AwardsWatch - Cannes Film Festival

Cannes 2021: Joanna Hogg’s ‘The Souvenir Part II’ among Directors’ Fortnight lineup

Erik Anderson June 8, 2021

The highly anticipated sequel to Joanna Hogg’s 2019 film The Souvenir is set to highlight the 53rd Directors’ Fortnight lineup of the Cannes Film Festival,... Read More

Cannes 2021: Critics’ Week brings a French heavy lineup

Erik Anderson June 7, 2021

After taking off a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Semaine de la Critique aka Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival parallel festival dedicated to first and... Read More

2021 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Big auteurs, expanded lineups and a record number of women filmmakers

Erik Anderson June 3, 2021

24 titles were revealed this morning as in competition films for the 74th Cannes Film Festival, announced today by Thierry Frémaux, artistic director and general... Read More

2021 Cannes: Jodie Foster to be honored during Opening Ceremony

Erik Anderson June 2, 2021

Academy Award winning actress and director Jodie Foster will be the Guest of honour at the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, which... Read More

Cannes 2021: Who’s in the running in one of the most competitive seasons in years

Mina Takla May 31, 2021

Excitement is high as the Cannes Film Festival is set to return with a highly anticipated edition that is sure to mark with it the... Read More

Leos Carax’s ‘Annette’ with Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver will open the 74th Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 19, 2021

The 74th Cannes International Film Festival runs July 6-17 Nine years after the remarkable Holy Motors, presented in competition, Leos Carax will unveil in Cannes his new... Read More

Spike Lee to head jury of 74th Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson March 16, 2021

Prevented last year due to the health crisis, the Festival de Cannes inaugurates this new decade with an outstanding President of the Jury, one of... Read More

The 2020 Cannes Film Festival is back…sort of

Erik Anderson September 28, 2020

In a surprise announcement today, it was revealed that the Festival will be at Cannes in this after all, a smaller version of it, that... Read More

Cannes Film Festival teams up with San Sebastián for multi-film event

Erik Anderson September 16, 2020

Seventeen films from the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes 2020 will be presented After joining Deauville, the Festival de Cannes is continuing to... Read More

2020 Cannes Classics lineup: ‘In the Mood for Love,’ ‘La Strada,’ ‘Belushi’ and more

Erik Anderson July 15, 2020

Since the beginning of the 2000s, when we were still unaware that the relation of contemporary cinema to its own memory would be shaken up... Read More

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