All the French films at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

The 2024 edition of the Cannes International Film Festival, which runs from May 15 through 25, offers another magnificent portrait of contemporary French cinema, with six French films vying for the Palme d'Or.
And as is the case every year, France, the home of cinema and the cradle of numerous international co-productions, will be present in all sections, with a total of almost 100 titles produced or co-produced by France, including minority-French productions and shorts.

The festival will open with a tribute to cinema with Quentin Dupieux's latest film, The Second Act, set against the backdrop of a film shoot, featuring a quartet of characters, and whose cast Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Raphaël Quenard, and Louis Garrel will walk the red carpet to launch proceedings.

This year, six films will represent French cinema in Competition, including a first feature (Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger) about the world of influencers, and an animated film (The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius). New films by Christophe Honoré (Marcello Mio), Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez), Gilles Lellouche (L'Amour ouf), and Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine as Light) round out the majority-French films.
Karim Aïnouz, David Cronenberg, Miguel Gomes, Paolo Sorrentino, and Kirill Serebrennikov will also present their films, all French-minority productions.

Three French documentaries (directed by Raoul Peck, Claire Simon, and Yolande Zauberman) will be presented in Special Screenings, accompanied, in this same section, by films by Arnaud Desplechin and Daniel Auteuil. And, as in recent editions, the Cannes Première sidebar will showcase a dozen eagerly-awaited French films, including Leos Carax's medium-length feature and new films by Gaël Morel, Alain Guiraudie, and the Larrieu brothers.

Un certain regard will feature new films by Boris Lojkine and three filmmakers' debut productions:  Louise Courvoisier (Vingt Dieux), Céline Sallette (Niki), and Julien Colonna (The Kingdom). Noémie Merlant will present her second feature, The Balconettes, in a Midnight Screening.

Cannes Immersive
For its first competitive selection in the field of immersive creation, the Cannes Film Festival has chosen to focus on exploring the many existing hybrid forms and formats, and on works that are already recognized, rather than on world premieres. This choice will enable us to (re)discover many French creations, since six of the eight works selected are national productions or co-productions, as are the six out-of-competition works that complete the program.

The bridges between cinema and innovative immersive technologies are particularly evident in the presence of the actors and actresses who lend their voices to the works: Cate Blanchett for Evolver, Rosario Dawson and Jehnny Beth for BattleScar, Olivia Cooke and Vimala Pons for Emperor, Tahar Rahim and Collin Farrell for Gloomy Eyes, Naomi Kawase for Missing Pictures : Naomi Kawase, Jessica Chastain, Millie Bobby Brown, Patty Smith, Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Jane Birkin for Spheres, and the writer Tania De Montaigne for the adaptation of her novel Colored in augmented reality.

Parallel sections
  Quinzaine des Cinéastes (Directors' Fortnight) will open with a homage to Sophie Fillières, whose posthumous film This Life of Mine will be presented. This year's selection reveals new films by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel, Patricia Mazuy, and Thierry De Peretti.

Semaine de la Critique (Critics' Week) will open and close with two French films (Jonathan Millet's debut feature is opening night, while Emma Benestan's second feature closes the section). The selection also highlights two debut features, one of which will receive a Special Screening, by young filmmakers Alexis Langlois and Antoine Chevrollier.

Last but not least, Acid Cannes, true to its policy of showcasing explorative and independent cinema, will present new works by Guillaume Brac, Hélène Milano, Marcia Romano, and Benoît Sabatier, and Mona Convert.

All the French films and co-productions at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Opening film
The Second Act by Quentin Dupieux

Competition
The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger
Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard
L'Amour ouf by Gilles Lellouche
Marcello Mio by Christophe Honoré
Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes (minority-French co-production)
The Shrouds by David Cronenberg (minority-French co-production)
Limonov. The Ballad by Kirill Serebrennikov (French co-production shares not specified)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof (French co-production shares not specified)
Motel Destino by Karim Aïnouz (minority-French co-production)
Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino (minority-French co-production)
Out-of-Competition
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre De La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte

Special Screenings
Ernest Cole, Lost and Found by Raoul Peck
Apprendre by Claire Simon
The Belle from Gaza by Yolande Zauberman
An Ordinary Case by Daniel Auteuil
Spectateurs ! by Arnaud Desplechin
The Invasion by Sergei Loznitsa (minority-French co-production)
Un certain regard
The Story of Souleymane by Boris Lojkine
Vingt Dieux by Louise Courvoisier
The Kingdom by Julien Colonna
Niki by Céline Sallette
Dog on Trial by Laetitia Dosch (minority-French co-production)
Flow by Gints Zilbalodis (minority-French co-production)
My Sunshine by Hiroshi Okuyama (minority-French co-production)
Santosh by Sandhya Suri (minority-French co-production)
The Shameless by Konstantin Bojanov (French co-production shares not specified)
The Village Next to Paradise by Mo Harawe (minority-French co-production)
Viet and Nam by Minh Quý Trương (minority-French co-production)
When the Light Breaks by Rúnar Rúnarsson (minority-French co-production) OPENING FILM

