Cannes 2024 lineup includes 3 BFI-supported UK films
The line-up includes Andrea Arnold’s Bird and Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, both backed by the BFI Filmmaking Fund, as well as September Says, directed by Ariane Labed and supported by the UK Global Screen Fund.
Three films supported by the BFI have been announced among the lineup for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Andrea Arnold’s Bird, backed by the BFI Filmmaking Fund, will play in Competition. Written and directed by Arnold and starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, it’s the story of 12-year-old Bailey, who lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in north Kent.
Sandhya Suri’s Santosh, also backed by the BFI Filmmaking Fund, will screen in Un Certain Regard. Suri’s debut narrative centres on newly widowed Santosh, who inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Also in Un Certain Regard is September Says, directed by Ariane Labed, a minority UK co-production with Ireland, Germany and Greece supported by the UK Global Screen Fund, awarding funds from the UK government.
“We are energised by the strong line-up of UK films just announced in official selection at Cannes 2024,” says Mia Bays, director of the BFI Filmmaking Fund. “Particularly Andrea Arnold, returning to the festival with her incredible new film Bird and while also being honoured with the Directors’ Fortnight’s Carrosse d’Or award; and for Sandhya Suri whose stunning narrative debut feature Santosh will screen in Un Certain Regard. They are two very distinctive female filmmakers at very different stages of their careers, who we are proud to support through the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund.”
Among the other films playing in competition are new works by directors including Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, Paul Schrader, Jia Zhangke, Miguel Gomes, Paolo Sorrentino and Coralie Fargeat. Jury president is Greta Gerwig.
Opening film
Second Act, Quentin Dupieux
Competition
All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia
L’amour Ouf, Gilles Lellouche
Anora, Sean Baker
The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi
Bird, Andrea Arnold
Caught by the Tides, Jia Zhang-Ke
Emilia Perez, Jacques Audiard
The Girl with the Needle, Magnus Von Horn
Grand Tour, Miguel Gomes
Kinds of Kindness, Yorgos Lanthimos
Limonov — The Ballad, Kirill Serebrennikov
Marcello Mio, Christophe Honoré
Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola
Motel Destino, Karim Ainouz
Oh Canada, Paul Schrader
Parthenope, Paolo Sorrentino
The Shrouds, David Cronenberg
The Substance, Coralie Fargeat
Wild Diamond, Agathe Riedinger
Un Certain Regard
Armand, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
Black Dog, Guan Hu
The Damned, Roberto Minervini
L’Histoire de Souleymane, Boris Lojkine
My Sunshine, Hiroshi Okuyama
Norah, Tawfik Alzaidi
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Rungano Nyoni
Le Royaume, Julien Colonna
Santosh, Sandhya Suri
September Says, Ariane Labed
The Shameless, Konstantin Bojanov
Viet and Nam, Truong Minh Quý
Vingt Dieux!, Louise Courvoisier
The Village Next to Paradise, Mo Harawe
Who Let the Dog Bite?, Lætitia Dosch
Out of Competition
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, George Miller
Horizon, An American Saga, Kevin Costner
Rumours, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
She’s Got No Name, Peter Chan
Midnight Screenings
The Balconettes, Noémie Merlant
I, the Executioner, Seung Wan Ryoo
The Surfer, Lorcan Finnegan
Twilight of the Warrior Walled In, Soi Cheang
Cannes Premiere
C’est pas moi, Leos Carax
Everybody Loves Touda, Nabil Ayouch
The Matching Bang, Emmanuel Courcol
Miséricorde, Alain Guiraudie
Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot, Rithy Panh
Le Roman de Jim, Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
Special Screenings
Apprendre, Claire Simon
Le Belle de Gaza, Yolande Zauberman
Ernest Cole, Lost and Found, Raoul Peck
Le Fil, Daniel Auteuil
The Invasion, Sergei Loznitsa