Cannes 2024 Spitball Predictions #1

Why not have an end of the year Cannes spitball? It tends to be a monthly thing here to update and predict Cannes, leading up to the lineup announcement in mid-April.

Yes, the 77th Cannes Film Festival is still six months away, but they’ve already announced Greta Gerwig as the Jury President for the next edition, which is set to take place May 14-25, 2024. The rest of the jury will be announced sometime in the Spring.

I’ve already tackled our 60 most anticipated films of 2024. Many of the titles on that list will be here, but I’ve added a bunch more. What I’ve noticed is that, if Hollywood is predicted to have an off year in 2024, there will be no shortage of indie and foreign films to choose from.

Of course, one big production that’s destined to bow on the Croisette is Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” and it seems as though it was always the plan for it to have a world premiere at Cannes. That’ll easily be one of the more anticipated films of next year’s edition — maybe Cannes boss Thierry Fremaux will put it in competition? That’s what Coppola wants.

Some other buzzy titles that seem Cannes-bound include new films from the likes of David Cronenberg, Steve McQueen, Lynne Ramsay, Sean Baker, Leos Carax, Andrea Arnold, Jim Jarmusch, Paul Schrader and, maybe even, Clint Eastwood.

Based on my sources, from a few months ago, Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” might also finally be ready to go. The film was shot in 2019, and Malick’s been editing it ever since.

The resulting list that’s been gathered up is of around 45 films destined for a potential Cannes bow. If I’m missing any key titles then, please, post them in the comments section below!

Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kind of Kindness”
Steve McQueen’s “Blitz”
Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis”
David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds”
Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind”
Sean Baker’s “Anora”
Andrea Arnold’s “Bird”
Leos Carax’s “C’est Pas Moi”
Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17”
Clint Eastwood’s “Juror #2”
Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada”
Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer”
Jim Jarmusch’s “Brother Mother Father Sister”
Justin Kurzel’s “The Order”
George Miller’s “Furiosa”
Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End“
Pablo Larrain’s “Maria”
Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths”
Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist”
Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez”
Paolo Sorrentino’s “Partenhope”
Jia Zhang-ke’s “We Shall Be All”
Michel Franco’s “Dreams”
Julian Schnabel’s “In the Hands of Dante”
Audrey Diwan’s “Emanuelle”
Olivier Assayas “Hors de Temps”
David Lowery’s “Mother Mary”
Na Hong-jin‘s “Hope: Part One”
Carlos Reygadas’ “Wake of Umbra”
Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov”
Ali Abassi’s “The Apprentice”
Arnaud Desplechin’s “Spectateurs”
Bi Gan’s “Resurrection”
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Serpent’s Path”
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s “Those Who Find Me”
Francois Ozon’s “Quand Vient L’Automne”
Alain Guiraudie’s “Miséricorde”
Peter Greenaway’s “Lucca Mortis”
Christophe Honore’s “Summer Boy”
Emmanuel Mouret’s “Une honnête femme”
Karim Ainouz’s “Rosebushpruning”
Xavier Beauvois’ “La Vallée des Fous”
Patricia Mazuy’s “Alma et Mina”
Robert Guedignan‘s “La Pie Voleuse”

UPDATE: Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” Guy Maddin’s “Rumors,” Kevin Costner’s “Horizon, Lucrecia Martel’s “Chocobar,” Noémie Merlant’s “The Balconettes”