Official poster of the 70th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still of Italian actress Claudia Cardinale at a rooftop in Rome in 1959 [1] | |
| Opening film | Ismael's Ghosts |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Square |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: The Square |
| Hosted by | Monica Bellucci |
| No. of films | 19 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 17–28 May 2017 |
| Website | www |
The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. [2] Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar was the president of the jury for the main competition. Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. [3] [4] Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his comedy-drama film The Square . [5] [6] [7]
The festival celebrated its 70th edition with a special anniversary section featuring some of the new works from well established filmmakers. The official poster of the festival featured Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. [1] The actress responded: "'I am honored and proud to be flying the flag for the 70th Festival de Cannes, and delighted with this choice of photo. It's the image I myself have of the Festival, of an event that illuminates everything around ... Happy anniversary!" [8]
The festival opened with Ismael's Ghosts by Arnaud Desplechin, and closed with The Square. [9] [10]
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or : [9] [10]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Amant double | François Ozon | France, Belgium | |
| The Beguiled | Sofia Coppola | United States | |
| BPM (Beats per Minute) (QP) | 120 battements par minute | Robin Campillo | France |
| The Day After | 그 후 | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea |
| A Gentle Creature | Кроткая | Sergei Loznitsa | France, Ukraine, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Russia |
| Good Time | Josh and Benny Safdie | United States | |
| Happy End | Michael Haneke | France, Germany, Austria | |
| In the Fade | Aus dem Nichts | Fatih Akin | Germany, France |
| Jupiter's Moon | Jupiter holdja | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| Loveless | Нелюбовь | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia, France, Belgium, Germany |
| The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Noah Baumbach | United States | |
| Okja | 옥자 | Bong Joon-ho | South Korea, United States |
| Radiance | 光 | Naomi Kawase | Japan |
| Redoubtable | Le Redoutable | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| Rodin | Jacques Doillon | France, Belgium | |
| The Square | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark | |
| Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States | |
| You Were Never Really Here | Lynne Ramsay | United Kingdom, France | |
The films competing in the Un Certain Regard section were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017. Barbara , directed by Mathieu Amalric, was announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section. [9] [10] [16] The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After the War (CdO) | Après la guerre | Annarita Zambrano | France |
| April's Daughter | Las hijas de abril | Michel Franco | Mexico |
| Barbara (opening film) | Mathieu Amalric | France | |
| Beauty and the Dogs | على كف عفريت | Kaouther Ben Hania | France, Tunisia, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Switzerland |
| Before We Vanish | 散歩する侵略者 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan |
| Closeness (CdO) | Теснота | Kantemir Balagov | Russia |
| The Desert Bride (CdO) | La novia del desierto | Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato | Argentina, Chile |
| Directions | Посоки | Stephan Komandarev | Bulgaria, Germany, Republic of Macedonia |
| Fortunata | Sergio Castellitto | Italy | |
| A Man of Integrity | لِرد | Mohammad Rasoulof | Iran |
| Montparnasse Bienvenue (CdO) | Jeune Femme | Léonor Serraille | France, Belgium |
| Out (CdO) | Vychladnutie | György Kristóf | Slovakia |
| The Summit | La cordillera | Santiago Mitre | Argentina, France, Spain |
| Until the Birds Return (CdO) | En Attendant les hirondelles | Karim Moussaoui | France |
| Walking Past the Future | 路過未來 | Li Ruijun | China |
| Western | Valeska Grisebach | Germany, Austria, Bulgaria | |
| Wind River (CdO) | Taylor Sheridan | United States, France, United Kingdom | |
| The Workshop | L'Atelier | Laurent Cantet | France |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: [9] [10] [16]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Based on a True Story | D'après une histoire vraie | Roman Polanski | France, Poland |
