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 © Harry Lighton © Chris Harris / Emma Branderhorst © Dick van der Lecq / Joecar Hanna © Francesc Planes / Saulė Bliuvaitė © Aris Rammos / Oliver McGoldrick © Andrey Francis / Mansi Maheshwari © DR
Harry Lighton, Emma Branderhorst, Joecar Hanna, Saulė Bliuvaitė, Mansi Maheshwari and Oliver McGoldrick are the six new directors welcomed to the 51st session of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes. From...
Baran Sarmad © RR / Federico Luis © Philipp Nemenz / Alica Bednáriková © Liza Nedayvoda / Dian Weys © RR / Laís Santos Araújo © Luciano Pedro / Maksym Nakonechnyi © RR 
Alica Bednáriková, Federico Luis, Maksym Nakonechnyi, Laís Santos Araújo, Baran Sarmad, and Dian Weys have joined the 50th Residency of the Festival de Cannes. From October 1, 2025, to February...
Baran Sarmad © RR / Federico Luis © Philipp Nemenz / Alica Bednáriková © Liza Nedayvoda / Dian Weys © RR / Laís Santos Araújo © Luciano Pedro / Maksym Nakonechnyi © RR 
In the past 25 years, the Residency of the Festival de Cannes has established itself as an essential venue to discover and support emerging talent in international cinema.
La Résidence welcomes its 49th session! Take a world tour with 6 Residents: Flóra Anna Buda from Hungarye, Andrea Gatopoulos from Italy, Xiwen Cong from China, Simon Maria Kubiena from...
Rudolf FITZGERALD-LEONARD © Problemkind Film - Diwa SHAH © IMDB - Anastasia VEBER © Dusya Sobol - Eglé RAZUMAITE © Nikita Ševcov - Sofia ALAOUI © Mehdi Sefrioui - Theo MONTOYA © Nata Teva
Sofia Alaoui, Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard, Theo Montoya, Eglé Razumaité, Diwa Shah and Anastasia Veber are the six new filmmakers welcomed to the 48th session of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes....
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Over the years, the Résidence du Festival de Cannes has established itself as a key venue for many of the world’s emerging film talents. From October 1, 2024, to February...
Molly Manning Walker ©️Billy Boyd Cape, Ernst De Geer ©️Per Larsson, Daria Kashcheeva ©️Gabriel Kuchta, Deník N, Danech San ©️Prum Ero, Anastasiia Solonevych ©️DR, Aditya Amhad ©️DR
Welcome to Molly, Aditya, Daria, Danech, Ernst and Anastasiia! From March 15 to July 31, 2024, these young filmmakers will work in the heart of Paris on their first or...
MELTSE VAN COILLIE © Harm Dens - DIANA CAM VAN NGUYEN © David Tichacek - ZHAO HAO © Yeo Seung Jin - GESSICA GÉNÉUS © Jean Marie Gigon - ANDREA SLAVIČEK © Nina Duredevic – ASMAE EL MOUDIR © Ammar Abd Rabbo
Six faces. Six countries. Six projects. Meltse Van Coillie, Diana Cam Van Nguyen, Zhao Hao, Gessica Généus, Andréa Slaviček and Asmae El Moudir are the young filmmakers who have joined...
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From 1 October to 15 February 2024, the 46th Résidence of the Festival de Cannes will play host to five female directors and one male director who, over four and...
The directors of the 45th session of the Résidence of the Festival de Cannes © Mohammadreza Mayghani © Mohammad Keshvari - Tang Yi © Boyang Hu - Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan © Hannah Schierbeek - Diana Mashanova © DR - Morad Mostafa © Camille Dampierre - Laura Samani © Margherita Panizon
Discover the six new residents!
LA FEMME DU FOSSOYEUR directed by Khadar Ahmed
Developed in 2015 at La Résidence of the Festival de Cannes and selected at the 2021 Critics’ Week, Khadar Ahmed presents his film « THE GRAVEDIGGER’S WIFE ».
A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING directed by Payal Kapadia
Payal Kapadia (La Résidence 2019) presents her new feature film « A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING », selected at the 2021 Directors’ Fortnight and Cannes 2021 Golden Eye for Best...
A CHIARA directed by Jonas Carpignano
Jonas Carpignano (La Résidence 2015) presents his new feature film « A CHIARA », selected at the 2021 Directors’ Fortnight.
MURINA directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic (La Résidence 2017) presents her new feature film « MURINA », Caméra d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.  
FEATHERS directed by Omar El Zohairy
Omar El Zohairy (La Sélection 2014 and La Résidence 2016) presents his feature film « FEATHERS », Nespresso Grand Prize at the 2021 Critics’ Week.  
The 44th session of La Résidence © DR
For session 44, the Residence  will welcome  from 1 March, directors Arvin BELARMINO (Philippines), Dina DUMA (Macedonia), Andrei EPURE (Romania), Flurin GIGER (Switzerland), Katarina RESEK (Aka  Kukla) (Slovenia), Laura WANDEL...
WHITE BUILDING, directed by Kavich Neang
Kavich Neang (project La Résidence 2017) releases his new film « WHITE BUILDING », in selection at the 78th Venice Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor...
43rd session of the Residence of the Cinéfondation
For its 43rd session the Residence will welcome from October 1, directors Borbála NAGY, Judita GAMULIN, MAUNG SUN, Rongfei GUO, Juan CÁCERES and Sabine EHRL. Maung Sun will be the...
DIGGER directed by Georgis Grigorakis
Georgis Grigorakis presents his first feature film « DIGGER » (project La Résidence 2015), CICE art cinema award (Panorama section) at the 2020 Berlinale.
La Résidence 2021 and the Jury
A jury composed of Karim Aïnouz (director / La Résidence 2003), Florence Almozini (Associate Director of Programming at Film at Lincoln Center) and Gabrielle Dumon (producer) has awarded the project of...
La Résidence of the Cinéfondation
For its 42nd  session the Residence will welcome from March 1st directors Sameh Alaa, Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, Behzad Azadi, Marta Hernaiz Pidal, Inbar Horesh and David Pinheiro Vicente.