold
Une Nuit, Alex Lutz Closing out the competition
L’abbé Pierre – Une Vie De Combats, Frédéric Tellier
The closing night brings anticipation and excitement for the announcement of the films. After 11 days watching the creative talent and creators of film it is time for the announcement. A few films presented included:
Midnight Screenings
Kennedy, Anurag Kashyap
Omar La Fraise, Elias Belkeddar | 1st film
Acide, Just Philippot
Hypnotic, Robert Rodrigues
Project Silence, Kim Tae-gon
Special Screenings
Anselm (Das Rauschen Der Zeit) Wim Wenders
Bread and Roses Sahra Mani
Little Girl Blue Mona Achache
Man in Black Wang Bing
Occupied City Steve McQueen
Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas) Kleber Mendonça
Le Théorème de Marguerite Anna Novion
Series
The Idol Sam Levinson
Cannes Film Festival Jury
The Jury has the task of awarding the Palme d’or to one of the 21 films announced in the Competition. The jury consists of the following:
Palme d’Or
Ruben Östlund, Swedish director Jury President
Julia Ducournau
Brie Larson
Rungano Nyoni
Maryam Touzani
Paul Dano
Denis Ménochet
Atiq Rahimi
Damián Szifro
Caméra d’or Jury
Anaïs Demoustier Jury President
Raphaël Personnaz Nathalie Durand
Mikael Buch
Sophie Frilley
Nicolas Marcadé
Cinéfondation and short films
Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian director and screenwriter, Jury President
Ana Lily Amirpour, American director and screenwriter
Shlomi Elkabetz, Israelian actor, director, screenwriter and producer
Charlotte Le Bon, Canadian actor and director
Karidja Touré, French actress
Cannes Film Festival 76th Recipients
This year nominations selection was from 4288 films. This is a international festival with 12 countries represented in the short films. The films are presented the awards the last day of the festival, May 27, 2023.
Palme d’Or
The top honor at Cannes Film festival.
27, Flóra Anna Buda France & Hungary Recipient
La Perra, Carla Melo Gampert Colombia & France
As it Was, Anastasia Solonevych & Damian Kocur Poland & Ukraine
Le Sexe De Ma Mére, Francis Canitrot France
Aunque Es De Noche, Guillermo García López Spain & France
Barsri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy, Khozy Rizal Indonesia
Poof, Margaret Miller United States
Nada De Todo Esto, Patricio Martínez & Francisco Canton Argentina & Spain
Wild Summon, Karni Arieli & Saul Freed United Kingdom
Fár, Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter Iceland Special Mention
Caméra d’Or
The Caméra d’or is awarded to the best first feature film presented in the official Selection.
Anatomie D’Une Chute Justine Triet Recipient
Club Zero Jessica Hausner
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismaki
Les Filles D’Olfa (Four Daughters) Kaouther Ben Hania
Asteroid City Wes Anderson
Monster Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Il Sol Dell’ Avvenire Nanni Moretti
Lété Dernier Catherine Breillat
Kuru Otlar Ustune (About Dry Grasses) Nuri Bilge Ceylan La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher
La Passion De Dodin Bouffant Tran Anh Hùng
Rapito Marco Bellocchio
May December Todd Haynes
Jeunesse Wang Bing
The Old Oak Ken Loach
Banel E Adama Ramata-Toulaye Sy | 1st film
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Firebrand Karim Aïnouz
Black Flies Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Le Retour Catherine Corsini
Un Certain Regard
These films are bold and innovative and are a jumping off point for these films.
How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker | 1st Film Recipient
The Delinquents (Los Delincuentes), Rodrigo Moreno
Simple Comme Sylvain, Monia Chokri
The Settlers (Los Colonos), Felipe Gálvez
The Mother of All Lies (Kadib Abyad), Asmae El MoudirBest Director
The Buriti Flower(Crowrã), João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora Assemble Prize
Goodbye Julia, Mohammed Kordofani | 1st film Freedom Prize
Omen, Baloji Thasiani | 1st film New Voice
The Breaking Ice, Anthony Chen
Rosalie, Stéphanie Di Giusto
The New Boy, Warwick Thornton
If Only I Could Hibernate, Zoljargal Purevdash | 1st film
Hopeless, Kim Chang-hoon | 1st film
Rien à Perdre, Delphine Deloget | 1st Film
Les Meutes, Kamal Lazraq Jury Prize
Terrestrial Verses, Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
La Regne Animal, Thomas Cailley | opening film
Only The River Flows Wei Shujun
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Cannes Film Festival presents the films in and out of competition for 2023. This festival season will feature directors whose talent is artistic influential film creations.
