relatively little different from what we predicted (which questions: between leaks from the selection committee, festival rules very clearly established and integrated by the journalists that we are, places reserved in semi-automatic mode (lobbying of production companies? Projects thought out – and financed – especially for Cannes?) but also and especially on the difficulty of the cinema to give birth to new talents…
Note that once is not customary, the official selection has already been announced even though the jury has not been revealed… There too the rumors are rife, between unavailable actresses, in selection , and big names who could be back…
Here is the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival 2022 as announced today:
