Cannes Film Festival 2018 – what are the dates, when does it finish and how much do tickets cost?

THE Cannes Film Festival 2018 will see 18 films battle it out for the prestigious Palme d'Or award.

Here is everything you need to know about the highly-anticipated cinematic event...

When is the Cannes Film Festival 2018?

The Cannes Film Festival 2018 runs from May 8-19.

It is an annual event held in Cannes in the south of France which previews the best new films from around the world.

The festival was founded in 1946 and is held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres.

In 2017 the Cannes Film Festival celebrated its 70th anniversary.

What is the Palme d'Or?

The Palme d'Or is the biggest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and was first introduced in 1955.

In 2017 Swedish director Ruben Östlund won the coveted award for his dark comedy The Square.

There is also the chance to win a non-competitive Honorary Palme d'Or.

This is awarded to directors (and, very occasionally, actors) who have never won a competitive Palme d'Or but have achieved a notable body of work.

Which films are in the Cannes Film Festival 2018 line-up?

Here is the full line-up:

Competition

• Todos Los Saben (Everybody Knows) - Asghar Farhadi
• At War - Stéphane Brizé
• Dogman - Mattero Garrone
• Le Livre D'Image (The Image Book) - Jean-Luc Godard
• Netemo Sametemo (Asako I & II) - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• Sorry Angel - Christophe Honoré
• Girls Of The Sun - Eva Husson
• Ash Is Purest White - JIA Zhang-Ke
• Shoplifters - Kore-Eda Hirokazu
• Capernaum - Nadine Labaki
• Buh-Ning (Burning) - Lee Chang-Dong
• Blackkklansman - Spike-Lee
• Under The Silver Lake - David Robert Mitchell
• Three Faces - Jafar Panahi
• Zimna Wojna (Cold War) - Pawel Pawlikowski
• Lazzaro Felice - Alice Rohrwacher
• Yomeddine - A.B Shawky
• Leto - Kirill Serebrennikov

Out of Competition

• Solo: A Star Wars Story - Ron Howard
• Le Grand Bain - Gilles Lellouche

Un Certain Regard

• Long Day’s Journey Into Night - Bi Gan
• Little Tickles - Andréa Bescond & Eric Métayer
• Sofia - Meyem Benm’Barek
• Border - Ali Abbasi
• Sextape - Antoine Desrosières
• The Gentle Indifference Of The World - Adilkhan Yerzhanov
• El Angel - Luis Ortega
• In My Room - Ulrich Kohler
• The Harvesters - Etienne Kallos
• My Favorite Fabric - Gaya Jiji
• Friend - Wanuri Kahiu
• Euphoria - Valeria Golino
• Angel Face - Vanessa Filho
• Girl - Lukas Dhont
• Manto - Nandita Das

Special Screenings

• Dead Souls - Wang Bing
• 10 Years In Thailand - Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol & Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Pope Francis: A Man Of His Word - Wim Wenders
• La Traversée - Romain Goupil
• To The Four Winds - Michel Toesca
• O Grande Circo Místico (The Great Mystical Circus) - Carlos Diegues
• The State Against Mandela And The Others - Nicolas Champeaux & Gilles Porte

Midnight Screenings

• Arctic - Joe Penna
• Gongjak (The Spy Gone North) - Yoon Jong-Bing