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2017 Cannes Film Festival

2017 Cannes Film Festival
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Official poster of the 70th Cannes Film Festival featuring a still of Italian actress Claudia Cardinale at a rooftop in Rome back in 1959
Opening film Ismael's Ghosts
Location Cannes, France
Founded 1946
Hosted by Monica Bellucci
No. of films 19 (In Competition)
18 (Un Certain Regard)
9 (Short films)
Festival date 17–28 May 2017
Website festival-cannes.com/en

The 70th annual Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 17 to 28 May 2017. Spanish film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar has been selected as the President of the Jury for the festival with Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosting the opening and closing ceremonies.Ismael's Ghosts, directed by French director Arnaud Desplechin, has been selected as the opening film for the festival.

The festival will be celebrating its 70th anniversary. In late March 2017, official poster of the festival was revealed featuring Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. The actress responded, "‘I am honoured and proud to be flying the flag for the 70th Festival de Cannes, and delighted with this choice of photo. It’s the image I myself have of the Festival, of an event that illuminates everything around … Happy anniversary!"

The films competing in the main competition section for the Palme d'Or were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017:

The films competing in the Un Certain Regard section were announced at a press conference on 13 April 2017. Barbara, directed by Mathieu Amalric, was announced as the as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section.

The following films have been selected to screen out of competition:

Out of 4,843 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.

The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 16 entries (14 fiction films and 2 animation films) were selected out of 2,600 submissions. Four of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.

The full selection for the International Critics' Week section was announced on 21 April 2017, at the section's website.Sicilian Ghost Story, directed by Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, has been selected as the opening film for the International Critics' Week section, while Brigsby Bear, directed by Dave McCary, has been selected as its closing film. The feature film competition includes, for the first time in the section's history, an animated film and a documentary film.


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