| 2018 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Opening: | Everybody Knows |
| Closing: | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote |
| Location: | Cannes, France |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Awards: | Palme d'Or |
| Host: | Édouard Baer |
| Number: | 21 (In Competition) 18 (Un Certain Regard) |
| Date: | 8–19 May 2018 |
| Main: | Cannes Film Festival |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018.[1] Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as president of the jury.[2] The Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.[3]
Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Ricardo Darín, opened the festival and competed in the Main Competition section. It was the second Spanish-language film to open Cannes, following Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education, which screened on the opening night of the 2004 festival.[4]
The official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou. It is the second time the festival poster was inspired by Godard's film after his 1963 film Contempt at the 2016 festival. According to festival's official statement, the poster is inspired by and paid tribute to the work of French photographer Georges Pierre.
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[13] [14] [15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Faces | سه رخ | Iran | ||
| Asako I & II | 寝ても覚めて | Japan | ||
| Ash Is Purest White | 江湖儿女 | China | ||
| At War | En Guerre | France | ||
| Ayka | Айка | Kazakhstan | ||
| BlacKkKlansman | United States | |||
| Burning | 버닝 | South Korea | ||
| Capernaum | كفرناحوم | Lebanon | ||
| Cold War | Zimna wojna | Poland | ||
| Dogman | Italy | |||
| Everybody Knows (opening film) | Todos lo saben | Spain | ||
| Girls of the Sun | Les filles du soleil | France | ||
| Happy as Lazzaro | Lazzaro Felice | Italy | ||
| The Image Book | Le livre d'images | France, Switzerland | ||
| Knife+Heart (QP) | Un Couteau Dans Le Cœur | France | ||
| Leto | Лето | Russia | ||
| Shoplifters | 万引き家族 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | |
| Sorry Angel (QP) | Plaire, aimer et courir vite | France | ||
| Under the Silver Lake | United States | |||
| The Wild Pear Tree | Ahlat Ağacı | Turkey | ||
| Yomeddine (CdO) | يوم الدين | Egypt |
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[13] [14] [15]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Angel (QP) | El Ángel | Argentina, Spain | ||
| Angel Face | Gueule d'ange | France | ||
| Border (QP) | Gräns | Sweden, Denmark | ||
| The Dead and the Others | Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos | João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora | Brazil, Portugal | |
| Donbass (opening film) | Донбас | Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania | ||
| Euphoria (QP) | Euforia | Italy | ||
| "Gentle Indifference of the World" | The Gentle Indifference of the World | Әлемнің жұмсақтық мазасыздығы | Adilkhan Yerzhanov | Kazakhstan, France |
| Girl (CdO) (QP) | Belgium | |||
| The Harvesters (CdO) | Die Stropers | South Africa, France, Poland, Greece | ||
| In My Room | Ulrich Köhler | Germany, Italy | ||
| Little Tickles (CdO) | Les Chatouilles | Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer | France | |
| Long Day's Journey into Night | 地球最後的夜晚 | China | ||
| Manto | मंटो | India | ||
| Murder Me, Monster | Muere, Monstruo, Muere | Alejandro Fadel | Argentina | |
| My Favourite Fabric (CdO) | Mon tissu préféré | Gaya Jiji | France, Germany, Turkey | |
| Rafiki (QP) | Kenya | |||
| Sextape | À genoux les gars | Antoine Desrosières | France | |
| Sofia (CdO) | Belgium |
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[13] [14] [16] [15] [17]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotti | United States | |||
| The House That Jack Built | Denmark | |||
| The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (closing film) | United Kingdom | |||
| Sink or Swim | Le Grand Bain | France | ||
| United States | ||||
| Midnight Screenings | ||||
| Arctic (CdO) | Iceland | |||
| Fahrenheit 451 | United States | |||
| The Spy Gone North | 공작 / Gongjak | South Korea | ||
| Whitney (QP) | United Kingdom | |||
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:[13] [14]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Another Day of Life (ŒdO) | Jeszcze dzień życia | Damian Nenow, Raul De La Fuente | Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary |
| Dead Souls (ŒdO) | 死靈魂 | France, Switzerland | |
| The Great Mystical Circus | O Grande Circo Místico | Brazil | |
| (ŒdO) | Papst Franziskus - Ein Mann seines Wortes / Le pape François: un homme de parole | France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland | |
| The State Against Mandela and the Others (ŒdO) | France | ||
| Ten Years Thailand | สิบปีในประเทศไทย | Thailand | |
| To the Four Winds | Libre | Michel Toesca | France |
| On the Road in France | La Traversée | ||
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary feature.
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 23 April 2018.[18] [19] [20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restorations | ||||
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | United States, United Kingdom | |||
| The Seventh Seal (1957) | Det sjunde inseglet | Sweden | ||
| Beating Heart (1940) | Battement de cœur | France | ||
| Enamorada (1946) | Mexico | |||
| Bicycle Thieves (1948) | Ladri di biciclette | Italy | ||
| Tokyo Story (1953) | 東京物語 | Japan | ||
| The Apartment (1960) | United States | |||
| Lamb (1964) | La Lutte sénégalaise | Senegal | ||
| Diamonds of the Night (1964) | Démanty noci | Czechoslovakia | ||
| War and Peace Part I (1966) | Война и мир | Soviet Union | ||
| The Nun (1966) | La Religieuse | France | ||
| Four White Shirts (1967) | Četri balti krekli | Soviet Union | ||
| The Hour of the Furnaces (1968) | La hora de los hornos | Argentina | ||
| Blow for Blow (1972) | Coup pour coup | France | ||
| João and the Knife (1972) | João a faca e o rio | Netherlands, Brazil | ||
| Come and work (1979) | Fad’jal | Senegal | ||
| The Island of Love (1982) | A Ilha dos Amores | Portugal, Japan | ||
| Five and the Skin (1982) | Cinq et la peau | Pierre Rissient | France | |
| Driving Miss Daisy (1989) | United States | |||
| Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) | France | |||
| Hyenas (1992) | Hyènes | Senegal | ||
| Documentaries about Cinema | ||||
| The Eyes of Orson Welles (ŒdO) | Mark Cousins | United Kingdom | ||
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Pamela B.Green | United States | ||
| Jane Fonda in Five Acts | Susan Lacy | |||
| Bergman - A Year in Life | Bergman — ett år, ett liv | Jane Magnusson | Sweden | |
| Searching for Ingmar Bergman | À la recherche d'Ingmar Bergman | Margarethe von Trotta | Germany | |
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.[21]
| Evening | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 8 | The Firemen's Ball (1967) | Hoří, má panenko | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Wednesday 9 | Black Panther (2018) | United States | |||
| Thursday 10 | The Specialists (1969) | Le Spécialiste | France, Italy, West Germany | ||
| Friday 11 | The Big Blue (1988) | Le Grand Bleu | France, United States, Italy | ||
| Saturday 12 | The Departure (1967) | Le Départ | Belgium | ||
| The Silence of the Lambs (1991) | United States | ||||
| Sunday 13 | Destiny (1997) | المصير | Egypt | ||
| Monday 14 | One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) | L'une chante, l'autre pas | France | ||
| Tuesday 15 | Vertigo (1958) | United States | |||
| Wednesday 16 | Grease (1978) | ||||
| Thursday 17 | Le grand bal (2018) | Laetitia Carton | France | ||
| Friday 18 | Bagdad Cafe (1987) | West Germany | |||
| Saturday 19 | Good Morning, Babylon (1987) | Good morning Babilonia | Italy | ||
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week section:[22] [23]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris the Swiss (CdO) | Anja Kofmel | Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Finland | |
| Diamantino (CdO) (QP) | Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt | Portugal, France, Brazil | |
| One Day (CdO) | Egy Nap | Zsófia Szilágyi | Hungary |
| Fugue | Fuga | Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden | |
| Woman at War | Kona fer í stríð | Iceland, France, Ukraine | |
| Sauvage (CdO) (QP) | France | ||
| Sir (CdO) | Monsieur | India, France | |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Wildlife (opening film) (CdO) | United States | ||
| Our Struggles | Nos Batailles | Belgium, France | |
| Shéhérazade (CdO) (QP) | Jean-Bernard Marlin | France | |
| Guy (closing film) | |||
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amor, Avenidas Novas | Duarte Coimbra | Portugal | ||
| Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year | Ektoras Malo: I Teleftea Mera Tis Chronias | Jacqueline Lentzou | Greece | |
| Exemplary Citizen | Mo-Bum-Shi-Min | Kim Cheol-hwi | South Korea | |
| Pauline Enslaved | Pauline asservie | Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet | France | |
| La Persistente | Camille Lugan | |||
| Raptor Rapace | Rapaz | Felipe Gálvez | Chile | |
| Schächer | Flurin Giger | Switzerland | ||
| The Tiger | Tiikeri | Mikko Myllylahti | Finland | |
| A Wedding Day | Un jour de marriage | Elias Belkeddar | Algeria, France | |
| Normal | Ya normalniy | Michael Borodin | Russia | |
| Special Screenings | ||||
| The Fall | La chute | Boris Labbé | France | |
| Third Kind | Yorgos Zois | Greece, Croatia | ||
| Ultra Pulpe | Bertrand Mandico | France | ||
