2021 Cannes Film Festival


The 74th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 6 to 17 July 2021, after having been originally scheduled from 11 to 22 May 2021. American filmmaker Spike Lee was invited to be the president of the jury for the main competition for the festival, after the COVID-19 pandemic in France scuttled plans to have him head the jury of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. French actress Doria Tillier hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
French filmmaker Julia Ducournau won the Palme d'Or for the horror-drama film Titane, becoming the second female director to ever win the award and the first to not win jointly with another filmmaker. The Honorary Palme d'Or was awarded to American actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster and Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio.
At the awards closing ceremony, on 17 July 2021, jury president Spike Lee made a gaffe by accidentally announcing the festival's top prize winner at the start of the night instead of the end.
The festival opened with Annette by Leos Carax, and closed with OSS 117: From Africa with Love by Nicolas Bedos.
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Juries

Main competition

''Un Certain Regard''

''Caméra d'or''

''Cinéfondation'' and short films

Independent juries

Critics' Week
L'Œil d'or
Queer Palm

Official Selection

In Competition

The following films were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or:
The following films were selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Cannes Premiere

The following films were selected to be screened in the Cannes Premiere section:

Cinema for the Climate

Ephemeral section of films about environment:

Short Films Competition

Out of 3,739 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.

''Cinéfondation''

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries were selected out of 1,835 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.

Cannes Classics

The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 22 June 2021.

''Cinéma de la plage''

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

Parallel sections

Critics' Week

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

Directors' Fortnight

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

Official awards

In Competition

The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:

''Un Certain Regard''

''[Caméra d'Or]''

Murina by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović

Short Films Competition

''Cinéfondation''

Honorary Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or">Honorary Palme d'Or

Independent awards

FIPRESCI Prizes">International Federation of Film Critics">FIPRESCI Prizes

In Competition: Drive My Car by Ryusuke HamaguchiUn Certain Regard: Playground by Laura WandelParallel section: Feathers by Omar El Zohairy

[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]

Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Critics' Week

Nespresso Grand Prize: Feathers by Omar El ZohairyLeitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Lili Alone by Zou JingLouis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Sandra Melissa Torres for ''Amparo''

Directors' Fortnight

Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: A Chiara by Jonas CarpignanoSACD Award for Best French-language Film: Magnetic Beats by Vincent Maël CardonaCarrosse d'Or: Frederick Wiseman

''[L'Œil d'or]''

A Night of Knowing Nothing by Payal Kapadia

[Queer Palm]

The Divide by Catherine Corsini

[François Chalais Prize]

A Hero by Asghar Farhadi

[Cannes Soundtrack Award]

Palm Dog

Chopard Trophy">Trophée Chopard">Chopard Trophy

CNC">Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée">CNC Development Support for Best Project in La Résidence">Cinéfondation">La Résidence

  • Saleh Kashefi for the project "Mammad"
  • Inbar Horesh for the project "Birth Right"