2022 Cannes Film Festival
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The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival that took place from 17 to 28 May 2022.[1] French actor Vincent Lindon served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Virginie Efira hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Official poster of the 75th Cannes Film Festival featuring a homage to The Truman Show (1998) | |
| Opening film | Final Cut |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Triangle of Sadness |
| Hosted by | Virginie Efira |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 17–28 May 2022 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Triangle of Sadness. The Honorary Palme d'Or was awarded to American actors Forest Whitaker and Tom Cruise, the latter on short notice during the international premiere of Top Gun: Maverick.[2][3]
The official poster for the festival was designed as a homage to The Truman Show (1998), the film was also selected for the Cinéma de la Plage section.[4]
The festival opened with Final Cut by Michel Hazanavicius. The edition also marked the festival's return to its full spectator capacity after the disruption in its previous two year's editions due to COVID-19 restrictions in France.
Juries
Main competition
- Vincent Lindon, French actor - Jury President[5]
- Asghar Farhadi, Iranian director, screenwriter and producer
- Rebecca Hall, English actress, producer, director and screenwriter
- Ladj Ly, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer
- Jeff Nichols, American director and screenwriter
- Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
- Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress
- Joachim Trier, Norwegian director and screenwriter
- Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress and director
Un Certain Regard
- Valeria Golino, Italian actress, director and producer - Jury President[6][7]
- Benjamin Biolay, French singer, songwriter, actor and producer
- Debra Granik, American director
- Joanna Kulig, Polish actress
- Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor and producer
Caméra d'or
- Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress - Jury President
- Natasza Chroscicki, French general director of Arri France
- Lucien Jean-Baptiste, French director, screenwriter and actor
- Jean-Claude Larrieu, French cinematographer
- Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
- Olivier Pelisson, French film critic
- Éléonore Weber, French director and author
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
- Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director - Jury President
- Monia Chokri, Canadian actress, director and screenwriter
- Félix Moati, French actor, director and screenwriter
- Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, French journalist and literary critic
- Laura Wandel, Belgian director and screenwriter
Independent juries
Critics' Week
- Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian director and screenwriter - Jury President[8]
- Benoît Debie, Belgian cinematographer
- Benedikt Erlingsson, Icelandic director
- Huh Moon-yung, Korean film critic and director of the Busan International Film Festival
- Ariane Labed, French-Greek actress
Queer Palm
- Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter - Jury President
- Djanis Bouzyani, French actor, director and screenwriter
- Marilou Duponchel, French journalist
- Stéphane Riethauser, Swiss director
- Paul Struthers, Australian producer
L'Œil d'or
- Agnieszka Holland, Polish director - Jury President[9]
- Pierre Deladonchamps, French actor
- Hicham Falah, Moroccan general director of the Agadir International Documentary Film Festival
- Iryna Tsilyk, Ukrainian director and writer
- Alex Vicente, Spanish film critic
Official sections
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:[10][11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armageddon Time | James Gray | United States | |
| Boy from Heaven | صبي من الجنة | Tarik Saleh | Sweden, France Finland |
| Broker | 브로커 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | South Korea |
| Brother and Sister | Frère et sœur | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Close | Lukas Dhont | Belgium, Netherlands, France | |
| Crimes of the Future | David Cronenberg | Canada, France, United Kingdom, Greece | |
| Decision to Leave | 헤어질 결심 | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| The Eight Mountains | Le otto montagne | Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen | Italy, Belgium, France |
