 Official poster of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival featuring Agnès Varda, while filming her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955)[1] | |
| Opening film | The Dead Don't Die |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Specials |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Parasite |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer[2] |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 14–25 May 2019 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019.[3] Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president for the main competition.[4][5] South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Parasite; Bong became the first Korean to win the award.[6]
The festival honoured French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who died early that year, featuring her on the official poster of the festival.[7] The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The festival opened with The Dead Don't Die by Jim Jarmusch,[8] and closed with The Specials by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano.
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- ^ "Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Palme d'Or at Cannes film festival". The Guardian. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Cannes Film Festival unveils its official 2019 poster". Film Industry Network. 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Jim Jarmusch's Zombie Movie 'The Dead Don't Die' to Open Cannes". Variety. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.