Critics' Week, until 2008 called International Critics' Week, is a parallel section to the Cannes Film Festival organized by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics.
Joséphine Mahaut Marie Japy is a French actress. She made her debut in the 2005 film Grey Souls, and has appeared in films such as the comedy Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009) and its sequel Neuilly sa mère, sa mère! (2018), the Claude François biopic My Way (2012) in which she portrayed French singer France Gall, the coming-of-age drama Breathe (2014) – for which she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress, the romantic comedy Love at Second Sight (2019), the period drama Eugénie Grandet (2021), and the thriller Sur les chemins noirs (2023), as well as the Netflix biographical miniseries Class Act (2023).
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president for the main competition. South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Parasite; Bong became the first Korean to win the award.
Ladj Ly is a French film director and screenwriter. He won a Jury Prize in Cannes Film Festival for Les Misérables in 2019. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Jeanne du Barry is a 2023 French-language historical drama film directed, co-written and produced by Maïwenn and starring herself and Johnny Depp in the leading roles. It also stars Pierre Richard, Benjamin Lavernhe, Noémie Lvovsky, Pascal Greggory, Melvil Poupaud, and India Hair. Its plot centres on the life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Harka is a 2022 internationally co-produced drama film, written and directed by Lotfy Nathan, in his narrative directorial debut, inspired by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation that sparked the Tunisian revolution and Arab Spring in 2010 and 2011. It stars Adam Bessa, Salima Maatoug, Ikbal Harbi and Najib Allagui.
A Radiant Girl is a 2021 French drama film written and directed by Sandrine Kiberlain in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Rebecca Marder as a young Jewish girl aspiring to become an actress during the occupation of France. The film premiered in the Critics' Week section of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or.
Rebecca Marder is a French film and stage actress.
Adam Bessa is a French-Tunisian actor, known for his roles in French and Hollywood productions such as Reda in The Blessed (2017), Kawa in Mosul (2019), soldier Yaz Kahn in Extraction (2020) and its 2023 sequel, and Abbas Naziri in the Amazon Prime Video series Hanna. For his performance in Harka (2022), he won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Performance at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
The Book of Solutions is a 2023 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Michel Gondry.
Just the Two of Us is a 2023 French psychological drama film directed by Valérie Donzelli, from a screenplay written by Donzelli and Audrey Diwan. It is based on Éric Reinhardt's 2014 novel L'Amour et les Forêts.
Marc Missonnier is a French film producer. He previously co-headed Fidelité Productions before launching his own production company Moana Films.
The Lumière Award for Best International Co-Production is an award given to an international co-production financed by a French company and released in France in the previous year. It has been presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 2020. It replaced the Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film that was awarded from 2003 to 2019 to a French-language film made outside France.
The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2024. American filmmaker and actress Greta Gerwig served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Camille Cottin hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. American filmmaker Sean Baker won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Anora.
It's Not Me is a 2024 French film written and directed by Leos Carax.
Wild Diamond is a 2024 French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Agathe Riedinger, in her feature directorial debut. The film stars Malou Khebizi, Idir Azougli, Andréa Bescond and Ashley Romano, and was adapted from Riedinger's 2017 short film J'attends Jupiter.
The Most Precious of Cargoes is a 2024 French animated drama film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius and with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Grumberg and Hazanavicius. The film is an adaptation of Grumberg's 2019 novel of the same name.
The Other Way Around is a 2024 Spanish-French comedy film directed by Jonás Trueba, who also wrote it in tandem with stars Itsaso Arana and Vito Sanz.
No Love Lost is a 2023 French comedy drama film directed and written by Erwan De Luc. It stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and Céleste Brunnquell as father and daughter, Étienne and Rosa.
Sayyid El Alami is a French actor. He is known for his starring roles in the American thriller television series Messiah (2020) and the French historical drama miniseries Oussekine (2022). His performance in the coming-of-age drama film And Their Children After Them (2024) earned him a nomination for the Lumière Award for Best Male Revelation.
