Distribution Watch: Cannes 2023
Tracking which titles from Cannes have North American distribution
Last updated: June 29, 2024
It’s been some time since posting (I’m not sure if anyone cares about details, I’ll just say that life happens), but we finally have some of the Cannes lineup announced, so I figured I’d set up a post for tracking the distribution of Cannes titles.
At the time of writing, we’re still awaiting the Director’s Fortnight, International Critics’ Week, and ACID programmes, along with any additional titles that get added to Cannes’ Official Selection. I’ll update here as they get announced, but you should bookmark the page as I won’t be sending out other emails as I update the page.
Titles in bold will have a North American distributor, which I’ll include with a source linked to the distributor’s name. I’ll add award winners in italics once they’re handed out, and will probably announce updates on my Twitter account if you’re not following me there already.
And if I’m missing anything, please comment or reach out to let me know so the list can stay up to date.
Competition
About Dry Grasses (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan) {Winner: Best Actress} [Janus/Sideshow]
Anatomy of a Fall (dir. Justine Triet) [NEON] {Winner: Palme d’Or}
Asteroid City (dir. Wes Anderson) [Focus Features]
Banel & Adama (dir. Ramata-Toulaye Sy) [Kino Lorber]
Black Flies (dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire) [Open Road Films]
A Brighter Tomorrow (dir. Nanni Moretti) [K-Films Amerique for Canada, no US distribution]
Club Zero (dir. Jessica Hausner) [Sphere Films for Canada, Film Movement for US]
Fallen Leaves (dir. Aki Kaurismaki) [Mubi] {Winner: Jury Prize}
Firebrand (dir. Karim Aïnouz) [Roadside Attraction/Vertical for US, Elevation for Canada]
Four Daughters (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania) {Winner: Golden Eye} [Kino Lorber]
Homecoming (dir. Catherine Corsini) [Axia Films for Canada, no US distribution]
Kidnapped (dir. Marco Bellocchio) [Cohen Media Group]
La Chimera (dir. Alice Rohrwacher) [NEON]
Last Summer (dir. Catherine Breillat) [Janus/Sideshow]
May December (dir. Todd Haynes) [Netflix]
Monster (dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu) {Winner: Best Screenplay; Queer Palm} [Well Go USA]
The Old Oak (dir. Ken Loach) [Photon Films for Canada, Zeitgeist Films/Kino Lorber for US]
The Pot-au-feu (dir. Tran Anh Hung) {Winner: Best Director} [IFC Films/Sapan Studios]
Perfect Days (dir. Wim Wenders) [NEON] {Winner: Best Actor; Ecumenical Jury Prize}
Youth (dir. Wang Bing) [Icarus Films]
The Zone of Interest (dir. Jonathan Glazer) [A24] {Winner: Grand Prix; FIPRESCI Prize}
Un Certain Regard
All to Play For (dir. Delphine Deloget) [Films We Like for Canada, no US distribution]
The Animal Kingdom (dir. Thomas Cailley) [Magnet Releasing]
The Breaking Ice (dir. Anthony Chen) [Strand Releasing]
The Buriti Flower (dirs. João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora) {Winner: Ensemble Prize}
The Delinquents (dir. Rodrigo Moreno) [Mubi]
Goodbye Julia (dir. Mohamed Kordofani) {Winner: Freedom Prize}
Hopeless (dir. Kim Chang-hoon)
Hounds (dir. Kamal Lazraq) {Winner: Jury Prize}
How to Have Sex (dir. Molly Manning Walker) [Mubi] {Winner: Un Certain Regard Prize}
If Only I Could Hibernate (dir. Zoljargal Purevdash)
The Mother of All Lies (dir. Asmae El Moudir) {Winner: Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard; Golden Eye} [Outsider Pictures]
The Nature of Love (dir. Monia Chokri) [Immina Films for Canada, Music Box Films for US]
The New Boy (dir. Warwick Thornton)
Omen (dir. Baloji Tshiani) {Winner: New Voice Prize} [Utopia]
Only the River Flows (dir. Wei Shujun) [KimStim]
Rosalie (dir. Stéphanie Di Giusto)
Salem (dir. Jean-Bernard Marlin)
The Settlers (dir. Felipe Gálvez) [Mubi] {Winner: FIPRESCI Prize}
Strangers by Night (dir. Alex Lutz)
Terrestrial Verses (dirs. Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami) [KimStim]
