While we lack the clairvoyance of Pierre Salvadori’s opening film The Electric Kiss, the scores of the panelists of our yearly ICS Critics & Industry panel, which has become a mainstay of our coverage of the festival, will give you some insight into what’s hot and what’s not on the Croisette this year. We will have 15 people grading each and every film they see, from the Competition down to the small ACID sidebar (and even in one case for the Immersive section). These are our panelists this year:

Cédric Succivalli – Italy– President & Film critic, International Cinephile Society
Siddhant Adlakha – India– Film critic, Variety, IndieWire, Observer, IGN
Diego Batlle – Argentina – Film critic, Otros Cines
Nicholas Bell – United States – Film critic, IONCINEMA.com
Ali Benzekri – Morocco – Film critic, 2M – Morocco
Anaïs Bordages – France – Film critic, Slate
Gregory Coutaut – France – Film critic, Le Polyester
Marc van de Klashorst – The Netherlands – Film critic, International Cinephile Society
Dubravka Lakić – Serbia – Film critic, Politika
Diego Lerer – Argentina – Film critic, Clarin, Micropsia
Guy Lodge – United Kingdom – Film critic, Variety
Daniela Michel – Mexico – Founder and director, