There are 24 films and their directors competing for the 74th Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for best picture, including Australian Justin Kurzel for Nitram.
The films and directors competing for the Palme d’Or:
* Annette – Leos Carax – opening film – (France)
* Flag Day – Sean Penn (USA)
* Tout S’est Bien Passe – Francois Ozon (France)
* A Hero – Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
* Tre Piani – Nanni Moretti (Italy)
* Titane – Julia Ducournau (France)
* Hytti Nro 6 (Compartment No. 6) – Juho Kuosmanen (Finland)
* The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson (USA)
* La Fracture – Catherine Corsini (France)
* Lingiu – Mahamat Saleh-Haron (Chad)
* Memoria – Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
* Nitram – Justin Kurzel (Australia)
* Par un Demi Clair Matin – Bruno Dumont (France)
* Paris, 13th District – Jacques Audiard (France)
* Petrov’s Flu – Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)
* Red Rocket – Sean Baker (USA)
* The Restless (Les Intranquilles) – Joachim Lafosse (Belgium)
* The Story of My Wife – Ildiko Enyedi (Hungary)
* The Worst Person in the World – Joachim Trier (Norway)
* Ahed’s Knee – Nadav Lapid (Israel)
* Benedetta – Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands)
* Bergman Island – Mia Hansen-Love (France)
* Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan)
* Casablanca Beats – Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
Read more:
