2020 Cannes Film Festival

The 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival was scheduled to take place from 12 to 23 May 2020.[1] On 13 January 2020, Spike Lee was named as the president of the jury.[2] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France, festival management announced on 14 April 2020 that the festival could not be held in its "original form", with alternative means of observing the festival being explored.[3]

2020 Cannes Film Festival
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or
Festival dateTBC
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

Earlier, festival management considered holding the festival in June or July,[4] after not cancelling the event.[5] In mid-March, the festival's main venue, the Grand Auditorium Louis Lumière, was converted into a temporary homeless shelter.[6] In May 2020, it was announced that no physical edition of the festival would take place,[7] but a revised Official Selection of films was confirmed on 3 June 2020.[8][9][10] Before announcing the list of films from the official selection, Thierry Frémaux the director of the Cannes Film Festival, said in an interview that he was talking with Spike Lee and also was hoping to have him as President of the Jury on the 2021 edition. He also confirmed that Lee's film Da 5 Bloods was supposed to be the return of Netflix to the red carpet in the Out of Competition category.[11]

Official selection

The Official Selection has been divided in sub-categories, as directors or genres, not as competitors.[12][13][14]

The Faithful (or at least selected once before)
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The French Dispatch Wes Anderson United States, Germany
Summer of 85 Été 85 François Ozon France
True Mothers Asa ga Kuru Naomi Kawase Japan
Lovers Rock Steve McQueen United Kingdom
Mangrove Steve McQueen United Kingdom
Another Round Druk Thomas Vinterberg Denmark
DNA ADN Maïwenn France
Last Words Jonathan Nossiter United States
Heaven: To the Land of Happiness Im Sang-soo South Korea
Forgotten We'll Be El Olvido que Seremos Fernando Trueba Colombia
Peninsula Bando Yeon Sang-ho South Korea
In the Dusk Sutemose Šarūnas Bartas Lithuania, France, Serbia, Czech Republic, Latvia
Home Front Des hommes Lucas Belvaux France, Belgium
The Real Thing Honki no Shirushi Kōji Fukada Japan

The Newcomers
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Simple Passion Passion simple Danielle Arbid France, Belgium
A Good Man Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar France, Belgium
Love Affairs Les Choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait Emmanuel Mouret France
Souad Ayten Amin Egypt
Limbo Ben Sharrock United Kingdom
Red Soil Rouge Farid Bentoumi France, Belgium
Sweat Magnus Van Horn Sweden, Poland
February Février Kamen Kalev Bulgaria, France
Ammonite Francis Lee United Kingdom, Australia
Un médecin de nuit Elie Wajeman France
Enfant Terrible Oskar Roehler Germany
Nadia, Butterfly Pascal Plante Canada
Here We Are Nir Bergman Israel, Italy

Omnibus Film
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong 七人樂隊 Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yuen Woo-ping, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark Hong Kong

The First Features
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Falling Viggo Mortensen United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Pleasure Ninja Thyberg Sweden, Netherlands, France
Slalom Charlène Favier France
Memory House Casa de Antiguidades João Paulo Miranda Maria Brasil, France
Broken Keys Jimmy Keyrouz Lebanon, United States, France, Cyprus
Ibrahim Samir Guesmi France
Beginning Dea Kulumbegashvili Georgia
Gagarine Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh France
Vaurien Peter Dourountzis France
Garçon chiffon Nicolas Maury France
Should the Wind Fall (Presented with the ACID parallel section) Si le vent tombe Nora Martirosyan France, Belgium, Armenia
John and the Hole Pascual Sisto United States
Spring Blossom 16 printemps Suzanne Lindon France
Striding into the Wind Ye Ma Fen Zong Wei Shujun China
The Death of Cinema and my Father Too Dani Rosenberg Israel

Documentary Films
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Billion Road En route pour le million Dieudo Hamadi Congo, Belgium, France
The Truffle Hunters Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw United States, Italy, Greece
9 Jours à Raqqa Xavier de Lauzanne France

