2016 Cannes Film Festival 2016 Cannes Film Festival The 69th Cannes Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 May 2016. Australian director George Miller was the President of the Jury for the main competition. French actor Laurent Lafitte was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies. On 15 March it was announced that Japanese director Naomi Kawase would serve as the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury president. American director Woody Allen's film "Café Society" opened the festival. The Palme d'Or was awarded to the British film "I, Daniel Blake" directed by Ken Loach, which also served as closing film of the festival.
1968 Cannes Film Festival The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1968 feature film competition: Feature films The following films were due to compete for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film: The following films were selected to be screened out of competition: The following feature films were selected to be screened for the 7th International Critics' Week (7e Semaine de la Critique): Not presented because of the interruption of the festival: 1968 Cannes Film Festival The 21st Cannes Film Festival was to have been held from 10 to 24 May 1968, before being curtailled due to the turmoil of