Kick-off of the Cannes Film Festival 2022. For this 75and edition, which begins on Tuesday May 17 and will last until May 28, more than 35,000 moviegoers and professionals are expected in the seaside town of the Côte d’Azur.
On the competition side, 21 films – and 5 female directors – are in the running to succeed TitaniumPalme d’Or for Frenchwoman Julia Ducournau in 2021, 2and crowned director in the history of the Festival. They will be decided by a jury chaired by the Frenchman Vincent Lindon, who succeeds Spike Lee.
This high mass of cinema takes place this year in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. “We are all going to make a big festival together, we are going to think a lot about cinema, but without ever stopping to think about Ukraine”, assured Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Festival. Few Russian professionals are expected, the Festival having announced since the invasion of Ukraine that it would not host “delegations” official or government-related structures.
HAS 19 hours, the opening ceremony will be chaired by Virginie Efira. The actress has warned that she will not ban herself “no laughing”, during the event broadcast, for the first time, on France 2 and by Brut. HAS 20 hoursthe parody film by Michel Hazanavicius, Cut!will be broadcast at the opening of the Festival.
Before the start of the ceremony, our journalists Sylvie Kerviel and Mathieu Macheret will answer your questions about this new edition of the first International Film Festival. What’s new this year? In what state of mind did the Festival organizers approach this 75and edition, after two years of pandemic which weighed heavily on the 7and art and in the midst of war in Ukraine? What are the titles in official competition and the most promising films of this edition? Ask them your questions, they answer you from 18 hours.
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