 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) 18 (Un Certain Regard) 9 (Short films) |
| 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 film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar was the President of the Jury for the festival and Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.[3][4] Ismael's Ghosts, directed by French director Arnaud Desplechin, was the opening film for the festival.[5][6]
The festival celebrated its 70th edition. In late March 2017, the official poster of the festival was revealed featuring Italian actress Claudia Cardinale.[1] The actress responded, "'I am honoured 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!"[7]
The Palme d'Or was awarded to the Swedish film, The Square directed by Ruben Östlund, which also served as the closing night film of the festival.[8][9][10]
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The films competing in the main competition section for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017:[5][6] The Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amant Double | L'Amant double | François Ozon | France |
| 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 |
| Jupiter's Moon | Jupiter holdja | Kornél Mundruczó | Hungary |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Yorgos Lanthimos | Ireland, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Loveless | Нелюбовь | Andrey Zvyagintsev | Russia |
| 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 (closing film) | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark | |
| Wonderstruck | Todd Haynes | United States | |
| You Were Never Really Here | Lynne Ramsay | United Kingdom, United States, 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.[5][6][16] The Un Certain Regard Prize winner has been highlighted.
| 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, 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, United States |
| The Summit[16] | 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, United Kingdom, Canada | |
| The Workshop | L'Atelier | Laurent Cantet | France |
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:[5][6][16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Based on a True Story | D'après une histoire vraie | Roman Polanski | France, Belgium |
| Blade of the Immortal | 無限の住人 | Takashi Miike | Japan |
| Faces Places (ŒdO) | Visages Villages | Agnès Varda, 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 | |
| The Merciless | 불한당 | Byun Sung-hyun | South Korea |
| The Villainess | 악녀 | Jung Byung-gil | |
The following films were selected to receive a special screening:[16]
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. 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, Jon Shenk | United States | |
| Napalm (ŒdO) | Claude Lanzmann | France | |
| Plot 35 (ŒdO) | Carré 35 | Éric Caravaca | France, Germany |
| Promised Land (ŒdO) | Eugene Jarecki | United States | |
| Sea Sorrow (ŒdO) | Vanessa Redgrave | United Kingdom | |
| They (CdO) (QP) | Anahita Ghazvinizadeh | United States, Denmark, Qatar | |
| The Venerable W. (ŒdO) | Le Vénérable W. | Barbet Schroeder | France, Switzerland |
| Zombillenium (CdO) | Zombillénium | Arthur de Pins, Alexis Ducord | France, Belgium |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flesh and Sand | Carne y arena | Alejandro González Iñárritu | United States |
| Title | Director(s) | Prod. country |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Frames | Abbas Kiarostami | Iran |
| Come Swim | Kristen Stewart | United States |
| Top of the Lake: China Girl (6 episodes) | Jane Campion, 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] The winner of the Cinéfondation First Prize has been highlighted.
| 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] The Short film Palme d'Or winner has been highlighted.
| 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, 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]
| Evening | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 18 | All About My Mother (1999) | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| Friday 19 | Bugsy Malone (1976) | Alan Parker | United Kingdom | |
| Saturday 20 | Saturday Night Fever (1977) | John Badham | United States | |
| Tuesday 23 | Missing (1982) | Costa Gavras | ||
| Wednesday 24 | Chariots Of Fire (1981) | Hugh Hudson | United Kingdom | |
| Thursday 25 | Djam (2017) | Tony Gatlif | France, Greece, Turkey | |
| Friday 26 | Weekend at Dunkirk (1964) | Week-end à Zuydcoote | Henri Verneuil | France, Italy |
| Thursday 27 | August 32nd on Earth (1998) | Un 32 Août sur terre | Denis Villeneuve | Canada |
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]
The winner of the Nespresso Grand Prize has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Ali Soozandeh | Germany, Austria | |
The winner of the Discovery Award for Short Film has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Tesla: lumière mondiale | Matthew Rankin | Canada | |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| After School Knife Fight | Caroline Poggi, 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, 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] Let the Sunshine In, directed by Claire Denis, was selected as the opening film for the Directors' Fortnight section and Patti Cake$, directed by Geremy Jasper, was selected as the closing film for the Directors' Fortnight section.
The winner of the Art Cinema Award has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Ciambra | Jonas Carpignano | Italy, France, Germany | |
| Alive in France (ŒdO) | Abel Ferrara | France | |
| Bushwick | Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott | United States | |
| The Dragon Defense (CdO) | La Defensa del Dragón | Natalia Santa | Colombia |
| The Florida Project | Sean Baker | United States | |
| Frost | Šarūnas Bartas | Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine | |
| I Am Not a Witch (CdO) | Rungano Nyoni | United Kingdom, France | |
| The Intruder | L'Intrusa | Leonardo Di Costanzo | Italy, France, Switzerland |
| Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc | Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne d'Arc | Bruno Dumont | France |
| Just to Be Sure | Ôtez-moi d'un Doute | Carine Tardieu | France, Belgium |
| Let the Sunshine In (opening film) | Un beau soleil intérieur | Claire Denis | France |
| Lover for a Day | L'Amant d'un jour | Philippe Garrel | France |
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (QP) | Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
| Mobile Homes | Vladimir de Fontenay | Canada, France | |
| Nothingwood (CdO) (ŒdO) (QP) | Sonia Kronlund | France, Germany | |
| Patti Cake$ (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 |
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Nothing Factory | A Fábrica de Nada | Pedro Pinho | Portugal |
The winner of the Illy Prize for Short Film has been highlighted:
| English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Água Mole | Laura Goncalves, 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, 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, at the section's website.[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 |