| Blade of the Immortal | 無限の住人 | Takashi Miike | Japan, United Kingdom, South Korea |
| Faces Places (ŒdO) | Visages Villages | Agnès Varda and JR | France |
| How to Talk to Girls at Parties | John Cameron Mitchell | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Ismael's Ghosts (opening film) | Les fantômes d'Ismaël | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Midnight Screenings | |||
| A Prayer Before Dawn | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | France, United Kingdom, United States, China | |
| The Merciless | 불한당 | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea |
| The Villainess | 악녀 | Jung Byung-gil | |
The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section: [16]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Days (ŒdO) | 12 Jours | Raymond Depardon | France |
| Claire's Camera | La caméra de Claire | Hong Sang-soo | South Korea, France |
| Demons in Paradise (CdO)(ŒdO) | Jude Ratnam | France, Sri Lanka | |
| Golden Years (QP) | Nos années folles | André Téchiné | France |
| An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (ŒdO) | Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk | United States | |
| The King (ŒdO) | Eugene Jarecki | United States | |
| Napalm(ŒdO) | Claude Lanzmann | France | |
| Plot 35(ŒdO) | Carré 35 | Éric Caravaca | France, Germany |
| Sea Sorrow (ŒdO) | Vanessa Redgrave | United Kingdom | |
| They (CdO)(QP) | Anahita Ghazvinizadeh | United States, Qatar | |
| The Venerable W. (ŒdO) | Le Vénérable W. | Barbet Schroeder | France, Switzerland |
| Zombillenium (CdO) | Zombillénium | Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord | France, Belgium |
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flesh and Sand | Carne y arena | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |
The following films were selected to be screened in the 70th Anniversary section:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Frames | ۲۴ فریم | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran, France |
| Come Swim (short) | Kristen Stewart | United States | |
| Top of the Lake: China Girl (6 episodes) | Jane Campion and Ariel Kleiman | United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, United States | |
| Twin Peaks: The Return (Part 1 and 2) | David Lynch | United States | |
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) were selected out of 2,600 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. [17]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon Clouds | Payal Kapadia | FTII, India | |
| Animal | حیوان | Bahman and Bahram Ark | Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran |
| Atlantis, 2003 | Атлантида, 2003 | Michal Blaško | FTF VŠMU, Slovakia |
| Breathless | À perdre haleine | Léa Krawczyk | La Poudrière, France |
| Camouflage | Imge Özbilge | KASK, Belgium | |
| Empty on the Outside | Vazio do Lado de Fora | Eduardo Brandão Pinto | UFF, Brazil |
| Give Up The Ghost | Marian Mathias | NYU Tisch School of the Arts, United States | |
| Heritage | בן ממשיך | Yuval Aharoni | TAU, Israel |
| Invisibly | Láthatatlan | Áron Szentpéteri | Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, Hungary |
| Lejla | Stijn Bouma | Sarajevo Film Academy, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Little Manifesto Against Solemn Cinema | Pequeño manifiesto en contra del cine solemne | Roberto Porta | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
| Paul Is Here | Paul est là | Valentina Maurel | INSAS, Belgium |
| Tokeru | 溶ける | Aya Igashi | Toho Gakuen Film Techniques Training College, Japan |
| Towards the Sun | 迎向邊疆公路 | Wang Yi-ling | NTUA, Taiwan |
| Two Youths Died | Deux Égarés sont morts | Tommaso Usberti | La Fémis, France |
| Wild Horses | Rory Stewart | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
Out of 4,843 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or. [17]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Across My Land | Fiona Godivier | United States | |
| The Ceiling | Katto | Teppo Airaksinen | Finland |
| Damiana | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia | |
| A Drowning Man | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece | |
| A Gentle Night | 小城二月 | Qiu Yang | China |
| Grandpa Walrus | Pépé le morse | Lucrèce Andreae | France |
| Lunch Time | وقت ناهار | Alireza Ghasemi | Iran |
| Push It | Julia Thelin | Sweden | |
| Time to Go | Koniec widzenia | Grzegorz Mołda | Poland |
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 3 May 2017. [18]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorations | |||