Out of Competition
Cobweb (dir. Kim Jee-woon) [Samuel Goldwyn Films]
Elemental (dir. Peter Sohn) [Disney]
The Idol (dir. Sam Levinson) [HBO]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (dir. James Mangold) [Disney]
Jeanne du Barry (dir. Maïwenn) [Vertical]
Killers of the Flower Moon (dir. Martin Scorsese) [Apple TV+]
L’abbé Pierre - une vie de combats (dir. Frédéric Tellier)
Midnight Screenings
Acide (dir. Just Philippot)
Hypnotic (dir. Robert Rodriguez) [Ketchup Entertainment]
Kennedy (dir. Anurag Kashyap)
The King of Algiers (dir. Elias Belkeddar)
Project Silence (dir. Kim Tae-gon) [Capelight Pictures]
Cannes Premiere
Along Came Love (dir. Katell Quillévéré)
Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe (dir. Martin Provost) [Sphere Films for Canada, no US distribution]
Close Your Eyes (dir. Victor Erice) [Film Movement]
Eureka (dir. Lisandro Alonso) [Film Movement]
Just the Two of Us (dir. Valérie Donzelli) [Axia Films for Canada, Music Box Films for US]
Kubi (dir. Takeshi Kitano)
Lost in the Night (dir. Amat Escalante) [Netflix]
Special Screenings
Anselm (dir. Wim Wenders) [Janus/Sideshow for US]
Bread and Roses (dir. Sahra Mani)
The Daughters of Fire (dir. Pedro Costa) [Cinema Guild]
Little Girl Blue (dir. Mona Achache)
Man in Black (dir. Wang Bing) [Icarus Films]
Marguerite’s Theorem (dir. Anna Novion) [Distrib Films US]
Occupied City (dir. Steve McQueen) [A24]
Pictures of Ghosts (dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho) [Grasshopper Film]
Robot Dreams (dir. Pablo Berger) [NEON]
Strange Way of Life (dir. Pedro Almodóvar) [Sony Pictures Classics]
Directors’ Fortnight
Agra (dir. Kanu Behl)
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (dir. Elene Naveriani) [MUBI for streaming, no theatrical]
The Book of Solutions (dir. Michel Gondry)
Conann (dir. Bertrand Mandico) [Altered Innocence]
Creatura (dir. Elena Martin Gimeno) {Winner: Label Cinema Europa Award} [Outsider Pictures]
Déserts (dir. Faouzi Bensaidi)
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (dir. Joanna Arnow) [Magnolia Pictures]
The Goldman Case (dir. Cédric Kahn) [Menemsha Films]
Grace (dir. Ilya Povolotsky)
In Flames (dir. Zarrar Khan) [Game Theory Films]
In Our Day (dir. Hong Sangsoo) [Cinema Guild]
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (dir. Thien An Pham) {Winner: Camera d’Or} [Kino Lorber]
Legua (dirs. Filipa Reis and Joao Miller Guerra)
Mambar Pierrette (dir. Rosine Mbakam) [Icarus Films]
The Other Laurens (dir. Claude Schmitz) [Yellow Veil Pictures]
A Prince (dir. Pierre Creton) {Winner: SACD Award} [Strand Releasing]
Riddle of Fire (dir. Weston Razooli) [Yellow Veil Pictures/Vinegar Syndrome]
A Song Sung Blue (dir. Zihan Geng)
The Sweet East (dir. Sean Price Williams) [Utopia]
International Critics’ Week
Ama Gloria (dir. Marie Amachoukeli)
The (Ex)perience of Love (dirs. Ann Sirot & Raphaël Balboni) [Strand Releasing]
Inshallah a boy (dir. Amjad Al Rasheed) [Greenwich Entertainment]
It’s Raining in the House (dir. Paloma Sermon-Daï) {Winner: French Touch Prize of the Jury}
Lost Country (dir. Vladimir Perišić) {Winner: Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award, Jovan Ginić}
No Love Lost (dir. Erwan Le Duc)
Power Alley (dir. Lillah Halla) {Winner: FIPRESCI Prize}
The Rapture (dir. Iris Kaltenbäck) {Winner: SACD Award}
Sleep (dir. Jason Yu) [Magnet Releasing]
Tiger Stripes (dir. Amanda Nell Eu) {Winner: Grand Prize] [Dark Star Pictures]
Vincent Must Die (dir. Stéphan Castang) [Flawless, XYZ Films, Tea Shop Productions]
ACID
Caiti Blues (dir. Justine Harbonnier)
Chicken for Linda! (dirs. Chiara Malta & Sébastien Laudenbach) [GKIDS]
Dreaming in Between (dir. Rutaro Ninomiya)
État Limite (dir. Nicolas Peduzzi)
In the Rearview (dir. Maciek Hamela) [Film Movement]
La mer et ses vagues (dirs. Liana & Renaud)
Laissez-moi (dir. Maxime Rappaz)
Machtat (dir. Sonia Ben Slama)
Nome (dir. Sana Na N’Hada)