Anthem Magazine

The 69th Cannes Film Festival once again unveiled an impressive roll call of some of the world’s biggest stars, revered filmmakers and exciting newcomers. It was 12 days of chaos—or blissful paradise—for the 4,000-strong press pack on the French Riviera. Cannes is unrivaled. Notably, we had the pleasure of sitting down with some insanely talented individuals. To give you a more intimate look at some of our encounters this year, we’ve put together a collection of exclusive portraits, including McCaul Lombardi of American Honey, Gong Yoo of Train to Busan, Kirill Serebrennikov of The Student, Tatiana Maslany of Two Lovers and a Bear, Anders Danielsen Lie of Personal Shopper, Viggo Mortensen and Matt Ross of Captain Fantastic, Alejandro Jodorowsky of Endless Poetry, and Daniel Grao, Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suárez of Julieta.

Here are some of our favorites offerings from this year’s festivities:

STANDOUT FILMS
Sieranevada by Cristi Puiu (Romania)
Personal Shopper by Olivier Assayas (France)

STANDOUT DIRECTORS
Cristi Puiu for Sieranevada (Romania)
Andrea Arnold for American Honey (United Kingdom)

SINGULAR VOICES
Bruno Dumont for Slack Bay (France)
Alain Guiraudie for Rester Vertical (France)

STANDOUT ACTORS
Adam Driver for Paterson (United States)
Joel Edgerton for Loving (Australia)

STANDOUT ACTRESSES
Ruth Negga for Loving (Ethiopia)
Kristen Stewart for Personal Shopper (United States)

NEXT MALE SUPERSTAR
McCaul Lombardi for American Honey (United States)
Karl Glusman for The Neon Demon (United States)

NEXT FEMALE SUPERSTAR
Bella Heathcoate for The Neon Demon (Australia)
Golshifteh Farahani for Paterson (Iran)

The tradition continues next year!