| All That Jazz (1979) | Bob Fosse | United States | |
| L'Atalante (1934) | Jean Vigo | France | |
| Babatu (1976) | Babatou, les trois conseils | Jean Rouch | Niger, France |
| The Ballad of Narayama (1983) | 楢山節考 | Shōhei Imamura | Japan |
| The Battle of the Rails (1946) | La Bataille du rail | René Clément | France |
| Belle de Jour (1967) | Belle de jour | Luis Buñuel | France, Italy |
| Blow-Up (1966) | Blowup | Michelangelo Antonioni | United Kingdom, Italy, United States |
| Dream of Light aka The Quince Tree Sun (1992) | El sol del membrillo | Víctor Erice | Spain |
| Duo (1968) | Pas de deux | Norman McLaren | Canada |
| The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) | Madame de... | Max Ophüls | France, Italy |
| Harpya (1979) | Raoul Servais | Belgium | |
| I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) | Skupljači perja | Aleksandar Petrović | Yugoslavia |
| In the Realm of the Senses (1976) | 愛のコリーダ | Nagisa Oshima | Japan, France |
| L'Interview (1998) | Xavier Giannoli | France | |
| Lucía (1968) | Humberto Solás | Cuba | |
| Man of Iron (1981) | Człowiek z żelaza | Andrzej Wajda | Poland |
| Matzor (1969) | מצור | Gilberto Tofano | Israel |
| Merry-Go-Round (1956) | Körhinta | Zoltán Fábri | Hungary |
| Mirror of Holland (1950) | Spiegel van Holland | Bert Haanstra | Netherlands |
| Native Son (1951) | Pierre Chenal | Argentina, United States | |
| Soleil O (1970) | Med Hondo | France, Mauritania | |
| Paparazzi (1964) | Jacques Rozier | France | |
| Peel (1986) | Jane Campion | Australia | |
| A River Runs Through It (1992) | Robert Redford | United States | |
| The Seine Meets Paris (1957) | La Seine a rencontré Paris | Joris Ivens | France |
| Unforgiven (1992) | Clint Eastwood | United States | |
| The Wages of Fear (1953) | Le Salaire de la peur | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, Italy |
| The Way (1982) | Yol | Yılmaz Güney | Turkey, Switzerland, France |
| When the Day Breaks (1999) | Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis | Canada | |
| Whither? (1957) | إلى أين؟ | Georges Nasser | Lebanon |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Becoming Cary Grant(ŒdO) | Mark Kidel | United States, United Kingdom, France | |
| The Belgian Road to Cannes(ŒdO) | La belge histoire du Festival de Cannes | Henri de Gerlache | Belgium |
| David Stratton: A Cinematic Life(ŒdO) | Sally Aitken | Australia | |
| Filmworker (ŒdO) | Tony Zierra | United States | |
| Restless Child(ŒdO) | Jean Douchet, l'enfant agité | Fabien Hagège, Guillaume Namur and Vincent Haasser | France |
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. [19]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All About My Mother (1999) | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| August 32nd on Earth (1998) | Un 32 Août sur terre | Denis Villeneuve | Canada |
| Bugsy Malone (1976) | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
| Chariots Of Fire (1981) | Hugh Hudson | United Kingdom | |
| Djam | Tony Gatlif | France, Greece, Turkey | |
| Missing (1982) | Costa Gavras | United States | |
| Saturday Night Fever (1977) | John Badham | United States | |
| Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) | Week-end à Zuydcoote | Henri Verneuil | France, Italy |
The full selection for the Critics' Week section was announced on 21 April 2017, at the section's website. [20] [21] Sicilian Ghost Story , directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, was selected as the opening film for the Critics' Week section, while Brigsby Bear , directed by Dave McCary, was selected as its closing film. The feature film competition included, for the first time in the section's history, an animated film and a documentary film. [21]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Ava (CdO) | Léa Mysius | France | |
| The Family (CdO) | La familia | Gustavo Rondón Córdova | Venezuela, Chile, Norway |
| Gabriel and the Mountain | Gabriel e a montanha | Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa | Brazil, France |
| Makala (ŒdO) | Emmanuel Gras | France | |
| Oh Lucy! (CdO) | Atsuko Hirayanagi | Japan, United States | |
| Los Perros | Marcela Said | Chile, France | |
| Tehran Taboo (CdO) | تهران تابو | Ali Soozandeh | Germany, Austria |
| Short Films Competition | |||
| The Best Fireworks Ever | Najpiękniejsze fajerwerki ever | Aleksandra Terpińska | Poland |
| Children Leave at Dawn | Les Enfants partent à l'aube | Manon Coubia | France |
| Los Desheredados(ŒdO) | Laura Ferrés | Spain | |
