Movies At Cannes 2022: Great Showcase Of Global Talent
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The 75th Annual Cannes Film Festival took place between May 17 and May 28, 2022, and hosted a range of anticipated movies. Cannes Film Festival is considered as the most prestigious film festival across the globe. In this article, we will have a look at the movies at Cannes 2022 and the ones you should watch at least once.
This film festival is partly responsible for launching the careers of renowned filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Guillermo del Toro after their movies did really well at the festival.
Along with awards for the best actress, actor, director, and screenplay, this film festival had three separate awards for films. These categories include the Grand Prize, Jury Prize, and the most prestigious is the Palme d’Or. This award is presented to the best film at the Cannes Film Festival.
Previous winners of the award are Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Even though the 2020 edition of the festival was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Palme d’Or was awarded to Julia Ducournau’s Titane.
List Of All Movies At Cannes 2022
With that let us have a look at all the movies that were screened at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
In Competition
Opening Film FINAL CUT | Michel HAZANAVICIUS (Out of Competition) |
HOLY SPIDER | Ali ABBASI |
FOREVER YOUNG | Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI |
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE | David CRONENBERG |
TORI AND LOKITA | Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE |
STARS AT NOON | Claire DENIS |
BROTHER AND SISTER | Arnaud DESPLECHIN |
CLOSE | Lukas DHONT |
ARMAGEDDON TIME | James GRAY |
BROKER | KORE-EDA Hirokazu |
NOSTALGIA | Mario MARTONE |
R.M.N. | Cristian MUNGIU |
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS | Ruben ÖSTLUND |
HAEOJIL GYEOLSIM (DECISION TO LEAVE) | PARK Chan-Wook |
SHOWING UP | Kelly REICHARDT |
LEILA’S BROTHERS | Saeed ROUSTAEE |
BOY FROM HEAVEN | Tarik SALEH |
ZHENA CHAIKOVSKOGO | Kirill Serebrennikov |
PACIFICTION | Albert Serra |
MOTHER AND SON | Léonor Serraille |
EO | Jerzy Skolimowski |
LE OTTO MONTAGNE | Charlotte Vandermeersch |
Uncertain Regards
Opening Film FATHER AND SOLDIER | Mathieu Vadepied | |
LES PIRES | Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret | 1st film |
KURAK GÜNLER (BURNING DAYS) | Emin Alper | |
MORE THAN EVER | Emily Atef | |
METRONOM | Alexandru Belc | 1st film |
SICK OF MYSELF | Kristoffer Borgli | |
RETURN TO SEOUL | Davy Chou | |
DOMINGO Y LA NIEBLA (DOMINGO AND THE MIST) | Ariel Escalante Meza | |
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER | Maha Haj | |
PLAN 75 | Hayakawa Chie | 1st film |
WAR PONY | Riley Keough, Gina Gammell | 1st film |
CORSAGE | Marie Kreutzer | |
THE STRANGER | Thomas M Wright | |
BACHENNYA METELYKA (BUTTERFLY VISION) | Maksim Nakonechnyi | 1st film |
HARKA | Lotfy Nathan | 1st film |
VANSKABTE LAND / VOLAÐA LAND (GODLAND) | Hlynur Pálmason | |
RODEO | Lola Quivoron | 1st film |
JOYLAND | Saim Sadiq | 1st film |
THE SILENT TWINS | Agnieszka Smoczynska | |
THE BLUE CAFTAN | Maryam Touzani |
Out Of Competition
TOP GUN: MAVERICK Joseph Kosinski ELVIS Baz Luhrmann MASQUERADE Nicolas Bedos NOVEMBRE Cédric Jimenez THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING George Miller L’INNOCENT Louis Garrel
Midnight Screening
HUNT | Lee Jung-Jae | 1st film |
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING | Quentin Dupieux | |
MOONAGE DAYDREAM | Brett Morgen | |
REBEL | Adil El Arbi Bilall Fallah |
Cannes Premiere
DODO | Panos H. Koutras |
ESTERNO NOTTE (EXTERIOR NIGHT) | Marco Bellocchio |
IRMA VEP | Olivier Assayas |
NOS FRANGINS | Rachid Bouchareb |
DON JUAN | Serge Bozon |
LA NUIT DU 12 | Dominik Moll |
DIARY OF A FLEETING AFFAIR | Emmanuel Mouret |
AS BESTAS | Rodrigo Sorogoyen |
Special Screenings
JERRY LEE LEWIS: TROUBLE IN MIND | Ethan Coen | |
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION | Sergei Loznitsa | |
ALL THAT BREATHES | Shaunak Sen | |
MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY | Patricio Guzman | |
THE VAGABONDS | Doroteya Droumeva | 1st film |
