Admission to screenings
Different types of access
Your badge gives you access to the Festival area and screenings (Official Selection, Marché du Film, parallel sections) depending on your accreditation category:
Ticket and badge
New for 2021: The box office is virtual and accessible by all accredited participants at “MyCannes”. All the sessions – in every location – require a ticket.
One you are assigned a place at a session, you are guaranteed that place: arriving long before the start of the session is not advisable. An arrival window for entering the theatre or screening room will be indicated on the ticket for most sessions. Please keep to your allotted time.
Professional badges accompanied by tickets give access to screenings of the Official Selection (in the Debussy, Buñuel, Bazin, Soixantième and Cineum screening rooms). There is free access to screenings at the Cinéma de la Plage.
Via the box office: Screenings at the Grand Théâtre Lumière
The Festival will endeavour to meet your requests as far as possible, allowing forthe fact that demand for available places far exceeds supply.
Tickets, whether paper or electronic, are strictly personal and non-transferable.Selling tickets is strictly forbidden. Anyone breaching this regulation will risk prosecution.
RETURNING TICKETS
All tickets issued must be used. In case of unforeseen circumstances, you absolutely must return your ticket to your distribution office (if your accreditation is associated with acentral office or the Central Box Office, Hall Méditerranée). If you contravene this rule, your invitations will be restricted.
Tickets must be returned:
- by 12 noon on the same day, for screenings at 7.30pm, 10.30pm and midnight
- by 4pm the day before, for screenings at 8.30am, 11.30am, 2pm and 4pm.
Last minute entry
If places are available, festival badge-holders without tickets can attend all the screenings at the Grand Théâtre Lumière. A total of 5,700 people enjoy this benefit every year.
Free admissions
Every evening from 9:30pm on, the Cinéma de la Plage provides open-air screenings for all to enjoy.
Admission: Plage Macé beach
The screening venues
THE FESTIVAL SCREENING VENUES
LE GRAND THÉÂTRE LUMIÈRE
Presents the feature films in Competition, Out of Competition and the Midnight Screenings. Two gala screenings take place at the Grand Théâtre Lumière every evening. Formal evening dress is mandatory for these screenings. For other screenings, smart dress is acceptable. By attending these sessions you are agreeing to be photographed or filmed.
Admission: via the Red Carpet Steps
THE DEBUSSY THEATRE
Presents the feature films in Competition at 8:30, the Selection for Un Certain Regard, short films in Competition and the Masterclasses.
Admission: via the Debussy Steps
THE SOIXANTIÈME THEATRE
Presents day-after screenings for feature films in Competition, Out of Competition and Special Screenings.
Admission: Roof of the Riviera (via the Forecourt on the sea side)
THE BUÑUEL THEATRE
Presents the Cannes Classics programme, the Cinéfondation Selection and the Masterclasses.
Admission: via the main entrance of the Palais F+5
THE BAZIN THEATRE
Presents In Competition and Un Certain Regard day-after screenings.
Admission: via the main entrance of the Palais F+3
THE CINEUM CINEMA
The Cineum Cannes cinema, at 210 avenue Francis Tonner, Cannes 06400, has three screening rooms.
Access: by shuttle, on presentation of a QR code which can be found in "My Cannes".
THE ARCADES THEATRE
The Arcades Theatre presents a programme exclusively for accredited attendees of 3 Days in Cannes (second session) comprised of films from the Official Selection.
THE CINÉMA DE LA PLAGE
Offers open-air screenings each evening from 9:30 pm.
Admission: open to all depending on the number of available seats, Macé Beach.
THE MARCHÉ DU FILM SCREENING ROOMS
The Marché du Film screening rooms are located in the Palais des Festivals, in the Riviera and in the city of Cannes. Access to the screenings is by Marché badge or by a ticket issued by the Marché Screenings service.
IN THE PALAIS:
Theatres F to H - Location: Level F+3
Theatres I - J - K - Location: Level F+4
IN THE RIVIERA:
Riviera Theatres (1 and 2) - Location: Level 0
IN THE CITY:
Les Arcades Theatre, theatres 1 to 3 (77, rue Félix Faure)
Olympia Theatre, theatres 1 to 9 (5, rue de la Pompe)
SCREENING VENUES FOR THE PARALLEL SECTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
The Directors’ Fortnight screenings will take place from the 7 to 17 July 2021 at the Noga/Croisette Theatre, in screening room 1 of the Arcades Theatre and at the Olympia Theatre. For further information on screening venues for Directors’ Fortnight, see the section website.
LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE
The Semaine de la Critique screenings will take place from the 7 to 15 July 2021 at the Espace Miramar.
ACID
The ACID screenings will take place from the 7 to 16 July 2021 at the Arcades Theatre, the Palais des Festivals, Studio 13 MJC Picaud, the Theatre Alexandre III and at the Cinéma Le Raimu / MJC Ranguin. For further information on screening venues for ACID, see the section website.
Getting to the Cineum
The Festival de Cannes is providing a free shuttle service for participants to travel to the three theatres at the Cineum at 210 Avenue Francis Tonner, Cannes 06400. Festival goers must show a QR code, which can be found under "My Cannes" on the "My Account" website.
The "Palm Express A" service stops at several points in the centre of Cannes. You can find your nearest stop on the map below:
Download the timetable for the Square Mérimée stop - near the Croisette, opposite the Tourist Office. The shuttle stops here until 2pm from the 6th to the 17th of July.
Or download the timetable for the Les Allées stop - at the bottom of the Rue du Maréchal Joffre, where it crosses la Pantiero - which runs from the 6th to the 17th of July from 2pm to 8pm.
Best practices
No video/audio/photo recording
No selfies on the Steps,
neither in the screening theatres
No mobile phones in the screening theatres
Dress Code required