Cannes 2023
Cannes Film Festival this year Ruben Östlund, award winning Swedish director, is the jury president. Östlund was nominated in 2022 for an Academy Award for Triangle of Sadness. His films, The Square and Triangle of Sadness (film won five other nominations) won Palme D’Or.
The official poster honors Actress Catherine Deneuve. She is is standing on Pampelonne beach, near Saint-Tropez, for the shooting of La Chamade by Alain Cavalier, adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan. The actress of Peau d’Âne is an embodiment of cinema, far from what is conventional or appropriate. Without compromise and always in tune with her convictions, even if it means going against the grain of the times.
Cannes Film Festival Red Stairs
Cannes Film Festival Juries 2023
Main competition
Jury President
Ruben Östlund, Swedish director
Caméra d’or Jury
Anaïs Demoustier Jury President
Raphaël Personnaz Nathalie Durand
Mikael Buch
Sophie Frilley
Nicolas Marcadé
Cinéfondation and short films
Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian director and screenwriter, Jury President
Ana Lily Amirpour, American director and screenwriter
Shlomi Elkabetz, Israelian actor, director, screenwriter and producer
Charlotte Le Bon, Canadian actor and director
Karidja Touré, French actress
Independent juries
International Critics’ Week
Audrey Diwan, French film director, Jury President
Rui Poças, Portuguese cinematographer
Franz Rogowski, German actor
Meenakshi Shedde, Indian journalist and festival programmer of Berlinale
Kim Yutani, programming director of Sundance Film Festival
Queer Palm
John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, playwrighter, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, producer and director, Jury President
Louise Chevillotte, French actress
Zeno Graton, Belgian director
Isabel Sandoval, Filipina director
Cédric Succivalli, French journalist, film critic and festival programmer
L’Œil d’or
Kirsten Johnson, American director, screenwriter and cinematographer, Jury President
Sophie Faucher, Canadian actress
Ovidie, French actress, director and author
Pedro Pimenta, Mozambican producer
Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, French journalist and critic
Cannes Film Festival Directors
This year’s directors bring au·teur to their films. The directors include the most women in Cannes’ history:
Justine Triet
Jessica Hausner know for illusion, mystery, and connecting women wanting to depart.
Catherine Breillat
Alice Rohrwacher
Maïwenn
Catherine Corsini
Valerie Donzelli
Kitty Green
Other directors include:
Wes Anderson known for eccentricity and unique visual and narrative styles.
Nuri BilgeCeylan
Nanni Moretti
Aki Kaurismäki
Karim Aïnouz
Kaouther Ben Hania
Marco Bellocchio
Todd Haynes
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ken Loach
Wim Wenders
Tran Anh Hung
Wang Bing
Jonathan Glazer
Cannes Film Festival Official Selection 2023
Palme d’Or
This year nominations selection was from 4288 films. This is a international festival with 12 countries represented in the short films. The short films will be presented the last day of the festival, May 27, 2023.
La Perra, Carla Melo Gampert Colombia & France
As it Was, Anastasia Solonevych & Damian Kocur Poland & Ukraine
27, Flóra Anna Buda France & Hungary
Le Sexe De Ma Mére, Francis Canitrot France
Aunque Es De Noche, Guillermo García López Spain & France
Barsri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy, Khozy Rizal Indonesia
Poof, Margaret Miller United States
Nada De Todo Esto, Patricio Martínez & Francisco Canton Argentina & Spain
Wild Summon, Karni Arieli & Saul Freed United Kingdom
Fár, Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter Iceland
Caméra d’Or
The Caméra d’or is awarded to the best first feature film presented in the official Selection.
