![]() Official poster of the 74th Cannes Film Festival featuring Jury PresidentSpike Lee | |
Opening film | Annette |
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Closing film | OSS 117: From Africa with Love |
Location | Cannes,France |
Founded | 1946 |
Awards | Palme d'Or: Titane |
Hosted by | Doria Tillier |
No. of films | 24 (In Competition) |
Festival date | 6–17 July 2021 |
Website | festival-cannes |
Cannes Film Festival | |
The74th annualCannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021,[1] after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021.[2] American filmmakerSpike Lee was invited to be the president of the jury for the main competition for the festival, after theCOVID-19 pandemic in France scuttled plans to have him head the jury of the2020 Cannes Film Festival.[3] French actressDoria Tillier hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[4]
French filmmakerJulia Ducournau won thePalme d'Or for the horror-drama filmTitane, becoming the second female director to ever win the award and the first to not win jointly with another filmmaker (at the1993 editionJane Campion had won jointly withChen Kaige).[5] TheHonorary Palme d'Or was awarded to American actress and filmmakerJodie Foster and Italian filmmakerMarco Bellocchio.[6][7]
At the awards closing ceremony, on 17 July 2021, jury president Spike Lee made a gaffe by accidentally announcing the festival's top prize winner at the start of the night instead of the end.[8][9]
The festival opened withAnnette byLeos Carax,[10] and closed withOSS 117: From Africa with Love byNicolas Bedos.
Critics' Week
L'Œil d'or
Queer Palm
The following films were selected to compete for thePalme d'Or:[11][12]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
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Ahed's Knee | הַבֶּרֶךְ | Nadav Lapid | Israel, France, Germany |
Annette(opening film) | Leos Carax | France, Germany, Belgium, United States, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland | |
Benedetta(QP) | Paul Verhoeven | France, Netherlands, Belgium | |
Bergman Island | Mia Hansen-Løve | France, Brazil, Germany, Mexico | |
Casablanca Beats | علي صوتك | Nabil Ayouch | Morocco, France |
Compartment No. 6(QP) | Hytti nro 6 | Juho Kuosmanen | Finland, Estonia, Russia, Germany |
The Divide(QP) | La Fracture | Catherine Corsini | France |
Drive My Car | ドライブ・マイ・カー | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Japan |
Everything Went Fine(QP) | Tout s'est bien passé | François Ozon | France |
Flag Day | Sean Penn | United States | |
France | Bruno Dumont | France, Italy, Germany, Belgium | |
The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson | United States | |
A Hero | قهرمان | Asghar Farhadi | Iran, France |
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Chad, Belgium, France, Germany | |
Memoria | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand, Colombia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Mexico, China, Taiwan, United States, Switzerland | |
Nitram | Justin Kurzel | Australia | |
Paris, 13th District(QP) | Les Olympiades | Jacques Audiard | France |
Petrov's Flu | Петровы в гриппе | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France, United States |
Red Rocket | Sean Baker | United States | |
The Restless | Les Intranquilles | Joachim Lafosse | Belgium, France, Luxembourg |
The Story of My Wife | A feleségem története | Ildikó Enyedi | Hungary, France, Germany, Italy |
Three Floors | Tre piani | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |
Titane(QP) | Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium | |
The Worst Person in the World | Verdens verste menneske | Joachim Trier | Norway, France, Sweden, Denmark |
The following films were selected to compete in theUn Certain Regard section:[13][14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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After Yang | Kogonada | United States | |
Blue Bayou | Justin Chon | ||
La Civil(CdO) | Teodora Mihai | Belgium, Mexico, Romania | |
Commitment Hasan | Bağlılık Hasan | Semih Kaplanoğlu | Turkey |
Freda(CdO) | Gessica Généus | Haiti | |
Good Mother | Bonne Mère | Hafsia Herzi | France |
Great Freedom(QP) | Große Freiheit | Sebastian Meise | Austria, Germany |
House Arrest | Дело | Aleksey German, Jr. | Russia |
The Innocents | De uskyldige | Eskil Vogt | Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United States |
Lamb(CdO) | Dýrið | Valdimar Jóhannsson | Iceland, Poland, Sweden |
Let It Be Morning | ויהי בוקר | Eran Kolirin | Israel, France |
Moneyboys(CdO) (QP) | C.B. Yi | Taiwan, Austria, Belgium, France | |
My Brothers and I(CdO) | Mes frères et moi | Yohan Manca | France |
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle(opening film) | Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle | Arthur Harari | France, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Cambodia |
Playground(CdO) | Un monde | Laura Wandel | Belgium |
Prayers for the Stolen | Noche de fuego | Tatiana Huezo | Mexico |
Rehana Maryam Noor | রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর | Abdullah Mohammad Saad | Bangladesh |
Streetwise(CdO) | 街娃儿 | Jiazuo Na | China |
Unclenching the Fists | Разжимая кулаки | Kira Kovalenko | Russia |
Women Do Cry(QP) | Жените плачат | Vesela Kazakova,Mina Mileva | Bulgaria, France |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[14]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Aline, the Voice of Love | Aline | Valérie Lemercier | Canada, France |
BAC Nord | Cédric Jimenez | France | |
Emergency Declaration | 비상선언 | Han Jae-rim | South Korea |
OSS 117: From Africa with Love(closing film) | OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire | Nicolas Bedos | France |
Peaceful | De son vivant | Emmanuelle Bercot | |
Stillwater | Tom McCarthy | United States | |
The Velvet Underground | Todd Haynes | ||
Where Is Anne Frank | Ari Folman | Israel, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France | |
Midnight Screenings | |||
Bloody Oranges | Oranges sanguines | Jean-Christophe Meurisse | France |
Suprêmes | Audrey Estrougo | ||
Tralala | Arnaud Larrieu,Jean-Marie Larrieu |
The following films were selected to be screened in theCannes Premiere section:[14][15]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Belle | 竜とそばかすの姫 | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
Cow | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom | |
Deception | Tromperie | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
Evolution | Evolúció | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary |
Hold Me Tight | Serre-moi fort | Mathieu Amalric | France |
In Front of Your Face | 당신의 얼굴 앞에서 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
Jane by Charlotte(CdO) | Jane par Charlotte | Charlotte Gainsbourg | France |
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Oliver Stone | United States | |
Love Songs for Tough Guys | Cette musique ne joue pour personne | Samuel Benchetrit | France |
Marx Can Wait | Marx può aspettare | Marco Bellocchio | Italy |
Mothering Sunday | Eva Husson | United Kingdom | |
Val | Ting Poo, Leo Scott | United States | |
Vortex | Gaspar Noé | Argentina, Italy |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Are You Lonesome Tonight?(CdO) | 热带往事 | Wen Shipei | China |
Black Notebooks | Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel | |
Babi Yar. Context | Бабий Яр. Контекст | Sergei Loznitsa | Netherlands, Ukraine |
H6(CdO) | Yé Yé | France | |
Les Héroïques(CdO) | Maxime Roy | ||
Mariner of the Mountains | O Marinheiro das Montanhas | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil |
Mi Iubita Mon Amour(CdO) | Noémie Merlant | France | |
New Worlds, The Cradle of a Civilization | Andrew Muscato | Greece, United States | |
Revolution of Our Times | 時代革命 | Kiwi Chow | Hong Kong |
The Year of the Everlasting Storm | Jafar Panahi,Anthony Chen, Malik Vitthal,Laura Poitras,Dominga Sotomayor Castillo,David Lowery,Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Iran, Singapore, United States, Chile, Thailand |
Ephemeral section of films about environment:
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Above Water | Marcher sur l'eau | Aïssa Maïga | Niger, France |
Animal | Cyril Dion | France | |
Bigger Than Us | Flore Vasseur | ||
The Crusade | La Croisade | Louis Garrel | |
I Am So Sorry | Zhao Liang | China, France | |
Invisible Demons | Rahul Jain | India | |
The Velvet Queen | La Panthère des neiges | Marie Amiguet,Vincent Munier | France |
Out of 3,739 entries, the following films were selected to compete for theShort Film Palme d'Or.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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North Pole | Severen Pol | Marija Apcevska | North Macedonia, Serbia |
Displaced | Pa Vend | Samir Karahoda | Kosovo |
In the Soil | Det er i jorden | Casper Kjeldsen | Denmark |
Orthodontics | ارتودنسی | Mohammadreza Mayghani | Iran |
The Right Words(QP) | Haut les coeurs | Adrian Moyse Dullin | France |
Through the Haze | Noite turva | Diogo Salgado | Portugal |
Sideral | Carlos Segundo | Brazil, France | |
All the Crows in the World | Tang Yi | Hong Kong | |
August Sky | Céu de Agosto | Jasmin Tenucci | Brazil, Iceland |
Absence | Xue Yun | Wu Lang | China |
TheCinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (13 live-action and 4 animated films) were selected out of 1,835 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | School |
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Billy Boy(QP) | Sacha Amaral | Universidad Nacional de las Artes, Argentina | |