FEMINIST RIPOST | Marie Perennès Simon Depardon | |
REMAINS OF THE WIND | Tiago Guedes | |
LITTLE NICHOLAS HAPPY AS CAN BE | Amandine Fredon Benjamin Massoubre | |
MARCEL! | Jasmine Trinca | 1st film |
SALAM | Mélanie “Diam’s” Houda Benyamina Anne Cissé | |
FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE | Christophe Castagne Thomas Sametin | |
MARIUPOL 2 | Mantas Kvedaravicius |
Cinéma de la plage
THE TRUMAN SHOW | Peter Weir |
THIS IS SPINAL TAP | Rob Reiner |
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF | Christophe Gans |
EST-OUEST | Régis Wargnier |
THE GODFATHER | Francis Ford Coppola |
A MONKEY IN WINTER | Henri Verneuil |
SAVE OUR SCHOOL | Carine May Hakim Zouhani |
STRICTLY BALLROOM | Baz Luhrmann |
CHRISTOPHE… DEFINITELY | Ange Leccia Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster |
E.T THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL | Steven Spielberg |
FANFAN LA TULIPE | Christian-Jaque |
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW | Peter Bogdanovich |
7 Movies At Cannes 2022 You Should Know
Now the whole list is huge and it is not possible for many to see all the films on these lists. So for your ease, we have stated the 7 best movies at Cannes 2022 that you should at least watch to get the essence of life.
1. Elvis
Starting with the movies at Cannes 2022, we cannot miss this. Baz Luhrmann again gets on with his trademark truckload of spangly glamor and sugar-rush showbiz to the narrative of Elvis Presley with Austin Butler being the King and Tom Hanks as his manipulative manager, Colonel Tom Parker. Even though this film was out of competition, you should watch this.
2. The Natural History of Destruction
Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa comes back to Cannes for a special screening of his recent documentary, based on the book by WG Sebald related to the horror of aerial bombardment at the time of the second world war. This is a subject with a special sonority today. This documentary received a special screening at the 75th Cannes Film Festival 2022.
3. Crimes of the Future
Cannes usual David Cronenberg returns with his own long-gestating script, related to a future world in which people have to adjust to transhumanism. Growth accelerates, bodies develop new organs and human identities are in a manner of flux.
4. Joyland
Joyland is the very first Pakistani film to screen in the Official Selection category of the Cannes Film Festival 2022. The film marks the feature debut of director and writer Saim Sadiq. His other short film Darling took home the Orizzonti Best Short Film at the 2019 Venice Film Festival.
Joyland narrates the story of a patriarchal family longing for a baby boy to carry forward the family line. Not known to the parents, their youngest son joins a sensual dance theater and falls in love with the trans scarlet. Among the list of movies at Cannes 2022, this is a must watch movie.
5. All That Breathes
All That Breathes by Shaunak Sen is nominated for the Special Screening section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
The 90-minute documentary aims solely at environmental crises. It follows two Indian brothers, Nadeem and Saud who rescue and treat injured birds. They operate a bird clinic in Delhi and have made it their life’s motto to care for the injured creatures.
6. Showing Up
Michelle Williams is the all time leading player for director Kelly Reichardt, and she returns as Lizzie, who is a sculptor whose life is about to be changed drastically by a new show. Other cast members include Judd Hirsch, André 3000, and Amanda Plummer.
7. Men
A frisson of League-of-Gentlemen disquiet in a creepy English country village where all the men played by Rory Kinnear have a strange resemblance to each other: Jessie Buckley casts in this scary movie from Alex Garland.
Closing Lines
The 75th Cannes Film Festival ended on 28.05.2022 with a bang. There were many new faces that were seen on the jury table and many new films paved their way to the most renowned film festival in the world. Among the movies at Cannes 2022, some are worth watching and so we have stated the names of the top 7 movies that we should watch at least once. The list includes movies from all parts of the world.
