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Cannes Film Festival Unveils Its 2023 Official Poster Featuring Catherine Deneuve

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Here is your ultimate guide to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, including the specific dates, jury, and film selections.

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival, which celebrates its 76th edition this year, is one of the most hotly anticipated film events of the year. Last year, the jury, then chaired by Vincent Lindon, awarded the Palme d’Or to Ruben Östlund for Triangle of Sadness. The Swedish director, who also previously won the Palme d’Or for The Square in 2017, is opening another chapter with the festival by taking on the role of President of the Jury this year. Here is everything you need to know about the major international film festival.

When will the 2023 Cannes Film Festival take place?

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 16, 2023 to May 27, on the Croisette.

Ruben Östlund is the President of the Jury for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

50 years after actress Ingrid Bergman, it is now the turn of another Swedish artist to take on the prestigious role of President of the Jury. Director Ruben Östlund has a history with the festival since he has won the Palme d’Or not once but twice: for The Square in 2017 and for the Triangle of Sadness in 2022. “I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honor of Jury president for this year’s Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in Competition at the festival. It is a privilege to be part of it, together with the Cannes audience of connoisseurs. I am sincere when I say that cinema culture is in its most important period ever. The cinema has a unique aspect – There, we watch together, and it demands more on what is shown and increases the intensity of the experience. It makes us reflect in a different way than when we dopamine scroll in front of the individual screens,” said the Swedish filmmaker. With this nomination, the festival acknowledges the raw, ingenious and tremendously entertaining brand of cinema that Östlund brings to the table. We can’t wait to find out who the other members of the jury are.

Chiara Mastroianni will host the ceremony

The French actress, winner of the 2019 Un Certain Regard prize for Christophe Honoré’s On A Magical Night, will present the opening ceremony of this 76th edition on Tuesday, May 16, as well as the closing ceremony on May 27, during which she will host the awards ceremony alongside the jury. Chiara Mastroianni has inherited the natural elegance of her mother, Catherine Deneuve, and the seductive smile of her father, Marcello Mastroianni. The only child of these two sacred icons of cinema, Chiara, naturally shy and discreet, has built her own career through hard work and perseverance.

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Catherine Deneuve is the star of the official poster

While Chiara Mastroianni will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival, it is her mother, the great Catherine Deneuve, who has been chosen as the star of the poster for the 76th edition of the festival. In the image used for the poster, it is June 1, 1968, on the beach of Pampelonne, a few steps from Saint-Tropez, and the actress is 25 years old, filming La Chamade (Heartbeat) by Alain Cavalier, adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan.

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Maïwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, starring Johnny Depp, will open the Cannes Film Festival

Maïwenn’s film Jeanne du Barry has been selected to open the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Its screening, on Tuesday, May 16, at the Grand Théâtre Lumière will be its worldwide premiere with the film hitting French cinemas on the same day. It is the sixth feature film by the French director, who won the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival in 2011. In this highly-anticipated project, Johnny Depp will play King Louis XV while Maïwenn will portray his favorite mistress, Jeanne du Barry, also known as the Comtesse du Barry. The film will also feature Louis Garrel, Pierre Richard, Noémie Lvovsky, India Hair, Benjamin Lavernhe, Pascal Greggory, and Melvil Poupaud.

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The official selection

Un Certain Regard

LE RÈGNE ANIMAL by Thomas CAILLEY – Opening Film

LOS DELINCUENTES by Rodrigo MORENO
(THE DELINQUENTS)

HOW TO HAVE SEX by Molly MANNING WALKER

GOODBYE JULIA by Mohamed KORDOFANI

KADIB ABYAD by Asmae EL MOUDIR
(THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES)

SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN by Monia CHOKRI

CROWRÃ by João SALAVIZA, Renée NADER MESSORA
(THE BURITI FLOWER)

LOS COLONOS by Felipe GÁLVEZ 
(THE SETTLERS)

OMEN by Baloji TSHIANI

THE BREAKING ICE by Anthony CHEN

ROSALIE by Stéphanie DI GIUSTO

THE NEW BOY by Warwick THORNTON

IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE by Zoljargal PUREVDASH

HOPELESS by KIM Chang-hoon

TERRESTRIAL VERSES by Ali ASGARI, Alireza KHATAMI

RIEN À PERDRE by Delphine DELOGET

LES MEUTES by Kamal LAZRAQ

Special screenings

MAN IN BLACK by WANG Bing

OCCUPIED CITY by Steve MCQUEEN

ANSELM (DAS RAUSCHEN DER ZEIT) by Wim WENDERS

RETRATOS FANTASMAS by Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
(PICTURES OF GHOSTS)

Cannes Premières

KUBI by Takeshi KITANO

BONNARD, PIERRE ET MARTHE by Martin PROVOST

CERRAR LOS OJOS by Victor ERICE

LE TEMPS D’AIMER by Katell QUILLÉVÉRÉ

Midnight screenings

KENNEDY by Anurag KASHYAP

OMAR LA FRAISE by Elias BELKEDDAR

ACIDE by Just PHILIPPOT

Out of competition

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY by James MANGOLD

COBWEB by KIM Jee-woon

THE IDOL by Sam LEVINSON

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by Martin SCORSESE

Killers of the flower moon Cannes Festival 2023
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In competition

JEANNE DU BARRY by MAÏWENN – Opening Film Out of Competition

CLUB ZERO by Jessica HAUSNER

THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Jonathan GLAZER

FALLEN LEAVES by Aki KAURISMAKI

LES FILLES D’OLFA by Kaouther BEN HANIA
(FOUR DAUGHTERS)

ASTEROID CITY by Wes ANDERSON

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ANATOMIE D’UNE CHUTE by Justine TRIET

MONSTER by KORE-EDA Hirokazu

IL SOL DELL’ AVVENIRE by Nanni MORETTI

L’ÉTÉ DERNIER by Catherine BREILLAT

KURU OTLAR USTUNE by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
(ABOUT DRY GRASSES)

LA CHIMERA by Alice ROHRWACHER

LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT by TRAN Anh Hun

RAPITO by Marco BELLOCCHIO

MAY DECEMBER by Todd HAYNES

JEUNESSE by WANG Bing

THE OLD OAK by Ken LOACH

BANEL E ADAMA by Ramata-Toulaye SY  |  1st film

PERFECT DAYS by Wim WENDERS

FIREBRAND by Karim AÏNOUZ

Translated by Nafiseh Soolari & Jack Pownall

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