Love Stories on the Move | Prin oraș circulă scurte povești de dragoste | Carina-Gabriela Dașoveanu | UNATC I.L.Caragiale, Romania |
The Salamander Child | L'enfant salamandre | Théo Degen | INSAS, Belgium |
Beasts Among Us | Bestie wokół nas | Natalia Durszewicz | Łódź Film School, Poland |
The Cat from the Deep Sea | Oyogeruneko | Huang Menglu | Musashino Art University, Japan |
Other Half | Lina Kalcheva | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
Night Visit | הביקור | Mya Kaplan | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
Bill and Joe Go Duck Hunting | Auden Lincoln-Vogel | University of Iowa, United States | |
Frida(QP) | Aleksandra Odić | DFFB, Germany | |
Red Shoes | Rudé boty | Anna Podskalská | FAMU, Czech Republic |
The Fall of the Swift(QP) | La Caída del vencejo | Gonzalo Quincoces | ESCAC, Spain |
Cantareira | Rodrigo Ribeyro | AIC, Brazil | |
Fonica M-120 | Olivér Rudolf | SZFE, Hungary | |
Free Men | Frie Mænd | Óskar Kristinn Vignisson | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
King Max(QP) | Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | La Fémis, France | |
Saint Android | Lukas Von Berg | Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
Cicada(QP) | Yoon Daewoen | K-ARTS, South Korea |
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 22 June 2021.[16]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Restorations | |||
Black Orpheus (1959) | Orfeu Negro | Marcel Camus | France, Brazil, Italy |
The Cassandra Cat (1963) | Až přijde kocour | Vojtěch Jasný | Czechoslovakia |
Dancing in the Dust (1989) | Bal Poussière | Henri Duparc | Ivory Coast |
Dear Louise (1972) | Chère Louise | Philippe de Broca | France, Italy |
Demon Pond (1979) | 夜叉ケ池 | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan |
Diary for My Children (1983) | Napló gyermekeimnek | Márta Mészáros | Hungary |
The Double Life of Veronique (1991) | La Double vie de Véronique | Krzysztof Kieślowski | France, Poland, Norway |
F for Fake (1973) | Orson Welles | France, Iran, West Germany | |
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) | Francesco, giullare di Dio | Roberto Rossellini | Italy |
The Fourteenth Day (1960) | Дан четрнаести | Zdravko Velimirović | Yugoslavia |
Friendship's Death (1987) | Peter Wollen | United Kingdom | |
The Hussy (1978) | La Drôlesse | Jacques Doillon | France |
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) | Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger | United Kingdom | |
The Killing Floor (1985) | Bill Duke | United States | |
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) | Max Ophüls | ||
Lumumba, Death of a Prophet (1990) | Lumumba, la mort d'un prophète | Raoul Peck | France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Haiti |
The Moon has Risen (1955) | 月は上りぬ | Kinuyo Tanaka | Japan |
Mulholland Drive (2001) | David Lynch | United States, France | |
Murder in Harlem (1935) | Oscar Micheaux | United States | |
Not Delivered (1957) | Échec au porteur | Gilles Grangier | France |
The Path (1958) | El Camino | Ana Mariscal | Spain |
Path of Hope (1950) | Il Cammino della speranza | Pietro Germi | Italy |
Repentance (1987) | მონანიება | Tengiz Abuladze | Soviet Union |
The War Is Over (1966) | La Guerre est finie | Alain Resnais | France |
Documentaries about Cinema | |||
All About Yves Montand | Montand est à nous | Yves Jeuland | France |
Buñuel, un cineasta surrealista | Javier Espada | Spain | |
Flickering Ghosts of Love Gone By | Et j'aime à la fureur | André Bonzel | France |
Oscar Micheaux - The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Francesco Zippel | Italy | |
Satoshi Kon, l'illusioniste | Pascal-Alex Vincent | France, Japan | |
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | |
The Story of Film: A New Generation | Mark Cousins |
The following films have been selected to be screened out of competition, in the "Cinéma de la plage" section.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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Amélie | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | France |
Black Cat, White Cat | Crna mačka, beli mačor | Emir Kusturica | FR Yugoslavia, France, Germany |
David Byrne's American Utopia | Spike Lee | United States | |
F9 | Justin Lin | ||
In the Mood for Love | 花樣年華 | Wong Kar-wai | Hong Kong |
JFK (Director's cut) | Oliver Stone | United States | |
Lovers Rock | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom, United States | |
Scarecrow | Jerry Schatzberg | United States | |
The Summit of the Gods | Le Sommet des Dieux | Patrick Imbert | France, Luxembourg |
Tom Medina | Tony Gatlif | France |
The following films were selected to be screened in theCritics' Week.
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In Competition | |||
Amparo(CdO) | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia, Sweden, Germany, Qatar | |
The Gravedigger's Wife(CdO) | Khadar Ayderus Ahmed | France, Somalia, Finland, Germany | |
Feathers(CdO) | Omar El Zohairy | France, Egypt, Netherlands, Greece | |
Libertad(CdO) | Clara Roquet | Spain, Belgium | |
Olga(CdO) | Elie Grappe | Switzerland, Ukraine, France | |
Small Body(CdO) | Piccolo Corpo | Laura Samani | Italy, France, Belgium |
Zero Fucks Given(CdO) | Rien à foutre | Julie Lecoustre, Emmanuel Marre | France, Belgium |
Short Films | |||
Safe | Ian Barling | United States | |
Intercom 15 | Interfon 15 | Andrei Epure | Romania |
On Solid Ground(QP) | Über Wasser | Jela Hasler | Switzerland |
Lili Alone | Duo Li | Zou Jing | China, Hong Kong, Singapore |
Inherent | Nicolai G.H. Johansen | Denmark | |
Soldat noir | Jimmy Laporal-Trésor | France | |
Noir-soleil | Marie Larrivé | ||
Brutalia, Days of Labour(QP) | Manolis Mavris | Greece, Belgium | |
If It Ain't Broke | Ma Shelo Nishbar | Elinor Nechemya | Israel |
An Invitation | Fang Ke | Hao Zhao, Yeung Tung | China |
Special Screenings | |||
Anaïs in Love(60th anniversary special screening) (CdO) (QP) | Les Amours d'Anaïs | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | France |
A Tale of Love and Desire(closing film) | Une histoire d'amour et de désir | Leyla Bouzid | |
A Radiant Girl(CdO) | Une jeune fille qui va bien | Sandrine Kiberlain | |
Bruno Reidal, Confession of a Murderer(CdO) (QP) | Bruno Reidal | Vincent Le Port | |
Robust(opening film) (CdO) | Robuste | Constance Meyer | |
Softie(QP) | Petite Nature | Samuel Theis | |
Invitation Films fromMorelia International Film Festival | |||
Bisho | Pablo Giles | Mexico | |
A Face Covered with Kisses | Un rostro cubierto de besos | Mariano Renteria Garnica | |
La Oscuridad | Jorge Sistos Moreno | ||
Pinky Promise | Indra Villaseñor Amador |
The following films were selected to be screened in theDirectors' Fortnight section:[17]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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In Competition | |||
A Chiara | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, United States | |
Ali & Ava | Clio Barnard | United Kingdom | |
A Night of Knowing Nothing(CdO) | Payal Kapadia | India | |
Between Two Worlds | Ouistreham | Emmanuel Carrère | France |
A Brighter Tomorrow(CdO) | De bas étage | Yassine Qnia | France |
The Braves | Entre les vagues | Anaïs Volpé | France |
Clara Sola(CdO) | Nathalie Álvarez Mesén | Sweden, Costa Rica | |
The Employer and the Employee | El empleado y el patron | Manuel Nieto Zas | Uruguay |
Europa | Haider Rashid | Italy | |
Futura | Pietro Marcello,Francesco Munzi,Alice Rohrwacher | ||
Întregalde | Radu Muntean | Romania | |
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar(CdO) (QP) | Luaneshat e kodrës | Luàna Bajrami | France, Kosovo |
Hit the Road(CdO) | جاده خاکی | Panah Panahi | Iran |
Magnetic Beats(CdO) | Les Magnétiques | Vincent Maël Cardona | France |
Medusa | Anita Rocha da Silveira | Brazil | |
Murina(CdO) | Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović | Croatia, United States, Brazil | |
Neptune Frost(QP) | Saul Williams,Anisia Uzeyman | Rwanda, United States | |
Our Men | Mon légionnaire | Rachel Lang | France, Belgium |
Returning to Reims (Fragments)(QP) | Retour à Reims (Fragments) | Jean-Gabriel Périot | France |
Ripples of Life | Yong an zhen gu shi ji | Shujun Wei | China |
The Sea Ahead(CdO) | البحر أمامكم | Ely Dagher | Lebanon, Belgium, United States, Qatar |
The Souvenir Part II | Joanna Hogg | United States, United Kingdom, Ireland | |
The Tale of King Crab | Re Granchio | Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis | Italy, Argentina, France |
The Tsugua Diaries | Diários de Otsoga | Miguel Gomes, Maureen Fazendeiro | Portugal |
Special Screenings | |||
Monrovia, Indiana | Frederick Wiseman | United States | |
The Souvenir | Joanna Hogg | United Kingdom, United States |
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
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The Vandal | Eddie Alcazar | United States | |
When Night Meets Dawn | Când noaptea se întâlnește cu zorii | Andreea Cristina Borțun | Romania |
Simone Is Gone(QP) | Simone est partie | Mathilde Chavanne | France |
The Parents' Room | Diego Marcon | Italy | |
The Windshield Wiper | Alberto Mielgo | Spain | |
Anxious Body | Yoriko Mizushiri | Japan, France | |
Sycorax | Lois Patiño, Matías Piñeiro | Spain | |
The Sidereal Space | El Espacio sideral | Sebastián Schjaer | Argentina |
Train Again | Peter Tscherkassky | Austria |
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:[18][19]