Cannes Film Festival

France
All genres

It’s the dream of many a filmmaker to walk up the red carpet and into the Palais where their film is screening in Competition to a full house. But there is more to Cannes than the feature and shorts Competition. Some films find a home in Un Certain Regard, others are launched at Critics’ Week or Directors’ Fortnight, stars of tomorrow are uncovered in La Cinef, a special section for shorts and mid-length films for emerging talent submitted by film schools, and the frenzied Cannes Market is where significant deal-making takes place. Each year the festival presents the ‘Official Selection’ (a Competition for features and shorts, Un Certain Regard, Special Screenings and La Cinef) and two ‘Non Official Selections’ (Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight).

SECTIONS:

OFFICIAL SECTIONS
In Competition Features
Out of Competition
Un Certain Regard
In Competition Shorts
La Cinef
Cannes Classics
Special Screenings
And from 2024, Immersive Competition

NON OFFICIAL SECTIONS*
* These non-official sections are independent of the Cannes Film Festival. They are in charge of their own respective selections ie apply to each separately.

Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique)
www.semainedelacritique.com
Dedicated to discovering new directors. Each year they offer opportunities to about 20 filmmakers. Ten feature films are selected (seven in Cannes Competition) and 10 shorts.

Directors’ Fortnight (La Quinzaine des Cineastes)
An independent section held parallel to the Cannes Film Festival, Directors’ Fortnight is open to the expression of individual talent and original directorial style. It screens a program of features, shorts and documentaries.


TIPS FOR ATTENDEES
“Postcards were not very successful. There were few appropriate places to leave them.”

“There is definitely an importance placed on feature films over short films.”

“The Screen Australia office put on some incredibly beneficial events. The lunch with festival directors was an amazing opportunity to meet valuable contacts for future festival submissions, and the Australian drinks were a great opportunity to meet other Australian filmmakers.”

Awards

2021 - Won - Nitram - Best Actor - Caleb Landry Jones

2018 - Won - All These Creatures - Palme d’Or - Shorts Competition

2014 - Won - Charlie's Country - Prize of the best actor - Un Certain Regard

2011 - Won - Snowtown - Special Mention - President of the Jury - Critic’s Week

2010 - Won - Deeper Than Yesterday - Kodak Discovery Award for a Short Film - Critics’ Week short film

2010 - Won - Deeper Than Yesterday - Petit Rail d'Or - Critics’ Week short film

2009 - Won - Samson & Delilah - Camera d’Or - Un Certain Regard

2008 - Won - Jerrycan - Jury Prize - Shorts Competition

2006 - Won - Ten Canoes - Special Jury Prize

2005 - Won - Clara - Special Mention - Shorts Competition

2003 - Won - Cracker Bag - Palme d'Or - Shorts Competition

2003 - Won - Australian Rules - Cannes Junior Special Jury Prize

Screenings

2024 - Out of Competition - Gala Screening, World Premiere - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

2024 - Midnight Screenings, World Premiere - Surfer, The

2024 - La Cinef - Withered Blossoms

2023 - Un Certain Regard - New Boy, The

2022 - Un Certain Regard - Stranger, The

2022 - La Cinef - MumLife

2022 - Out of Competition - Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022 - Out of Competition - Elvis

2021 - Competition - Nitram

2019 - Critics’ Week - Demonic

2018 - Short Films Competition - All These Creatures

2018 - Cinéfondation - Dots

2017 - Cannes Classics - David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

