Cannes Film Festival 2023 Selection
Updated: Aug 23
The Annual Cannes Film Festival takes place from 16 to 27 May 2023. On 15 April 2023 the final selection was announced by the committee.

Each part of the festival is categorized in three main parts, COMPETITION, UN CERTAIN REGARD, and OUT OF COMPETITION. Other categories include MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS and the CANNES PREMIERE that showcases a selection of filmmakers who will be screening for the first time at the festival.
Some of the standouts and familiar names include James Mangold's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese, both from the the OUT OF COMPETITION category, Asteroid City by Wes Anderson who is in COMPETITION, and even Pedro Almodovar with the short film Extrana Forma De Vida in SPECIAL SCREENINGS.
See all of the film to be screened below, by category.
COMPETITION
OPENING FILM: JEANNE DU BARRY MAÏWENN Out of Comp CLUB ZERO Jessica HAUSNER THE ZONE OF INTEREST Jonathan GLAZER KUOLLEET LEHDET Aki KAURISMAKI
(FALLEN LEAVES)
LES FILLES D’OLFA Kaouther BEN HANIA (FOUR DAUGHTERS)
ASTEROID CITY Wes ANDERSON ANATOMIE D'UNE CHUTE Justine TRIET
(ANATOMY OF A FALL)
KAIBUTSU KORE-EDA Hirokazu
(MONSTER)
IL SOL DELL’AVVENIRE Nanni MORETTI
(A BRIGHTER TOMORROW)
L'ETE DERNIER Catherine BREILLAT
(LAST SUMMER)
KURU OTLAR USTUNE Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
(ABOUT DRY GRASSES)
LA CHIMERA Alice ROHRWACHER
LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT TRAN ANH Hùng
(THE POT-AU-FEU)
RAPITO Marco BELLOCCHIO
(KIDNAPPED)
MAY DECEMBER Todd HAYNES QING CHUN WANG Bing
(YOUTH)
THE OLD OAK Ken LOACH BANEL E ADAMA Ramata-Toulaye SY 1st film PERFECT DAYS Wim WENDERS FIREBRAND Karim AÏNOUZ BLACK FLIES Jean-Stephane SAUVAIRE LE RETOUR Catherine CORSINI
(HOMECOMING)
CLOSING FILM: ELEMENTAL Peter SOHN Out of Comp
UN CERTAIN REGARD
OPENING FILM: LE REGNE ANIMAL Thomas CAILLEY LOS DELINCUENTES Rodrigo MORENO (THE DELINQUENTS) HOW TO HAVE SEX Molly MANNING WALKER 1st film GOODBYE JULIA Mohamed KORDOFANI 1st film KADIB ABYAD Asmae EL MOUDIR (THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES) SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN Monia CHOKRI (THE NATURE OF LOVE) CROWRÃ Joao SALAVIZA; Renee NADER MESSORA (THE BURITI FLOWER) LOS COLONOS Felipe GALVEZ 1st film (THE SETTLERS) OMEN BALOJI 1st film (AUGURE) RAN DONG Anthony CHEN (THE BREAKING ICE) ROSALIE Stephanie DI GIUSTO THE NEW BOY Warwick THORNTON IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE Zoljargal PUREVDASH 1st film HWA-RAN KIM Chang-hoon (HOPELESS) AYEH HAYE ZAMINI Ali ASGARI; Alireza KHATAMI 1st film (TERRESTRIAL VERSES) RIEN À PERDRE Delphine DELOGET 1st film LES MEUTES Kamal LAZRAQ 1st film (HOUNDS) HE BIAN DE CUO WU WEI Shujun (ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS) SALEM Jean-Bernard MARLIN Closing film:UNE NUIT Alex LUTZ Out of Comp (STRANGERS BY NIGHT)
OUT OF COMPETITION
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY James MANGOLD GEO-MI-JIP KIM Jee-woon (COBWEB)
THE IDOL Sam LEVINSON KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Martin SCORSESE L’ABBE PIERRE – UNE VIE DE COMBATS Frederic TELLIER
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
KENNEDY Anurag KASHYAP OMAR LA FRAISE Elias BELKEDDAR (THE KING OF ALGIERS)
ACID Just PHILIPPOT HYPNOTIC Robert RODRIGUEZ PROJECT SILENCE KIM Tae-gon
CANNES PREMIERE
KUBI Takeshi KITANO BONNARD, PIERRE AND MARTHE Martin PROVOST CERRAR LOS OJOS Victor ERICE (CLOSE YOUR EYES)
LE TEMPS D'AIMER Katell QUILLEVERE (ALONG CAME LOVE)
PERDIDOS EN LA NOCHE Amat ESCALANTE (LOST IN THE NIGHT)
L’AMOUR ET LES FORÊTS Valerie DONZELLI (JUST THE TWO OF US)
EUREKA Lisandro ALONSO
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
MAN IN BLACK WANG Bing
OCCUPIED CITY Steve MCQUEEN
ANSELM Wim WENDERS
RETRATOS FANTASMAS Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO
(PICTURES OF GHOSTS)
LITTLE GIRL BLUE Mona ACHACHE
BREAD AND ROSES Sahra MANI
LE THÉORÈME DE MARGUERITE Anna NOVION
(MARGUERITE’S THEOREM)
AS FILHAS DO FOGO Pedro COSTA | Short Movie
(THE DAUGHTERS OF FIRE)
EXTRANA FORMA DE VIDA Pedro ALMODOVAR | Short Movie
(STRANGE WAY OF LIFE)
