The 2024 Cannes Film Festival Critics’ Week selection announced
11 films will be presented for this 63rd edition of Critics’ Week.
More than a thousand films were candidates this year, to go to the Critics' Week of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. On arrival, 7 feature films were selected to be in competition, facing the jury chaired by the Spanish director, screenwriter and producer Rodrigo Sorogoyen. At her side will be French producer Sylvie Pialat, Rwandan actress Éliane Umuhire, Belgian cinematographer Virginie Surdej and Canadian film critic Ben Croll.
Films in Competition at Critics’ Week 2024
Baby by Marcelo Caetano (Brazil, France, Netherlands)
Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang (United States)
Julie zwijgt, by Leonardo Van Dijl (Belgium, Sweden)
Locust from KEFF (Taiwan, France, United States)
The Pampasby Antoine Chevrollier (France)
Simon de la montañaby Federico Luis Tachella (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay)
Rafaat einy ll samaby Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)
There #sdlc2024 unveils the 11 feature films in its selection #Cannes2024
''Generous and moving film'', ''dramatic film pierced with light'', to discover with @AvaCahen in detail here: https://t.co/UsrsHvOQkI
Short selection on 04/18@leica_camera @Fondation_LR @NousFrenchTouch
— SemaineDeLaCritique (@nouvellecannes) April 15, 2024
The ghoststhe first feature film by Frenchman Jonathan Millet, which traces the hunt for a war criminal by one of his victims, will open, whileAnimal by Emma Benestan (France, Belgium) will close.
Finally, two films will be screened in Special Screenings: Drama queens by Alexis Langlois and The sea in the distance (Across the Sea) by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi.
Ava CahenGeneral Delegate of the Critics' Weekdeciphers this selection in the video below:
