– The Cannes Film Festival is gearing up for a bumper 75th anniversary edition with a selection of big Hollywood names, buzzy newcomers and previous Palme d’Or winners – a splashy return even as the conflict in Ukraine looms over festivities.
“I honestly think this is one of the best Cannes line-ups in years,” said Scott Roxborough, European bureau chief for. It was canceled in 2020, and last year moved to July, when it was held under strict COVID protocols.Top Gun Maverick , – bringing the star to Cannes for the first time in three decades – as well as Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks.
Actor Forest Whitaker will be on hand to receive the festival’s Honorary Palme D’Or for lifetime achievement., featuring Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart and Lea Seydoux. There will also be a strong showing from Asia, despite the absence of China, with films by Park Chan-wook and Hirokazu Kore-eda in competition and“Everyone wants to sort of come back for this moment, sort of this re-awakening of cinema here in Cannes,” said Roxborough., by French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius, who changed the title fromto strip out a reference to the letter which has become associated with the war in Ukraine.