One of many world’s most notable movie festivals Cannes is across the nook. Nonetheless, this time, Hollywood might have a a lot lighter presence on the 2024 version as in comparison with final yr. Final yr, on the Cannes Movie Pageant, the occasion witnessed some iconic actors hitting the crimson carpet, together with Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, and Scarlett Johansson. Sadly, this time, the hype gained’t be that nice. It’s all the results of final yr’s actors and writers’ strikes, as a result of which many productions bought delayed. It even affected the economic system, main studios to tighten the purse strings.

Nonetheless, there’s a lot in retailer for the upcoming occasion. 

What’s to be anticipated from the Cannes 2024?

Sure, there will probably be a scarcity of stars, however there’ll nonetheless be stars on the Cannes. After giving a blockbuster hit final yr, “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig is all set to preside over the jury. The upcoming occasion will place a better emphasis on European auteurs, alongside the traces of Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” and Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Curiosity,” which had been every nominated for 5 Oscars.

The registration deadline for feature-length movies for Cannes’ Official Choice approaches this Friday. A number of movies are nonetheless awaiting screening by the Cannes choice committee earlier than the press convention scheduled for April 11 in Paris. Furthermore, Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux already made a visit to L.A. in January and is returning on the finish of the week for the Oscars, hoping to safe just a few extra high-profile titles whereas in Hollywood.

Though only a few motion pictures have been formally invited by the pageant, Selection has confirmed among the highest-profile European movies and unbiased motion pictures are being submitted for Cannes 2024, together with Jacques Audiard’s musical melodrama “Emilia Perez” starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez, Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov, The Ballad of Eddie” starring Ben Whishaw, Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump film “The Apprentice” starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Sturdy.

Paolo Sorrentino’s untitled movie with Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” starring Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger, Babak Anvari’s “Hallow Street” starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, Audrey Diwan’s “Emmanuelle” starring Noemie Merlant and Noemie Watts, Gilles Lellouche’s “L’Amour Ouf” starring Adele Exarchopoulos and Francois Civil, and Nabil Ayouch’s “Everyone Loves Touda.” Aside from Diwan, whose earlier movie “Taking place” premiered at Venice (and gained the Golden Lion), and Sorrentino, whose Netflix movie “Hand of God” performed at Venice, the opposite administrators all noticed their final movies premiere in Cannes.

Cannes can be contemplating Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Sorts of Kindness.” The movie is alleged to be a follow-up to “Poor Issues,” which reunites him with Emma Stone and distributor Searchlight Photos. Moreover, Andrea Arnold’s “Chook,” starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, and Francis Ford Coppola‘s self-produced epic “Megalopolis” with Adam Driver and Forest Whitaker are additionally below Cannes’ radar. Megalopolis would mark a giant return for Coppola, who debuted his 1979 masterpiece “Apocalypse Now” 45 years in the past at Cannes.

The 77th version of the Cannes Movie Pageant will happen Might 14-25.