AwardsWatch - Cannes Film Festival

55th Directors’ Fortnight and 62nd Critics’ Week selections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 18, 2023

30 films have been selected for the 55th Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival, as announced by Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Quinzaine... Read More

76th Cannes Film Festival Lineup: New films from Todd Haynes, Kore-eda Hirokazu; women directors hit record numbers in competition

Erik Anderson April 13, 2023

New films from Todd Haynes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nanni Moretti, Ken Loach and Kore-eda Hirokazu highlight the competition lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival... Read More

Cannes Market: Bleecker Street picks up U.S. rights to Frances O’Connor’s directorial debut ‘Emily’ starring Emma Mackey

Erik Anderson May 17, 2022

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights for writer-director Frances O’Connor’s (A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Mansfield Park) directorial debut Emily, revealing Emily Brontë’s own romantic story... Read More

2022 Cannes Critics’ Week lineup: New leadership, Jesse Eisenberg’s debut feature, plus films with Paul Mescal and Bae Doo-na

Erik Anderson April 20, 2022

Critics’ Week, one of the sidebars devoted to first and second films running alongside the Cannes Film Festival, will be kicking off with Jesse Eisenberg’s... Read More

2022 Cannes Directors Fortnight lineup: ‘Men,’ women directors and French favorites

Erik Anderson April 19, 2022

The 54th Directors’ Fortnight selection selection of the Cannes Film Festival has been announced, featuring French favorites, female-fronted films and several first time films. The... Read More

2022 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Notable auteurs, blockbusters, and the king of rock & roll

Ryan McQuade April 14, 2022

Earlier this morning, the lineup for the 75th Cannes Film Festival was revealed by festival director Thierry Fremaux and exiting president Pierre Lescure (who will... Read More

Cannes 2022: 20 Potential Contenders for a Palme d’Or Competition Slot

Mina Takla April 11, 2022

The much-anticipated Cannes 2022 lineup will be revealed this Thursday, April 14, promising a wealth of international films from established and new voices. As always,... Read More

NEON picks up Cannes Directors’ Fortnight winner ‘A Chiara’

Erik Anderson July 18, 2021

The Oscar-winning studio is behind this year’s Cannes Palme winner Titane, Jury Prize winner Memoria and Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve from The Worst Person... Read More

NEON picks up U.S. rights to Joachim Trier’s Cannes hit ‘The Worst Person in the World’

Erik Anderson July 16, 2021

NEON announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to The Worst Person in The World from Norwegian writer-director Joachim Trier (Reprise, Oslo, August 31st, Thelma). The film marks... Read More

Sony Pictures Classics acquires rights to Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes competition title ‘Compartment No.6’

Erik Anderson July 15, 2021

Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired rights from Totem Films in North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East to Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No.6, produced by Jussi Rantamäki and... Read More

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