(Dan Tri) – The 2024 Cannes Film Festival has officially kicked off in the coastal city of Cannes, southern France.
This year’s festival opened with the premiere of the film Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act) directed by Quentin Dupieux.
22 works competing for the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2024 (Photo: Cannes).
Among the works competing for the Palme d’Or, Anora by American director Sean Baker caught the attention of critics.
Caught by the Tides by Chinese director Jia Zhangke also received high expectations from experts.
The Apprentice directed by Ali Abbasi is also expected to win the award.
`The Apprentice` competes for the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (Photo: imdb).
Emilia Perez by French director Jacques Audiard, set in Mexico, about a crime boss who undergoes gender reassignment surgery to evade the authorities is also expected to win an award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Director Jacques Audiard once won the Palme d’Or.
Megalopolis by American director Francis Ford Coppola is considered a strong candidate for the Best Film award.
Film set of the movie `Megalopolis` (Photo: Variety).
The Un Certain Regard category includes 18 films.
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival promises to be a fierce race between leading European and Asian filmmakers as well as filmmakers from other countries and territories around the world and even Hollywood.
Among them, the Chinese film industry sent works to this year’s Cannes Film Festival such as Caught by the Tides, Black Dog, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, She’s Got No Name (Xiang Yuanlong).
Even though it is a non-award winning project, Tuong Vien Long still attracts a lot of public attention because of the presence of Chinese A-list actors such as Zhang Ziyi, Trieu Le Dinh, Duong Mich, Ly Hien, Dich Duong Thien Ty
Zhang Ziyi in `Xiang Yuanlong` (Photo: Sina).
Xiang Yuanlong is based on one of the most famous unsolved murder cases in China.
The film revolves around a wife, Zhou Zhanshi (Zhang Ziyi), who is accused of bloody dismembering her husband’s body – a murder that seems impossible to carry out alone.
Holding the position of President of the Cannes Film Festival 2024 Jury is American director and actress Greta Gerwig.
Jury members include French actor Omar Sy, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, Turkish actress and screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, Lebanese female director Nadine Labaki, American actress Lily Gladstone,
5 female judges of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (from left): Ebru Ceylan, Nadine Labaki, Greta Gerwig, Eva Green and Lily Gladstone (Photo: Getty Images).
Since 2018, Cannes Film Festival has committed to fighting against sexual harassment and violence during the event by deploying a dedicated support unit.
Therefore, the Organizing Committee affirms that the 2024 Cannes Film Festival does not accept any form of insult, violence, discrimination or harassment, whether from event staff or festival attendees.
Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux also mentioned the #MeToo movement (against sexual harassment and violence) in France during a press conference before this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The #MeToo movement has been heating up in France over the past year, with star Gerard Depardieu (75 years old) facing trial on charges of sexual assault.
French actress Judith Godreche also filed a lawsuit accusing directors Jacques Doillon and Benoit Jacquot of rape.