| EO | Io | Jerzy Skolimowski | Poland, Italy |
| Forever Young | Les Amandiers | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | France, Italy |
| Holy Spider | عنکبوت مقدس | Ali Abbasi | Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany |
| Leila's Brothers | برادران لیلا | Saeed Roustayi | Iran |
| Mother and Son | Un petit frère | Léonor Serraille | France |
| Nostalgia | Mario Martone | Italy, France | |
| Pacifiction | Pacifiction – Tourment sur les îles | Albert Serra | France, Spain, Portugal, Germany |
| R.M.N. | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France, Belgium | |
| Showing Up | Kelly Reichardt | United States | |
| Stars at Noon | Claire Denis | France | |
| Tchaikovsky's Wife | Жена Чайковского | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia, France, Switzerland |
| Tori and Lokita | Tori et Lokita | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | Belgium, France |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany | |
Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:[10][11]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All the People I'll Never Be | Retour à Séoul | Davy Chou | Cambodia, France, Belgium, Germany, Qatar |
| The Blue Caftan | Le Bleu du caftan | Maryam Touzani | Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark |
| Burning Days | Kurak Günler | Emin Alper | Turkey, France |
| Butterfly Vision (CdO) | Бачення метелика | Maksym Nakonechnyi | Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Ukraine |
| Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg | |
| Domingo and the Mist | Domingo y la niebla | Ariel Escalante Meza | Costa Rica |
| Father & Soldier (opening film) | Tirailleurs | Mathieu Vadepied | France, Senegal |
| Godland | Vanskabte Land | Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden |
| Harka (CdO) | Lotfy Nathan | Tunisia, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, United States | |
| Joyland (CdO) | جوائے لینڈ | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan |
| Mediterranean Fever | حمى البحر المتوسط | Maha Haj | Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar |
| Metronom (CdO) | Alexandru Belc | Romania, France | |
| More Than Ever | Plus que jamais | Emily Atef | Germany, France, Luxembourg, Norway |
| Plan 75 (CdO) | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, Philippines, France | |
| Rodeo (CdO) | Rodéo | Lola Quivoron | France |
| Sick of Myself | Syk Pike | Kristoffer Borgli | Norway, Sweden |
| The Silent Twins | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, United Kingdom, United States | |
| The Stranger | Thomas M. Wright | Australia | |
| War Pony (CdO) | Riley Keough and Gina Gammell | United States | |
| The Worst Ones (CdO) | Les Pires | Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret | France |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis | Baz Luhrmann | Australia, United States | |
| Final Cut (opening film) | Coupez! | Michel Hazanavicius | France |
| The Innocent | L'Innocent | Louis Garrel | |
| Masquerade | Mascarade | Nicolas Bedos | |
| November | Novembre | Cédric Jimenez | |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing | George Miller | Australia, United States | |
| Top Gun: Maverick | Joseph Kosinski | United States | |
| Midnight screenings | |||
| Hunt | 헌트 | Lee Jung-jae | South Korea |
| Moonage Daydream | Brett Morgen | Germany, United States | |
| Rebel | Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah | Belgium, France, Luxembourg | |
| Smoking Causes Coughing | Fumer fait tousser | Quentin Dupieux | France |
Cannes Premiere
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:[12]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Beasts | As bestas | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | Spain, France |
| Diary of a Fleeting Affair | Chronique d'une liaison passagère | Emmanuel Mouret | France |
| Dodo | Panos H. Koutras | Greece, France, Belgium | |
| Don Juan | Serge Bozon | France | |
| Exterior Night (Part I and II) | Esterno notte | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France |
| Irma Vep (episodes 1 and 2) | Olivier Assayas | United States | |
| The Night of the 12th | La Nuit du 12 | Dominik Moll | France, Belgium |
| Our Brothers | Nos frangins | Rachid Bouchareb | France, Algeria |
Special Screenings
