Cannes Film Festival

The most prestigious film festival in the

world. The Palme d'Or is cinema's highest

honour. Cannes selects by invitation for

the main competition — you cannot submit

directly. The Un Certain Regard and Directors

Fortnight sections are more accessible to

emerging filmmakers.

Cannes values formal ambition, auteur

vision, and films that advance the language

of cinema. They are drawn to established

filmmakers with new work and emerging

filmmakers with extraordinarily bold debuts.

Commercial considerations are secondary to

artistic vision at the highest level.

Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction,

Parasite, Dancer in the Dark, The Tree of

Life, Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Cannes main competition is by invitation

only. For Un Certain Regard and Directors

Fortnight, work through a sales agent or

submit directly to the section programming

teams. Films must be world premieres.

French subtitles may be requested.