Adapted from the short story by Haruki Murakami, Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s profoundly moving, poetic vision of grief and the deep mysteries of the human spirit is the Cannes 2021 winner for Best Screenplay.
Festival Programme
Films — by Country
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Australia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Canada
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kosovo
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- UK
- USA
Japan
Flowers of Shanghai
Hai shang hua
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Ai no utagoe o kikasete
Schoolyard romance, musical numbers and lifelike robotics collide in this animated glimpse at what teenage life might look like in a world increasingly run by artificial intelligence.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Guzen to sozo
A gentle exploration of the complexities of the human heart, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is a balm for the soul.