Cannes 2024 is Coming
The 77th edition of the International Festival de Cannes has now announced its lineup for Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere, Special Screenings…. The other parallel festival lineups are also now listed for Critics’ Week, Directors’ Fortnight and ACID.
This year only, I am offering a free report, not yet finished, but enough to allow you to choose the films YOU want to see at a glance.
It will undoubtably serve as a template for others to monetize, though, in fact, as SydneysBuzz itself was founded by IMDb when they bought FilmFinders and created this blog, and as FilmFinders had previously served as the basis and impetus creating Cinando, the credit for any actions should be given in perpetuity, as it belongs to yours truly, Sydney Levine, spellt with a Y and sounding like Devine…Sydney Levine. What’s more it is copyrighted and my permission to reproduce it is needed.
Moreover, I have similar historical reports for Cannes, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance which I have been attending every year for almost 50 years, starting in 1985 when I became the acquisitions executive for Lorimar and then Republic Pictures. In a data-driven age, these reports have added value. It would take a person with a vast imagination to value them monetarily. Should you know of such a person or entity, pass this information on.
I brag about this because I am proud of it and I am about to announce my retirement as, to quote the Administrative Head of the Cannes Film Festivals’ Marché de Film, Michelle Waterhouse, “times have now long changed…..” Mais, pour moi, “Plus ça change…”
Download the report here, and judge for yourself. I hope it helps you as my reports have helped The Biz.
Cannes Official Selection as announced on its site
Opening Film Le Deuxième Acte By Quentin Dupieux — Out Of Competition
(The Second Act)
The Apprentice By Ali Abbasi
Motel Destino By Karim Aïnouz
Bird By Andrea Arnold
Emilia Perez By Jacques Audiard
Anora By Sean Baker
Megalopolis By Francis Ford Coppola
The Shrouds By David Cronenberg
The Substance By Coralie Fargeat
Grand Tour By Miguel Gomes
Marcello Mio By Christophe Honoré
Feng Liu Yi Dai By Jia Zhang-Ke
(Caught By The Tides)
All We Imagine As Light By Payal Kapadia
Kinds Of Kindness By Yórgos Lánthimos
L’amour Ouf By Gilles Lellouche
Diamant Brut By Agathe Riedinger | 1er Film
(Wild Diamond)
Oh Canada By Paul Schrader
Limonov — The Ballad By Kirill Serebrennikov
Parthenope By Paolo Sorrentino
Pigen Med Nålen By Magnus Von Horn
(The Girl With The Needle)
Un Certain Regard
Norah By Tawfik Alzaidi
The Shameless By Konstantin Bojanov
Le Royaume By Julien Colonna | 1st Film
Vingt Dieux ! By Louise Courvoisier | 1st Film
Le Procès Du Chien By Laetitia Dosch | 1st Film
(Who Let The Dog Bite?)
Gou Zhen By Guan Hu
(Black Dog)
The Village Next To Paradise By Mo Harawe | 1st Film
September Says By Ariane Labed | 1st Film
L’histoire De Souleymane By Boris Lojkine
The Damned By Roberto Minervini
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl By Rungano Nyoni
Boku No Ohisama By Hiroshi Okuyama
(My Sunshine)
Santosh By Sandhya Suri
Viet And Nam By Truong Minh Quý
Armand By Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel | 1st Film
Out Of Competition
She’s Got No Name By Chan Peter Ho-Sun
Horizon, An American Saga By Kevin Costner
Rumours By Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga By George Miller
Midnight Screenings
Twilight Of The Warrior Walled In By Soi Cheang
The Surfer By Lorcan Finnegan
Les Femmes Au Balcon By Noémie Merlant
(The Balconettes)
I, The Executioner By Ryoo Seung Wan
Cannes Premiere
Everybody Loves Touda By Nabil Ayouch
C’est Pas Moi By Leos Carax
En Fanfare By Emmanuel Courcol
(The Matching Bang [sic] corrected: The Marching Band)
Miséricorde By Alain Guiraudie
Le Roman De Jim By Arnaud Larrieu And Jean-Marie Larrieu
Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot By Rithy Panh
Special Screenings
Le Fil By Daniel Auteuil
Ernest Cole, Lost And Found By Raoul Peck
The Invasion By Sergei Loznitsa
Apprendre By Claire Simon
La Belle De Gaza By Yolande Zauberman
