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Everything We Know About the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

Attendees will include fresh faces, familiar favorites, and a record number of female directors.

2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup.
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Thierry Frémaux’s annual press conference just wrapped and we have all the details. The 2023 Cannes Film Festival will honor the late behind-the-scenes cinematic force, Tom Luddy. Always a ritzy affair filled with A-list screenings, glamorous parties, and French Riviera views, the festivities will take place from May 16 to May 27 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The filmmakers are a mixed bag of festival regulars and newcomers, with some rookies including Karim Ainouz of Firebrand and Tran Anh Hung of La Passion de Dodin Bouffant.

Although difficult to live up to the fanfare surrounding last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, the festival finale film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has all the makings of a blockbuster hit. Other notable titles include Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Of particular interest is Sam Levinson’s HBO series The Idol, a drama featuring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weekend

Of the 52 titles making their debut, 19 are confirmed to be in competition. One standout is Jeunesse by Wang Bing, the first documentary to compete since 2004. Six of the festival’s competition films are created by women—an all-time record. Several of these titles include La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), Club Zero (Jessica Hausner), Last Summer (Catherine Breillat), and Banel et Adama (Ramata-Toulaye Sy).

Undoubtedly the biggest change seen this year is an increase in diversity. The festival, which has been faulted for a lack of representation in the past, includes a refreshingly global lineup, with films hailing from Mongolia, Senegal and Iran, Asia, and North Africa. As far as celebrity attendees, some of our predictions include Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore, Robert De Niro, Natalie Portman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Cate Blanchett, and Jude Law

Continue along for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival lineup and a video replay of its announcement. 

Opening Night

Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn (Out of Competition)

In Competition

Club Zero, Jessica Hausner
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer
Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismaki
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania
Asteroid City, Wes Anderson
Anatomie d’Une Chute, Justine Triet
Monster, Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Sun of the Future, Nanni Moretti
La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher
About Dry Grasses, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
L’Ete Dernier, Catherine Breillat
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant, Tran Anh Hung
Rapito, Marco Bellocchio
May/December, Todd Haynes
Firebrand, Karim Ainouz
The Old Oak, Ken Loach
Banel et Adama, Ramata-Toulaye Sy
Perfect Days, Wim Wenders
Jeunesse, Wang Bing

Un Certain Regard

The Delinquents, Rodrigo Moreno
How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker
Goodbye Julia, Mohamed Kordofani
The Buriti Flower, Joao Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
Simple Comme Sylvain, Monia Chokri
Kadib Abyad (The Mother of All Lies), Asmae El Moudir
The Settlers, Felipe Galvez
Omen, Baloji Tshiani
The Breaking Ice, Anthony Chen
Rosalie, Stephanie di Giusto
The New Boy, Warwick Thornton
If Only I Could Hibernate, Zoljargal Purevdash
Hopeless, Kim Chang-hoon
Terrestrial Verses, Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
Rien a Perdre, Delphine Deloget
Les Meutes, Kamal Lazraq
La Regne Animal, Thomas Cailley

Out of Competition

Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese
The Idol, Sam Levinson
Cobweb, Kim Jee-woon
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, James Mangold

Midnight Screenings

Omar la Fraise, Elias Belkeddar
Kennedy, Anurag Kashyap
Acide, Just Philippot

Special Screenings

Pictures of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonca Filho
Anselm, Wim Wenders
Occupied City, Steve McQueen
Man in Black, Wang Bing

Cannes Premieres

Le Temps D’Aimer, Katell Quillevere
Cerrar Los Ojos, Victor Erice
Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe, Martin Provost
Kubi, Takeshi Kitano

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2023 Official Section Announcement

Jury

The jury for Cannes 2023 is a carefully selected group of international film and TV icons, including French actor Denis Ménochet, Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani, American actress Brie Larson, Brazilian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, American actor-director Paul Dano, Afghan writer-director Atiq Rahimi, French director Julia Ducouranu, and Argentinian filmmaker Damian Szifron. 

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French actor Denis Ménochet. Photo courtesy of Getty.
Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani. Photo courtesy of Getty.
American actress Brie Larson. Photo courtesy of Getty.
Brazilian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni. Photo courtesy of Getty.
American actor-director Paul Dano. Photo courtesy of Getty.
Afghan writer-director Atiq Rahimi. Photo courtesy of Getty.
French director Julia Ducouranu. Photo courtesy of Getty.
Argentinian filmmaker Damian Szifron. Photo courtesy of Getty.

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