The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for his drama film Shoplifters, marking Japan's first win after more than twenty years.
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.
The festival opened with Everybody Knows by Asghar Farhadi, and closed with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote by Terry Gilliam.
Juries Main competition
Cate Blanchett, Australian actress – Jury President Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor Ava DuVernay, American filmmaker Robert Guédiguian, French filmmaker Khadja Nin, Burundian singer-songwriter Léa Seydoux, French actress Kristen Stewart, American actress Denis Villeneuve, Canadian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russian filmmaker
Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor – Jury President Kantemir Balagov, Russian filmmaker Julie Huntsinger, American executive director of the Telluride Film Festival Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian filmmaker Virginie Ledoyen, French Actress
Camera d'Or Ursula Meier, Swiss film filmmaker – Jury President Marie Amachoukeli, French filmmaker Iris Brey, French-American critic and filmmaker Sylvain Fage, French president of Cinéphase Jeanne Lapoirie, French cinematographer Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, French filmmaker
and Short Films Competition Bertrand Bonello, French filmmaker – Jury President Valeska Grisebach, German filmmaker Khalil Joreige, Lebanese artist and filmmaker Alantė Kavaitė, French-Lithuanian filmmaker Ariane Labed, French actress
Critics' Week Joachim Trier, Norwegian filmmaker – Jury President Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Argentinian actor Eva Sangiorgi, Italian director of the Vienna International Film Festival Chloë Sevigny, American actress and filmmaker Augustin Trapenard, French culture journalist
L'Œil d'or Emmanuel Finkiel, French filmmaker – 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
Official selection In Competition The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country3 Faces Jafar Panahi IranAsako I & II Ryusuke Hamaguchi JapanAsh Is Purest White Jia Zhangke ChinaAt War Stéphane Brizé FranceAyka Sergey Dvortsevoy Kazakhstan, Russia, France, Germany, Poland, ChinaBlacKkKlansman Spike Lee United StatesBurning Lee Chang-dong South Korea, JapanCapernaum Nadine Labaki LebanonCold War Paweł Pawlikowski Poland, France, United KingdomDogman Matteo Garrone Italy, FranceEverybody Knows (opening film) Asghar Farhadi Spain, France, ItalyGirls of the Sun Eva Husson FranceHappy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher Italy, Switzerland, France, GermanyThe Image Book Jean-Luc Godard France, SwitzerlandKnife+Heart (QP) Yann Gonzalez France, Mexico, SwitzerlandLeto Лето Kirill Serebrennikov Russia, FranceShoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda JapanSorry Angel (QP) Christophe Honoré FranceUnder the Silver Lake David Robert Mitchell United StatesThe Wild Pear Tree Nuri Bilge Ceylan Turkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SwedenYomeddine (CdO) Abu Bakr Shawky Egypt (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
The following films were selected to compete in the section: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryEl Angel (QP) Luis Ortega Argentina, SpainAngel Face Vanessa Filho FranceBorder (QP) Ali Abbasi Sweden, DenmarkThe Dead and the Others João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora Brazil, Portugal Donbass (opening film) Sergei Loznitsa Germany, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, Romania Euphoria (QP) Valeria Golino Italy The Gentle Indifference of the World Әлемнің жұмсақтық мазасыздығы Adilkhan Yerzhanov Kazakhstan, France Girl (CdO) (QP) Lukas Dhont Belgium, NetherlandsThe Harvesters (CdO) Etienne Kallos South Africa, France, Poland, Greece In My Room Ulrich Köhler Germany, ItalyLittle Tickles (CdO) Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer FranceLong Day's Journey into Night Bi Gan China, FranceManto Nandita Das India Murder Me, Monster Alejandro Fadel Argentina, France, ChileMy Favourite Fabric (CdO) Gaya Jiji France, Germany, Turkey Rafiki (QP) Wanuri Kahiu KenyaSextape Antoine Desrosières France Sofia (CdO) Meryem Benm'Barek-Aloïsi Morocco, Belgium (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:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryGotti Kevin Connolly United StatesThe House That Jack Built Lars von Trier Denmark, France, Germany, SwedenThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote (closing film) Terry Gilliam United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain Sink or Swim Gilles Lellouche FranceSolo: A Star Wars Story Ron Howard United StatesMidnight ScreeningsArctic (CdO) Joe Penna Iceland, United States Fahrenheit 451 Ramin Bahrani United StatesThe Spy Gone North Yoon Jong-bin South Korea Whitney (QP) Kevin Macdonald United Kingdom (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:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Another