The 76th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 16 to 27 May 2023. Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund served as jury president. With the French film Anatomy of a Fall winning the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, Justine Triet became the third female director to achieve the prize, after Jane Campion in 1993, and Julia Ducournau in 2021.
The official poster for the festival featuring actress Catherine Deneuve was created by Lionel Avignon and Stefan de Vivies of the design studio Hartland Villa from a photo taken by Jack Garofalo during the shooting of La Chamade (1968). The poster was chosen to pay tribute to Deneuve for her contributions to film.
During the festival, two Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded: the first one during the opening ceremony for Michael Douglas, and the second one was awarded on short notice for Harrison Ford before the world premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
The festival opened with Jeanne du Barry by Maïwenn and closed with Pixar's Elemental by Peter Sohn.
Juries
Main competition Ruben Östlund, Swedish filmmaker – Jury President Paul Dano, American actor and director Julia Ducournau, French filmmaker Brie Larson, American actress and director Denis Ménochet, French actor Rungano Nyoni, Zambian-Welsh filmmaker Atiq Rahimi, Afghan director and writer Damián Szifrón, Argentinian filmmaker Maryam Touzani, Moroccan filmmaker and actress
Un Certain Regard John C. Reilly, American actor, screenwriter and producer – Jury President Paula Beer, German actress Davy Chou, Cambodian-French filmmaker Émilie Dequenne, Belgian actress Alice Winocour, French filmmaker
Caméra d'Or Anaïs Demoustier, French actress – Jury President Mickaël Buch, French director and screenwriter Nathalie Durand, French director of photography Sophie Frilley, French general director of Titrafilm Nicolas Marcadé, French journalist and critic Raphaël Personnaz, French actor
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition Ildikó Enyedi, Hungarian filmmaker – Jury President Ana Lily Amirpour, American filmmaker Shlomi Elkabetz, Israeli actor, director, screenwriter and producer Charlotte Le Bon, Canadian actor and director Karidja Touré, French actress
Critics' Week Audrey Diwan, French filmmaker – Jury President Rui Poças, Portuguese cinematographer Franz Rogowski, German actor Meenakshi Shedde, Indian journalist and programmer of the Berlin International Film Festival Kim Yutani, programming director of the Sundance Film Festival
Queer Palm John Cameron Mitchell, American actor, filmmaker, producer, singer and songwriter – Jury President Louise Chevillotte, French actress Zeno Graton, Belgian director Isabel Sandoval, Filipina filmmaker and actress Cédric Succivalli, French journalist, film critic and festival programmer
L'Œil d'or Kirsten Johnson, American filmmaker and cinematographer – Jury President Sophie Faucher, Canadian actress Ovidie, French actress, director and author Pedro Pimenta, Mozambican producer Jean-Claude Raspiengeas, French journalist and critic
Official selection In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or: {| 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 |- | About Dry Grasses | | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Turkey, France, Germany |-style="background:#FFDEAD;" | Anatomy of a Fall (QP)| | Justine Triet| France|- |Asphalt City |Black Flies | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | rowspan="2" | United States |- | colspan="2" | Asteroid City | Wes Anderson |- | Banel & Adama | | Ramata-Toulaye Sy | Senegal, Mali, France |- | A Brighter Tomorrow | | Nanni Moretti | Italy, France |- | colspan="2" | La chimera | Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland |- | colspan="2" | Club Zero | Jessica Hausner | Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Qatar |- | Fallen Leaves | | Aki Kaurismäki | Finland, Germany |- | colspan="2" | Firebrand | Karim Aïnouz | United Kingdom |- | Four Daughters (ŒdO) | | Kaouther Ben Hania | Tunisia, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia |- | Homecoming (QP) | | Catherine Corsini |France |- | Kidnapped | | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France, Germany |- | Last Summer | | Catherine Breillat | France |- | colspan="2" | May December | Todd Haynes | United States |- | Monster (QP) | | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |- | colspan="2" | The Old Oak | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France, Belgium |- | colspan="2" | Perfect Days | Wim Wenders | Japan, Germany |- | The Taste of Things | | Tran Anh Hung | France |- | Youth (Spring) (ŒdO) | | Wang Bing | China, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |- | colspan="2" | The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | United Kingdom, United States, Poland |}(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.
Un Certain Regard 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 to Play For (CdO) | | Delphine Deloget | rowspan="2" | France, Belgium |- |The Animal Kingdom (opening film) | | Thomas Cailley |- | The Breaking Ice | | Anthony Chen | China, Singapore |- | The Buriti Flower | / | João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora | Brazil, Portugal |- | The Delinquents | | Rodrigo Moreno | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Luxembourg |- |Goodbye Julia (CdO) | | Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan, Egypt, Germany, France, Sweden, Saudi Arabia |- |Hopeless (CdO) | | Kim Chang-hoon | South Korea |- |Hounds (CdO) | |Kamal Lazraq |Morocco, France, Belgium, Qatar, Saudi Arabia |-style="background:#FFDEAD;" | colspan=2|How to Have Sex (CdO) (QP)| Molly Manning Walker| United Kingdom|- | colspan=2|If Only I Could Hibernate (CdO) | Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia, France, Switzerland, Qatar |- | The Mother of All Lies (ŒdO) | | Asmae El Moudir | Morocco, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia |- | The Nature of Love (QP) | | Monia Chokri | Canada, France |- | colspan=2|The New Boy | Warwick Thornton | Australia |- | Omen (CdO) | Augure | Baloji | Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo |- | Only the River Flows | |Wei Shujun |China |- | colspan=2|Rosalie (QP) | Stéphanie Di Giusto |France, Belgium |- | colspan=2|Salem | Jean-Bernard Marlin |France |- | The Settlers (CdO) | | Felipe Gálvez Haberle | Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Sweden, Germany |- |Terrestrial Verses | | Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami | Iran |- ! colspan="4" |Out of Competition |- |Strangers by Night (closing film) | |Alex Lutz |France, Belgium |}(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.
Out of Competition The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion Frédéric Tellier France Cobweb Kim Jee-woon South KoreaElemental (closing film) Peter Sohn United StatesIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny James MangoldJeanne du Barry (opening film) Maïwenn France, Belgium, United KingdomKillers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese United StatesSeriesThe Idol (episodes 1 and 2) (QP) Sam Levinson United States Midnight screenings Acid Just Philippot FranceHypnoticRobert RodriguezUnited StatesKennedy Anurag Kashyap IndiaThe King of Algiers Elias Belkeddar FranceProject Silence Kim Tae-gonSouth Korea(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cannes Premiere The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production Country Along Came Love (QP) Katell Quillévéré France, Belgium Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe Martin Provost France Close Your Eyes Víctor Erice Spain, ArgentinaEurekaLisandro AlonsoFrance, Germany, Portugal, Mexico, Argentina Just the Two of Us Valérie DonzelliFrance Kubi (QP) Takeshi Kitano Japan Lost in the Night Amat EscalanteMexico, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Special Screenings The following films were selected to be screened in the Special Screenings section: English Title Original Title Director(s) Production CountryAnselm (ŒdO) Wim Wenders GermanyBread and Roses (ŒdO)Sahra ManiAfghanistan, United States The Daughters of Fire (short) Pedro CostaPortugalLittle Girl Blue (ŒdO) Mona Achache France, BelgiumMan in Black (ŒdO) Wang Bing China, France, United States, United Kingdom Marguerite's Theorem Anna Novion France, SwitzerlandOccupied City (ŒdO) Steve McQueen United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands Pictures of Ghosts (ŒdO) Kleber Mendonça Filho BrazilRobot Dreams Pablo Berger Spain, France Strange Way of Life (short) (QP) Pedro AlmodóvarSpain(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 4,288 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- !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 |-- style="background:#FFDEAD;" | colspan="2" |27 (QP)|Flóra Anna Buda|France, Hungary|- | colspan="2" |As It Was |Anastasia Solonevych and Damian Kocur |Poland, Ukraine |- | colspan="2" |Aunque es de Noche |Guillermo García López |Spain, France |- |Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy | | Khozy Rizal | Indonesia, United States |- |Intrusion | |Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter |Iceland |- | colspan=2|La Perra |Carla Melo Gampert |Colombia, France |- |None of That | |Patricio Martínez and Francisco Canton |Argentina, Spain, United States |- |Peeping Mom | |Francis Canitrot |France |- | colspan="2" |Poof |Margaret Miller |United States |- | colspan=2|Tits |Eivind Landsvik |Norway |- | colspan=2|Wild Summon |Karni Arieli and Saul Freed |United Kingdom |}(QP) indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cinéfondation The Cinéfondation 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 16 entries (14 live-action and 2 animated films) were selected out of 2,000 submissions:
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;" |- !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%;"| School |- | colspan="2" |A Bright Sunny Day |Yupeng He |Columbia University, United States |- |The Call of the Brook |Al Toraa|Jad Chahine |High Cinema Institute, Egypt |- |Crack of Dawn | |Anna Llargués |ESCAC, Spain |- |Eighth Day | |Petr Pylypčuk | rowspan="2" |FAMU, Czech Republic |- | colspan="2" |Electra |Daria Kashcheeva |- |Ground | |Pedro Vargas |FAAP, Brazil |- |Hole || || Hwang Hyein || Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea |- | colspan="2" |Imogene || Katie Blair||Columbia University, United States |- | Inside the Skin (QP)|| Daroone Poust || Shafagh Abosaba and Maryam Mahdiye || Karnameh Film School, Iran |- | colspan=2|Killing Boris Johnson || Musa Alderson-Clarke||NFTS, United Kingdom |- | The Lee Families || || Seo Jeong-mi || Korea National University of Arts, South Korea |- |Moon |Ayyur |Zineb Wakrim