2019 Cannes Film Festival
Official poster of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival featuring Agnès Varda, while filming her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955) | |
| Opening film | The Dead Don't Die |
|---|---|
| Closing film | The Specials |
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Founded | 1946 |
| Awards | Palme d'Or: Parasite |
| Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
| No. of films | 21 (In Competition) |
| Festival date | 14–25 May 2019 |
| Website | festival-cannes |
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president for the main competition. South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Parasite, becoming the first Korean to win the award.
The festival honoured French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who died early that year, featuring her on the official poster of the festival. The photograph used was taken during the filming of her debut film La Pointe Courte (1955), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The festival opened with The Dead Don't Die by Jim Jarmusch, and closed with The Specials by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano.