The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president for the main competition.
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho won the , the festival's top prize, for the drama film Parasite, becoming the first Korean to win the award. The Honorary Palme d'Or was awarded to French actor Alain Delon.
The festival honored French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who died early that year, featuring her on the official poster of the festival. The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The festival opened with The Dead Don't Die by Jim Jarmusch, and closed with The Specials by ÃÂric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.
Juries
Main competition
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director - Jury President
- Enki Bilal, French author, artist and director
- Robin Campillo, French director
- Elle Fanning, American actress
- Yorgos Lanthimos, Greek director
- Maimouna N'Diaye, Senegalese actress
- PaweÃ
 Pawlikowski, Polish director
- Kelly Reichardt, American director
- Alice Rohrwacher, Italian director
Un Certain Regard
Caméra d'or
- Rithy Panh, Cambodian-French director - Jury President
- Alice Diop, French director
- Benoît Delhomme, French cinematographer
- Sandrine Marques, French director, author and film critic
- Nicolas Naegelen, French president and director of Polyson
Cinéfondation and Short Films Competition
Critics' Week
- Ciro Guerra, Colombian director - Jury President
- Jonas Carpignano, Italian-American director
- Amira Casar, French-English actress
- Djia Mambu, Belgian-Congolese film journalist and critic
- Marianne Slot, French-Danish film producer
L'Ã
Âil d'or
Queer Palm
Official sections
In Competition
The following films were selected to compete for the ':
<small>(CdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
=== === The following films were selected to compete in the section:
<small>(CdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Out of Competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
<small>(Ã
ÂdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Ã
Âil d'or for documentary.
Special Screenings
The following films were selected be shown in the special screenings section:
<small>(CdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
<small>(Ã
ÂdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Ã
Âil d'or for documentary feature.
Short Films Competition
Out of 4,240 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
<small>(Ã
ÂdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Ã
Âil d'or for documentary.
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
=== === The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 17 entries (14 live-action and 3 animated films) were selected out of 2,000 submissions. Six of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time.
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 26 April 2019.
====== The is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public.
Parallel sections
Critics' Week
The following films were selected to be screened in the Critics' Week section:
Features
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Directors' Fortnight
The following films were selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section:
<small>(CdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Caméra d'Or as a feature directorial debut.
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
ACID
The following films were selected to be screened in the ACID (Association for the Distribution of Independent Cinema) section:
<small>(Ã
ÂdO)</small> indicates film eligible for the Ã
Âil d'or as documentary.
<small>(QP)</small> indicates film in competition for the Queer Palm.
Official awards
Main competition
The following awards were presented for films shown In Competition:
Un Certain Regard
Short Films Competition
Cinéfondation
- First Prize: Mano a mano by Louise Courvoisier
- Second Prize: Hiêu by Richard Van
- Third Prize:
- Ambience by Wisam Al Jafari
- The Little Soul by Barbara Rupik
Independent awards
Critics' Week
Directors' Fortnight
Palm Dog
- Bruno Delbonnel
- Special Encouragement Award for promising cinematographer: Modhura Palit
References
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