The most important film festival in the world will take place from Tuesday the 16th to Saturday the 27th of May.
For a few days now, the names of directors and even film titles have begun to appear that will surely be in one of the sections of the event that makes Cannes, on the French Riviera, the epicenter of world cinema.
So surely they prepare their tuxedos for the most demanding of the red carpets Martin Scorcese, Ridley Scott, Michel Franco, Aki Kariusmäki, Nanni Moreti, Marco Bellocchio, Ken Loach, Bruno Dumont, Todd Haynes, among others.
Among the films that could be released in Cannes is Killers of the Flower Moon, which deals with a series of murders that occurred in the early 20s of the 20th century, within a native town in an area where an important reserve of Petroleum.
One with possibilities, although Venice is probably competing with it, is the one in which Joaquin Phoenix assumes the role of Napoleon, in the eponymous film directed by Ridley Scott, a drama in which he exposes the relationship with the love of his life Josephine, assumed By Vanessa Kirby.
May December is the title of the new film by Todd Haynes, starring Natalie Portmann and Julianne Moore, about a marriage that seems to be failing, with the arrival of a Hollywood actress who wants to investigate her own past, with the aim of shooting a movie .
Michel Franco, the new
Michel Franco is one of the most beloved sons of the Cannes festival and Thierry Fremaux must have contacted him to have his new film. Among the films mentioned is the new one from the Mexican, starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, titled Memory.
Michel Franco, who does not give details about the plot of his films, and has not let a single picture slip through, told El Universal de México that while Memory is ready, Sundown will premiere in May in Mexico, with Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg, about a millionaire in Acapulco. The film has been described by The Guardian as “brilliant, ruthless and perfect”.
Other darlings in Cannes
Nanni Moretti is as veteran at Cannes as he is a good director. He now has a feature film in his hands that he has titled Il Sol Dell’Avvenire about the 50s of the last century in Rome, where he mixes circus, cinema, politics. In images captured in the filming by people on the street, rows of elephants and a demonstration with a poster with the image of Trotsky have been observed.
Moretti himself is part of the cast, along with Margherita Buy and Silvio Orlando, as well as Barbora Bobulova from Slovakia, Mathieu Amairic from France, Jerzy Stuhr from Poland and Szolt Anger from Hungary.
Finn Aki Kariusmäki could premiere Dead Leaves (The Man Without a Past) at Cannes with fellow Finns Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen.
Almodóvar has a new short Strange ways of life, a gay western with Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal. Will you premiere it in Cannes?
Kore-eda has Monster, a drama with Sakura Ando, which could be released as well.
Marco Bellocchio finished The Conversion, based on real events, and which tells the story of a Jewish boy separated from his family in 1958, raised as a Catholic under the orders of Pope Pius IX.
The shorts with which Cannes winks
In “#TikTokShortFilm” users from all Latin American countries and the world can participate, it will be carried out only in the social network application through publications in any format between March 6 and 29, 2023.
The final stage of the contest will have up to 40 shortlisted videos that will be chosen based on the number of views and interactions they have on the platform. There will be three winners in three different categories: Grand Winner, Best Screenplay and Best Direction.
After having selected the winning productions of the contest, TikTok will contact the content creators between April 24 and 28, 2023 to coordinate the details of the trip and the award ceremony. The three selected people will be in the city of Cannes, in France, for the film festival between May 22 and 25. The TikTok Short Films contest ceremony will be held on May 23:
- The winning short film for Best Direction will receive 5,000 euros.
- The winning short film for Best Screenplay will receive 5,000 euros.
- While the video awarded in the “Great Winner” category will receive up to 10,000 euros.
