2024 Cannes Film Festival Additions: Valeria Golino Returns to the Croisette, Animated Films Join Official Selections

After announcing the official lineup, Critics’ Week, Directors Fortnight, Cannes Classics and other sections, the Cannes Film Festival has revealed more additions to the 77th edition of the fest, which will take place from May 14-25, 2024.

Added will be a Rendez-vous…with Valeria Golino. The actress/director has twice appeared in the Official Selection with her films Miele (2013) and Euforia (2018). She returns with an adaptation of Goliarda Sapienza’s novel L’arte della gioia (The Art of Joy) for the screen, starring Jasmine Trinca, Tecla Insolia and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi. Initially shot as a TV series, The Art of Joy will be released in movie theaters in Italy. The first episode of the series will be previewed, followed by a dialogue between Valeria Golino and the audience.

While the full reveal of the Cinéma de la Plage will be announced soon, four films were revealed today: Daniel Burman’s Transmitzvah, Jul’s Silex and the City, Jean-François Laguionie’s Slocum et Moi and My Way from Lisa Azuelos and Thierry Teston.

With the tribute to Studio Ghibli, the 2024 Official Selection will feature 6 animated films: La plus précieuse des marchandises (The Most Precious of Cargoes) in Competition in addition to Flow (Un Certain Regard), Silex and the City, Slocum et moi, Sauvages, and Angelo, dans la forêt mystérieuse.

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