All the poetic beauty, hypnotic magic and apparent simplicity of cinema emerge in this scene from Rhapsody in August, signed by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa. He was 81 at the time. In this film, presented Out of Competition at Festival de Cannes in 1991, a grandmother who was a victim of the Nagasaki bombing on August 9, 1945, passes on her faith in love and integrity as a bulwark against war to her grandchildren and her American nephew. With as much tenderness as contemplation. The penultimate film from the director of Legend of the Great Judo, Rashômon, The Seven Samurai, Dersou Ouzala and Dodes'kaden reminds us of the importance of coming together and seeking harmony in all things.

Mirroring the movie theater, this poster celebrates the ^7th Art with wonder. Because it gives a voice to everyone, cinema enables emancipation. Because it remembers wounds, it fights against oblivion. Because it bears witness to perils, it calls for union. Because it soothes trauma, it helps repair the living.

In a fragile world that constantly questions otherness, Festival de Cannes reaffirms one conviction: cinema is a universal sanctuary for expression and sharing. A place where our humanity and our freedom are written.

The official poster for the ^77th edition of Festival de Cannes was designed by Hartland Villa (Lionel Avignon, Stefan de Vivies).