French films at the Cannes Film Festival 2018
Many highly anticipated French films will receive their world premiere screenings at the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
French cinema remains, year after year, a major reference on the world cinema map, and Cannes maintains its role as a launching pad – be it for international or French cinema – for the year ahead. The festival is also, once again, the sounding board for French co-productions (with around thirty selected this year at Cannes), very important on a global scale. The greatest film festival in the world is hence the ideal place to take stock of this French presence more open and vibrant than ever.
This year, the artistic director of the festival seems to have opted for younger filmmakers and renewal, by choosing, in particular, two second features (Yann Gonzalez and Éva Husson) among the 5 French films presented in Official Competition.
All the French films (or French co-productions) presented in the 4 Cannes sections
Official Selection
Competition:
- Knife + Heart by Yann Gonzalez
- Girls Of The Sun by Éva Husson
- Sorry Angel by Christophe Honoré
- The Image Book by Jean-Luc Godard
- At War by Stéphane Brizé
Out of Competition:
Special Screenings:
- La Traversée by Romain Goupil, Daniel Cohn-Bendit
- To the Four Winds by Michel Toesca
- Dead Souls by Wang Bing
- The State against Mandela and the Others by Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte
Un Certain Regard:
- Little Tickles by Andrea Bescond and Eric Metayer
- The Harvesters by Etienne Kallos
- Sextape by Antoine Desrosières
- Angel Face by Vanessa Filho
- My Favorite Fabric by Gaya Jiji
- Sofia by Meryem Benm'Barek
Short Films - Official Selection:
Short Films - Cinéfondation:
- Sailor's delight by Louise Aubertin, Eloïse Girard, Marine Meneyrol, Jonas Ritter, Loucas Rongeart, and Amandine Thomoux
- Fragment of drame by Laura Garcia
Directors' Fortnight
Selection:
- Mister Freeze by Romain Gavras
- To the Ends of the Earth by Guillaume Nicloux
- Climax by Gaspar Noé
- Amin by Philippe Faucon
- The Trouble with you by Pierre Salvadori
- Samuni Road by Stefano Savona
- Treat me like Fire by Marie Monge
- Dear Son by Mohamed Ben Attia
Short Films:
- Las Cruces by Nicolas Boone
- Basses by Félix Imbert
- The Song by Tiphaine Raffier
- The Night of the Plastic Bags by Gabriel Harel
- This Magnificent Cake! by Emma De Swaef and Marc Roels
Critics' Week
Features
Closing Film:
Special Screenings:
Short Films
- Pauline Enslaved by Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
- La Persistente by Camille Lugan
- A Wedding Day by Elias Belkeddar