Cate Blanchett © Tom Munro
Rendez-vous avec… Cate Blanchett
The Festival de Cannes will expand the Official Selection screenings with exchanges featuring leading figures in contemporary cinema.
The « Rendez-vous with… » are meetings between the artists and the public of the Festival. They make it possible to savvy the vision and thoughts of major artists of our time from all over the world. They offer rare moments of sharing, cinema-loving, transmission and emotion.
This year, Cate Blanchett will take part in the discussions on Sunday May 17th, at 2:30pm, offering the Cannes audience a special opportunity for a unique conversation.
Cate Blanchett’s rich and varied performances in films such as Tár, Carol, I’m Not There, Blue Jasmine and Elizabeth have earned her two Oscars, four BAFTAs and four Golden Globe Awards. First attending Cannes in 1999, she served as Jury President in 2019, and also headed up the jury at Venice in 2020. Cate Blanchett has received a number of honours throughout her career including the BFI Fellowship, Kubrick, Goya, AACTA and Donostia Awards. She has been named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and Companion of the Order of Australia.
She co-leads production company Dirty Films with Andrew Upton and Coco Francini, and has founded the Proof of Concept program supporting women, trans and non-binary voices, as well as the Displacement Film Fund for refugee filmmakers and those telling stories of displacement. As in 2025, she will host a panel at the Festival de Cannes 2026 announcing the next cohort of artists it supports.
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH… CATE BLANCHETT
Sunday, May 17th at 2:30pm – Salle Buñuel
BABEL
Alejandro González IÑÁRRITUIn Competition - Feature Films, 20062006 Award for Best Director 2006 Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T.