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| All That Breathes | Shaunak Sen | India, United Kingdom, United States | |
| Feminist Riposte (CdO) | Riposte féministe | Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon | France |
| Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind | Ethan Coen | United States | |
| Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (CdO) | Le Petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux? | Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre | France |
| Marcel! (CdO) | Jasmine Trinca | Italy, France | |
| Mariupolis 2 | Маріуполіс 2 | Mantas Kvedaravicius and Hanna Bilobrova | Germany, France, Lithuania, Ukraine |
| My Imaginary Country | Mi país imaginario | Patricio Guzmán | Chile, France |
| The Natural History of Destruction | Die Naturgeschichte der Zerstörung | Sergei Loznitsa | Germany, Netherlands, Lithuania |
| Remains of the Wind | Restos do Vento | Tiago Guedes | Portugal, France |
| Salam | Mélanie Diam's, Houda Benyamina and Anne Cissé | France | |
| The Vagabonds (CdO) | Doroteya Droumeva | Germany | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Short Films Competition
Out of 3,507 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Short Story | 破碎太阳之心 | Bi Gan | China |
| Cherries | Uogos | Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania |
| Fire at the Lake | Le Feu au lac | Pierre Menahem | France |
| Melancholy of my Mother's Lullabies | Lori | Abinash Bikram Shah | Nepal, Hong Kong |
| Night Light | Luz Nocturna | Kim Torres | Costa Rica |
| Persona | 각질 | Moon Sujin | South Korea |
| Same Old | Lloyd Lee Choi | United States, Canada | |
| Tsutsuɛ | Amartei Armar | Ghana, France | |
| The Water Murmurs | 海边升起一座悬崖 | Chen Jianying | China |
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (13 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 1,528 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | School |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Conspiracy Man | Il Barbiere complottista | Valerio Ferrara | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| All of This Belongs to You | Tout ceci vous reviendra | Lilian Fanara | La Fémis, France |
| Craze | Hajszálrepedés | Bianka Szelestey | Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary |
| Glorious Revolution | Masha Novikova | London Film School, United Kingdom | |
| Humans Are Dumber When Crammed Up Together | Les Humains sont cons quand ils s'empilent | Laurène Fernandez | CinéFabrique, France |
| Kinship | Sheherut | Orin Kadoori | Tel Aviv University, Israel |
| Liquid Bread | Chlieb náš každodenný | Alica Bednáriková | FTF VŠMU, Slovakia |
| Mistida | Falcão Nhaga | ESTC, Portugal | |
| Mumlife | Ruby Challenger | AFTRS, Australia | |
| Nauha | Pratham Khurana | Whistling Woods International, India | |
| The Pass | Pepi Ginsberg | New York University, United States | |
| The Silent Whistle | Feng Zheng | Li Yingtong | Emerson College, United States |
| Somewhere | 地儿 | Li Jiahe | Hebei University of Science and Technology, China |
| Spring Roll Dream | Mai Vu | NFTS, United Kingdom | |
| That's Amore | 100% Flået Kærlighed | Malthe Saxer | Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark |
| We Are Not There Tomorrow | Jutro Nas Tam Nie Ma | Olga Kłyszewicz | Łódź Film School, Poland |
Cannes Classics
The following films were selected to be screened in Cannes Classics:[13]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restorations | |||
| Black God, White Devil (1964) | Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol | Glauber Rocha | Brazil |
| Daisies (1966) | Sedmikrásky | Věra Chytilová | Czechoslovakia |
| If I Were a Spy (1967) | Si j'étais un espion | Bertrand Blier | France |
| Itim (1976) | Mike De Leon | Philippines | |
| The Last Waltz (1978) | Martin Scorsese | United States | |
| The Mother and the Whore (1972) | La Maman et la putain | Jean Eustache | France |
| Pratidwandi (1970) | Satyajit Ray | India | |
| The Red Head (1932) | Poil de Carotte | Julien Duvivier | France |
| Shoeshine (1946) | Sciuscià | Vittorio De Sica | Italy |
| Singin' in the Rain (1952) | Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen | United States | |
| Thampu (1978) | G. Aravindan | India | |
| The Trial (1962) | Orson Welles | France, West Germany, Italy | |
| Viva la Muerte (1971) | Fernando Arrabal | France, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Philippines, Brazil, Italy | |
| Documentaries about Cinema | |||
| Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid | Patrick Jeudy | France | |
| Hommage d'une fille à son père (CdO) | Fatou Cissé | Mali | |
| Jane Campion, Cinema Woman | Jane Campion, la femme cinéma | Julie Bertuccelli | France |
| The Last Movie Stars (episodes 3 and 4) | Ethan Hawke | United States | |
| Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A | Naomi Kawase | Japan | |
| L'Ombre de Goya par Jean-Claude Carrière | José Luis Lopez-Linares | France, Spain, Portugal | |
| Patrick Dewaere, My Hero | Patrick Dewaere, mon héros | Alexandre Moix | France |
| Romy, A Free Woman | Romy femme libre | Lucie Cariès, Clémentine Déroudille | France |
| Three in the Drift of the Creative Act | Tres en la deriva del acto creativo | Fernando Solanas | Argentina |
| Visions of Eight | Miloš Forman, Yuri Ozerov, Claude Lelouch, Mai Zetterling, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Arthur Penn and John Schlesinger | United States, West Germany | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Cinéma de la plage
The following films have been selected to be screened out of competition, in the "Cinéma de la plage" section.[14]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Godfather (1972) | Francis Ford Coppola | United States | |
| E.T. (1982) | Steven Spielberg | ||
| The Truman Show (1998) | Peter Weir | ||
| Save Our Schools (2022) | La Cour des Miracles | Carine May and Hakim Zouhani | France |
| This Is Spinal Tap (1984) | Rob Reiner | United States | |
| Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) | Le Pacte des loups | Christophe Gans | France |
| East/West (1999) | Est-Ouest | Régis Wargnier | |
| A Monkey in Winter (1962) | Un singe en hiver | Henri Verneuil | |
| Strictly Ballroom (1992) | Baz Luhrmann | Australia | |
| Fanfan la tulipe (1952) | Christian-Jaque | France | |
| The Last Picture Show (1971) | Peter Bogdanovich | United States | |
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were selected to be screened in the Critics' Week.[15][16]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| Aftersun | Charlotte Wells | United Kingdom, United States | |
| Alma viva | Cristèle Alves Meira | France, Portugal | |
| Imagine (CdO) | تصور | Ali Behrad | Iran |
| The Pack | La jauría | Andrés Ramírez Pulido | Colombia, France |
| Love According to Dalva | Dalva | Emmanuelle Nicot | Belgium, France |
| Summer Scars | Nos cérémonies | Simon Rieth | France |
| The Woodcutter Story | Metsurin tarina | Mikko Myllylahti | Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany |
| Special Screenings | |||
| Everybody Loves Jeanne | Tout le monde aime Jeanne | Céline Devaux | France |
| Next Sohee (closing film) | 다음 소희 | July Jung | South Korea |
| Sons of Ramses | Goutte d'or | Clément Cogitore | France |
| When You Finish Saving the World (opening film) (CdO) | Jesse Eisenberg | United States | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:[17][18][19]
| English Title | Original Title | Director(s) | Production Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Competition | |||
| 1976 | Manuela Martelli | Chile, Argentina | |
| Ashkal | Youssef Chebbi | Tunisia | |
| The Dam | السد | Ali Cherri | France, Germany, Serbia, Sudan |
| Continental Drift (South) | La Dérive des continents (au sud) | Lionel Baier | Switzerland |
| Enys Men | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom | |
| De Humani Corporis Fabrica | Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel | France, Switzerland | |
| Falcon Lake (CdO) | Charlotte Le Bon | Canada, France | |
| The Five Devils | Les Cinq Diables | Léa Mysius | France |
| Funny Pages | Owen Kline | United States | |
| God's Creatures | Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer | Ireland, United Kingdom | |
| The Green Perfume | Le Parfum vert | Nicolas Pariser | France |
| Harkis | Les Harkis | Philippe Faucon | |
| A Male | Un varón | Fabian Hernández | Colombia, France, Germany, Netherlands |
| The Mountain | La Montagne | Thomas Salvador | France |
| One Fine Morning | Un beau matin | Mia Hansen-Løve | France |
| Pamfir | Памфiр | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | France, Ukraine, Luxembourg |
| Paris Memories | Revoir Paris | Alice Winocour | France |
| Scarlet | L'Envol | Pietro Marcello | France, Germany, Italy, Russia |
| The Super 8 Years | Les Années Super 8 | Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot | France |
| Under the Fig Trees | تحت الشجرة | Erige Sehiri | Tunisia, France, Switzerland |
