2022 Cannes Film Festival

2022 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 75th Cannes Film Festival featuring a homage to The Truman Show (1998)
Opening filmFinal Cut
Closing filmNext Sohee
LocationCannes, France
Founded1946
AwardsPalme d'Or (Triangle of Sadness)
Hosted byVirginie Efira
No. of films21 (In Competition)
20 (Un Certain Regard)
Festival date17–28 May 2022
Websitefestival-cannes.com/en
Cannes Film Festival

The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival that took place from 17 to 28 May 2022. The festival featured a tribute to actor Tom Cruise, whose film Top Gun: Maverick premiered at the festival and where the actor was awarded an Honorary Palme d'Or award on short notice. The official poster for the festival was designed as a homage to The Truman Show (1998).

The festival returned to its full spectator capacity after disruption to the previous two year's editions due to COVID-19 restrictions in France.

Juries

The following juries were named for the festival.

Main competition

Un Certain Regard

Caméra d'or

Cinéfondation and short films

Independent juries

International Critics' Week

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 selection

In competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:

English title Original title Director(s) Production countrie(s)
Armageddon Time James Gray United States
Boy from Heaven Tarik Saleh Sweden, Finland
Broker 브로커 Hirokazu Kore-eda South Korea
Brother and Sister Frère et sœur Arnaud Desplechin France
Close Lukas Dhont Belgium, Netherlands, France
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg Canada, Greece
Decision to Leave 헤어질 결심 Park Chan-wook South Korea
The Eight Mountains Le otto montagne Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen Italy, Belgium
EO Io Jerzy Skolimowski Poland, Italy
Forever Young Les Amandiers Valeria Bruni Tedeschi France
Holy Spider Ali Abbasi Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
Leila's Brothers برادران لیلا Saeed Roustayi Iran
Mother and Son Un petit frère Léonor Serraille France
Nostalgia Mario Martone Italy
Pacifiction Tourment sur les îles Albert Serra Spain, Portugal, France, Germany
R.M.N. Cristian Mungiu Romania
Showing Up Kelly Reichardt United States
Stars at Noon Claire Denis France
Tchaikovsky's Wife Жена Чайковского Kirill Serebrennikov Russia, France, Switzerland
Tori and Lokita Tori et Lokita Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Belgium, France
Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Sweden, France, United Kingdom, Germany

Un Certain Regard

The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Return to Seoul Retour à Séoul Davy Chou Cambodia, France, Belgium, Germany
The Blue Caftan Le Bleu du caftan Maryam Touzani Morocco
Burning Days Kurak Günler Emin Alper Turkey
Butterfly Vision (CdO) Бачення метелика Maksym Nakonechnyi Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Ukraine
Corsage Marie Kreutzer Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg
Domingo and the Mist Domingo y la niebla Ariel Escalante Meza Costa Rica, Qatar
Father & Soldier (opening film) Tirailleurs Mathieu Vadepied France, Senegal
Godland Vanskabte Land Hlynur Pálmason Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Harka (CdO) Lotfy Nathan Tunisia
Joyland (CdO) Saim Sadiq Pakistan
The Worst Ones (CdO) Les Pires Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret France
Mediterranean Fever Maha Haj Palestine
Metronom (CdO) Alexandru Belc Romania
More Than Ever Plus que jamais Emily Atef Germany, France
Plan 75 (CdO) Chie Hayakawa Japan, Philippines, France
Rodeo (CdO) Rodéo Lola Quivoron France
Sick of Myself Syk Pike Kristoffer Borgli Norway
The Silent Twins Agnieszka Smoczyńska Poland, United Kingdom, United States
The Stranger Thomas M. Wright Australia
War Pony (CdO) Riley Keough, Gina Gammell United States
(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 countrie(s)
Elvis Baz Luhrmann Australia, United States
Final Cut (opening film) Coupez ! Michel Hazanavicius France
The Innocent L'Innocent Louis Garrel France
Masquerade Mascarade Nicolas Bedos France
November Novembre Cédric Jimenez France
Three Thousand Years of Longing George Miller Australia, United States
Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski United States
Midnight screenings
Hunt 헌트 Lee Jung-jae South Korea
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen United States
Rebel Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Belgium
Smoking Causes Coughing Fumer fait tousser 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 As bestas Rodrigo Sorogoyen Spain, France
Diary of a Fleeting Affair Chronique d'une liaison passagère Emmanuel Mouret France
Dodo Panos H. Koutras Greece, France, Belgium
Don Juan Serge Bozon France
Exterior Night (miniseries) Esterno notte Marco Bellocchio Italy
Irma Vep (miniseries) Olivier Assayas United States
Nos frangins Rachid Bouchareb France
The Night of the 12th La Nuit du 12 Dominik Moll France

Special Screenings

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
All That Breathes Shaunak Sen India, United Kingdom, United States
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind Ethan Coen United States
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be Le Petit Nicolas: Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux? (CdO) Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre France
Marcel ! (CdO) Jasmine Trinca Italy
My Imaginary Country Mi país imaginario Patricio Guzmán Chile
The Natural History of Destruction Natūrali naikinimo istorija Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine
Remains of the Wind Restos Do Vento Tiago Guedes Portugal
Feminist Riposte (CdO) Riposte féministe Marie Perennès, Simon Depardon France
Salam Mélanie Diam's, Houda Benyamina, Anne Cissé France
The Vagabonds (CdO) Doroteya Droumeva Germany
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

Short films

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
Tsutsuɛ Amartei Armar Ghana, France
A Short Story 破碎太阳之心 Bi Gan China
Melancholy of my Mother's Lullabies Lori Abinash Bikram Shah Nepal, Hong Kong
The Water Murmurs 海边升起一座悬崖 Chen Jianying China
Cherries Uogos Vytautas Katkus Lithuania
Same Old Lloyd Lee Choi USA, Canada
Fire at the Lake Le Feu au lac Pierre Menahem France
Persona 각질 Moon Sujin South Korea
Night Light Luz Nocturna Kim Torres Costa Rica

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
Liquid Bread Chlieb náš každodenný Alica Bednáriková FTF VŠMU, Slovakia
Mumlife Ruby Challenger AFTRS, Australia
All of This Belongs to You Tout ceci vous reviendra Lilian Fanara La Fémis, France
Humans Are Dumber When Crammed Up Together Les Humains sont cons quand ils s'empilent Laurène Fernandez CinéFabrique, France
A Conspiracy Man Il Barbiere complottista Valerio Ferrara Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy
The Pass Pepi Ginsberg New York University, USA
Kinship Sheherut Orin Kadoori Tel Aviv University, Israel
Nauha Pratham Khurana Whistling Woods International, India
We Are Not There Tomorrow Jutro Nas Tam Nie Ma Olga Kłyszewicz Łódź Film School, Poland
Somewhere 地儿 Li Jiahe Hebei University of Science and Technology, China
The Silent Whistle Feng Zheng Li Yingtong Emerson College, USA
Mistida Falcão Nhaga ESTC, Portugal
Glorious Revolution Masha Novikova London Film School, United Kingdom
That's Amore 100% Flået Kærlighed Malthe Saxer Den Danske Filmskole, Denmark
Craze Hajszálrepedés Bianka Szelestey Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Spring Roll Dream Mai Vu NFTS, United Kingdom

Cannes Classics

The following films were selected to be screened in Cannes Classics:

Restorations

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Black God, White Devil (1964) Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol Glauber Rocha Brazil
Daisies (1966) Sedmikrásky Věra Chytilová Czechoslovakia
If I Were a Spy (1967) Si j'étais un espion Bertrand Blier France
Itim (1976) Mike De Leon Philippines
The Last Waltz (1978) Martin Scorsese USA
The Mother and the Whore (1972) La Maman et la putain Jean Eustache France
Pratidwandi (1970) Satyajit Ray India
The Red Head (1932) Poil de Carotte Julien Duvivier France
Shoeshine (1946) Sciuscià Vittorio De Sica Italy
Singin' in the Rain (1952) Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen USA
Thampu (1978) G. Aravindan India
The Trial (1962) Orson Welles France, West Germany, Italy
Viva la Muerte (1971) (CdO) Fernando Arrabal France, Tunisia
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

Documentaries

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Gérard Philipe, le dernier hiver du Cid Patrick Jeudy France
Hommage d'une fille à son père (CdO) Fatou Cissé Mali
Jane Campion, Cinema Woman Jane Campion, la femme cinéma Julie Bertuccelli France
The Last Movie Stars, episodes 3 & 4 Ethan Hawke USA
Official Film of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Side A Naomi Kawase Japan
L'Ombre de Goya par Jean-Claude Carrière José Luis Lopez-Linares France, Spain, Portugal
Patrick Dewaere, My Hero Patrick Dewaere, mon héros Alexandre Moix France
Romy, A Free Woman Romy femme libre Lucie Cariès, Clémentine Déroudille France
Three in the Drift of the Creative Act Tres en la deriva del acto creativo Fernando Solanas Argentina
Visions of Eight Miloš Forman, Yuri Ozerov, Claude Lelouch, Mai Zetterling, Michael Pfleghar, Kon Ichikawa, Arthur Penn, John Schlesinger USA, West Germany
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

Cinéma de la plage

The following films have been selected to be screened out of competition, in the "Cinéma de la plage" section.

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola United States
E.T. (1982) Steven Spielberg United States
The Truman Show (1998) Peter Weir United States
Save Our Schools (2022) La Cour des Miracles Carine May and Hakim Zouhani France
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Rob Reiner United States
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) Le Pacte des loups Christophe Gans France
East/West (1999) Est-Ouest Régis Wargnier France
A Monkey in Winter (1962) Un singe en hiver Henri Verneuil France
Strictly Ballroom (1992) Baz Luhrmann Australia
Fanfan la tulipe (1952) Christian-Jaque France
The Last Picture Show (1971) Peter Bogdanovich United States

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following films were selected to be screened in the International Critics' Week.

In competition

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Aftersun Charlotte Wells United Kingdom, United States
Alma viva Cristèle Alves Meira France, Portugal
Imagine (CdO) تصور Ali Behrad Iran
The Pack La jauría Andrés Ramírez Pulido Colombia, France
Love According to Dalva Dalva Emmanuelle Nicot Belgium, France
Summer Scars Nos cérémonies Simon Rieth France
The Woodcutter Story Metsurin tarina Mikko Myllylahti Finland, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

Special screenings

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Everybody Loves Jeanne Tout le monde aime Jeanne Céline Devaux France
Next Sohee (closing film) 다음 소희 July Jung South Korea
Sons of Ramses Goutte d'or Clément Cogitore France
When You Finish Saving the World (opening film) (CdO) Jesse Eisenberg United States
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:

Features

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
1976 Manuela Martelli Chile, Argentina
Ashkal Youssef Chebbi Tunisia
The Dam السد Ali Cherri France, Germany, Serbia, Sudan
Continental Drift (South) La Dérive des continents (au sud) Lionel Baier Switzerland
Enys Men Mark Jenkin United Kingdom
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel France, Switzerland
Falcon Lake (CdO) Charlotte Le Bon Canada, France
The Five Devils Les Cinq Diables Léa Mysius France
Funny Pages Owen Kline United States
God's Creatures Saela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer Ireland, United Kingdom
The Green Perfume Le Parfum vert Nicolas Pariser France
Harkis Les Harkis Philippe Faucon France
A Male Un varón Fabian Hernández Colombia, France, Germany, Netherlands
The Mountain La Montagne Thomas Salvador France
One Fine Morning Un beau matin Mia Hansen-Løve France
Pamfir Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk France, Ukraine, Luxembourg
Paris Memories Revoir Paris Alice Winocour France
Scarlet L'Envol Pietro Marcello France, Germany, Italy, Russia
The Super 8 Years Les Années Super 8 Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot France
Under the Fig Trees تحت الشجرة Erige Sehiri Tunisia, France, Switzerland
The Water El agua Elena López Riera France, Spain, Switzerland
Will-o'-the-Wisp Fogo-Fátuo João Pedro Rodrigues Portugal
(CdO) indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.

Special screenings

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Men Alex Garland United Kingdom, United States

Official Awards

Vincent Lindon, Jury President of the 75th Cannes Film Festival
Ruben Ostlund, Palme d'Or winner
Lukas Dhont, Grand Prix winner
Claire Denis, Grand Prix winner

In Competition

The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:

Un Certain Regard

Short Film Palm D'or

Cinéfondation

  • First Prize: A Conspiracy Man by Valerio Ferrara
  • Second Prize: Somewhere by Li Jiahe
  • Third Prize (jointly awarded):
    • Glorious Revolution by Masha Novikova
    • Humans Are Dumber When Crammed up Together by Laurène Fernandez

Honorary Palme d'Or

Golden Camera

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes

Ecumenical Prize

International Critics' Week

  • Grand Prize: The Pack by Andrés Ramírez Pulido
  • French Touch Prize of the Jury: Aftersun by Charlotte Wells
  • Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Zelda Samson for Love According To Dalva
  • Leitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez
  • Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: The Woodcutter Story by Mikko Myllylahti
  • SACD Prize: Andrés Ramírez Pulido for The Pack
  • Canal+ Award for Short Film: On Xerxes’ Throne by Evi Kalogiropoulou

Directors' Fortnight

L'Œil d'or

Queer Palm

Prix François Chalais

Prix de la Citoyenneté

Cannes Soundtrack Award

Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai

Palm Dog

  • Palm Dog Award: Brit in War Pony
  • Grand Jury Prize:
    • Marcel in Marcel!
    • Canine cast in Godland
  • Palm DogManitarian Award: Patron (Ukrainian Jack Russell terrier mine sniffer)
  • Palm Hound Dog: Titane

Trophée Chopard

TikTok Short Film Competition

The 2022 Cannes Film Festival also saw the first edition of the TikTok Short Film Competition. It was organized in partnership with social media giant TikTok, and was part of a desire to diversify the audience of the festival. The jury consisted of Oscar-nominated director Rithy Panh, world-famous TikTok creator Khaby Lame, director Camille Ducellier, director-stylist Basma Khalifa and writer-director Angele Diabang. The first Grand Prix Award for Best Film was given to Matej Rimanić, for his film Love In Plane Sight, the second Grand Prix Award was given to Mabuta Motoki, for his film Is it Okay to Chop Down Trees?. The jury also awarded Tim Hamilton with his film Zero Gravity for Best Edit, and Claudia Cochet with her film Modern Princess for Best Script.


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