Admission to screenings

BADGE ACCESS

Your badge is required to access the Festival, Marché du Film and Village International zones, demarcated by security checkpoints.

Along with a ticket, your badge allows you to attend screenings of the Official Selection and parallel sections (Directors’ Fortnight, Semaine de la Critique, ACID and Cannes Cinéma).

Without a ticket, your badge allows you:

• Last-minute access: if you have not obtained tickets, do not hesitate to join the last-minute queues, which allowed more than 10,000 spectators to attend screenings in 2023.

ACCESS TO THE TICKET OFFICE

The online ticket office provides all festival attendees with free access to screenings of the Official Selection and parallel sections (Directors’ Fortnight, Semaine de la Critique, ACID and Cannes Cinéma) based on their accreditation category.

Please note that in addition to a ticket, access to certain screenings requires the presentation of a badge. When this is the case, a ‘badge’ pictogram is present on paper tickets, and the words ‘with badge’ are present on dematerialized tickets.

Once a seat is attributed to you for a screening, you are guaranteed it and there is no reason to arrive well in advance of the screening. For the majority of screenings, a time slot for accessing the theatre is indicated on the ticket. Please observe this.

Tickets may be presented electronically or in a paper version. They are personal and the sale of tickets is strictly prohibited. Anyone contravening these rules risks prosecution.

In order to access screenings in the best conditions, please consult how to make reservations on the online ticket office.

LAST MINUTE ACCESS

In the event that seats are still available, the theatres of the Festival will allow access to badge holders for all screenings of the Official Selection and parallel sections.

FREE ADMISSIONS

Every evening from 9:30pm on, the Cinéma de la Plage provides open-air screenings for all to enjoy.

Admission: Plage Macé.

THE GRAND THÉÂTRE LUMIÈRE

Presents the feature films in Competition, Out of Competition and the Midnight Screenings.

Two Gala screenings take place every night (around 7 pm and 10 pm). Out of consideration for the artists and crews who come to present the culmination of their long work, the Festival asks them to present themselves in tuxedos or evening gowns at the bottom of the red steps for these screenings. In the absence of this, you may wear a cocktail dress, a dark trouser suit, a dressy top with black trousers, a “little black dress”, a black or midnight blue suit with a bow tie. Elegant shoes, with or without heels, are required (no trainers). We ask attendees to avoid bringing backpacks, tote-bags or large bags.

By attending screenings at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, you accept that you may be photographed and/or filmed. 

Admission: via the Red Steps

---

THE DEBUSSY THEATRE

Presents the Un Certain Regard Selection, Cannes Première, short films in Competition and the Masterclasses.
Admission: via the Debussy Steps

---

THE AGNÈS VARDA THEATRE

Presents day-after screenings for feature films of the Official Selection (Competition, Out of Competition, Cannes Premiere, Cannes Classics) and Special Screenings.
Admission: Roof of the Riviera (via the Forecourt on the sea side.

---

THE BUÑUEL THEATRE

Presents the Cannes Classics programme, the La Cinef Selection and the Masterclasses.
Admission: via the main entrance of the Palais level 5

---

THE BAZIN THEATRE

Presents day-after screenings for feature films of the Official Selection.

Admission: via the main entrance of the Palais level 3

---

THE CINEUM CINEMA

The Cineum Cannes cinema, at 210 avenue Francis Tonner, Cannes 06400, has three screening rooms.
Access: Festival-goers can travel to the Cineum free of charge on the following bus routes: Line A Palm Express and Line 1, accessible from the SNCF train station – on presentation of a QR code which can be found in “My Cannes“.

Two bus lines take you there:

• The Palm Express A line: with an increased frequency every 6 to 12 minutes, depending on the time of day (Cineum stop: ‘Saint Cassien’)
• Line 1 (Cineum stop: ‘Coubertin’ or ‘Palais des Victoires’)

---

THE ARCADES THEATRE

The Arcades Theatre presents a programme exclusively for accredited attendees of 3 Days in Cannes (third 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.

 

IN THE PALAIS

Theatres B to H – Location: Level 3
Theatres I – J – K – Location: Level 4

---

LÉRINS

Lérins Theatres (1 to 4) – Location: Level 1

---

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)

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

A parallel section independent from the Festival de Cannes, organised by the French Directors’ Guild (SRF, Société des Réalisatrices et Réalisateurs de films). The Directors’ Fortnight screenings will take place 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.

Offices: rue Frédéric Amouretti
T: +33 (0)1 44 89 99 99.
Contact: infos@quinzaine-cineastes.com – www.quinzaine-cineastes.com

---

LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

A parallel section independent from the Festival de Cannes, organised by the French Union of Film Critics (Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma). The Semaine de la Critique screenings take place at the Espace Miramar.

Offices: Palais des Festivals (niveau 5)
T: +33 (0)4 92 99 83 94
Contact: contact@semainedelacritique.com – www.semainedelacritique.com

---

ACID

A selection proposed by the Association for the Distribution of Independant Cinema (Association de cinéastes pour la promotion et la diffusion des films indépendants).

The ACID screenings will take place 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.

Offices: 8 rue du Batéguier
T: +33 (0)1 44 89 99 74
Contact: festivals@lacid.org – www.lacid.org

• No video/audio/photo recording
• No selfies on the Steps, neither in the screening theatres
• No mobile phones in the screening theatres
• Dress code is necessary for gala screenings at the Grand Théâtre Lumière