2018 Cannes Film Festival

2018 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 71st Cannes Film Festival featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina in Pierrot le Fou (1965)[1]
Opening filmEverybody Knows
Closing filmThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or: Shoplifters
Hosted byÉdouard Baer
No. of films21 (In Competition)
18 (Un Certain Regard)
Festival date8–19 May 2018
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en

The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018.[2] Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as president of the jury.[3] The Japanese film Shoplifters, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or.[4]

Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Ricardo Darín, opened the festival and competed in the Main Competition section. It was the second Spanish-language film to open Cannes, following Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education, which screened on the opening night of the 2004 festival.[5]

The official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot le Fou. It is the second time the festival poster was inspired by Godard's film after his 1963 film Contempt at the 2016 festival. According to festival's official statement, the poster is inspired by and paid tribute to the work of French photographer Georges Pierre.[1]

Demonstration by female filmmakers demanding equality between men and women in the film industry, 12 May.
  1. ^ a b "Cannes Film Fest Poster 2018: Stolen Kisses In Jean-Luc Godard's 'Pierrot Le Fou". 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ Williamson, Pam (21 June 2017). "2018 Cannes Film Festival dates announced". SeeCannes. seecannes.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Cate Blanchett to head Cannes film festival jury". The Guardian. 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Cannes 2018: Japanese indie Shoplifters wins Palme d'Or". BBC News. 19 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  5. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (5 April 2018). "Asghar Farhadi's 'Everybody Knows' to Open and Compete at Cannes Film Festival". Variety. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

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