Experience the magic of Cannes at home!

Les oliviers de la justice 

Thurs 1st May at 9pm* and Weds 7th May at 2pm*  
Cannes Festival 1962 - SACD Prize (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers)

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It's 1962. As the war of independence draws to a close, Jean returns to his native Algeria to visit his dying father. He returns to his childhood memories of a harmonious coexistence between Algerians and colonists. But he is soon reminded of the reality of colonialism and the persistence of inequality.

La dérive des continents (au sud)

Sun 4th May at 9pm* and Tues 6th May at 2pm*  
Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Presented at the Filmmakers' Fortnight. 

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Commissioned by the European Union, Nathalie travels to Sicily to coordinate the visits of Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to a refugee camp. Her son Albert is also there, working with his NGO. But unlike his mother, he and his fellow activists have come to oppose the diplomatic mission she represents.

 
La salamandre 

Thurs 8th May at 9pm* and Weds 14th May at 2pm*  
Cannes Film Festival 1971 - Presented at the Directors' Fortnight
A film by Alain Tanner
Starring Bulle Ogier

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Two friends, Pierre and Paul, join forces to write a screenplay based on a true story: the case of a young factory worker, Rosemonde, accused of attempting to murder her uncle, then eventually acquitted due to lack of evidence. Paul, the dreamer, imagines the character. Pierre, more grounded in reality, begins an investigation..

 
France 

Sunday 11th May at 9pm* and Tues 13th May at 2pm* 
Cannes Film Festival 2021 - Official Selection, in competition for the Palme d'Or
Un film by Bruno Dumont
Starring Léa Seydoux

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A tough star journalist for a 24-hour news channel, France's world is turned upside down when involved in a freak traffic accident involving a delivery driver. She tries to retreat into a simple, anonymous life - but her notoriety continues to follow her…

No Dutch or German subtitles. 

 
Trois couleurs : rouge 

Thurs 15th May at 9pm* and Weds 21st May at 2pm*  
Cannes Film Festival 1994 - Official Selection, in competition for the Palme d'Or
A film by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Starring Irène Jacob and Jean-Louis Trintignant

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A chance accident brings Valentine, a young model and student, face-to-face with a reclusive and bitter retired judge. She runs over his dog. He listens in on his neighbours' phone calls. What begins as a tense and uneasy encounter slowly transforms into a surprising and profound friendship.

French subtitles only.

Yeelen (la lumière)

Sunday 18th May at 9pm* and Tues 20th May at 2pm*
Cannes Film Festival 1987 - Jury's Prize 
A film by Souleymane Cissé

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Set centuries ago, this is the initiation journey of a young Bambara man, born into a family of powerful sorcerers. At its heart lies a fierce struggle between father and son for control and knowledge.

The film opens with a blinding, all-consuming light flooding a sun-scorched, wind-swept savannah, marking the beginning of Nianankoro’s spiritual quest. As he walks the path toward wisdom, a force that both empowers and dooms, the landscape transforms. In a greener, tree-lined oasis, he finds love - and a child born too soon.

The story moves onward to the cool-toned rocky hills of the Bambara, the setting for the final chapter: a reckoning with his father and the coming of the Apocalypse.

Romy Schneider face à son destin 

(Documentary)
Mon 19th May at 9pm* and Weds 21st May at 6:40pm* 

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The name Romy Schneider stirs something in everyone. Admired by both men and women for her beauty, celebrated for her immense talent, and remembered for a vulnerability that was always just beneath the surface. This portrait revisits the life of a true perfectionist - devoted to her craft, consumed by her passions, and endlessly marked by the wounds of life and love.

Le terminus des prétentieux 

(Documentary Film)
Monday 19th May at 10pm* 

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To mark the centenary of Michel Audiard’s birth in 2020, Gaumont opens its archives and unveils some of the lesser-known works of the celebrated writer. The Terminus of the Pretentious - a title Audiard had in mind for several unfinished projects - traces the life and legacy of one of France’s most prolific and sharp-witted screenwriters.

Une aussi longue absence 

Thurs 22nd May at 9pm* and Weds 28th at 2pm* 
Cannes Film Festival 1961 - Palme d'or
Screenplay by Marguerite Duras

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Thérèse Langlois is struck by the sight of a homeless man who bears an uncanny resemblance to her husband, deported by the Germans fifteen years earlier. Driven by doubt and hope, she follows him to find out if it could genuinely be him. But the man has no memory of his past. With quiet determination, Thérèse sets out to awaken his lost memories…

 
Àma Gloria 

Sunday 25th May at 9pm* and Tues 27th May at 2pm* 
Cannes Film Festival 2023 - Critics' Week Opening Film 

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Six-year-old Cléo is being raised by her gentle but often absent father and by Gloria, her beloved nanny. When Gloria must return home to Cape Verde for good to care for her own children, Cléo is heartbroken. To ease the pain of separation, her father sends her to spend the summer with Gloria—on the other side of the world.

La bataille du rail 

Thurs 29th May at 9pm* and Weds 4th June at 2pm* 
Cannes Film Festival 1946 - Grand International Prize for Directing & International Jury Prize 
A film by René Clément 

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During World War II, many French railway workers joined the Resistance. Through daily acts of sabotage and dramatic derailments, the SNCF rail network became a crucial tool in the fight against Nazi occupation. In one region, a station master, Camargue, and his deputy, Athos, manage their sector’s operations—risking their lives at every turn.