2022 Cannes Film Festival


The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival is a film festival that took place from 17 to 28 May 2022. French actor Vincent Lindon served as jury president for the main competition. French actress Virginie Efira hosted the opening and closing ceremonies.
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for a second time with the comedy-drama film Triangle of Sadness. The Honorary Palme d'Or was awarded to American actors Forest Whitaker and Tom Cruise, the latter on short notice during the international premiere of Top Gun: Maverick.
The official poster for the festival was designed as a homage to The Truman Show, the film was also selected for the Cinéma de la Plage section.
The festival opened with Final Cut by Michel Hazanavicius. The edition also marked the festival's return to its full spectator capacity after the disruption in its previous two year's editions due to COVID-19 restrictions in France.

Juries

Main competition

''Un Certain Regard''

''Caméra d'or''

''Cinéfondation'' and Short Films Competition

Independent juries

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

Official sections

In Competition

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

''Un Certain Regard''

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:

Short Films Competition

Out of 3,507 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 16 entries were selected out of 1,528 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.

Cannes Classics

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

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

''Un Certain Regard''

Short Film Competition

''[Cinéfondation]''

First Prize: A Conspiracy Man by Valerio FerraraSecond Prize: Somewhere by Li JiaheThird Prize:
  • * Glorious Revolution by Masha Novikova
  • * Humans Are Dumber When Crammed up Together by Laurène Fernandez

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

[Caméra d'Or]

War Pony by Riley Keough and Gina Gammell

Independent awards

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

In Competition: Leila's Brothers by Saeed RoustaeeUn Certain Regard: The Blue Caftan by Maryam Touzani 'Parallel section : Love According to Dalva'' by Emmanuelle Nicot

[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]

Broker by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Critics' Week

Grand Prize: The Pack by Andrés Ramírez PulidoFrench Touch Prize of the Jury: Aftersun by Charlotte WellsLouis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award: Zelda Samson for Love According To DalvaLeitz Cine Discovery Prize for Short Film: Ice Merchants by João GonzalezGan Foundation Award for Distribution: The Woodcutter Story by Mikko MyllylahtiSACD Prize: Andrés Ramírez Pulido for The PackCanal+ Award for Short Film: On Xerxes’ Throne by Evi Kalogiropoulou

Directors' Fortnight

Europa Cinemas Label Award for Best European Film: One Fine Morning by Mia Hansen-LøveSACD Award for Best French-language Film: The Mountain by Thomas SalvadorCarrosse d'Or: Kelly Reichardt

[L'Œil d'or]

All That Breathes by Shaunak SenJury's Special Award: Mariupolis 2 by Mantas Kvedaravicius

[Queer Palm]

Joyland by Saim SadiqBest Short Film: Will You Look at Me by Shuli Huang

Prix François Chalais">François Chalais Prize">Prix François Chalais

Boy from Heaven by Tarik Saleh

Prix de la Citoyenneté

Citizenship Prize: Leila's Brothers by Saeed Roustaee

[Cannes Soundtrack Award]

Prix des Cinémas Art et Essai

AFCAE Art House Cinema Award: Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund

Palm Dog

[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.