| Ela - Sketches on a Departure | Ela - Szkice na Pozegnanie | Oliver Adam Kusio | Germany |
| Exposure | Le Visage | Salvatore Lista | France |
| Jodilerks Dela Cruz, Employee of the Month | Carlo Francisco Manatad | Philippines, Singapore | |
| Möbius | Sam Kuhn | United States, Canada | |
| Real Gods Require Blood | Moin Hussain | United Kingdom | |
| Selva | Sofía Quirós Ubeda | Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile | |
| The Tesla World Light | Tesla: lumière mondiale | Matthew Rankin | Canada |
| Special Screenings | |||
| After School Knife Fight | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France | |
| Bad Bunny | Coelho Mau | Carlos Conceição | Portugal, France |
| Bloody Milk (CdO) | Petit Paysan | Hubert Charuel | France |
| Brigsby Bear (CdO)(closing film) | Dave McCary | United States | |
| Islands | Les Îles | Yann Gonzalez | France |
| Sicilian Ghost Story (opening film) | Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza | Italy | |
| A Violent Life | Une vie violente | Thierry de Peretti | France |
The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 20 April 2017, at the section's website. [22] [23] [24]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France, Germany | |
| Alive in France (ŒdO) | Abel Ferrara | France | |
| Bushwick | Cary Murnion and Jonathan Milott | United States | |
| The Dragon Defense (CdO) | La Defensa del Dragón | Natalia Santa | Colombia |
| The Florida Project | Sean Baker | United States | |
| Frost | Šerkšnas | Šarūnas Bartas | Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine |
| I Am Not a Witch (CdO) | Rungano Nyoni | United Kingdom, France, Germany, Zambia | |
| The Intruder | L'Intrusa | Leonardo Di Costanzo | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc | Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Just to Be Sure | Ôtez-moi d'un Doute | Carine Tardieu | France, Belgium |
| Let the Sunshine In (opening film) | Un beau soleil intérieur | Claire Denis | France |
| Lover for a Day | L'Amant d'un jour | Philippe Garrel | |
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (QP) | Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
| Mobile Homes | Vladimir de Fontenay | Canada, France | |
| Nothingwood(CdO)(ŒdO)(QP) | Sonia Kronlund | France, Germany | |
| Patti Cake$ (CdO)(closing film) | Geremy Jasper | United States | |
| Pure Hearts (CdO) | Cuori Puri | Roberto De Paolis | Italy |
| The Rider | Chloé Zhao | United States | |
| West of the Jordan River (Field Diary Revisited)(ŒdO) | ממערב לירדן | Amos Gitai | Israel |
| Special Screenings | |||
| The Nothing Factory | A Fábrica de Nada | Pedro Pinho | Portugal |
| Short Films | |||
| Água Mole | Laura Goncalves and Alexandra Ramires | Portugal | |
| Back to Genoa City(ŒdO) | Retour à Genoa City | Benoit Grimalt | France |
| La Bouche | Camilo Restrepo | France | |
| Copa-Loca | Christos Massalas | Greece | |
| Crème de menthe | David Philippe Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy | Canada | |
| Farpões, Baldios | Marta Mateus | Portugal | |
| Min Börda | Niki Lindroth von Bahr | Sweden | |
| Mada | Alexandre Martins | Brazil | |
| Tijuana Tales | Jean-Charles Hue | France | |
| Trešnje | Dubravka Turić | Croatia | |
ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers. [25] [26] The full ACID selection was announced on 21 April 2017: [27]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Assembly | L'Assemblée | Mariana Otero | France |
| Before Summer Ends | Avant la fin de l'été | Maryam Goormaghtigh | France, Switzerland |
| Belinda | Marie Dumora | France | |
| Coby(QP) | Christian Sonderegger | ||
| Kiss and Cry | Lila Pinell, Chloé Mahieu | ||
| Last Laugh | Zhang Tao | Hong Kong, France | |
| No Farewells | Sans Adieu | Christophe Agou | France |
| Scaffoldling | Matan Yair | Israel, Poland | |
| The Starry Sky Above Me | Le Ciel étoilé au-dessus de ma tête | Ilan Klipper | France |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort and Consolation in France | Pour le réconfort | Vincent Macaigne | France |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dos Patrias | Kosta Ristić | Serbia, Cuba | |
| Emergency Exit | Izlaz u slučaju opasnosti | Vladimir Tagić | Serbia |
| A Handful of Stones | Kamen u ruci | Stefan Ivancić | |
| Humidity | Vlažnost | Nikola Ljuca | Serbia, Netherlands, Greece |
| If I had it my way I would never leave | Marko Grba Singh | Serbia | |
| Requiem for Mrs. J | Rekvijem za gospodju J. | Bojan Vuletić | Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany |
| Transition | Tranzicija | Milica Tomović | Serbia |