2018 Cannes Film Festival 2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film "Shoplifters", directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller "Everybody Knows", starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz and Ricardo Darín, opened the festival and competed in the Main Competition section. It was the second Spanish-language film to open Cannes, following Pedro Almodóvar's "Bad Education", which screened on the opening night of the 2004 festival. The official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc
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