Films competing for Cannes Palme d’Or By AFP - Jun 05,2021 - Last updated at Jun 05,2021 Hidetoshi Nishijima (left) in ‘Drive My Car’ (Photo courtesy of wordpress.com) CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d’Or after the COVID pandemic robbed the world’s leading film festival of its 2020 edition. Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US director Spike Lee.
‘Annette’ by Leos Carax, France Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard star as a glamourous celebrity couple whose lives are upended by the arrival of their first child.