Films competing for Cannes Palme d´Or Entertainment Fri, Jun 04, 2021 CANNES: 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. The first film in a decade from auteur Carax is also the first in English from the eccentric French mind behind arthouse favourites "Holy Motors" and "The Lovers on the Bridge."