It's over for another year and the winners have been announced. But what were the key talking points and takeaways of 2024's Cannes Film Festival? We've narrowed them down to 10. You're welcome.
The 77th is over, and they’ve rolled up the red carpet. Time to look back at the 10 main talking points from this year’s edition, after a broadly satisfying set of results. The build-up to Cannes this year was all about the from festival workers, and the rumoured set to rock the French industry.
This was going to be one of the most politically charged editions yet, which was saying something, as Cannes is no stranger to agitation. However, the end result was muted. There was little disruption from festival workers, whose work is invaluable for these festivals to function, and the #MeToo accusations dissolved.
But as Coralie Fargeat stated in her acceptance speech for Best Screenplay for , the revolution is an ongoing thing, and it’s a brick-by-brick affair, as opposed to a standalone moment of reckoning. As for any statements with regards to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, there were some subtle callbacks (Cate Blanchett wore a black dress with white and green lining, which with the red carpet, resembled the Palestinian flag), a handful of overt calls (Laura Blajman-Kadar, a survivor of the Oct. 7 attacks, wore a yellow dress bearing images of Israeli hostages still being held and a sash reading “Bring them home”) and mentions during speeches, but real life atrocities were .