The Cannes Film Festival will crown its Competition winners tomorrow night and the consensus seems to be building around a few titles. All films have now been seen and it’s fair to say that things really heated up in the back nine. The Competition section took a few days to catch fire sparking rumor that this was unlikely to be a vintage crop of movies but Emilia Perez ‘s bow last Saturday finally kicked the contest into another gear and since then multiple films have fared well among critics.
There have been some notable highs on trade jury grids. The Palme d’Or winner is often not the movie with the highest final score on such lists but the impressively high numbers reveal a range of critically appreciated movies this edition. Related Stories Reviews Cannes Film Festival 2024: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews Festivals Full List Of Cannes Palme d’Or Winners Through The Years: Photo Gallery One of the trends to emerge from this year’s lineup is the foregrounded position of women within the most buzzed-about films.
Emilia Perez , The Substance , Anora , All We Imagine As Light, Caught By The Tides, The Girl With The Needle and The Seed Of The Sacred Fig are among the best-reviewed of this year’s lineup and all firmly put women at the heart of their stories. In a lineup famous for its dearth of women filmmakers, this is at least a positive outcome, and means the best actress category is a humdinger this year. Predicting Cannes winners is tricky.
The awards are not.
