Cannes 2021 selections; notes

[Chris Knipp]

Festival de Cannes 2021 (édition n°74) du 06 juillet 2021 au 17 juillet 2021
Cannes 2021 lists of films


WES ANDERSON'S THE FRENCH DISPATCH GOT A STANDING OVATION From left, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray and Benicio Del Toro at the premiere of The French Dispatch.Credit...Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images [NYTIMES]

Cannes 2021 Competition Films

Ahed's Knee/הַבֶּרֶךְ‎‎ (Habereḵ) (Nadav Lapid) Israel, France
Annette (opening film) (Leos Carax) France, Germany, Belgium
Benedetta (QP)/Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven) France, Netherlands
Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve) Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico
Casablanca Beats/Haut et fort (Nabil Ayouch) Morocco, France
Compartment No. 6 (QP)/Hytti nro 6 (Juho Kuosmanen) Russia, Finland
The Divide (QP)/La Fracture (Catherine Corsini) France
Drive My Car/ドライブ・マイ・カー (Doraibu mai kā) (Ryusuke Hamaguchi) Japan
Everything Went Fine/Tout s'est bien passé (François Ozon) France
Flag Day (Sean Penn) United States
France Par un demi clair matin (Bruno Dumont) France, Italy, Germany, Belgium
The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson) United States
A Hero/قهرمان (Ghahreman) (Asghar Farhadi) Iran
Lingui (Mahamat Saleh Haroun) Belgium, Chad, France, Germany
Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul) Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Thailand, United Kingdom
Nitram (Justin Kurzel) Australia, United Kingdom
Paris, 13th District/Les Olympiades (Jacques Audiard) France
Petrov's Flu/Петровы в гриппе (Petrоvy v grippe) (Kirill Serebrennikov) France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland
Red Rocket (Sean Baker) United States
The Restless/Les Intranquilles (Joachim Lafosse) Belgium, France
The Story of My Wife/A feleségem története (Ildikó Enyedi) Hungary, France, Germany, Italy
Three Floors/Tre piani (Nanni Moretti) Italy, France
Titane (QP) (Julia Ducournau) Belgium, France
The Worst Person in the World/Verdens verste menneske (Joachim Trier) Norway, Sweden, France
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(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.


Un Certain Regard

After Yang (Kogonada) United States
Blue Bayou (Justin Chon) United States
Bonne mère (Hafsia Herzi) France
Commitment Hasan/Bağlılık Hasan (Semih Kaplanoğlu) Turkey
Freda (CdO) (Gessica Généus) Haiti
Gaey Wa'r (CdO) (Jiazuo Na) China
Great Freedom (QP)/Große Freiheit (Sebastian Meise) Austria
House Arrest/Дело (Delo) (Aleksey German, Jr.) Russia
The Innocents/De uskyldige (Eskil Vogt) Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United States
La Civil (CdO) (Teodora Mihai) Belgium, Mexico, Romania
Lamb (CdO)/Dýrið (Valdimar Jóhannsson) Iceland, Poland, Sweden
Let There Be Morning/תן לזה להיות בוקר (Eran Kolirin) Israel
Moneyboys (CdO, QP) (C.B. Yi) Austria, Belgium, France, Taiwan
My Brothers and I (CdO)/Mes frères et moi (Yohan Manca) France
Onoda, 10 000 Nights in the Jungle (opening film)/Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle (Arthur Harari) France, Germany, Belgium, Italy
Prayers for the Stolen/Noche de fuego (Tatiana Huezo) Mexico
Rehana Maryam Noor/রেহানা মরিয়ম নূর (Abdullah Mohammad Saad) Bangladesh
Playground (CdO)/Un monde (Laura Wandel) Belgium
Unclenching the Fists/Разжимая кулаки (Razzhimaja kulaki)(dir. Kira Kovalenko) Russia
Women Do Cry (QP)/Жените плачат (Zhenite plachat) (dir. Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva) Bulgaria, France
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(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

Aline, the Voice of Love/Aline (Valérie Lemercier) Canada, France
BAC Nord (Cédric Jimenez) France
Emergency Declaration/비상선언 (Bisangseongeon) Han Jae-rim South Korea
In His Lifetime/De son vivant Emmanuelle Bercot France
OSS 117: From Africa with Love (closing film)/OSS 117 : Alerte rouge en Afrique noire (Nicolas Bedos) France
Stillwater (Tom McCarthy) United States
The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes) United States
Where Is Anne Frank (Ari Folman) Israel


Midnight screenings

Bloody Oranges/Oranges sanguines (Jean-Christophe Meurisse) France
Suprêmes (Audrey Estrougo) France
Tralala (Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu) France

Cannes Premiere section

Belle/Belle: Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime (竜とそばかすの姫) (Mamoru Hosoda) Japan
Cow (Andrea Arnold) United Kingdom)
Deception/Tromperie (Arnaud Desplechin France
Evolution/Evolúció (Kornél Mundruczó) Hungary
Hold Me Tight/Serre-moi fort (Mathieu Amalric) France
In Front of Your Face/당신의 얼굴 앞에서 (Hong Sang-soo) South Korea
Jane by Charlotte (CdO)/Jane par Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg) France
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (Oliver Stone) United States
Love Songs for Tough Guys/Cette musique ne joue pour personne (Samuel Benchetrit) France
Marx Can Wait/Marx può aspettare (Marco Bellocchio) Italy
Mothering Sunday (Eva Husson) United Kingdom
Val (Ting Poo, Leo Scott) United States
Vortex (Gaspar Noé) Argentina, Italy