2018 Cannes Film Festival

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

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.

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.

Main competition

 * Cate Blanchett, Australian actress - Jury President
 * Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor
 * Ava DuVernay, American director
 * Robert Guédiguian, French director
 * Khadja Nin, Burundian singer-songwriter
 * Léa Seydoux, French actress
 * Kristen Stewart, American actress
 * Denis Villeneuve, Canadian director
 * Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian director

Un Certain Regard

 * Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor - Jury President
 * Kantemir Balagov, Russian director
 * Julie Huntsinger, American executive director of the Telluride Film Festival
 * Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian writer and director
 * Virginie Ledoyen, French Actress

Camera d'Or

 * Ursula Meier, Swiss film director - Jury President
 * Marie Amachoukeli, French director
 * Iris Brey, French-American critic, director and writer
 * Sylvain Fage, French president of Cinéphase
 * Jeanne Lapoirie, French cinematographer
 * Arnaud Larrieu, French director and screenwriter
 * Jean-Marie Larrieu, French director and screenwriter

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

 * Bertrand Bonello, French film director - Jury President
 * Valeska Grisebach, German film director
 * Khalil Joreige, Lebanese artist and film director
 * Alantė Kavaitė, French-Lithuanian film director
 * Ariane Labed, French actress

Critics' Week

 * Joachim Trier, Norwegian film director - Jury President
 * Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor
 * Eva Sangiorgi, Italian director of the Vienna International Film Festival
 * Chloë Sevigny, American actress and film director
 * Augustin Trapenard, French culture journalist

L'Œil d'or

 * Emmanuel Finkiel, French director - Jury President
 * Lolita Chammah, French actress
 * Isabelle Danel, French critic
 * Kim Longinotto, British documentary filmmaker
 * Paul Sturtz, American director of the True/False Film Festival

In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:


 *  (CdO)  indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:
 *  (CdO)  indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


 *  (CdO)  indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Special Screenings
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:


 *  (ŒdO)  indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or for documentary feature.

Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 23 April 2018.
 *  (ŒdO)  indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.

Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.

Critics' Week
The following films were selected for the Critics' Week section:


 *  (CdO)  indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:

Features

 *  (CdO)  indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

ACID

 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Netflix films
A ban on Netflix films in competition, which came about after the streaming giant refused to show them in French cinemas, has meant the issues of streaming and distribution have also been hot topics. The issue prompted Juror Ava DuVernay, who made 13th for Netflix, to make a plea for "flexibility of thought".

In March and April 2018, weeks before general delegate Thierry Frémaux was set to unveil the official selection, reports suggested streaming service Netflix was to pull its already-selected films from premiering at the festival in retaliation for the barring of Netflix films from competing. They were still allowed to premiere in other sections, and many reportedly opted for an Out of Competition berth. The films affected were Alfonso Cuarón's Roma, Morgan Neville's They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind, Paul Greengrass' 22 July, and Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark.

Ultimately, Netflix pulled all of their films from selection. Notably, in the press conference announcement, Frémaux commented that he wanted The Other Side of the Wind and had planned to screen it as a special screening with the Welles-related documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead. He also noted that he had selected Roma for competition.

Lars Von Trier
Danish film director Lars von Trier returned to Cannes with his film The House That Jack Built, after he was declared "persona non grata" at the 2011 festival.

Gender equality
The chair of the jury Cate Blanchett has called for gender parity at the Cannes Film Festival, calling it "almost a gladiatorial sport". However, she concedes that there has been improvements and the change "won't happen overnight".

During the festival, 82 female film professionals, led by Jury president Cate Blanchett and veteran director Agnès Varda, took part to a demonstration on the red carpet, demanding more equality between men and women in the film industry, notably the end of the pay gap.

The festival launched a sexual harassment hotline in partnership with France’s Ministry of Gender Equality where victims of harassment and abuse could receive support and guidance by calling a dedicated number.

In Competition

 * Palme d'Or: Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda
 * Grand Prix: BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee
 * Best Director: Paweł Pawlikowski for Cold War
 * Jury Prize: Capernaum by Nadine Labaki
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Alice Rohrwacher for Happy as Lazzaro
 * Jafar Panahi and Nader Saeivar for 3 Faces
 * Best Actress: Samal Yeslyamova for Ayka
 * Best Actor: Marcello Fonte for Dogman
 * Special Palme d'Or: The Image Book by Jean-Luc Godard

Un Certain Regard

 * Un Certain Regard Award: Border by Ali Abbasi
 * Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The Dead and the Others by João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora
 * Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director: Sergei Loznitsa for Donbass
 * Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance: Victor Polster for Girl
 * Un Certain Regard Award for Best Screenplay: Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi for Sofia

Cinéfondation

 * First Prize: The Summer of the Electric Lion by Diego Céspedes
 * Second Prize:
 * Calendar by Igor Poplauhin
 * The Storms in Our Blood by Shen Di
 * Third Prize: Inanimate by Lucia Bulgheroni

Caméra d'Or

 * Girl by Lukas Dhont

FIPRESCI Prizes

 * In Competition: Burning by Lee Chang-dong
 * Un Certain Regard: Girl by Lukas Dhont
 * Critics' Week: One Day by Zsófia Szilágyi

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 * Capernaum by Nadine Labaki
 * Special Mention: BlacKkKlansman by Spike Lee

Critics' Week

 * Nespresso Grand Prize: Diamantino by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt
 * Leica Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year by Jacqueline Lentzou
 * Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Félix Maritaud for Sauvage
 * Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Sir by Rohena Gera
 * SACD Award: Woman at War by Benedikt Erlingsson and Ólafur Egill Egilsson
 * Canal+ Award for Short Film: A Wedding Day by Elias Belkeddar

Directors' Fortnight

 * Art Cinema Award: Climax by Gaspar Noé
 * SACD Award: The Trouble with You by Pierre Salvadori
 * Europa Cinemas Label Award: Lucia's Grace by Gianni Zanasi
 * Illy Short Film Award: Skip Day by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan
 * Carrosse d'Or: Martin Scorsese

L'Œil d'or

 * Samouni Road by Stefano Savona
 * Special Mention:
 * Libre by Michel Toesca
 * The Eyes of Orson Welles by Mark Cousins

Queer Palm

 * Girl by Lukas Dhont
 * Short Film Queer Palm: The Orphan by Carolina Markowicz

Palm Dog

 * Palm Dog Award: Canine cast of Dogman
 * Grand Jury Prize: Diamantino
 * Palm DogManitarian Award: Vanessa Davies and her pug Patrick
 * Special Jury Prize: Security dogs Lilou, Glock and Even

Prix François Chalais

 * Yomeddine by Abu Bakr Shawky

Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist

 * Shin Joom-hee for Burning (art direction)

Cannes Soundtrack Award

 * Roma Zver and German Osipov for Summer

Trophée Chopard

 * Elizabeth Debicki
 * Joe Alwyn