Club Zero Jessica Hausner
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Fallen Leaves Aki Kaurismaki
Les Filles D’Olfa (Four Daughters) Kaouther Ben Hania Asteroid City Wes Anderson
Anatomie D’Une Chute Justine Triet
Monster Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Il Sol Dell’ Avvenire Nanni Moretti
Lété Dernier Catherine Breillat
Kuru Otlar Ustune (About Dry Grasses) Nuri Bilge Ceylan La Chimera Alice Rohrwacher
La Passion De Dodin Bouffant Tran Anh Hùng
Rapito Marco Bellocchio
May December Todd Haynes
Jeunesse Wang Bing
The Old Oak Ken Loach
Banel E Adama Ramata-Toulaye Sy | 1st film
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Firebrand Karim Aïnouz
Black Flies Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
Le Retour Catherine Corsini
Un Certain Regard
These films are bold and innovative and are a jumping off point for these films.
How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker | 1st Film
The Delinquents (Los Delincuentes), Rodrigo Moreno
Simple Comme Sylvain, Monia Chokri
The Settlers (Los Colonos), Felipe Gálvez
The Mother of All Lies (Kadib Abyad), Asmae El Moudir
The Buriti Flower (Crowrã), João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
Goodbye Julia, Mohammed Kordofani | 1st film
Omen, Baloji Thasiani | 1st film
The Breaking Ice, Anthony Chen
Rosalie, Stéphanie Di Giusto
The New Boy, Warwick Thornton
If Only I Could Hibernate, Zoljargal Purevdash | 1st film
Hopeless, Kim Chang-hoon | 1st film
Rien à Perdre, Delphine Deloget | 1st Film
Les Meutes, Kamal Lazraq
Terrestrial Verses, Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
La Regne Animal, Thomas Cailley | opening film
Only The River Flows Wei Shujun
Cannes Premiere
Kubi Takeshi Kitano
Bonnard, Pierre Et Marthe
Cerrar Lose Ojos Victor Erice
Le Temps D’Aimer Katell Quillévéré
Perdidos En La NOche Amat Escalante
L’amour Et Les Forêts Valérie Donzelli
Eureka by Lisandro Alonso
Out of Competition
Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese
Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn
The Idol, Sam Levinson
Cobweb, Kim Jee-woon
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, James Mangold
Une Nuit, Alex Lutz Closing out the competition
L’abbé Pierre – Une Vie De Combats, Frédéric Tellier
Midnight Screenings
Kennedy, Anurag Kashyap
Omar La Fraise, Elias Belkeddar | 1st film
Acide, Just Philippot
Hypnotic, Robert Rodrigues
Project Silence, Kim Tae-gon
Special Screenings
Anselm (Das Rauschen Der Zeit) Wim Wenders
Bread and Roses Sahra Mani
Little Girl Blue Mona Achache
Man in Black Wang Bing
Occupied City Steve McQueen
Pictures of Ghosts (Retratos Fantasmas) Kleber Mendonça
Le Théorème de Marguerite Anna Novion
Series
The Idol Sam Levinson
We are your source for all things Cannes 2023. Stay tune here for Cannes Film Festival coverage.
Return to Cannes Film Festival it is about time. Excited for the upcoming films, red carpets, and insight to this year’s films.
Un Certain Regard will feature 20 films this year, including 8 first films and 9 films by female directors, just as Maryland directed by Alice Winocour, Montparnasse Bienvenue directed by Léonor Serraille who won the Caméra d’or and whose new film is in competition, The Match Factory directed by Emin Alper, and Joyland (US-Pak)directed by Saim Sadiq is his first film and the first Pakistani feature in official selection.
Valeria Golino Image credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Return To Cannes Film Festival Jury
Valeria Golino will be the President of the Jury of Un Certain Regard at the 75th Festival de Cannes. She is a director, actress, and producer from Italy.
Golino states in the Cannes press release “It is all the more intense within a Jury, where we will feel, think and share together. In this world full of sound and fury, I am happy and honored to be here to help, perhaps, filmmakers to emerge.“
The remaining members are:
Debra Granik, from the United States, is the director and co-writer of Winter’s Bone, which premiered and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2010 and was nominated for 4 Oscars.
Joanna Kulig, from Poland, she is a singer and actress. she starred in The Woman in the Fifth, Ida. This received an Oscar for best foreign language film.
Benjamin Biolay, from France, is a singer-songwriter, producer, and actor. He has acted in approximately 30 films, including On a Magical Night by Christophe Honoré which was presented at Un Certain Regard in 2019.
Edgar Ramirez, from Venezuela, is an actor and producer. He stared in Undoing on HBO, which was their most-watched show of the year. In 2022, he is upcoming in Netflix’s Florida Man, a drama series for which he plays the titular role as well as Lionsgate’s Borderlands.
EO
Returning to Cannes Nominations
In Competition
Opening Film
Final Cut directed by Michel HAZANAVICIUS (Out of Competition)
Return to Cannes Film Festival In Competition Films
Aramageddon Time directed by James GRAY
Brother and Sister (Frére Et Soeur) directed by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
Broker directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Close directed by Lukas DHONT
Crimes of the Future directed by David CRONENBERG
EO directed by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI
Forever Young Valeria BRUNI TEDESCH
Haeojil Gyeolsim (Decision to Leave) directed by Park Chan-Wook
Holy Spider directed by ABBASI
Le Otto Montagne directed by Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH Felix VAN GROENINGEN
Leila’s Brothers Saeed ROUSTAEE
Les Amandiers Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI
Mother and Son (Un Petit Frére) directed by Léonor SERRAILLE
Nostalgia by Mario MARTONE
Pacifiction directed by Albert SERRA
R.M.N. directed by Cristian MUNGIU
Showing Up directed by Kelly REICHARDT
Stars At Noon directed by Claire DENIS
Tori and Lokita Jean (Tori Et Lokita)-Pierre et Luc DARDENN
Triangle of Sadness directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND
Zhena Chaikovskogo (TchaÏkovski’s Wife) by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
Joyland
Un Certain Regard
Opening Film
Father and Soldier directed by Mathieu VADEPIED
Returning to Cannes Nominations
Les Pires directed by Lise AKOKA, Romane GUERET 1st film
Kurak Günler(Burning Days) directed by Emin ALPER
More Than Ever Emily directed by ATEF
Metronom directed by Alexandru BELC 1st film
Sick of Myself directed by Kristoffer BORGLI
All The People I’ll Never Be Davy CHOU
Domingo Y La Niebla (Domingo and the Mist) directed by Ariel ESCALANTE MEZA
Mediterranean Fever directed by Maha HAJ
Plane 75 directed by HAYAKAWA Chien 1st film
War Poney directed by Riley KEOUGH, Gina GAMMELL1st film
Corsage directed by Marie KREUTZER
The Stranger directed by Thomas M WRIGHT
Bachennya Metelka (BUTTERFLY VISION) Maksim NAKONECHNYI 1st film
Cannes Film Festival brings the best short and student films each year for viewing. This year is no different. The Jury will be watching and selecting four films from two selections, short films, and Cinéfondation.
Cannes Film Festival
Films
Short Films Cannes Film Festival
This year, the selection committee has viewed 4240 short films. The 2019 Short Films Competition comprises 11 films (9 works of fictions, 1 documentary, and 1 animation), from Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden, and the USA.
The Van – Erenik Beqiri
Synopsis – The Van
stops, the doors open, and Ben comes out alive. Another few fights and he will
be able to leave Albania. He still hopes his father will leave with him.
Anna – Dekel Berenson
Synopsis – Living in
war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a
change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of
American men who are touring the country, searching for love.
The Jump Documentary – Vanessa
Dumont and Nicholas Davenel
The Distance Between Us
and The Sky
– Vasilis Keatos
Synopsis – Two strangers
meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his
bike, while the other is just stranded.
All Inclusive – Teemu Nikki
Ingen Lyssnar -Elin Övergaard
Synopsis – The new refugee home for children is being discussed at a public
council meeting. Two people standing on opposite sides try to get heard.
And Then The Bear – Agnès Patron
Parparim (Butterflies) – Yona Rozenkier
Monstruo Dios (Mother
God) – Agustina San Martin
White Echo – Chloë Sevigny
Synopsis – Five women in
their thirties examine their own power in life.
La Siesta (The Nap) – Federico Luis Tachella
Synopsis – A girl wraps
her grandmother in a spiral of fantasy that ends up causing amnesia.
Cinéfondation Films Cannes Film Festival
Cinéfondation selection chose 17 films (14 live-action and 3 animated films), from among the 2,000 submitted by schools all over the world.
Ambience – Wisam A L Jafari
Synopsis: Two young
people try to record music inside the camp for a competition. If they succeed,
they have the chance to make a music album.
Mano A Mano – Louise Courvoisier
One Hundred and
Twenty-eight Thousand – Ondřej Erban
Synopsis – Today, almost
one in ten Czechs over the age of 15 face bankruptcy and distraint, and many
more fall into the debt trap every day, often without any way out. Karel,
however, stands on the other side – his job is to collect debts.
Jeremiah – Kenya Gillespie
Synopsis – A closeted
Asian-American high school football player tries to come out to his best
friend, but a strange and haunting masked figure stands in his way.
Pura Vida – Martin Gonda
Synopsis – Financial
crisis enters the households of a provincial town and people start to lose
their jobs. Two adolescent brothers rebel against their father, a factory
foreman, who becomes a scapegoat for the frustrated community.
Adam – Shoki Lin
Netek – Yarden Lipshitz
Synopsis – Lidor is a 15
years old girl who lives with her unemployed father Oded. When the electricity
in their house shuts down, she must find a way to bring it back.
Solar Plexus – David McShane
Synopsis – Noah battles
to overcome his grief following the death of his mother.
Rosso: A True Lie About
A Fisherman
– Antonio Messana
Synopsis – Clemente is
an old Sicilian fisherman who goes on working in spite of his late age. His
life is disrupted the day he finds a young refugee’s dead body stuck in the
fishnets.
As Up To Now – Katalin Moldovai
Synopsis – Clemente is
an old Sicilian fisherman who goes on working in spite of his late age. His
life is disrupted the day he finds a young refugee’s dead body stuck in the
fishnets.
Favourites – Martin Monk
Synopsis – After falling
out with her mother, young Sofia hitchhikes southwards in search of the father
she never had.
Roadkill – Leszek Mozga
Synopsis – A stop-motion
puppet animated thriller. One alpha male deer goes for an evening car ride and
has an unfortunate car accident.
The Little Soul – Barbara Rupik
Synopsis – A dead body
gets stuck on the riverbank. Its decaying internal organs still hide a human’s
soul. The rotting guts separate and a tiny being crawls out. It sets off on a
journey through a post-mortem world.
Hiếu – Richard Van
Synopsis – A
Vietnamese-American household receives a surprise visit from a long-lost
patriarch after he fails at a get-rich-quick scheme.
Bamboe – Flo Van Deuren
Complex Subject – Olesya Yakovleva
Alien – Yeon Jegwang
Jury Cannes Film Festival
French filmmaker and
screenwriter Claire Denis is to lead the Short Films and
Cinéfondation Jury this year. She will present three awards for Cinefondation
to 17 student films and the Short Film Palme d’or. The jury members are all
talented film actresses, actors, directors, and screenwriters.
President
Claire DENIS
Director & screenwriter France – She is a provocative filmmaker. This has
made her one of the leading figures in world cinema.
Stacy MARTIN
Actress France – United
Kingdom
Eran KOLIRIN
Director &
screenwriter – Israel
Panos H. KOUTRAS
Director &
screenwriter – Greece
Cătălin MITULESCU
Director, screenwriter
& producer – Romania
This is expected to be a great selection of films and art at the Cannes Film Festival. Stay tuned here for all thins Cannes Film Festival.
This year, the selection committee has viewed 4240 short films. The 2019 Short Films Competition comprises 11 films (9 works of fictions, 1 documentary, and 1 animation), from Albania, Argentina, France, Finland, Greece, Israel, Ukraine, Sweden, and USA.
The Van – Erenik Beqiri
Synopsis – The Van stops, the doors open, and Ben comes out alive. Another few fights and he will be able to leave Albania. He still hopes his father will leave with him.
Anna – Dekel Berenson
Synopsis – Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.
The Jump Documentary – Vanessa Dumont and Nicholas Davenel
The Distance Between Us and The Sky – Vasilis Keatos
Synopsis – Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded.
All Inclusive – Teemu Nikki
Ingen Lyssnar -Elin Övergaard Synopsis – The new refugee home for children is being discussed at a public council meeting. Two people standing on opposite sides try to get heard.
And Then The Bear – Agnès Patron
Parparim (Butterflies) – Yona Rozenkier
Monstruo Dios (Mother God) – Agustina San Martin
White Echo – Chloë Sevigny
Synopsis – Five women in their thirties examine their own power in life.
La Siesta (The Nap) – Federico Luis Tachella
Synopsis – A girl wraps her grandmother in a spiral of fantasy that ends up causing amnesia.
Cinéfondation Films
Cinéfondation selection chose 17 films (14 live-action and 3 animated films), from among the 2,000 submitted by schools all over the world.
Ambience – Wisam A L Jafari
Synopsis: Two young people try to record music inside the camp for a competition. If they succeed, they have the chance to make a music album.
Mano A Mano – Louise Courvoisier
One Hundred and Twenty-eight Thousand – Ondřej Erban
Synopsis – Today, almost one in ten Czechs over the age of 15 face bankruptcy and distraint, and many more fall into the debt trap every day, often without any way out. Karel, however, stands on the other side – his job is to collect debts.
Jeremiah – Kenya Gillespie
Synopsis – A closeted Asian-American high school football player tries to come out to his best friend, but a strange and haunting masked figure stands in his way.
Pura Vida – Martin Gonda
Synopsis – Financial crisis enters the households of a provincial town and people start to lose their jobs. Two adolescent brothers rebel against their father, a factory foreman, who becomes a scapegoat for the frustrated community.
Adam – Shoki Lin
Netek – Yarden Lipshitz
Synopsis – Lidor is a 15 years old girl who lives with her unemployed father Oded. when the electricity in their house shuts down, she must find a way to bring it back.
Solar Plexus – David McShane
Synopsis – Noah battles to overcome his grief following the death of his mother.
Rosso: A True Lie About A Fisherman – Antonio Messana
Synopsis – Clemente is an old Sicilian fisherman who goes on working in spite of his late age. His life is disrupted the day he finds a young refugee’s dead body stuck in the fishnets.
As Up To Now – Katalin Moldovai
Synopsis – Clemente is an old sicilian fisherman who goes on working in spite of his late age. His life is disrupted the day he finds a young refugee’s dead body stuck in the fishnets.
Favourites – Martin Monk
Synopsis – After falling out with her mother, young Sofia hitchhikes southwards in search of the father she never had.
Roadkill – Leszek Mozga
Synopsis – A stop-motion puppet animated thriller. One alpha male deer goes for an evening car ride and has an unfortunate car accident.
The Little Soul – Barbara Rupik
Synopsis – A dead body gets stuck on the riverbank. Its decaying internal organs still hide a human’s soul. The rotting guts separate and a tiny being crawls out. It sets off on a journey through a post-mortem world.
Hiếu – Richard Van
Synopsis – A Vietnamese-American household receives a surprise visit from a long-lost patriarch after he fails at a get-rich-quick scheme.
Bamboe – Flo Van Deuren
Complex Subject – Olesya Yakovleva
Alien – Yeon Jegwang
Jury
French filmmaker and screenwriter Claire Denis is to lead the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury this year. She will present three awards for Cinefondation to 17 student films and the Short Film Palme d’or. The jury members are all talented film actresses, actors, directors, and screenwriters.
President Claire DENIS Director & screenwriter France – She is a provocative filmmaker. This has made her one of the leading figures in world cinema.
Stacy MARTIN
Actress France – United Kingdom
Eran KOLIRIN
Director & screenwriter – Israel
Panos H. KOUTRAS
Director & screenwriter – Greece
Cătălin MITULESCU
Director, screenwriter & producer – Romania
This is expected to be a great selection of films and art. Stay tuned here for all thins Cannes Film Festival.
