Cannes 2023

THE WORLD’S GREATEST FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS, AND SO DOES OUR ANNUAL CANNES MAGAZINE

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Cannes Market Preview: Cautious Optimism in a Challenging Environment

Saying last year’s Cannes was a return to normal might have been a misnomer. Sure, COVID was manageable and people were able to gather in person without the mandatory testing of previous years, but the transition from almost two years of isolation back to travel was a slow one. “Even though last year was a pretty robust market, there were still the remnants of COVID and certain territories not traveling,” said Dylan Leiner, Sony Pictures Classics’ EVP of acquisitions and production.

BY KRISTEN LOPEZ

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Our Critic’s Take: Cannes Remains a Loyal Friend to Filmmaking

Plug up that geyser at Yellowstone and lend Cannes the name Old Faithful. How else can one describe a nearly 80-year-old institution that has held true to an overarching vision for as many decades? Find a better sobriquet for the crop of Palme d’Or contenders who will arrive on the French Riviera boasting seven trophies among them, and with a median age, not for nothing, of about 63 years old — not that there’s anything wrong with that.

BY BEN CROLL

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Directors Portfolio: At Cannes, the Auteur Reigns Supreme

Old friends and newcomers — that’s who you’ll find in this year’s Cannes Directors Portfolio. And that mixture is typical for the Cannes Film Festival, which brings back the same filmmakers year after year but also, particularly in recent years, finds room for a few first-timers. In our case, the old friends include Justine Triet and the two auteurs who’ve appeared in our portfolio more than anyone else. There’s Pedro Almodóvar, who’s back on behalf of his short film “Strange Way of Life” after previously being in the portfolio with “Pain & Glory” and “Julieta;” and Todd Haynes, who’s making his record fourth appearance in these pages in the last eight years: 2015 with “Carol,” 2017 with “Wonderstruck,” 2021 with “The Velvet Underground” and this year with “May December.”