What was Jury President Barbie made for? Clocking in at Cannes 2024. We’re trying to be patient, but it’s almost time for Greta Gerwig to preside over the jury of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which is scheduled to begin on May 14. This year’s full lineup was announced on April 11, after the news that The Second Act will be the festival opener … in a way making it the first act. (And we’re not talking about the J.Lo rom-com — this Second Act is a French-language film directed by Quentin Dupieux and starring Léa Seydoux and Vincent Lindon.) Cannes has also confirmed that Star Wars creator George Lucas will receive an Honorary Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony on May 25.
As for the complete selections? Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis will premiere on May 17 in competition at Cannes. Its competitors will be Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone’s new flick, Kinds of Kindness, alongside Bird, the second installment in Andrea Arnold’s fauna series after Cow (2021). Oscar-nominated filmmaker and Facebook uncle Paul Schrader will premiere the Jacob Elordi– and Uma Thurman–led Oh Canada, while Jacques Audiard’s musical-crime comedy hits the Palais with star Selena Gomez in tow. Below, here’s the full festival lineup.
Opening Night
The Second Act, Quentin Dupieux
Closing Night
To be announced.
In Competition
L’Amour Ouf, Gilles Lellouche
All We Imagine As Light, Payal Kapadia
Anora, Sean Baker
The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi
Bird, Andrea Arnold
Feng Liu Yi Dai (Caught by the Tides), Jia Zhangke
Emilia Perez, Jacques Audiard
Pigen med nålen (The Girl With the Needle), Magnus von Horn
Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes
Limonov: The Ballad, Kirill Serebrennikov
Marcello Mio, Christophe Honoré
Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola
Motel Destino, Karim Ainouz
Oh Canada, Paul Schrader
Parthenope, Paolo Sorrentino
The Shrouds, David Cronenberg
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Diamant brut (Wild Diamond), Agathe Riedinger
Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos
Out of Competition
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller
Horizon, an American Saga, Kevin Costner
Rumours, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
She’s Got No Name, Chan Peter Ho-Sun
Midnight Screenings
Le Femmes au balcon (The Balconettes), Noémie Merlant
I, The Executioner, Seung Wan Ryoo
The Surfer, Lorcan Finnegan
Twilight of the Warrior Walled In, Soi Cheang
Cannes Premieres
C’est Pas Moi, Leos Carax
Everybody Loves Touda, Nabil Ayouch
En fanfare (The Matching Bang), Emmanuel Courcol
Miséricorde, Alain Guiraudie
Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot, Rithy Panh
Le Roman de Jim Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
Special Screenings
Apprendre, Claire Simon
La Belle de Gaza, Yolande Zauberman
Ernest Cole, Lost and Found, Raoul Peck
Le Fil, Daniel Auteuil
The Invasion, Sergei Loznitsa
Un Certain Regard
Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tondel
Gou Shen (Black Dog), Guan Hu
The Damned, Roberto Minervini
L’Histoire de Souleymane, Boris Lojkine
Boku No Ohishama (My Sunshine), Hiroshi Okuyama
Norah, Tawik Alzaidi
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Rungano Nyoni
Le Royaume, Julien Colonna
Santosh, Sandhya Suri
September Says, Ariane Labed
The Shameless, Konstantin Bojanov
Viet and Nam, Truong Minh Quý
The Village Next to Paradise, Mo Harawe
Vingt Deux!, Louise Courvoisier
Le procés du chien (Who Let the Dogs Bite?), Laetitia Dosch
This post has been updated.