| 2019 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Opening: | The Dead Don't Die |
| Closing: | The Specials |
| Location: | Cannes, France |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Awards: | French: [[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no |
| Host: | Édouard Baer[1] |
| Number: | 21 (In Competition) 18 (Un Certain Regard) 11 (Short films) |
| Date: | 14–25 May 2019 |
| Main: | Cannes Film Festival |
| Previous: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019.[2] Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president.[3] [4] The French: [[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no went to the South Korean film Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became the first Korean director to win the award.[5]
American film director Jim Jarmusch's ensemble zombie comedy film The Dead Don't Die served as the opening film of the festival.[6] The festival honoured French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who died in March 2019, featuring her on the official poster of the festival.[7] The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955), which later screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The following films were selected to compete for the French: [[Palme d'Or]]|italic=no:[18] [19]
(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:[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam (QP) | Morocco | |||
| Beanpole (QP) | Дылда | Russia | ||
| The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily | La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia | France, Italy | ||
| A Brother's Love (CdO) | La Femme de mon frère | Canada | ||
| Bull (CdO) | United States | |||
| The Climb (CdO) | Michael Covino | |||
| Fire Will Come | O que Arde | Spain, France, Luxembourg | ||
| Liberté (QP) | Liberté | Spain | ||
| Homeward (CdO) | Evge | Ukraine | ||
| The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão | A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão | Karim Aïnouz | Brazil | |
| Joan of Arc | Jeanne | France | ||
| Nina Wu | 灼人秘密 | Taiwan | ||
| On a Magical Night | Chambre 212 | France | ||
| Once in Trubchevsk | Однажды в Трубчевске | Larissa Sadilova | Russia | |
| Papicha | France | |||
| Port Authority (CdO) (QP) | United States | |||
| Summer of Changsha (CdO) | 六欲天 | China | ||
| The Swallows of Kabul | Les Hirondelles de Kaboul | Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobé Mévellec | France | |
(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:[18] [20]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Belle Époque | Nicolas Bedos | France | |
| The Best Years of a Life | Les plus belles années d'une vie | Claude Lelouch | |
| Diego Maradona (ŒdO) | Asif Kapadia | United Kingdom | |
| Rocketman (QP) | Dexter Fletcher | United States | |
| The Specials (closing film) | Hors normes | Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | France |
| Too Old to Die Young (episodes 4 and 5) | Nicolas Winding Refn | United States | |
| Midnight Screenings | |||
| The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil | 악인전 | South Korea | |
| Lux Æterna | France | ||
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary.
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:[18]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5B (ŒdO) | United States | |||
| Chicuarotes | Mexico | |||
| The Cordillera of Dreams | La Cordillera de los sueños (ŒdO) | France, Chile | ||
| Family Romance, LLC | Germany | |||
| For Sama (ŒdO) | United Kingdom | |||
| Ice on Fire (ŒdO) | Leila Conners | United States | ||
| Que sea ley (ŒdO) | Argentina | |||
| Share (CdO) | United States | |||
| Living and Knowing You Are Alive | Être vivant et le savoir | France | ||
| Tommaso | Italy | |||
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary feature.
Out of 4,240 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.[21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Van | Erenik Beqiri | Albania, France | ||
| Anna | Dekel Berenson | Ukraine, Israel, United Kingdom | ||
| The Jump (ŒdO) | Vanessa Dumont and Nicolas Davenel | France | ||
| The Distance Between Us and the Sky (QP) | Vasilis Kekatos | Greece, France | ||
| All Inclusive | Teemu Nikki | Finland | ||
| Who Talks | Ingen lyssnar | Elin Övergaard | Sweden | |
| And Then the Bear | Agnès Patron | France | ||
| Butterflies | Parparim | Yona Rozenkier | Israel | |
| Monster God | Monstruo Dios | Agustina San Martín | Argentina | |
| White Echo | United States | |||
| The Nap | La Siesta | Argentina | ||
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (14 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 2,000 submissions. Six of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.[21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambience | Wisam Al Jafari | Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, Palestine | ||
| Mano a mano | Louise Courvoisier | CinéFabrique, France | ||