Day of Life (ŒdO) Damian Nenow and Raul De La Fuente Poland, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Hungary Dead Souls (ŒdO) Wang Bing France, Switzerland The Great Mystical Circus Carlos Diegues Brazil, Portugal, France Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (ŒdO)p / Wim Wenders France, Germany, Italy, SwitzerlandThe State Against Mandela and the Others (ŒdO) Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte France Ten Years Thailand Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Siriphol and Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand To the Four Winds Michel Toesca France On the Road in France Romain Goupil (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. English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryRestorations2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick United States, United Kingdom The Apartment (1960) Billy Wilder United States Beating Heart (1940) Henri Decoin France Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica Italy Blow for Blow (1972) Marin Karmitz FranceCome and work (1979) Fad’jal Safi Faye SenegalCyrano de Bergerac (1990) Jean-Paul Rappeneau France Diamonds of the Night (1964) Jan Němec Czechoslovakia Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Bruce Beresford United StatesEnamorada (1946) Emilio Fernández Mexico Five and the Skin (1982) Pierre Rissient FranceFour White Shirts (1967) Rolands Kalniņš Soviet UnionThe Hour of the Furnaces (1968) Fernando Solanas Argentina Hyenas (1992) Hyènes Djibril Diop Mambéty SenegalThe Island of Love (1982) Paulo Rocha Portugal, JapanJoão and the Knife (1972) George Sluizer Netherlands, BrazilLamb (1964) Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Senegal The Nun (1966) Jacques Rivette FranceThe Seventh Seal (1957) Det sjunde inseglet Ingmar Bergman Sweden Tokyo Story (1953) Yasujirō Ozu Japan War and Peace Part I (1966) Sergei Bondarchuk Soviet UnionDocumentaries about CinemaBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéPamela B. GreenUnited StatesBergman – A Year in LifeJane MagnussonSwedenThe Eyes of Orson Welles (ŒdO)Mark CousinsUnited KingdomJane Fonda in Five ActsSusan LacyUnited StatesSearching for Ingmar BergmanMargarethe von TrottaGermany, France (ŒdO) indicates film eligible for the Œil d'or as documentary.
The is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.
Evening English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Tuesday 8 The Firemen's Ball (1967) Miloš Forman Czechoslovakia Wednesday 9 Black Panther (2018) Ryan Coogler United States Thursday 10 The Specialists (1969) Sergio Corbucci France, Italy, West Germany Friday 11 The Big Blue (1988) Luc Besson France, United States, Italy Saturday 12 The Departure (1967) Le Départ Jerzy Skolimowski Belgium The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Jonathan Demme United States Sunday 13 Destiny (1997) المصير Youssef Chahine Egypt Monday 14 One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) Agnès Varda France Tuesday 15 Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock United States Wednesday 16 Grease (1978) Randal Kleiser Thursday 17 (2018) Laetitia Carton France Friday 18 Bagdad Cafe (1987) Percy Adlon West Germany Saturday 19 Good Morning, Babylon (1987) Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Italy
Parallel sections Critics' Week The following films were selected for the Critics' Week section:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Chris the Swiss (CdO) Anja Kofmel Switzerland, Croatia, Germany, Finland Diamantino (CdO) (QP) Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt Portugal, France, BrazilFugue Fuga Agnieszka Smoczyńska Poland, Czech Republic, SwedenOne Day (CdO) Egy Nap Zsófia Szilágyi HungarySauvage (CdO) (QP) Camille Vidal-Naquet FranceSir (CdO) Monsieur Rohena Gera India, FranceWoman at War Benedikt Erlingsson Iceland, France, UkraineSpecial Screenings Guy (closing film) Alex LutzFranceOur Struggles Guillaume Senez Belgium, France Shéhérazade (CdO) (QP) Jean-Bernard Marlin France Wildlife (opening film) (CdO) Paul Dano United States (CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut. (QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Shorts English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Duarte Coimbra Portugal Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year Jacqueline Lentzou Greece Exemplary Citizen Mo-Bum-Shi-Min Kim Cheol-hwi South Korea Pauline Enslaved Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet France Camille Lugan Raptor / Rapace Rapaz Felipe Gálvez Chile Schächer Flurin Giger Switzerland The Tiger Tiikeri Mikko Myllylahti Finland A Wedding Day Elias Belkeddar Algeria, France Normal Michael Borodin RussiaSpecial ScreeningsThe FallLa chute Boris Labbé FranceThird Kind Yorgos Zois Greece, Croatia Ultra Pulpe Bertrand Mandico France
Directors' Fortnight The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section: