2024 Cannes Film Festival

The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2024. American filmmaker and actress Greta Gerwig served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Camille Cottin hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. American filmmaker Sean Baker won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the comedy-drama film Anora.

The official poster for the festival featuring a still image from the movie Rhapsody in August (1991) by Akira Kurosawa, selected for the 1991 edition, was designed by Hartland Villa.

During the festival, three Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded: the first was awarded to Meryl Streep during the festival's opening ceremony; the second was awarded to Studio Ghibli; and the third was awarded to George Lucas during the festival's closing ceremony.

Few days before the opening ceremony, festival workers called for a general strike. The Broke Behind the Screens (Sous les écrans la dèche) collective made public a complaint about the precarious nature of film festival work.

Following the official announcement of The Seed of the Sacred Fig 's selection for the main competition, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced to eight years in prison as well as flogging, a fine, and confiscation of his property, on the charge of "propaganda against the regime." Cast and crew were interrogated and pressured to convince Rasoulof to withdraw the film from the festival. Shortly after, Rasoulof and some crew members managed to flee from Iran to Europe, and attended the film's world premiere on 24 May 2024. On the red carpet, Rasoulof held up images of stars Soheila Golestani and Missagh Zareh, who were unable to leave Iran for the premiere, and had their passport confiscated. The film received a 12-minute standing ovation, while cast and crew protested in solidarity with Iranian women fight for rights.

The festival opened with French comedy-film The Second Act directed by Quentin Dupieux.

Main Competition

 * Greta Gerwig, American actress and filmmaker – Jury President
 * J. A. Bayona, Spanish filmmaker
 * Ebru Ceylan, Turkish actress and screenwriter
 * Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor and producer
 * Lily Gladstone, American actress
 * Eva Green, French actress
 * Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese filmmaker and producer
 * Nadine Labaki, Lebanese actress and filmmaker
 * Omar Sy, French actor

Un Certain Regard

 * Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and filmmaker – Jury President
 * Maïmouna Doucouré, French-Senegalese filmmaker
 * Asmae El Moudir, Moroccan filmmaker and producer
 * Vicky Krieps, Luxembourgish-German actress
 * Todd McCarthy, American filmmaker, writer and film critic[[File:Avant première du film Les Hommes libres d'Ismaël Ferroukhi - Paris Cinéma (5910444290) (cropped-rot15-00).jpg|thumb|215x215px|[[Lubna Azabal]], Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition jury president]]

Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition

 * Lubna Azabal, Belgian actress – Jury President
 * Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, French filmmaker and producer
 * Paolo Moretti, Italian programmer
 * Claudine Nougaret, French producer
 * Vladimir Perišić, Serbian filmmaker

Caméra d'Or

 * Baloji, Belgian-Congolese singer and filmmaker – Jury Co-president
 * Emmanuelle Béart, French actress – Jury Co-president
 * Pascal Buron, French TSF board member
 * Nathalie Chifflet, French journalist
 * Gilles Porte, French cinematographer and filmmaker
 * Zoé Wittock, Belgian filmmaker

L'Œil d'Or

 * Nicolas Philibert, French filmmaker and actor – Jury President
 * Dyana Gaye, French-Senegalese filmmaker
 * Elise Jalladeau, French producer and executive director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival
 * Mina Kavani, Iranian-French actress
 * Francis Legault, Canadian filmmaker and director at Ici Radio-Canada Première

Critics' Week

 * Sylvie Pialat, French producer – Jury President
 * Ben Croll, Canadian film critic and journalist
 * Iris Kaltenbäck, French filmmaker
 * Virginie Surdej, Belgian cinematographer
 * Eliane Umuhire, Rwandan actress

Queer Palm

 * Lukas Dhont, Belgian filmmaker – Jury President
 * Hugo Bardin, French singer and director
 * Sophie Letourneur, French filmmaker
 * Juliana Rojas, Brazilian filmmaker
 * Jad Salfiti, British-Palestinian journalist

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
Besides the world premieres of Hollywood, French and Chinese blockbusters, alongside the Midnight Screenings section, the festival will also screen four Studio Ghibli short films at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, three of them have never been screened outside of Japan before, as a part of the celebration for Ghibli's Honorary Palme d'Or. The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Cannes Premiere
The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section: 
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Special Screenings
The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section: 


 *  (ŒdO)  indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Short Films Competition
Out of 4.420 entries, the following eleven short films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation (or La Cinéf) section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The Cannes Film Festival allocates a €15,000 grant for the winner of the First Prize, €11,250 for the winner of the Second Prize and €7,500 for the winner of the Third Prize. The following 18 shorts (14 live-action and 4 animated films) were selected from among the 2,263 films submitted by schools from all over the world:  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Cannes Classics
The first part (3 hours and 40 minutes) of the new restoration print of Abel Gance's silent masterpiece Napoléon (1927), edited by Georges Mourier in association with the Cinémathèque Française and support of the CNC, opened the Cannes Classics section on May 14. The following films were selected to be screened:  (ŒdO)  indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

Cinéma de la Plage
The Cinéma de la Plage section line-up includes classics films, commemorations and world premieres of new productions at the Cannes's Plage Macé. Tales from Earthsea (2006) and Porco Rosso (1992) will be screened as part of Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d'Or commemorations, alongside the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974). The following films were selected to be screened:  (ŒdO)  indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.

Immersive Competition
The Immersive Competition of the Festival de Cannes will be a new competition dedicated to immersive works. Besides the eight immersive work selected for the competition, six non-competitive productions will be featured at the exhibition exploring the evolution of the medium and drawing parallels between virtual reality, virtual production, cinema and collective storytelling. The following films were selected to be screened:

Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique)
The Critics' Week is a parallel selection dedicated to first and second films. The following films were selected to be screened in competition:
 *  (CdO)  indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
 *  (ŒdO)  indicates film eligible for the L'Œil d'or as documentary.
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes)
In partnership with The Fondation Chantal Akerman, for the first time ever, the audience will award one of the films in the main selection with the "Audience Award" or "Choix du Public". It is the first ever official award presented by the section, since its creation in 1969. The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) section:


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

ACID
The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:
 *  (QP)  indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.

Cannes Écrans Juniors
Cannes Écrans Juniors is a selection of eight international feature films of particular interest to young audiences from age 13. Below are the films featured in this selection:

Cannes Écrans Seniors
Cannes Seniors Club takes the spotlight with three premiere screenings for the club's film enthusiasts. Below are the films featured in competition:

Golden Horse Goes to Cannes
The section is a new program collaborated by the Golden Horse Awards and Marché du Film with the support of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. Five upcoming Taiwanese projects that feature numerous Golden Horse Awards-winning cast members and filmmakers were selected to be screened during the film festival, including:

Fantastic Pavilion Gala
The 2nd edition of the Fantastic Pavilion Gala selected the following seven titles:

In Competition
The following awards were presented for films shown in Competition:
 * Palme d'Or: Anora by Sean Baker
 * Grand Prix: All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia
 * Jury Prize: Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard
 * Best Director: Miguel Gomes for Grand Tour
 * Special Award: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
 * Best Actress: Adriana Paz, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez
 * Best Actor: Jesse Plemons for Kinds of Kindness
 * Best Screenplay: The Substance by Coralie Fargeat

Un Certain Regard

 * Un Certain Regard Prize: Black Dog by Guan Hu
 * Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: The Story of Souleymane by Boris Lojkine
 * Un Certain Regard Best Director:
 * The Damned by Roberto Minervini
 * On Becoming a Guinea Fowl by Rungano Nyoni
 * Un Certain Regard Performance Prize:
 * Anasuya Sengupta for The Shameless
 * Abou Sangare for The Story of Souleymane
 * Un Certain Regard Youth Prize: Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier
 * Special Mention: Norah by Tawfik Alzaidi

Honorary Palme d'Or

 * Meryl Streep
 * Studio Ghibli
 * George Lucas

Caméra d'Or

 * Armand by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
 * Special Mention: Mongrel by Chiang Wei Liang and You Qiao Yin

Short Film Palme d'Or

 * The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević
 * Special Mention: Bad for a Moment by Daniel Soares

Cinéfondation

 * First Prize: Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know... by Chidananda S Naik
 * Second Prize:
 * Out of the Window Through the Wall by Asya Segalovich
 * The Chaos She Left Behind by Nikos Kolioukos
 * Third Prize: Bunnyhood by Mansi Maheshwari

Immersive Competition

 * Colored by Tania de Montaigne, Stéphane Foenkinos, Pierre-Alain Giraud

FIPRESCI Prizes

 * In Competition: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
 * Un Certain Regard: The Story of Souleymane by Boris Lojkine
 * Parallel section (first features) : Desert of Namibia by Yôko Yamanaka

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

 * The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

Critics' Week

 * Grand Prize: Simon of the Mountain by Federico Luis
 * French Touch Prize of the Jury: Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang
 * Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Montsouris Park by Guil Sela
 * Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Ricardo Teodoro for Baby
 * Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl
 * Canal+ Award for Short Film: Absent by Cem Demirer
 * SACD Award: Julie Keeps Quiet by Leonardo Van Dijl

Directors' Fortnight - Audience Award

 * Universal Language by Matthew Rankin

Directors' Fortnight - Independent Awards

 * Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: The Other Way Around by Jonás Trueba
 * SACD Prize for Best French Film: This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières
 * Golden Coach: Andrea Arnold

L'Œil d'or

 * Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck
 * The Brink of Dreams by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir

Queer Palm

 * Three Kilometres to the End of the World by Emanuel Pârvu
 * Best Short Film: Southern Brides by Elena López Riera

Prix François Chalais

 * The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof

Prix de la Citoyenneté

 * Citizenship Prize: Bird by Andrea Arnold

Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai

 * AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
 * Special Mention: All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia

Palm Dog

 * Kodi for Dog on Trial
 * Grand Jury Prize: Xin for Black Dog
 * Mutt Moment:
 * Bird
 * Kinds of Kindness
 * Megalopolis

Trophée Chopard

 * Mike Faist
 * Sophie Wilde