Every year, the poster for the sets the tone for the 12-day showcase that is about to follow. In 2023, it featured , signalling a return to unapologetic glamour and escapism. This year’s poster, however, was strikingly different: it displayed a still from Akira Kurosawa’s touching 1991 drama , which shows a family sitting on a bench and staring up at the moon – except, in the poster, the moon is instead a luminous .
Considering the film itself is a reflection on the ripple effects of war – in this case, World War II as it impacts a Japanese family – it was clearly an acknowledgement of the devastating crises currently gripping the world, and felt appropriately subdued and thoughtful. Many believed that the festival would feel similarly restrained and politically engaged – and it did, in parts, though it also had its fair share of glitz and glamour. Below, all the moments you missed from the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
loomed large (at least for a time) Ahead of the showcase, that was due to be published which would outline new accusations of abuse against a string of prominent industry figures who would be in attendance. At the , Cannes’s artistic director, Thierry Frémaux, refused to comment on the matter, stressing that the festival’s focus should be the films itself. However, that didn’t stop journalists from quizzing the likes of and , the star of the festival’s opening film , on the topic at Cannes’s earliest press conferences – th.