| The Water | El agua | Elena López Riera | France, Spain, Switzerland |
| Will-o'-the-Wisp | Fogo-Fátuo | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal, France |
| Special Screening | |||
| Men | Alex Garland | United Kingdom, United States | |
- (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Official awards
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In Competition
- Palme d'Or: Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund[20]
- Grand Prix:
- Best Director: Park Chan-wook for Decision to Leave
- Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahimi for Holy Spider
- Best Actor: Song Kang-ho for Broker
- Best Screenplay: Tarik Saleh for Boy from Heaven
- Jury Prize:
- 75th Anniversary Prize: Tori and Lokita by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Un Certain Regard
- Un Certain Regard Award: The Worst Ones by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret
- Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Joyland by Saim Sadiq
- Un Certain Regard Best Director: Alexandru Belc for Metronom
- Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize:
- Vicky Krieps in Corsage
- Adam Bessa in Harka
- Un Certain Regard Best Screenplay Prize: Mediterranean Fever by Maha Haj
- Un Certain Regard «Coup de cœur» Prize: Rodeo by Lola Quivoron
Short Film Competition
- Short Film Palme d'Or: The Water Murmurs by Jianying Chen
- Special Mention: Lori (Melancholy of my Mother's Lullabies) by Abinash Bikram Shah
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: A Conspiracy Man by Valerio Ferrara
- Second Prize: Somewhere by Li Jiahe
- Third Prize:
- Glorious Revolution by Masha Novikova
- Humans Are Dumber When Crammed up Together by Laurène Fernandez
Honorary Palme d'Or
Caméra d'Or
- War Pony by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell
- Special Mention: Plan 75 by Chie Hayakawa
Independent awards
FIPRESCI Prizes
- In Competition: Leila's Brothers by Saeed Roustaee[23]
- Un Certain Regard: The Blue Caftan by Maryam Touzani
- Parallel section (first features): Love According to Dalva by Emmanuelle Nicot (Critics' Week)
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Critics' Week
- Grand Prize: The Pack by Andrés Ramírez Pulido[25]
- French Touch Prize of the Jury: Aftersun by Charlotte Wells
- Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Zelda Samson for Love According To Dalva
- Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez
- Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: The Woodcutter Story by Mikko Myllylahti
- SACD Prize: Andrés Ramírez Pulido for The Pack
- Canal+ Award for Short Film: On Xerxes’ Throne by Evi Kalogiropoulou
Directors' Fortnight
- Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: One Fine Morning by Mia Hansen-Løve[26]
- SACD Award for Best French-language Film: The Mountain by Thomas Salvador
- Carrosse d'Or: Kelly Reichardt[27]
L'Œil d'or
- All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen[28]
- Jury's Special Award: Mariupolis 2 by Mantas Kvedaravicius
Queer Palm
- Joyland by Saim Sadiq[29]
- Best Short Film: Will You Look at Me by Shuli Huang
Prix François Chalais
Prix de la Citoyenneté
- Citizenship Prize: Leila's Brothers by Saeed Roustaee[31]
Cannes Soundtrack Award
- Paweł Mykietyn for EO
Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai
- AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund[32]
- Special Mention: EO by Jerzy Skolimowski
Palm Dog
- Palm Dog Award: Brit in War Pony[33][34]
- Grand Jury Prize:
- Marcel in Marcel!
- Canine cast in Godland
- Palm DogManitarian Award: Patron (Ukrainian Jack Russell terrier mine sniffer)
- Palm Hound Dog: Titane
Trophée Chopard
TikTok Short Film Competition
The 2022 Cannes Film Festival also saw the first edition of the TikTok Short Film Competition. It was organized in partnership with social media giant TikTok, and was part of a desire to diversify the audience of the festival.[36] The jury consisted of Oscar-nominated director Rithy Panh,[37] world-famous TikTok creator Khaby Lame, director Camille Ducellier, director-stylist Basma Khalifa and writer-director Angele Diabang.[38] The first Grand Prix Award for Best Film was given to Matej Rimanić, for his film Love In Plane Sight, the second Grand Prix Award was given to Mabuta Motoki, for his film Is it Okay to Chop Down Trees?. The jury also awarded Tim Hamilton with his film Zero Gravity for Best Edit, and Claudia Cochet with her film Modern Princess for Best Script.[39]