Cannes Film Festival announces official list of selected films
Xinhua News Agency, Paris, June 3rd (Reporter Xu Yongchun) Chairman of the Cannes International Film Festival Pierre Lescure and art director Thierry Freimo held a press conference in Paris on the 3rd to announce the finalist of the 73rd Cannes The list of 56 film works officially selected by the International Film Festival. These films will be crowned with the Cannes International Film Festival logo when they are released and participate in other film festivals.
Freimo said that a total of 56 films were shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival official selection. These films were selected from 2067 registered films. This is the first time that the number of registered films in the history of the festival exceeds 2000. He said that this year there were many shortlisted works by new filmmakers. In addition, a total of 16 female directors were shortlisted, a higher number than in previous years.
French director Francois Ozon's new work "Summer 85", Korean director Yan Shanghao's "Busan Tour 2: The Peninsula", and the American film "France" and other shortlisted finalists at the Cannes Film Festival this year.
This year the Cannes Film Festival abolished the traditional film festival official unit classification, no longer set up the main competition unit or "a kind of attention" and other units, and replaced it with the official list of selected films.
The 73rd Cannes International Film Festival was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to 23. Due to the new crown epidemic, the film festival could not be held as scheduled. At present, the organizer has not determined the date and format of this year's Cannes Film Festival.
The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival recently announced that they will host an online movie market from June 22 to 26. Freimo previously said that the Cannes Film Festival decided to change its format according to the special circumstances of this year. The first move to be launched is the online film market. "This is a brand new way of hosting, and many professionals around the world will participate in it, aiming to support the international film industry and provide assistance to professionals."
The Cannes International Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Venice International Film Festival are also known as the three major international film festivals in Europe. The highest award is the "Golden Palm Award". The film festival is usually held in the middle of May every year for a period of about 12 days.