| One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Thousand | Sto dvacet osm tisíc | Ondřej Erban | FAMU, Czech Republic | |
| Jeremiah (QP) | Kenya Gillespie | University of Texas at Austin, United States | ||
| Pura vida | Martin Gonda | FTF VŠMU – Film and Television Faculty, Academy of Performing Arts, Slovakia | ||
| Adam | Shoki Lin | NTU, Singapore | ||
| Rift | Netek | Yarden Lipshitz Louz | Sapir College, Israel | |
| Solar Plexus | David McShane | NFTS, United Kingdom | ||
| Rosso: A True Lie About a Fisherman | Rosso: La Vera storia falsa del pescatore Clemente | Antonio Messana | La Fémis, France | |
| As Up to Now | Ahogy eddig | Katalin Moldovai | Budapest Metropolitan University (METU), Hungary | |
| Favourites | Favoriten | Martin Monk | Filmakademie Wien, Austria | |
| Roadkill | Leszek Mozga | UAL, United Kingdom | ||
| The Little Soul | Duszyczka | Barbara Rupik | PWSFTviT, Poland | |
| Hiêu | Richard Van | CalArts, United States | ||
| Bamboe | Flo Van Deuren | RITCS, Belgium | ||
| Complex Subject (QP) | Slozhnopodchinennoe | Olesya Yakovleva | St Petersburg State University of Film and Television, Russia | |
| Alien | 령희 | Yeon Jegwang | Korea National University of Arts, South Korea | |
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 26 April 2019.[22]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restorations | ||||
| 125, rue Montmartre (1959) | France | |||
| Diary of a Nurse (1957) | 护士日记 | China | ||
| The Doors (1991) | United States | |||
| Easy Rider (1969) | Dennis Hopper | |||
| The Golden Age (1930) | L'Âge d'or | France | ||
| The Horse Thief (1986) | 盗马贼 | China | ||
| La Cité de la peur (1994) | France | |||
| Loves of a Blonde (1965) | Lásky jedné plavovlásky | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Miracle in Milan (1951) | Miracolo a Milano | Italy | ||
| Moulin Rouge (1952) | United Kingdom | |||
| Nazarín (1958) | Mexico | |||
| Plogoff, des pierres contre des fusils (1980) | Nicole Le Garrec | France | ||
| Seven Beauties (1975) | Pasqualino Settebellezze | Italy | ||
| The Shining (1980) | United States, United Kingdom | |||
| Kanał (1957) | Poland | |||
| Toni (1934) | France | |||
| Twenty Years of African Cinema (1983) | Caméra d’Afrique | Tunisia, France | ||
| The White Caravan (1964) | თეთრი ქარავანი / Белый караван | Soviet Union | ||
| The White Snake Enchantress (1958) | 白蛇伝 | Taiji Yabushita | Japan | |
| The Witness (1969) | A tanú | Hungary | ||
| The Woman Who Dared (1943) | Le Ciel est à vous | France | ||
| The Young and the Damned (1950) | Los Olvidados | Mexico | ||
| Documentaries about Cinema | ||||
| Cinecittà - I mestieri del cinema Bernardo Bertolucci | Mario Sesti | Italy | ||
| Forman vs. Forman | Helena Třeštíková, Jakub Hejna | Czech Republic, France | ||
| La Passione di Anna Magnani | Enrico Cerasuolo | Italy, France | ||
| Les Silences de Johnny | Pierre-William Glenn | France | ||
| Midge Costin | United States | |||
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.[23]
| Evening | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 15 | The 400 Blows (1959) | Les 400 Coups | France | ||
| Thursday 16 | La Cité de la peur (1994) | Alain Berbérian | |||
| Saturday 18 | Any Number Can Win (1962) | Mélodie en sous-sol | France, Italy | ||
| Sunday 19 | The Doors (1991) | United States | |||
| Monday 20 | Hauts les filles (2019) | François Armanet | France | ||
| Tuesday 21 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) | 臥虎藏龍 | Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, United States | ||
| Wednesday 22 | Easy Rider (1969) | United States | |||
| Thursday 23 | Boyz n the Hood (1991) | John Singleton | |||
| Friday 24 | The Patriots (1994) | Les Patriotes | France | ||
The following films were selected to be screened in the Critics' Week section:[24]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Abou Leila | Algeria, France, Qatar | ||
| A White, White Day | Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur | Iceland, Denmark, Sweden | |
| I Lost My Body | J'ai perdu mon corps | Jérémy Clapin | France |
| Land of Ashes | Ceniza Negra | Sofía Quirós Ubeda | Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, France |
| Our Mothers | Nuestras Madres | Guatemala, Belgium, France | |
| The Unknown Saint | Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu | Morocco, France, Qatar | |
| Vivarium | Ireland, Belgium, Denmark | ||
| Short Films | |||
| Community Gardens | Kolektyvinai Sodai | Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania |
| Ikki illa meint | Andrias Høgenni | Denmark, Faroe Islands | |
| Journey Through a Body (QP) | Camille Degeye | France | |
| The Last Trip to the Seaside | Ultimul drum spre mare | Adi Voicu | Romania |
| Lucía en el limbo | Valentina Maurel | Belgium, France, Costa Rica | |
| The Manila Lover (QP) | Johanna Pyykkö | Norway, Philippines | |
| Party Day | Día de Festa | Sofia Bost | Portugal |
| She Runs (QP) | Qiu Yang | China, France | |
