Cannes Film Festival 2020

The 2020 Festival’s Official Selection comprises 56 films, which will be released in cinemas and screenings at upcoming festivals.

by Alexa Dalby

Numerous festivals across the world will welcome films from the Cannes selection and the festival will unveil the way it plans to continue its activities into the autumn soon.

Cannes has agreed with San Sebastian Film Festival director Jose-Luis Rebordinos that the films in the 2020 Official Selection can also play in its competition, something the rules normally prevent.

THE FAITHFUL
(or at least selected once before)

THE FRENCH DISPATCH by Wes Anderson (USA) – 1h43ÉTÉ 85 by François Ozon (France) – 1h40

ASA GA KURU (True Mothers) by Naomi Kawase (Japan) – 2h20

LOVERS ROCK by Steve McQueen (United Kingdom) – 1h08

MANGROVE by Steve McQueen (United Kingdom) – 2h04

DRUK (Another Round) by Thomas Vinterberg – (Denmark) – 1h55

ADN (DNA) by Maïwenn (France / Algeria) – 1h30

LAST WORDS by Jonathan Nossiter (USA) – 2h06

HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS by IM Sang-Soo (South Korea) – 1h40

EL OLVIDO QUE SEREMOS (Forgotten we’ll be) by Fernando Trueba (Spain) – 2h16

PENINSULA by YEON Sang-Ho (South Korea) – 1h54

IN THE DUSK (Au crépuscule) by Sharunas BARTAS (Lituania) – 2h06

DES HOMMES (Home Front) by Lucas BELVAUX – (Belgium) – 1h40

THE REAL THING by Kôji Fukada (Japan) – 3h48

THE NEWCOMERS

PASSION SIMPLE by Danielle Arbid (Lebanon) – 1h36

A GOOD MAN by Marie Castille Mention-Schaar (France) – 1h47

LES CHOSES QU’ON DIT, LES CHOSES QU’ON FAIT by Emmanuel Mouret (France) – 2h

SOUAD by Ayten Amin (Egypt) – 1h30

LIMBO by Ben Sharrock (United Kingdom) – 1h53

ROUGE (Red Soil) by Farid Bentoumi (France) – 1h26

SWEAT by Magnus Von Horn (Poland) – 1h40

TEDDY by Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma (France) – 1h28

FEBRUARY (Février) by Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria) – 2h05

AMMONITE by Francis Lee (United Kingdom) – 2h

UN MÉDECIN DE NUIT by Elie Wajeman (France) – 1h40

ENFANT TERRIBLE by Oskar Roehler (Germany) – 2h14

NADIA, BUTTERFLY by Pascal Plante (Canada) – 1h46

HERE WE ARE by Nir Bergman (Israel) – 1h34

AN OMNIBUS FILM

SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG KONG by Ann Hui, Johnnie TO, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo-Ping et Patrick Tam (Hong Kong) – 1h53

THE FIRST FEATURES

FALLING by Viggo Mortensen (USA) – 1h52

PLEASURE by Ninja Thyberg (Sweden) – 1h45

SLALOM by Charlène Favier (France) – 1h32

CASA DE ANTIGUIDADES (Memory House) by Joao Paulo Miranda Maria (Brazil) – 1h27

BROKEN KEYS (Fausse note) by Jimmy Keyrouz (Lebanon) – 1h30

IBRAHIM by Samir Guesmi (France) – 1h20

BEGINNING (Au commencement) by Dea Kulumbegashvili (Georgia) – 2h

GAGARINE by Fanny Liatard et Jérémy Trouilh (France) – 1h35

16 PRINTEMPS by Suzanne Lindon (France) – 1h13

VAURIEN by Peter Dourountzis (France) – 1h35

GARÇON CHIFFON by Nicolas Maury (France) – 1h48

SI LE VENT TOMBE (Should the Wind Drop) by Nora Martirosyan (Armenia) – 1h40 – Copresented with l’ACID

JOHN AND THE HOLE by Pascual Sisto (Spain) – 1h38 Production : MUTRESSA MOVIES

STRIDING INTO THE WIND (Courir au gré du vent) by WEI Shujun (China) – 2h36

THE DEATH OF CINEMA AND MY FATHER TOO (La Mort du cinéma et de mon père aussi) by Dani Rosenberg (Israel) – 1h40

3 DOCUMENTARY FILMS

EN ROUTE POUR LE MILLIARD (Downstream to Kinshasa) by Dieudo Hamadi – (Democratic Republic of Congo) – 1h30
On June 26, Congolese documentary filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi will appear in discussion with Directors’ Fortnight programmer and film critic Claire Diao. Hamadi’s latest feature, “Downstream to Kinshasa” (En route pour le milliard) is the first Congolese film to be an official selection in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.

THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS by Michael Dweck et Gregory Kershaw (USA) – 1h24

9 JOURS A RAQQA by Xavier de Lauzanne – (France) – 1h30

5 COMEDY FILMS

ANTOINETTE DANS LES CÉVENNES by Caroline Vignal (France) – 1h35

LES DEUX ALFRED by Bruno Podalydès (France) – 1h30

UN TRIOMPHE (The big hit) by Emmanuel Courcol (France) – 1h40

L’ORIGINE DU MONDE by Laurent Lafitte (France) – 1st film

LE DISCOURS by Laurent Tirard (France) – 1h27

4 ANIMATED FILMS

AYA TO MAJO (Earwig and the Witch) by Gorô Miyazaki (Japan) – 1h22

FLEE by Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Denmark) – 1h30

JOSEP by Aurel (France) – 1h20 – 1st film

SOUL by Pete Docter (USA) – 1h30

The 2020 selection encompasses 11 short films from 12 different countries, for a total running time of 2h24. Five female directors are also featured in the 2020 Official Selection.

The short films competition, which culminates in the jury awarding the Short Film Palme d’or, will take place next autumn at the Palais des festivals in Cannes. The exact date and the names of the jury members will be revealed very soon.

Sameh ALAA (Egypt) I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE – 15’ – Egypt, France, Belgium, Qatar

Marie JACOTEY & Lola HALIFA-LEGRAND (France) FILLES BLEUES, PEUR BLANCHE (BLUE FEAR) – Animation – 10’ – France

Evi KALOGIROPOULOU (Greece) MOTORWAY65 – 14’ – Greece

Sophie LITTMAN (United Kingdom) SUDDEN LIGHT – 14’ – United Kingdom

Theo MONTOYA (Colombia) SON OF SODOM – Documentary- 15’ – Colombia, Argentina

Paul NOUHET (France) CAMILLE SANS CONTACT (CAMILLE, CONTACTLESS) – 15’ – France

David PINHEIRO VICENTE (Portugal) O CORDEIRO DE DEUS (THE LAMB OF GOD) – 15’ – Portugal, France

Lkhagvadulam PUREV-OCHIR (Mongolia) SHILUUS (MOUNTAIN CAT) – 13’ – Mongolia, United Kingdom

Paul SHKORDOFF (Canada) BENJAMIN, BENNY, BEN – 7’ – Canada

Leonardo VAN DIJL (Belgium) STEPHANIE – 15’ – Belgium

Zachary WOODS (USA) DAVID – 11’ – USA

The short films selection comitee is composed by de 6 women et 5 men: Alice Kharoubi, Julien Hossein, Camille Hébert Benazet, Colin Maunoury, Melissa Malinbaum, Wim Vanacker, Zoé Klein, Jacques Kermabon, Claire Vassé, Félix Chrétien et Kasia Karwan.

Following on from the Official Selection, the online Marché du Film and the short films, the Festival de Cannes reveals Cinéfondation’s 2020 Selection of films submitted by film schools from around the world.

The Cinéfondation Selection showcases short films produced by film students from around the world, and has been nurturing new generations of filmmakers since 1998, including Emmanuelle Bercot, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Léa Mysius, Kornél Mundruczó, Claire Burger, Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Jessica Hausner, Corneliu Porumboiu, Annie Silverstein, Asif Kapadia, Pippa Bianco, Dani Rosenberg, Alice Furtado, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Etienne Kallos and Nadav Lapid.

Now in its 23rd edition, this year’s selection committee led by Dimitra Karya features 17 films (13 narrative films and four animated films) by eleven men and eight women, selected from among the 1,952 works that were submitted by participating film schools. Israel, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Hungary, Romania, India, Switzerland, the United States, South Korea, France, Poland, Portugal, Germany and Slovenia are all represented this year, with the latter having been included in the selection for the very first time.

The screening of the Cinéfondation Selection, which culminates in the Jury awarding Prizes, will take place next autumn at the Palais des festivals in Cannes. The exact date and the names of the jury members will be revealed very soon.

Shaylee ATARY NEURIM – 30’
The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Toby AUBERG PILE – 4’
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom

Santiago BARZI MURALLA CHINA (Chinese Wall) – 17’
Universidad del Cine, Argentina

Márk BELEZNAI AGAPÉ – 16’
Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary

Lucia CHICOS CONTRAINDICATII (Contraindications) – 19’
UNATC “I. L. CARAGIALE”, Romania

Tzor EDERY & Tom PREZMAN TAMOU – 10’
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Israel

Ashmita GUHA NEOGI CATDOG – 21’
Film and Television Institute of India, India

Sarah IMSAND LE CHANT DE L’OISEAU (Bird’s Song) – 19’
HEAD Genève, Switzerland

Matjaž JAMNIK NIH?E NI REKEL, DA TE MORAM IMETI RAD (Nobody Said I Have to Love You) – 18’
UL AGRFT, Slovenia

KEFF TAIPEI SUICIDE STORY – 45’
NYU Tisch School of the Arts, USA

KIM Min-Ju SEONGINSIK (Twenty) – 22’
Soongsil University, South Korea

Timothée MAUBREY CARCASSE (Carcass) – 33’
La Fémis, France