The Cannes Film Festival has yet again rolled around, bringing together A-listers, directors, writers and industry experts to celebrate the biggest and best movies of this year.
This year, some of the most popular films debuting at the event include Mad Max: Furiosa, Megalopolis, The Apprentice, Horizon: An American Saga and Kinds Of Kindness.
Whilst most screenings will take place behind closed doors, you can still watch the opening and closing ceremonies, the Cannes Film Awards and catch all the celebrities on the red carpet. Here is everything you need to know.
When is the Cannes Film Festival 2024?
This year, the international film festival will take place from Tuesday 14 May 2024 to Saturday 25 May 2024 .
Camille Cottin will be the mistress of the opening and prize-giving ceremonies.
When will the closing ceremony and Cannes Film Awards 2024 take place?
The Cannes Film Awards will be handed out during the closing ceremony – this includes the Palme d’Or.
The event will kick off on Saturday 25 May 202 4 at the following times:
- 6:45pm CEST (France/Central Europe)
- 5:45pm BST (UK)
- 12:45pm ET (East Coast US)
- 9:45am PT (West Coast US)
How to watch the Cannes Film Festival 2024ceremonies, awards and red carpets
Cannes Film Festival has confirmed that it will be airing the opening ceremony, closing ceremony and Cannes Film Awards for free internationally.
If you’re based in the UK or US, then you can watch the English language version of the events over on the Brut. America Facebook page .
You can catch all the red carpet action and press conferences over on the Cannes website and via the official YouTube channel for Cannes Film Festival. We’ve embedded the livestream below:
One of the biggest films of the festival, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, will have its red carpet at 6pm local time on Tuesday 15 May 2024.
You can watch the opening ceremony here .
Who is the jury for Cannes Film Festival 2024?
Greta Gerwig, director of Barbie and Little Women, has been chosen as president of the jury and succeeds director Ruben Östlund.
Jury members for the 77th ceremony include actress Lily Gladstone, Japanese director and Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda, French actress Eva Green and French actor and producer Omar Sy.
The official selection for Cannes Film Festival 2024
Here is the list of the feature films selected In Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard. You can find out further information on the Cannes website :
In Competition – Feature Films:
Out of Competition:
Un Certain Regard:
This article originally appeared on our sister publication Tech Advisor and was translated and adapted from French.
Author: Hannah Cowton-Barnes, Entertainment Editor, Tech Advisor
As Tech Advisor’s Entertainment Editor, Hannah is the resident expert in all things streaming, film and TV. Before joining Tech Advisor in 2019, she studied Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds and created a website dedicated to geek culture and lifestyle. She’s also reviewed a whole range of gadgets including flagship smartphones, wearables and styling tools. Outside of Foundry, she’s written freelance pieces for Polygon, Metro and Den of Geek, and is proud to be a Women Techmakers Ambassador for Google.
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