Cannes Film Festival

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[France 3 Côte d'Azur @F3cotedazur]

L'artiste franco-iranienne Marjane Satrapi, autrice de "Persepolis", Prix du Jury au festival de Cannes 2007, est morte à 56 ans

https://t.co/GacxixmJFp #cannesfestival

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Renate Reinsve rewears Stellan Skarsgård’s Cannes suit:

“Still smells like daddy.”

[FilmsMap @FilmsMap]

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY: Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro, actors of movie Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese at Cannes Film Festival in May 1976 in Cannes, France.

[Ana @Ana04362608710]

@cannes luxury lacked in 2026 with cut price parties and fewer stars — but there were still some wild moments | Video @PageSix

https://t.co/mYXrHTEbSb.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Renate Reinsve’s Cannes history:

• 2021 - ‘THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD’ (Best Actress Winner)

• 2024 - ‘ARMAND’ (Camera d’Or)

• 2025 - ‘SENTIMENTAL VALUE’ (Grand Prix)

• 2026 - ‘FJORD’ (Palme d’Or)

[Auteur House @auteurhouse]

When Gaspar Noe's Irréversible caused record 200+ walkouts in Cannes 2002. #filmtwt

[Brian Rowe @mrbrianrowe]

Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto such inspired Best Actress wins at Cannes, their performances in All of a Sudden are two of the greatest you will see in 2026

[Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan]

Cannes competition gets a shot of adrenaline from THE BLACK BALL, a sweeping, exciting gay triptych from Los Javis. Love! War! Cameos from Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close! This is a surefire, across-the-board Oscar contender so I’d expect a major pickup soon.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES premiered 27 years ago at Cannes.

As Sofia Coppola’s feature directorial debut, it struggled to secure financing because studios reportedly had no idea how to market it. It became one of the defining indie films of its generation.

[Variety @Variety]

#AdamDriver says he has “a whole system” in place to sneak out of his own movies premiering at #Cannes:

“I can’t stand to watch myself. I have a whole system where I wait until everything is starting and I go through these mazes into a room that overlooks all these boats. And then I sneak back in and try not to be noisy so I can be there as the lights come up.”

https://t.co/ZeAsWOskBy

[Radheyan Simonpillai @JustSayRad]

Here they are shooting The White Lotus season four on the Croisette in Cannes.

[Cinema Solace @SolaceCinema]

First clip of Rami Malek in Ira Sachs’ ‘THE MAN I LOVE’

Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival.

[david ehrlich @davidehrlich]

Minotaur: Andreï Zviaguintsev brilliantly transposes Unfaithful/The Unfaithful Wife onto modern Russia, freighting a familiar adultery plot w/ blithe & immense new weight as it plays out against the war in Ukraine. colossal. staggering. Anohni music cue! film of the year. #cannes

[STM @Suzanne08253534]

Ingrid Bergman at Cannes, 1956

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

David Cronenberg's "Crash" (1996) won the "Special Jury Prize" award at the Cannes Film Festival. It was said that some people in the jury didn't support such recognition. Francis Ford Coppola, the Jury president that year, described the film as "original, daring and audacious".

According to David Cronenberg, it was Francis Ford Coppola who was totally against the movie. Cronenberg believed that the award was the attempt of the other Jury members to get around the negativity of Coppola, since they had the power to present such award without the president's approval.

Coppola did not hand over the award to Cronenberg. He made other Jury members to do it. Cronenberg didn't like it and felt it wasn't gracious.

Whenever Cronenberg met Coppola after the festival, Coppola would always say, “Remember, we gave you this award.” Cronenberg swore to himself that the next time Coppola said that, he would remind Coppola that he was not amongst those who wanted to give the award.

("Q-and-A: David Cronenberg reflects on ‘Crash’ and the future of COVID filmmaking", David Friend, Toronto City News, 2020)

P.S: On this day, 30 years ago, "Crash" (1996) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.

[Variety @Variety]

Adam Driver responds in #Cannes to Lena Dunham's memoir, which alleges he was "verbally aggressive" and "hurled a chair at the wall next" to her on the "Girls" set.

“I have no comment on any of that. I’m saving it all for my book.”

https://t.co/LdLs30aeKA

[Evelyn @EvelynHQL]

That's the cutest video I've seen of Marion Cotillard today.🥰

[David Rooney @DavidCRooney1]

Loved James Gray's bruising 1980s crime drama PAPER TIGER. Dark, disturbing and utterly riveting, with knockout performances from Adam Driver, Miles Teller and a never better Scarlett Johansson, who's just shattering. My @THR review from #Cannes2026
https://t.co/qFB9ttA898

[Variety @Variety]

Odessa accepts the Trophée Chopard award at #Cannes for breakthrough talent.

[Agence France-Presse @afpfr]

⭐️ #Cannes2026: une Palme d'or d'honneur a été remise à la star américaine John Travolta pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre, juste avant la projection hors compétition de son premier film "Vol de nuit pour Los Angeles" en tant que réalisateur ⤵️