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:[24] [25]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amin | France | |||
| Birds of Passage | Pájaros de verano | Colombia | ||
| Buy Me a Gun | Cómprame un Revólver | Mexico | ||
| Carmen and Lola (CdO) (QP) | Carmen y Lola | Arantxa Echevarria | Spain | |
| Climax | France | |||
| Leave No Trace | United States | |||
| The Load (CdO) | Teret | Ognjen Glavonić | Serbia, France | |
| Lucia's Grace | Troppa grazia | Italy | ||
| Mandy | United States | |||
| Mirai | 未来のミライ | Japan | ||
| The World Is Yours | Le Monde est à toi | France | ||
| The Pluto Moment | 冥王星時刻 | Ming Zhang | China | |
| Petra | Spain, France | |||
| Samouni Road | La strada dei Samouni | Stefano Savona | Italy, France | |
| Los Silencios | Brazil, Colombia, France | |||
| The Snatch Thief | El Motoarrebatador | Agustin Toscano | Argentina | |
| To the Ends of the World | Les Confins du Monde | France | ||
| Treat Me Like Fire (CdO) | Joueurs | Marie Monge | ||
| The Trouble With You | En liberté! | |||
| Dear Son | ولدي | Tunisia, Belgium, France |
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
| International title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basses | Félix Imbert | France | |
| La Chanson | Tiphaine Raffier | France | |
| La Lotta | Italy | ||
| Las Cruces | Nicolas Boone | France | |
| La Nuit des sacs plastiques | Gabriel Harel | ||
| The Orphan (O órfão) | Brazil | ||
| Our Song to War | Juanita Onzaga | Colombia | |
| Skip Day | Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas | United States | |
| The Subject (Le sujet) | Canada | ||
| This Magnificent Cake! (Ce magnifique gâteau!) | Emma De Swaef, Marc Roels | Belgium |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alone at My Wedding | Seule à mon mariage | Marta Bergman | Belgium | |
| Bad Bad Winter | Так Себе Зима | Olga Korotko | Kazakhstan | |
| Cassandro the Exotico | (QP) | France | ||
| In the Mighty Jungle | Dans la terrible jungle | Caroline Capelle, Ombline Rey | ||
| Love Blooms (QP) | L'Amour debout | Michaël Dacheux | ||
| Something is Happening | Il se passe quelque chose | Anne Alix | ||
| Thunder Road | Jim Cummings | United States | ||
| A Violent Desire For Joy | Un violent désir de Bonheur | Clément Schneider | France | |
| We the Coyotes | Nous les Coyotes | Hanna Ladoul, Marco La Via | France, United States | |
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
A ban on Netflix films in competition, which came about after the streaming giant refused to show them in French cinemas, has meant the issues of streaming and distribution have also been hot topics. The issue prompted Juror Ava DuVernay, who made 13th for Netflix, to make a plea for "flexibility of thought".[26]
In March and April 2018, weeks before general delegate Thierry Frémaux was set to unveil the official selection, reports suggested streaming service Netflix was to pull its already-selected films from premiering at the festival in retaliation for the barring of Netflix films from competing.[27] [28] They were still allowed to premiere in other sections, and many reportedly opted for an Out of Competition berth. The films affected were Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, Morgan Neville's They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind, Paul Greengrass' 22 July, and Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark.
Ultimately, Netflix pulled all of their films from selection.[29] Notably, in the press conference announcement, Frémaux commented that he wanted The Other Side of the Wind and had planned to screen it as a special screening with the Welles-related documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.[30] [31] He also noted that he had selected Roma for competition.
Danish film director Lars von Trier returned to Cannes with his film The House That Jack Built, after he was declared "persona non grata" at the 2011 festival.[32]
The chair of the jury Cate Blanchett has called for gender parity at the Cannes Film Festival, calling it "almost a gladiatorial sport". However, she concedes that there has been improvements and the change "won't happen overnight".
During the festival, 82 female film professionals, led by Jury president Cate Blanchett and veteran director Agnès Varda, took part to a demonstration on the red carpet, demanding more equality between men and women in the film industry, notably the end of the pay gap.[33]
The festival launched a sexual harassment hotline in partnership with France’s Ministry of Gender Equality where victims of harassment and abuse could receive support and guidance by calling a dedicated number.[34] [35]