Line-up of 24 films vying for coveted awards at Cannes
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Friday Jun 04, 2021
CANNES: The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d´Or after the Covid pandemic robbed the world´s leading film festival of its 2020 edition.
Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US director Spike Lee.
- ´Annette´ by Leos Carax, France -
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star as a glamourous celebrity couple whose lives are upended by the arrival of their first child.
The first film in a decade from auteur Carax is also the first in English from the eccentric French mind behind arthouse favourites Holy Motors and The Lovers on the Bridge.
The Cannes International Film Festival has unveiled the films that will screen during its 74th edition, an in-person event set to run in the Mediterranean resort town July 6-17. Pierre Lescure, president of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, general delegate, announced the Cannes 2021 lineup Thursday from the UGC Normandie theater in Paris. […]
Films competing for Cannes Palme d´Or
Entertainment
Fri, Jun 04, 2021
CANNES: The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d´Or after the Covid pandemic robbed the world´s leading film festival of its 2020 edition.
Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US director Spike Lee.
- ´Annette´ by Leos Carax, France -
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star as a glamourous celebrity couple whose lives are upended by the arrival of their first child.
The first film in a decade from auteur Carax is also the first in English from the eccentric French mind behind arthouse favourites Holy Motors and The Lovers on the Bridge.