The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival that took place from 17 to 28 May 2022. French actor Vincent Lindon served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Virginie Efira hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Triangle of Sadness. The Honorary Palme d'Or was awarded to American actors Forest Whitaker and Tom Cruise, the latter on short notice during the international premiere of Top Gun: Maverick.
The official poster for the festival was designed as a homage to The Truman Show (1998), the film was also selected for the section.
The festival opened with Final Cut by Michel Hazanavicius. The edition also marked the festival's return to its full spectator capacity after the disruption in its previous two years' editions due to COVID-19 restrictions in France.
Juries Main competition Vincent Lindon, French actor – Jury President Asghar Farhadi, Iranian director, screenwriter and producer Rebecca Hall, English actress, producer, director and screenwriter Ladj Ly, French director, screenwriter, actor and producer Jeff Nichols, American director and screenwriter Deepika Padukone, Indian actress Noomi Rapace, Swedish actress Joachim Trier, Norwegian director and screenwriter Jasmine Trinca, Italian actress and director
Valeria Golino, Italian actress, director and producer – Jury President Benjamin Biolay, French singer, songwriter, actor and producer Debra Granik, American director Joanna Kulig, Polish actress Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor and producer
Caméra d'or Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress – Jury President Natasza Chroscicki, French general director of Arri France Lucien Jean-Baptiste, French director, screenwriter and actor Jean-Claude Larrieu, French cinematographer Samuel Le Bihan, French actor Olivier Pelisson, French film critic Éléonore Weber, French director and author
and Short Films Competition Yousry Nasrallah, Egyptian director – Jury President Monia Chokri, Canadian actress, director and screenwriter Félix Moati, French actor, director and screenwriter Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, French journalist and literary critic Laura Wandel, Belgian director and screenwriter
Independent juries Critics' Week Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisian director and screenwriter – Jury President Benoît Debie, Belgian cinematographer Benedikt Erlingsson, Icelandic director Huh Moon-yung, Korean film critic and director of the Busan International Film Festival Ariane Labed, French-Greek actress
Queer Palm Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter – Jury President Djanis Bouzyani, French actor, director and screenwriter Marilou Duponchel, French journalist Stéphane Riethauser, Swiss director Paul Struthers, Australian producer
L'Œil d'or Agnieszka Holland, Polish director – Jury President Pierre Deladonchamps, French actor Hicham Falah, Moroccan general director of the Agadir International Documentary Film Festival Iryna Tsilyk, Ukrainian director and writer Alex Vicente, Spanish film critic
Official sections In Competition The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryArmageddon Time James Gray United StatesBoy from Heaven Tarik Saleh Sweden, France Finland Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda South Korea Brother and Sister Arnaud Desplechin FranceClose Lukas Dhont Belgium, Netherlands, FranceCrimes of the Future David Cronenberg Canada, France, United Kingdom, Greece Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook South KoreaThe Eight MountainsCharlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van GroeningenItaly, Belgium, France EO Io Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy Forever Young Valeria Bruni Tedeschi France, Italy Holy Spider Ali Abbasi Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany Leila's Brothers Saeed Roustayi IranMother and SonLéonor SerrailleFranceNostalgia Mario Martone Italy, France Pacifiction Albert Serra France, Spain, Portugal, GermanyR.M.N. Cristian Mungiu Romania, France, BelgiumShowing Up Kelly Reichardt United StatesStars at Noon Claire Denis France Tchaikovsky's Wife Kirill Serebrennikov Russia, France, Switzerland Tori and Lokita Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium, FranceTriangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section: {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-bottom:4px" |- !scope="col" style="width:25%;"| English Title !scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Original Title !scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Director(s) !scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Production Country |- | All the People I'll Never Be | | Davy Chou | Cambodia, France, Belgium, Germany, Qatar |- | The Blue Caftan | | Maryam Touzani | Morocco, France, Belgium, Denmark |- | Burning Days | | Emin Alper | Turkey, France |- | Butterfly Vision (CdO) | | Maksym Nakonechnyi | Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Ukraine |- | colspan="2" |Corsage | Marie Kreutzer | Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg |- | Domingo and the Mist | | Ariel Escalante Meza | Costa Rica |- | Father & Soldier (opening film) | | Mathieu Vadepied | France, Senegal |- | Godland | | Hlynur Pálmason | Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden |- | colspan="2" |Harka (CdO) | Lotfy Nathan | Tunisia, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, United States |- |Joyland (CdO) | | Saim Sadiq | Pakistan |- |Mediterranean Fever | | Maha Haj | Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar |- | colspan="2" |Metronom (CdO) | Alexandru Belc | Romania, France |- | More Than Ever | | Emily Atef | Germany, France, Luxembourg, Norway |- | colspan="2" |Plan 75 (CdO) | Chie Hayakawa | Japan, Philippines, France |- | Rodeo (CdO) | | Lola Quivoron | France |- | Sick of Myself | | Kristoffer Borgli | Norway, Sweden |- | colspan=2|The Silent Twins | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | Poland, United Kingdom, United States |- | colspan=2|The Stranger | Thomas M. Wright | Australia |- | colspan=2|War Pony (CdO) | Riley Keough and Gina Gammell | United States |- style="background:#FFDEAD;" | The Worst Ones (CdO)| | Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret| France|}(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryElvis Baz Luhrmann Australia, United States Final Cut (opening film) Michel Hazanavicius France The Innocent Louis Garrel Masquerade Nicolas Bedos November Cédric JimenezThree Thousand Years of Longing George Miller Australia, United StatesTop Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski United States Midnight screenings Hunt Lee Jung-jae South KoreaMoonage Daydream Brett Morgen Germany, United StatesRebel Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Belgium, France, Luxembourg Smoking Causes Coughing Quentin Dupieux France
Cannes Premiere The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country The Beasts Rodrigo Sorogoyen Spain, France Diary of a Fleeting Affair Emmanuel Mouret FranceDodo Panos H. Koutras Greece, France, BelgiumDon Juan Serge Bozon France Exterior Night (Part I and II) Marco Bellocchio Italy, FranceIrma Vep (episodes 1 and 2) Olivier Assayas United StatesThe Night of the 12th Dominik Moll France, Belgium Rachid Bouchareb France, Algeria
Special Screenings English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAll That Breathes Shaunak Sen India, United Kingdom, United States Feminist Riposte (CdO) Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon FranceJerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind Ethan Coen United States Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (CdO) Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre FranceMarcel! (CdO) Jasmine Trinca Italy, FranceMariupolis 2Маріуполіс 2Mantas Kvedaravicius and Hanna BilobrovaGermany, France, Lithuania, Ukraine My Imaginary Country Patricio Guzmán Chile, France The Natural History of Destruction Sergei Loznitsa Germany, Netherlands, Lithuania Remains of the Wind Tiago Guedes Portugal, FranceSalam Mélanie Diam's, Houda Benyamina and Anne Cissé FranceThe Vagabonds (CdO) Doroteya Droumeva Germany(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
Short Films Competition Out of 3,507 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country A Short Story Bi Gan China Cherries Vytautas Katkus Lithuania Fire at the Lake Pierre Menahem France Melancholy of my Mother's Lullabies Lori Abinash Bikram Shah Nepal, Hong Kong Night Light Kim Torres Costa Rica Persona Moon Sujin South KoreaSame Old Lloyd Lee Choi United States, Canada Tsutsuɛ Amartei Armar Ghana, France The Water Murmurs Chen Jianying China
Cinéfondation The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (13 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 1,528 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
English Title Original Title Director(s) School A Conspiracy Man Valerio Ferrara Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy All of This Belongs to You Lilian Fanara La Fémis, France Craze Bianka Szelestey Eötvös Loránd University, HungaryGlorious Revolution Masha Novikova London Film School, United Kingdom Humans Are Dumber When Crammed Up Together Laurène Fernandez CinéFabrique, France Kinship Sheherut Orin Kadoori Tel Aviv University, Israel Liquid Bread Alica Bednáriková FTF VŠMU, SlovakiaMistida Falcão Nhaga ESTC, Portugal Mumlife Ruby Challenger AFTRS, AustraliaNauha Pratham Khurana Whistling Woods International, IndiaThe Pass Pepi Ginsberg New York University, United States The Silent Whistle Li Yingtong Emerson College, United States Somewhere Li Jiahe Hebei University of Science and Technology, ChinaSpring Roll Dream Mai Vu NFTS, United Kingdom That's Amore Malthe Saxer Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark We Are Not There Tomorrow Olga Kłyszewicz Łódź Film School, Poland
Cannes Classics The following films were selected to be screened in Cannes Classics: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryRestorations Black God, White Devil (1964) Glauber Rocha Brazil Daisies (1966) Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia If I Were a Spy (1967) Bertrand Blier France Itim (1976) Mike De Leon Philippines The Last Waltz (1978) Martin Scorsese United States The Mother and the Whore (1972) Jean Eustache France Pratidwandi (1970) Satyajit Ray India The Red Head (1932) Julien Duvivier France Shoeshine (1946) Vittorio De Sica Italy Singin' in the Rain (1952) Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen United States Thampu (1978) G. Aravindan India The Trial (1962) Orson Welles France, West Germany, ItalyViva la Muerte (1971) Fernando Arrabal France, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, Philippines, Brazil, ItalyDocumentaries about CinemaPatrick JeudyFrance (CdO)Fatou CisséMaliJane Campion, Cinema WomanJulie BertuccelliFranceThe Last Movie Stars (episodes 3 and 4)Ethan HawkeUnited StatesOfficial Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side ANaomi KawaseJapanJosé Luis Lopez-LinaresFrance, Spain, PortugalPatrick Dewaere, My HeroAlexandre MoixFranceRomy, A Free WomanLucie Cariès, Clémentine DéroudilleFranceThree in the Drift of the Creative ActFernando SolanasArgentinaVisions of EightMiloš Forman, Yuri Ozerov, Claude Lelouch, Mai Zetterling, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Arthur Penn and John SchlesingerUnited States, West Germany(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
The following films have been selected to be screened out of competition, in the "Cinéma de la plage" section.