Waiting for Cannes

Sunday 16th May at 9pm*

The conflicting love-hate relationship between a mother and her son.

In the prodigy director's first film, a teenager loves his mother but can’t stand being her son. Her tastes and personality horrify him, as does her crass ignorance.

By Xavier Dolan
★ Directors' Fortnight (Cannes, 2009)

Thursday 20th May at 9pm*

By the time you learn to love yourself, it's already too late.

In Paris in the 1990s, 22yr old Arthur meets Jacques, a gay writer. This marks the beginning of a passionate relationship. But time is short because Jacques is dying of AIDS so a lifetime of love will have to be lived in the time they have..


By Christophe Honoré
★ Official selection (Cannes, 2018)
★ Louis-Delluc Prize (2018)

Sunday 23rd May at 9pm*

Three is obviously one too many to be a couple.

Two friends in love with the same person engage in an unhealthy duel to win them. Each obsessively interprets the ambiguous and destructive behaviours of the object of their desire.

By Xavier Dolan
★ Official selection Un certain regard (Cannes, 2010)

Thursday 27th May at 9pm*

A scathing portrait of the employment crisis.

After 20 months of unemployment, an overwhelmed but strong-willed 50-year-old starts a new job that soon presents him with a moral dilemma. What exactly is he willing to do to keep his job?

By Stéphane Brizé
★ Best actor award (Cannes, 2015)

Sunday 30th May at 9pm*

When the victim is guilty.

After denying being pregnant, a young Moroccan woman finds herself in the illegal situation of giving birth to a child out of wedlock. She has 24 hours to find a solution before the hospital alerts the authorities...


By Meryem Benm'Barek
★ Screenplay award (Un certain regard, Cannes 2018)