Cannes

Cannes Directors Portfolio

Our seventh annual portrait gallery found Cannes-bound directors at home and at work from California to Moscow, Paris to Casablanca.

After a year off, the Cannes Film Festival has returned, and so has TheWrap’s annual Cannes Directors Portfolio. From more than 10 different countries and a dozen cities, these directors are part of a celebrated crop of filmmakers who will bring cinema back to the Croisette—and before the fes-tival began, they posed for our cameras or, in a few cases, for their own cameras. (Selfies may be banned on the red carpet, but that didn’t stop Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Mark Cousins from taking them for us.) This portfolio is our biggest ever, and it makes Todd Haynes the first di-rector to appear in this feature for a third time, breaking a tie with Pedro Almodovar, Xavier Dolan, Olivier Assayas and now Jonas Carpagnino, who are all two-time participants. Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen—we hope to see you again in the Palais and on our pages.
—STEVE POND

Aleksey German Jr.

House Arrest, Un Certain Regard | Photographed by Lev Evlampiev in St. Petersburg, Russia

ANTONETAALAMAT KUSIJANOVIĆ

Murina, Directors Fortnight | Photographed by Srdan Saric in Zagreb

KIRA KOVALENKO

Unclenching the Fists, Un Certain Regard | Photographed by Kzenia Sereda in Calgary

KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV

Petrov’s Flu, Main Competition | Photographed by Vladislav Opelyants in Moscow

KORNÉL MUNDRUCZO

Evolution, Cannes Premiere | Photographed by Kata Weber in Berlin

MARK COUSINS

The Story of Film: A New Generation and The Storms of Jeremy Thomas, Cannes Classics | Self-portrait shot in Edinburgh

RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI

Drive My Car, Main Competition | Photographed by Kris Dewitte in Paris

JOACHI MLAFOSSE

The Restless, Main Competition | Photographed by Kris Dewitte in Brussels

KOGONADA

After Yang, Un Certain Regard | Photographed by Kris Dewitte in Rotterdam

SIMÓN MESA SOTO

Amparo, International Critics Week | Self-portrait shot in Stockholm

TOM MCCARTHY

Stillwater, Out of Competition | Photographed by Matthew Salacuse in New York City

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL

Memoria, Main Competition | Self-portrait shot in Villerubanne, France

JOACHIM TRIER

The Worst Person in the World, Main Competition | Photographed by Kasper Tuxen in Oslo

JONAS CARPIGNANO (WITH BAY JALVIN CARPIGNANO)

A Chiara, Directors Fortnight | Photographed by Isabella Torre in Pantelleria, Sicily

JUSTIN KURZEL

Nitram, Main Competition | Photographed by TK in Glen-rowan, Australia

LAURA WANDEL

Un Monde, Un Certain Regard | Photographed by Kris Dewitte in Brussels

MIA HANSEN-LØVE

Bergman Island, Main Competition | Photographed by Laurent Perreau in Paris

NABIL AYOUCH

Casablanca Beats, Main Competition | Photographed by Maryam Touzani in Casablanca

NADAV LAPID

Ahed’s Knee, Main Competition | Photographed by David Quesemand in Paris

SEAN PENN

Flag Day, Main Competition | Photographed by Joseph Vitarelli in Malibu

TATIANA HUEZO

Prayers for the Stolen, Un Certain Regard | Photographed by Ernesto Pardo in Morelos, Mexico

TODD HAYNES

The Velvet Underground, Out of Competition | Photographed by Bryan O’Keefe in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz County, California

JUSTIN CHON

Blue Bayou, Un Certain Regard | Photographed by Ante Cheng in Honolulu

Noémi Merlant

Mi iubita, Mon Amour, Special Screening | Photographed by Kris Dewitte in Paris

Mahamet-Saleh Haroun

Lingui, Main Competition | Photographed by Kris Dewitte in Paris

Ting Poo & Leo Scott

Val, Cannes Premiere | Photographed by Chris Loupos in Los Angeles