| The Trap | Fakh | Nada Riyadh | Egypt, Germany |
| Tuesday From 8 to 6 | Mardi de 8 à 18 | Cecilia de Arce | France |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (closing film) | 春江水暖 | Gu Xiaogang | China |
| Heroes Don't Die | Les héros ne meurent jamais | Aude Léa Rapin | France, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Litigante (opening film) | Franco Lolli | Colombia, France | |
| You Deserve a Lover (QP) | Tu mérites un amour | Hafsia Herzi | France |
| Special Screenings - Short Films | |||
| Demonic | Pia Borg | Australia | |
| Naptha | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom | |
| Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You | Brandon Cronenberg | Canada | |
| Invisible Hero | Invisível Herói | Cristèle Alves Meira | Portugal, France |
| Tenzo | Katsuya Tomita | Japan | |
| Invitation Films from Morelia International Film Festival | |||
| Satán | Carlos Tapia González | Switzerland | |
| San Miguel | Cris Gris | Mexico | |
| The Girl with Two Heads | La chica con dos cabezas | Betzabé García | |
| The Thin Air | El aire Delgado | Pablo Giles | |
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:[25] [26]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||||
| Alice and the Mayor | Alice et le Maire | Nicolas Pariser | France | ||
| An Easy Girl | Une fille facile | Rebecca Zlotowski | France | ||
| And Then We Danced (QP) | Sweden, Georgia | ||||
| The Bare Necessity (CdO) | Perdrix | Erwan Le Duc | France | ||
| Blow It to Bits | On va tout péter | Lech Kowalski | |||
| Deerskin (opening film) | Le Daim | Quentin Dupieux | |||
| Dogs Don't Wear Pants | Koirat eivät käytä housuja | J-P Valkeapää | Finland, Latvia | ||
| First Love | Hatsukoi | Japan, United Kingdom | |||
| For the Money | Por el dinero | Alejo Moguillansky | Argentina | ||
| Ghost Tropic | Bas Devos | Belgium | |||
| Give Me Liberty | United States | ||||
| The Halt | Ang Hupa | Philippines, China | |||
| The Lighthouse | Canada, United States | ||||
| Particles (CdO) | Les Particules | Blaise Harrison | Switzerland, France | ||
| Lillian | Austria | ||||
| Oleg | Juris Kursietis | Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France | |||
| The Orphanage | Parwareshgah | Denmark, Afghanistan, France | |||
| Sick, Sick, Sick (CdO) | Sem seu sangue | Alice Furtado | Brazil, Netherlands, France | ||
| Song Without a Name (CdO) | Canción sin nombre | Melina León | Peru, Switzerland | ||
| Tlamess (QP) | Ala Eddine Slim | Tunisia, France | |||
| To Live to Sing | 活着唱着 | China, France | |||
| Wounds | United States | ||||
| Yves (closing film) | Benoît Forgeard | France | |||
| Zombi Child (QP) | Bertrand Bonello | ||||
| Special Screnings | |||||
| Red 11 | Robert Rodriguez | United States | |||
| The Staggering Girl | Luca Guadagnino | Italy | |||
| Short and Medium-length Films | |||||
| Ghost Pleasure | Plaisir fantôme | Morgan Simon | France | ||
| Grand Bouquet (QP) | Nao Yoshigai | Japan | |||
| Je te tiens | Sergio Caballero | Spain | |||
| The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady | Les Extraordinaires Mésaventures de la jeune fille de pierre | Gabriel Abrantes | France, Portugal | ||
| Movements | Jeong Da-hee | South Korea | |||
| Olla | Ariane Labed | France, United Kingdom | |||
| Piece of Meat | Jerrold Chong and Huang Junxiang | Singapore | |||
| Stay Awake, Be Ready | Hãy Tỉnh Thức và Sẵn Sàng | An Pham Thien | Vietnam, South Korea, United States | ||
| That Which Is to Come Is Just a Promise | Flatform | Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand | |||
| Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters | Deux sœurs qui ne sont pas sœurs | Beatrice Gibson | United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, France | ||
| Exhibition | |||||
| Go Where You Look | (Aloft, Chalkroom and To the Moon) | Laurie Anderson, Hsin-Chien Huang | |||
(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 in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:[27] [28]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Films | |||
| As Happy As Possible | Rêve de jeunesse | Alain Raoust | France, Portugal |
| Blind Spot | L'Angle mort | Pierre Trividic, Patrick-Mario Bernard | France |
| Des Hommes (ŒdO) | Alice Odiot, Jean-Robert Viallet | ||
| Indianara (ŒdO)(QP) | Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcelo Barbosa | Brazil | |
| Kongo (ŒdO) | Hadrien La Vapeur, Corto Vaclav | France | |
| Mickey and the Bear | United States | ||
| Solo (ŒdO) | Artemio Benki | France, Czech Republic, Argentina, Austria | |
| Take Me Somewhere Nice | Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| Vif-argent | Stéphane Batut | France | |
| ACID Trip #3 - Argentina | |||
| Brief Story from the Green Planet | Breve historia del planeta verde | Santiago Loza | Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain |
| Las Vegas | Juan Villegas | Argentina | |
| Sangre blanca | Barbara Sarasola-Day | ||
(ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:[29]