Thanks to early official announcements a number of the movies debuting at this year’s 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes are already known. Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act” will open the festival. George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” will premiere out of competition. And Frances Ford Coppola leaked himself that his latest opus, “Megalopolis” will screen in competition. This morning, Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate and Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, announced the rest of the lineup and it features a stellar lineup including new films from Andrea Arnold, Yorgos Lanthimos, Leos Carax, Sean Baker, Paul Schrader, Paolo Sorrentino, Jacques Audiard, and David Cronenberg.
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Some of the recognizable actors in new films this Cannes include Emma Stone, Cate Blanchett, Margaret Qualley, Nicholas Cage, Selena Gomez, and Richard Gere, among others.
Fresh off the global success of “Barbie,” Greta Gerwig is this year’s competition jury president. The rest of the competition jury will be revealed in the weeks to come. Moreover, Xavier Dolan is the jury president for Un Certain Regard, Lukas Dhont is the jury president for the Queer Palm, and Rodrigo Sorogoyen is the jury president for Critics’s Week.
The festival recently announced that George Lucas will receive an honorary Palm d’Or. It also revealed a new Immersive Competition for works that move beyond the two-dimensional screen.
Frémaux says at least 10 films will be added to the program in the weeks ahead. And three of them should be In Competition.
The complete list of films announced so far are as follows:
IN COMPETITION
THE APPRENTICE – Ali ABBASIMOTEL DESTINO – Karim AÏNOUZBIRD – Andrea ARNOLDEMILIA PEREZ – Jacques AUDIARDANORA – Sean BAKERMEGALOPOLIS – Francis Ford COPPOLATHE SHROUDS – David CRONENBERGTHE SUBSTANCE – Coralie FARGEATGRAND TOUR – Miguel GOMESMARCELLO MIO – Christophe HONORÉFENG LIU YI DAI (CAUGHT BY THE TIDES) – JIA Zhang-KeALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT – Payal KAPADIAKINDS OF KINDNESS – Yórgos LÁNTHIMOSL’AMOUR OUF – Gilles LELLOUCHEDIAMANT BRUT (WILD DIAMOND) – Agathe RIEDINGER (First film)OH CANADA – Paul SCHRADERLIMONOV – THE BALLAD – Kirill SEREBRENNIKOVPARTHENOPE – Paolo SORRENTINOPIGEN MED NÅLEN (THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE) –Magnus VON HORN
UN CERTAIN REGARD
NORAH – Tawfik ALZAIDITHE SHAMELESS – Konstantin BOJANOVLE ROYAUME – Julien COLONNA (First film)VINGT DIEUX ! – Louise COURVOISIER (First film)LE PROCÈS DU CHIEN (WHO LET THE DOG BITE?) – Lætitia DOSCH (First film)GOU ZHEN (BLACK DOG) – GUAN HuTHE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE – Mo HARAWE (First film)SEPTEMBER SAYS – Ariane LABED (First film)L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE – Boris LOJKINELES DAMNÉS (THE DAMNED) – Roberto MINERVINION BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL – Rungano NYONIBOKU NO OHISAMA (MY SUNSHINE) – Hiroshi OKUYAMASANTOSH – Sandhya SURIVIET AND NAM – TRUONG Minh QuýARMAND – Halfdan ULLMANN TØNDEL (First film)
OUT OF COMPETITION
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA – George MILLERHORIZON, AN AMERICAN SAGA – Kevin COSTNERSHE’S GOT NO NAME – CHAN Peter Ho-SunRUMOURS – Evan JOHNSON, Galen JOHNSON, Guy MADDIN
MIDNIGHT
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIOR WALLED IN – Soi CHEANGI, THE EXECUTIONER – Seung Wan RYOOTHE SURFER – Lorcan FINNEGANLES FEMMES AU BALCON (THE BALCONETTES) – Noémie MERLANT
CANNES PREMIERE
MISÉRICORDE – Alain GUIRAUDIEC’EST PAS MOI – Leos CARAXEVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA – Nabil AYOUCHEN FANFARE (THE MATCHING BANG) – Emmanuel COURCOLRENDEZ-VOUS AVEC POL POT – Rithy PANHLE ROMAN DE JIM – Arnaud LARRIEU, Jean-Marie LARRIEU
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
LA BELLE DE GAZA – Yolande ZAUBERMANAPPRENDRE –Claire SIMONL’INVASION (THE INVASION) – Sergei LOZNITSAERNEST COLE, PHOTOGRAPHE (ERNEST COLE, LOST AND FOUND) – Raoul PECKLE FIL – Daniel AUTEUIL

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival will screen from Tuesday, May 14 to Saturday, May 25. Look for complete coverage on The Playlist.