Francis Ford Coppola, Jacques Audiard, Andrea Arnold, Gilles Lellouche… Discover the selection of films in competition

The official selection for the 77th edition of the festival was presented Thursday morning at a press conference in Paris.

Who will win the Palme d’Or at the end of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will take place from May 14 to 25? The festival unveiled, Thursday April 11, during a press conference in Paris, its official selection, and in particular the list of films in competition for the Palme d’Or.

Out of more than 2,000 feature films viewed, 19 have so far been selected. Among the filmmakers invited to the Croisette are many Festival regulars (David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jia Zhangke…) and a highly anticipated film legend, Francis Ford Coppola, for Megalopolis.

Five French people are competing for the Palme d’Or, including Jacques Audiard, who already won it in 2015, Christophe Honoré, but also the actor Gilles Lellouche and two young directors, Agathe Riedinger (selected from her first feature film) and Coralie Fargeat. They are also part, with the British Andrea Arnold and the Indian Payal Kapadia, of the four directors in competition, far from the record of 2023, in a festival sometimes criticized for the low number of women filmmakers that it puts in the spotlight.

As usual, the general delegate, Thierry Frémaux, did not rule out adding other films to the list in the days to come.

Here is the official selection of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival:

• The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi

• Destiny model by Karim Aïnouz

• Bird by Andrea Arnold

• Emilia Perez by Jacques Audiard

• Anora by Sean Baker

• Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola

• The Shrouds by David Cronenberg

• The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

• Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes

• Marcello Mio by Christophe Honoré

• Caught by the Tides by Jia Zhangke

• All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia

• Kinds of Kindness by Yorgos Lanthimos

• Love phew by Gilles Lellouche

• Rough diamond by Agathe Riedinger

• Oh Canada by Paul Schrader

• Limonov – The Ballad by Kirill Serebrennikov

• Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino

• The Girl With the Needle by Magnus von Horn

For this 77th edition, the American director of the film Barbie, Greta Gerwig will chair the jury, the composition of which is currently unknown. French actress Camille Cottin will host the opening and closing ceremonies.

The new comedy from director Quentin Dupieux, The second act, will open the festival, where will also be presented, out of competition, Furiosathe continuation of the saga Mad Max by George Miller, or the new film by Frenchman Leos Carax, It’s not me. American filmmaker George Lucas will receive an honorary Palme d’Or.