Comedy Films
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
My Donkey, My Lover & I Antoinette dans les Cévènnes Caroline Vignal France
French Tech Les deux Alfred Bruno Podalydès France
The Big Hit Un triomphe Emmanuel Courcol France
L'Origine du monde (First feature film) Laurent Lafitte France
The Speech Le Discours Laurent Tirard France

Animated Films
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Earwig and the Witch Aya to Majo Gorō Miyazaki Japan
Flee Jonas Poher Rasmussen Denmark, France, Sweden, Norway
Josep (First feature film) Aurel France
Soul Pete Docter United States

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films have received a special and official label, delivered by the International Critics' Week.

Features
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
After LoveAleem KhanUnited Kingdom, France
Gold for DogsDe l'or pour les chiensAnna Cazenave CambetFrance
The SwarmLa NuéeJust PhilippotFrance
Skies of LebanonSous le ciel d'AliceChloé MazloFrance
BeastsLa Terre des hommesNaël MarandinFrance

Short films
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
August 22, This YearGraham FoyCanada
Towards EveningAxşama doğruTeymur HajiyevAzerbaijan
DustinNaïla GuiguetFrance
ForeignerForasteraLucía Aleñar IglesiasSpain
Good Thanks, You?Molly Manning WalkerUnited Kingdom
Humongous!とてつもなく大きなAya KazawoeJapan
MaalbeekIsmaël Joffroy ChandoutisFrance
Marlon BrandoVincent TilanusNetherlands
MenarcheMenarcaLillah HallaBrasil
White GoldfishJan Roossens, Raf RoossensBelgium

Directors' Fortnight

The Director's Fortnight decided not to organize any selection, nor label.

ACID

The following films have received a special and official label, delivered by the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema).

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
CoalesceLes affluentsJessé MiceliCambodia, France
Tightrope WalkersFunambulesIlan KlipperFrance
The Seeds We SowLes Graines que l'on sèmeNathan NicholovitchFrance
Il Mio CorpoMichele PennettaSwitzerland, Italy
The Last HillbillyDiane Sara Bouzgarrou, Thomas JenkoeFrance, Qatar
Far From You I GrewLoin de vous j'ai grandiMarie DumoraFrance
Should the Wind Fall (Presented with Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection)Si le vent tombeNora MartirosyanFrance, Belgium, Armenia
Last Days of SpringLa Última PrimaveraIsabel LambertiNetherlands, Spain
WaldenBojena HorackovaFrance, Lithuania

The ACID Trip #4 program, which should have been dedicated to young Chilean cinema, has been postponed to the next edition, in 2021.

References
  1. "Cannes Film Festival Sets Dates for 2020". Variety. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Spike Lee Makes History as Cannes Film Festival 2020 Jury President". IndieWire. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. "Cannes film festival says 2020 edition cannot go ahead 'in original form'". The Guardian. 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Cannes Jury President Spike Lee Responds to Festival Postponement". Variety. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. Stolworthy, Jacob (14 March 2020). "Cannes Film Festival update: Event not cancelled but unlikely to take place, according to insider". The Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. "Cannes opens its doors to homeless after coronavirus delays film festival". Reuters. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  7. "Cannes Rules Out Physical Edition For Now, Will Host Screenings at Fall Festivals". Variety. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  8. "Cannes Will Announce Official Selection in June, but There'll Be No Physical Edition This Year". IndieWire. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  9. "What Do We Lose When Cannes Is Canceled?". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  10. "73 Cannes Film Festival Official Selection to Be Announced". Ikon London Magazine. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. "Thierry Frémaux talks Cannes 2020 Official Selection plans, saving cinema, and Spike Lee's return (exclusive)". Screen Daily Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  12. "Cannes Film Festival Reveals 2020 Lineup: Wes Anderson, Steve McQueen, Kate Winslet & Pixar". Deadline. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  13. "Cannes selects lineup for 2020 edition after 'physical' festival shelved". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. "The films of the Official Selection 2020". Cannes. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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