Midnight Screenings
The Balconettes by Noémie Merlant

Cannes Première
Being Maria by Jessica Palud
Vivre, mourir, renaître by Gaël Morel
C'est pas moi by Leos Carax
En fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol
Everybody Loves Touda by Nabil Ayouch
Jim's Story by Jean-Marie Larrieu and Arnaud Larrieu
Miséricorde by Alain Guiraudie
Rendez-vous avec Pol Pot by Rithy Panh

Screenings for young audiences
Into The Wonderwoods by winshluss and Alexis Ducord
You're Not the One I Expected by Claude Barras

Cannes Classics
Jacques Rozier, d'une vague à l'autre by Emmanuel Barnault
Jacques Demy, le rose et le noir by Florence Platarets
François Truffaut, le scénario de ma vie by David Teboul
Once Upon a Time Michel Legrand by David Dessites
Scénarios by Jean-Luc Godard
"La vérité est révolutionnaire - L'aveu" (an episode from the series Le siècle de Costa-Gavras) by Yannick Kergoat

Short films - Competition
The Man who couldn't keep silent by Nebojša Slijepčević
Les Belles cicatrices by Raphaël Jouzeau
Volcelest by Éric Briche
Sanki Yoxsan by Azer Guliev
Across the Waters by Viv Li

Short films - Immersive Competition
Evolver by Barnaby Steel, Ersin Han Ersin, and Robin Mcnicholas
Maya: The Birth of a Superhero by Poulomi Basu and CJ Clarke
The Roaming - Wetlands by Mathieu Pradat
Human Violins by Iona Mischie
Colored by Pierre-Alain Giraud and Stéphane Foenkinos

Short films - Immersive section Out-of-Competition
BattleScar by Martin Allais and Nico Casavecchia
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness by James Spinney and Peter Middleton
Gloomy Eyes by Jorge Tereso and Fernando Maldonado
Spheres by Eliza Mcnitt
Emperor by Marion Burger and Ilan Cohen
Missing Pictures : Naomi Kawase by Clément Deneux

Short films - Cinef
Echoes by Robinson Drossos
Mauvais Coton by Nicolas Dumaret

Cinéma de la plage
My Way by Thierry Teston, with the collaboration of Lisa Azuelos
The Darwinners by Guigue & Jul
Slocum et moi by Jean-François Laguionie (minority-French co-production)

56th QUINZAINE DES CINEASTES
Opening film
This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières

Official Selection
Eat the Night by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel
Visiting Hours by Patricia Mazuy
In His Own Image by Thierry De Peretti
The Falling Sky by Eryk Rocha and Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha (minority-French co-production)
Ghost Cat Anzu by Yoko Kuno and Nobushiro Yamashita (French co-production shares not specified)
To a Land Unknown by Mahdi Fleifel (minority-French co-production)
Eephus by Carson Lund (minority-French co-production)
The Other Way Around by Jonás Trueba (French co-production shares not specified)
Mongrel by Chiang Wei Liang (minority-French co-production)

Closing film
Les Pistolets en plastique by Jean-Christophe Meurisse

Short films - Official Selection
Antoine, Élise and Léandre by Jules Follet
After the Sun by Rayane Mcirdi

63th SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE
Opening film
Ghost Trail by Jonathan Millet

Competition
Block Pass by Antoine Chevrollier
The Brink of Dreams by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (French co-production shares not specified)
Locust de Keff (minority-French co-production)
Baby de Marcelo Caetano (French co-production shares not specified)

Closing film
Animale by Emma Benestan

Special screenings
Queens Of Drama by Alexis Langlois
Across The Sea by Saïd Hamich

Short films - Selection
Radikals by Arvin Belarmino
Supersilly by Veronica Martiradonna
Montsouris Park by Guil Sela
Alazar by Beza Hailu Lemma
What we ask of a statue is that it doesn’t move by Daphné Hérétakis

Short films - Special Screenings
1996 ou les Malheurs de Solveig by Lucie Borleteau

ACID CANNES 2024
Selection
Ce n'est qu'un au revoir by Guillaume Brac
Château Rouge by Hélène Milano
Fotogenico by Marcia Romano and Benoît Sabatier
Un pays en flammes by Mona Convert
Mi bestia by Camila Beltrán
It Doesn't Matter by Josh Mond (minority-French co-production)
In Retreat by Maisam Ali (minority-French co-production)