For once the events, the meetings, the inaugurations take over, at least from the media point of view, on the offer of the competition that appears - programmatically - oriented on that auteur cinema that Cannes intends to preserve by offering itself as an extreme cinephile bulwark, between a blockbuster and the other perhaps out of competition.
This is the general program of the festival on Wednesday 17 May.
- Monster by Kore-Eda Hirokazu with Sakura Andô, Shidô Nakamura, Yûko Tanaka. In competition.
- Le Retour by Catherine Corsini with Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, Esther Gohourou, Suzy Bemba. In competition.
- Anselm by Wim Wenders with Anselm Kiefer. Special Event. Cinema and painting, the extreme technology of 6K and the pleasure of experimentation that did not leave Wenders years after Pina. This time his goal is at the center of the creation of a great contemporary artist.
- Occupied City by Steve McQueen. Special event.
- Meeting with Michael Douglas. The day after the awarding of the Palme d'honneur, the American star meets the press and tells his story.
- Meeting with Pedro Almodovar on the occasion of his short film Strange Way of Life, 31 minutes in pure western style with Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal and Jason Fernández.
- Le Regne Animal by Thomas Cailley with Romain Duris, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Nathalie Richard. Un Certain Regard.
- Le Proced Goldman by Cedric Kahn with Arieh Worthalter, Arthur Harari, Chloé Lecer. Opening film of the Directors' Fortnight.
- Ama Gloria by Marie Amachoukeli with Louise Mauroy-Panzani, Ilça Moreno, Abnara Gomes Varela. Opening film of the Semaine de la Critique.
- Carrosse d'Or Award to Suleimane Cissé. The only official recognition of the Quinzaine crowns the work of one of the greatest masters of African cinema and for the occasion we see his masterful Den Muso of 1975.
- Caligula The Ultimate Cut by Tinto Brass. Cannes Classics, 40 years after its theatrical release, the Venetian director's blockbuster-peplum will still arouse controversy.
