Cannes 2022 International Film Festival

As the Hollywood Foreign Press Association joined the world in celebrating the recent 75th annual Cannes Film Festival, there was one movie that stood out for many. So much so, that HFPA Japanese member Itsuko Harai excitedly suggested we talk to Plan 75 writer, director, and cinematographer, Chie Hayakawa about her feature film debut and she became the only filmmaker who took part in an episode of the Golden Globes Around the World podcast during the festival.

All of the different awards bestowed at Cannes can become a bit confusing to absorb. There’s the Palme d'Or, the most coveted award at the festival, if not in the entire film industry, which goes to the best overall film in contention.

In case you were living in a cave with no internet (and the lack of internet does feature prominently in this podcast), you might have missed the return of the in-person Cannes Film Festival with all the pomp and pageantry one would expect from the preeminent European festival that celebrates both the world’s filmmaking elite, from Tom Cruise to David Cronenberg, to foreign indie directors who took home big prizes again this year. Check out the list of winners and more coverage on www.

After the big blow of Titane last year, all predictions were possible for the Palme d'Or this year. On the Croisette, tongues were starting to loosen between a young director who questions masculinity (Close), a thriller that confirms the South Korean wave (Decision to Leave), or the film by the Dardenne brothers which could obtain a historic treble with Tori and Lokita.

Imagine you are a young filmmaker walking the coveted red carpet of the world’s première festival for the first time. And getting thrown out.

The war had barely ended, the wounds and scars were still open and painful. The arts could be a powerful balm for all the pain that remained from the past horrors.

After many great performances -  his spectacular tour de force in Goodfellas, among many  - Ray Liotta finally landed on the Croisette, with the cast and director of Killing Them Softly, in competition in 2012: Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Andrew Dominik. Three years later he would go back to Cannes, but this time for the MIPTV, the international market for TV and streamer content, with the miniseries Texas Rising.

After announcing their sponsorship of The American Pavilion, the center of business and hospitality for the American film community at this year’s 75th Cannes Film Festival, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) launched its first panel on May 23rd: “Cannes First Time: Conversation” with the new voices of Cannes. Moderated by HFPA member and award-winning journalist KJ Matthews, the panel featured three new talents talking about their first time on the Croisette as filmmakers.

"On this planet, half of humanity is male, and half is female. It's as simple as that.

The HFPA has joined Netflix and Mr. Michel Merkt to become the major sponsors of the reconstruction and restoration of Napoleon, by Abel Gance (1927).