AwardsWatch - Cannes Film Festival

2018 Cannes: 14 Films in Contention for Queer Palm

Erik Anderson April 23, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Queer Palm is an independently sponsored prize for selected LGBT-relevant films entered into the Cannes Film Festival. The award was... Read More

2018 Cannes: Jane Fonda, Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman Docs Added to Cannes Classics

Erik Anderson April 23, 2018

Jane Fonda will appear at the71st Cannes Film Festival in one of the festival’s most loved sections, Cannes Classics. She will be in attendance for... Read More

2018 Cannes: Enfant terrible Lars von Trier returns; Terry Gilliam’s ‘Don Quixote’ to Close Fest

Erik Anderson April 19, 2018

Seven years after being banned from the festival and ‘persona non grata,’ Danish director Lars von Trier will return to the Croisette this year with... Read More

2018 Cannes: Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart, Denis Villeneuve Among the Jury of the 71st Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 18, 2018

Award-winning actors, filmmakers and musicians will join jury president for the 71st Cannes Film Festival, among them Ava DuVernay, Kristen Stewart and Denis Villeneuve. They... Read More

2018 Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight brings ‘Birds of Passage,’ Debra Granik’s ‘Leave No Trace’

Erik Anderson April 17, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 50th edition of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight will open with Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s Birds of Passage. This is... Read More

2018 Cannes Critics’ Week: Paul Dano’s Directorial Debut; Competition Films 57% Female-Directed

Erik Anderson April 16, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 57th Cannes Critics’ Week was announced today and Paul Dano’s directorial debut, Wildlife, starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal will... Read More

2018 Cannes Official Lineup: Spike Lee, Jean-Luc-Godard In Competition; Women Still Underrepresented

Erik Anderson April 12, 2018

The announcement of the film playing the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been announced and they include Jean-Luc Godard’s Le Livre D’image, Jafar Panahi’s 3... Read More

2018 Cannes Film Festival: Official Short Films and Cinéfondation Selection

Erik Anderson April 11, 2018

The Short films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2018 for the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. The announcement of the Official Selection... Read More

2018 Cannes: Official Poster for the 71st Cannes Film Festival

Erik Anderson April 11, 2018

The poster of the 71st Festival de Cannes, taken from Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le fou (1965), is inspired by the work of Georges Pierre (1927-2003). This immense still photographer immortalised... Read More