It's the time of the year when we smell the aroma of the boulangeries and the sea scent from behind a computer… because Cannes is approaching.
The 77th edition of the Film Festival will welcome 3 films developed within the Lab, within the Official Competition and the Un Certain Regard section, and 2 films that will be screened during the 63rd Semaine de la Critique and the 56th Quinzaine des Réalisateurs.
Which films we will enjoy next month on the Croisette?
Official competition:
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Kapadia Payal (TFL Audience Design Fund 2024)
Prabha and Anu, two nurses living in Mumbai, are each stuck in impossible love situations. One day the two women go on a road trip to a beach-town where the mystical forest becomes a space for their dreams to manifest.
Un Certain Regard:
VIET AND NAM by Minh Quý Truong (TFL Co-Production Award 2022)
In the depths of the underground coal mines, where danger awaits and darkness prevails, Nam and Vi?t, both young miners, cherish fleeting moments, knowing that one of them will soon leave for a new life across the sea. But the departure cannot happen as, lying somewhere deep within the earth, in the far-off forest is Nam’s father, a soldier, whose remains they’re compelled to find. Together, following the mysteries of memories and dreams, they retrace the path to the past.
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE by Mo Harawe (ScriptLab 2022)
A newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.
Semaine de la Critique:
THE BRINK OF DREAMS by Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir (TFL Audience Design Fund 2024)
In a conservative village in southern Egypt, a group of Coptic girls forms an all-female street theater troupe, challenging traditions while fleeting between childhood and womanhood.
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
MONGREL by Chiang Wei Liang and You Qiao Yin (ScriptLab 2020)
Oom has no papers or formal training but is good at caring for the elderly and disabled. When his situation as a caregiver in the mountains becomes too much for him, he has to choose between survival or dignity.
Congratulations also to the alumni involved in the Festival: Magnus von Horn joins the Official Competition with his new film The Girl with the Needle and Konstantin Bojanov’s film The Shameless will be featured in the Un Certain Regard section.
Image: a still from ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT.