2022 Cannes Film Festival
The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is an upcoming film festival scheduled to take place from 17 to 28 May 2022.[1] The festival will see a tribute to actor Tom Cruise, whose film Top Gun: Maverick is due to premiere at the festival.[2] The official poster for the festival was designed as an homage to The Truman Show (1998).[3]
![]() Official poster of the 75th Cannes Film Festival featuring an homage to The Truman Show (1998) | |
| Opening film | Final Cut |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or |
| Festival date | 17–28 May 2022 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
Juries
The following juries were named for the festival.[4][5][6][7]
Main competition
- Vincent Lindon, French actor, Jury President
- Asghar Farhadi, Iranian director, screenwriter and producer
- Rebecca Hall, English-American actress, producer, director and screenwriter
- Ladj Ly, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer
- Jeff Nichols, American director and screenwriter
- Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
- Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
- Joachim Trier, Norwegian director and screenwriter
- Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress and director
Un Certain Regard
- Valeria Golino, Italian actress, director and producer, Jury President
- Benjamin Biolay, French singer, songwriter, actor and producer
- Debra Granik, American director
- Joanna Kulig, Polish actress
- Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor and producer
Caméra d'or
- Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress, Jury President
- Natasza Chroscicki, French general director of Arri France
- Lucien Jean-Baptiste, French director, screenwriter and actor
- Jean-Claude Larrieu, French cinematographer
- Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
- Olivier Pelisson, French film critic
- Éléonore Weber, French director and author
Independent juries
International Critics' Week
- Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian director and screenwriter, Jury President
- Benoît Debie, Belgian cinematographer
- Benedikt Erlingsson, Icelandic director
- Huh Moon-yung, Korean film critic and director of the Busan International Film Festival
- Ariane Labed, French-Greek actress
L'Œil d'or
- Agnieszka Holland, Polish director, Jury President
- Pierre Deladonchamps, French actor
- Hicham Falah, Moroccan general director of the Agadir International Documentary Film Festival
- Iryna Tsilyk, Ukrainian director and writer
- Alex Vicente, Spanish film critic
Official selection
In competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[8][9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armageddon Time | James Gray | United States | |
| Boy from Heaven | Tarik Saleh | Sweden | |
| Broker | 브로커 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | South Korea |
| Brother and Sister | Frère et sœur | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Close | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, Netherlands, France | |
| Crimes of the Future | David Cronenberg | Canada, Greece, France | |
| Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Eo | Jerzy Skolimowski | Italy, Poland | |
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France |
| Holy Spider | Ali Abbasi | France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark | |
| Leila's Brothers | برادران لیلا | Saeed Roustayi | Iran |
| Mother and Son | Un petit frère | Léonor Serraille | France |
| Nostalgia | Mario Martone | Italy | |
| RMN | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France | |
| Showing Up | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
| The Eight Mountains | Le otto montagne | Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen | Italy, Belgium |
| The Stars at Noon | Claire Denis | United States, France | |
| Tchaikovsky's Wife | Жена Чайковского | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia, France |
| Tori and Lokita | Tori et Lokita | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Belgium, France |
| Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra | Spain | |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, France, Greece | |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[8][9]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the People I'll Never Be | Retour à Séoul | Davy Chou | France |
| Beast (CdO) | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | United States | |
| Le Bleu du caftan | Maryam Touzani | Morocco | |
| Burning Days | Kurak Günler | Emin Alper | Turkey |
| Butterfly Vision (CdO) | Бачення метелика | Maksym Nakonechnyi | Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Ukraine |
| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg | |
| Domingo And The Mist | Domingo y la niebla | Ariel Escalante Meza | Costa Rica, Qatar |
| Father and Soldier (opening film) | Tirailleurs | Mathieu Vadepied | France, Senegal |
| Godland | Vanskabte Land | Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden |
| Harka (CdO) | Lotfy Nathan | Tunisia | |
| Joyland (CdO) | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan | |
| Les Pires (CdO) | Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret | France | |
| Mediterranean Fever | Maha Haj | Palestine | |
| Metronom (CdO) | Alexandru Belc | Romania | |
| Plan 75 (CdO) | Chie Hayakawa | Japan | |
| Plus que jamais | Emily Atef | Germany, France | |
| Rodéo (CdO) | Lola Quivoron | France | |
| Sick of Myself | Syk Pike | Kristoffer Borgli | Norway |
| Silent Twins | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Stranger | Thomas M. Wright | Australia | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis | Baz Luhrmann | Australia, United States | |
| L'Innocent | Louis Garrel | France | |
| Mascarade | Nicolas Bedos | France | |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing | George Miller | Australia, United States | |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Joseph Kosinski | United States | |
| Novembre | Cédric Jimenez | France | |
| Final Cut (opening film) | Coupez ! | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| Midnight screenings | |||
| Smoker's Cough | Fumer fait tousser | Quentin Dupieux | France |
| Hunt | 헌트 | Lee Jung-jae | South Korea |
| Moonage Daydream | Brett Morgen | United States | |
| Rebel | Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Belgium | |
Cannes Premiere
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beasts | As bestas | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain, France |
| Chronique d'une liaison passagère | Emmanuel Mouret | France | |
| Dodo | Panos H. Koutras | Greece, France, Belgium | |
| Don Juan | Serge Bozon | France | |
| Irma Vep (miniseries) | Olivier Assayas | United States | |
| Nightfall (TV series) | Esterno notte | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
| Nos frangins | Rachid Bouchareb | France | |
| La Nuit du 12 | Dominik Moll | France | |
Special Screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | India, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind | Ethan Coen | United States | |
| Marcel ! (CdO) | Jasmine Trinca | Italy | |
| Mi país imaginario | Patricio Guzmán | Chile | |
| The Natural History of Destruction | Natūrali naikinimo istorija | Sergei Loznitsa | Ukraine |
| Le Petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux? (CdO) | Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre | France | |
| Restos Do Vento | Tiago Guedes | Portugal | |
| Riposte féministe (CdO) | Marie Perennès, Simon Depardon | France | |
| Salam | Diam's, Houda Benyamina, Anne Cissé | France | |
| The Vagabonds (CdO) | Doroteya Droumeva | Germany | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Short films
Out of 3,507 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsutsuɛ | Amartei Armar | Ghana, France | |
| A Short Story | Po Sui Tai Yang Zhi Xin | Bi Gan | Chine |
| Melancholy of my Mother's Lullabies | Lori | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal, Hong Kong |
| The Water Murmurs | Hai Bian Sheng Qi Yi Zuo Xuan Ya | Chen Jianying | China |
| Cherries | Uogos | Vytautas Kaskus | Lithuania |
| Same Old | Lloyd Lee Choi | USA | |
| Fire at the Lake | Le Feu au lac | Pierre Menahem | France |
| Persona | Gakjil | Moon Sujin | South Korea |
| Night Light | Luz Nocturna | Kim Torres | Costa Rica |
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (13 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 1,528 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liquid Bread | Chlieb náš každodenný | Alica Bednáriková | FTF VŠMU, Slovakia |
| Mumlife | Ruby Challenger | AFTRS, Australia | |
| All of This Belongs to You | Tout ceci vous reviendra | Lilian Fanara | La Fémis, France |
| Humans Are Dumber When Crammed Up Together | Les Humains sont cons quand ils s'empilent | Laurène Fernandez | CinéFabrique, France |
| A Conspiracy Man | Il Barbiere complottista | Valerio Ferrara | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| The Pass | Pepi Ginsberg | New York University, USA | |
| Kinship | Sheherut | Orin Kadoori | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Nauha | Pratham Khurana | Whistling Woods International, India | |
| We Are Not There Tomorrow | Jutro Nas Tam Nie Ma | Olga Kłyszewicz | Łódź Film School, Poland |
| Somewhere | Di Er | Li Jiahe | Hebei University of Science and Technology, China |
| The Silent Whistle | Feng Zheng | Li Yingtong | Emerson College, USA |
| Mistida | Falcão Nhaga | ESTC, Portugal | |
| Glorious Revolution | Masha Novikova | London Film School, United Kingdom | |
| That's Amore | 100% Flået Kærlighed | Malthe Saxer | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
| Craze | Hajszálrepedés | Bianka Szelestey | Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary |
| Spring Roll Dream | Mai Vu | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in Cannes Classics:[10]
Restorations
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black God, White Devil (1964) | Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol | Glauber Rocha | Brazil |
| Daisies (1966) | Sedmikrásky | Věra Chytilová | Czechoslovakia |
| If I Were a Spy (1967) | Si j'étais un espion | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Itim (1972) | Mike De Leon | Philippines | |
| The Last Waltz (1978) | Martin Scorsese | USA | |
| The Mother and the Whore (1972) | La Maman et la putain | Jean Eustache | France |
| Pratidwandi (1970) | Satyajit Ray | India | |
| The Red Head (1932) | Poil de Carotte | Julien Duvivier | France |
| Shoeshine (1946) | Sciuscià | Vittorio De Sica | Italy |
| Singin' in the Rain (1952) | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen | USA | |
| Thampu (1978) | G. Aravindan | India | |
| The Trial (1962) | Orson Welles | France, Germany, Italy | |
| Viva la Muerte (1971) | Fernando Arrabal | France, Tunisia | |
Documentaries
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid | Patrick Jeudy | France | |
| Hommage d'une fille à son père | Fatou Cissé | Mali | |
| Jane Campion, Cinema Woman | Jane Campion, la femme cinéma | Julie Bertuccelli | France |
| The Last Movie Stars, episodes 3 & 4 | Ethan Hawke | USA | |
| Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| L'Ombre de Goya par Jean-Claude Carrière | José Luis Lopez-Linares | France, Spain, Portugal | |
| Patrick Dewaere, My Hero | Patrick Dewaere, mon héros | Alexandre Moix | France |
| Romy, A Free Woman | Romy femme libre | Lucie Cariès, Clémentine Déroudille | France |
| Three in the Drift of the Creative Act | Tres en la deriva del acto creativo | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| Visions of Eight | Miloš Forman, Yuri Ozerov, Claude Lelouch, Mai Zetterling, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Arthur Penn, John Schlesinger | Germany, USA | |
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The following films were selected to be screened in the International Critics' Week.[11][12]
In competition
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Alma viva | Cristèle Alves Meira | France, Portugal | |
| Imagine (CdO) | تصور | Ali Behrad | Iran |
| La jauría | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia, France | |
| Love According to Dalva | Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | Belgium, France |
| Summer Scars | Nos cérémonies | Simon Rieth | France |
| The Woodcutter Story | Metsurin tarina | Mikko Myllylahti | Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Special screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everybody Loves Jeanne | Tout le monde aime Jeanne | Céline Devaux | France |
| Next Sohee (closing film) | 다음 소희 | July Jung | South Korea |
| Sons of Ramses | Goutte d'or | Clément Cogitore | France |
| When You Finish Saving the World (opening film) (CdO) | Jesse Eisenberg | United States | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:[13][14][15]
Features
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Manuela Martelli | Chile, Italy | |
| Ashkal | Youssef Chebbi | Tunisia | |
| The Dam | السد | Ali Cherri | France, Germany, Serbia, Sudan |
| Continental Drift (South) | La Dérive des continents (au sud) | Lionel Baier | Switzerland |
| Enys Men | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom | |
| The Fabric of the Human Body | De Humani Corporis Fabrica | Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel | France, United States |
| Falcon Lake (CdO) | Charlotte Le Bon | Canada, France | |
| The Five Devils | Les Cinques Diables | Léa Mysius | France |
| Funny Pages | Owen Kline | United States | |
| God's Creatures | Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| The Green Perfume | Le Parfum vert | Nicolas Pariser | France |
| Harkis | Les Harkis | Philippe Faucon | France |
| A Male | Un varón | Fabian Hernández | Colombia, France, Germany, Netherlands |
| The Mountain | La Montagne | Thomas Salvador | France |
| One Fine Morning | Un beau matin | Mia Hansen-Løve | France |
| Pamfir | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | France, Ukraine, Luxembourg | |
| Paris Memories | Revoir Paris | Alice Winocour | France |
| Scarlet | L'Envol | Pietro Marcello | France, Germany, Italy, Russia |
| The Super 8 Years | Les Années Super 8 | Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot | France |
| The Water | El agua | Elena López Riera | France, Spain, Switzerland |
| Will-o'-the-Wisp | Fogo-Fátuo | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Special screenings
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Alex Garland | United Kingdom, United States | |
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