2017 - 70th Anniversary Special Event - Top of the Lake: China Girl series 2

2015 - Out of Competition - Mad Max: Fury Road

2015 - Cinéfondation - Under the Sun

2015 - Short Film Competition - Guests, The

2014 - Un Certain Regard - Charlie's Country

2014 - Midnight Screenings - Rover, The

2014 - Directors’ Fortnight - These Final Hours

2013 - Critics’ Week - Tau Seru

2013 - Opening Film (out of competition) - Great Gatsby, The

2012 - Midnight Screenings - Sapphires, The

2012 - Short Films Competition - Yardbird

2011 - Critics’ Week - Snowtown

2011 - Shorts Competition - Bear

2011 - Competition - Sleeping Beauty

2011 - Un Certain Regard - Toomelah

2010 - Short film competition - Muscles

2010 - Closing Night film (out of competition) - Tree, The

2010 - Critics’ Week short film - Deeper Than Yesterday

2009 - Un Certain Regard - Samson & Delilah

2009 - Competition - Bright Star

2009 - Directors’ Fortnight - Cicada

2008 - Shorts Competition - Jerrycan

2008 - Short Competition - My Rabbit Hoppy

2008 - Short Competition - Flame of the West

2006 - Critics’ Week - FIPRESCI Special Screening - Look Both Ways

2006 - Un Certain Regard - 2:37

2006 - Un Certain Regard - Suburban Mayhem

2006 - Directors’ Fortnight - Jindabyne

2006 - Un Certain Regard - Ten Canoes

2006 - Cinefondation - Snow

2006 - Shorts Competition - Sexy Thing

2006 - Out of Competition Shorts Screening - Water Diary, The

2005 - Un Certain Regard - Jewboy

2005 - Un Certain Regard - Yellow Fella

2005 - Shorts Competition - Clara

2005 - Critics’ Week - Blue Tongue

2005 - Directors’ Fortnight - Wolf Creek

2004 - Un Certain Regard - Somersault

2004 - Cinéfondation - Footnote

2003 - Un Certain Regard - Japanese Story

2003 - Director's Fortnight - Watermark

2003 - Shorts Competition - Cracker Bag

2003 - Cannes Film Festival - Australian Rules

2003 - Director's Fortnight - Unit #52

2002 - Shorts Competition - Holding Your Breath

2001 - Cinefondation - Martin Four

2001 - Shorts Competition - Bird in the Wire

2001 - Opening Film/In Competition - Moulin Rouge

2000 - Shorts Competition - Stop

2000 - Directors' Fortnight - Mallboy

2000 - Critics' Week Special Screening - Soft Fruit

1999 - Critics' Week - Siam Sunset

1999 - Critics' Week - Strange Fits of Passion

1999 - Cinefondation - Milk

1999 - Forum Cannes Festival - Amy

1999 - Forum Cannes Festival - Amy

1998 - Shorts Competition - I Want You

1998 - Shorts Competition - Fetch

1998 - Competition - Dance Me to My Song

1998 - Directors' Fortnight - Head On

1998 - SpecialScreening - Dark City

1997 - Shorts Competition - Final Cut

1997 - Competition - Well, The

1997 - Special Screening - Welcome to Woop Woop

1996 - Un Certain Regard - Love Serenade

1996 - Shorts Competition - This Film is a Dog

1996 - Competition - Quiet Room, The

1996 - Shorts Competition - Film Noir

1996 - Un Certain Regard - No Way to Forget

1995 - Shorts Competition - Despondent Divorcee

1995 - Shorts Competition - Swinger

1995 - Un Certain Regard - Lessons in the Language of Love

1994 - Cannes Film Festival - Book of Dreams: Welcome To Crateland

1994 - Special Screening - Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The

1994 - Directors' Fortnight - Muriel's Wedding

1993 - Un Certain Regard - Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship

1993 - Competition - Broken Highway

1993 - Competition - Piano, The

1993 - Competition - Piano, The

1993 - Un Certain Regard - Bedevil

1993 - Competition - Frauds

1992 - Special Screening - Strictly Ballroom

1992 - Camera D'Or (First Feature) - Strictly Ballroom

1992 - Shorts Competition - Passion Play, A

1992 - Special Screening - Map Of The Human Heart

1991 - Directors' Fortnight - Proof

1991 - Un Certain Regard - Holidays on the River Yarra

1990 - Un Certain Regard - Night Out, A

1990 - Un Certain Regard - Space Between the Door and the Floor, The

1990 - Shorts Competition - Night Cries - A Rural Tragedy

1989 - Market - Celia

1989 - Competition - Sweetie

1989 - Competition - Evil Angels

1989 - Un Certain Regard - Prisoner of St Petersburg, The

1989 - Un Certain Regard - Malpractice

1988 - Cannes Film Festival - Pandamonium

1988 - Un Certain Regard - Song Of Air, A

1988 - Cannes Film Festival - Phobia

1988 - Cannes Film Festival - Ghosts...of the Civil Dead

1988 - Cannes Film Festival - Breaking Loose

1988 - Competition - Navigator, The: A Medieval Odyssey

1987 - Cannes Film Festival - Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh

1987 - Directors' Fortnight - Surfer, The

1986 - Un Certain Regard - Two Friends

1986 - Critic's Week - Devil in the Flesh

1986 - Junior Cannes - Fast Talking

1986 - Competition - Fringe Dwellers, The

1986 - Un Certain Regard - Backlash

1986 - Directors' Fortnight - Cactus

1986 - Un Certain Regard - Burke and Wills

1985 - Competition - Bliss

1985 - Competition - Coca Cola Kid, The