The Cannes Film Festival will host the world premiere of “Killers of the Flower Moon”, a new film by Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio, on May 20, organisers announced on Friday.
This will be the first time since 1986 that Scorsese shows a new film at the festival when he received the best director award for “After Hours”.
Scorsese also won the prestigious Palme d’Or prize in 1976 for “Taxi Driver” and served as the jury president in 1998.
“The Cannes Festival is overjoyed to welcome Martin Scorsese this May on the Croisette, to climb the steps of the Palais des Festivals,” the organisers said in a statement.
The film, also starring Robert De Niro, was produced by Apple, which has agreed to release it in cinemas in October prior to streaming on its platform.
Cannes only allows films to compete for the Palme d’Or if they get a theatrical release, which has notably prevented Netflix from entering its films.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” tracks the true story of serial murders of a Native American tribe in an oil-rich part of the United States in the 1920s.
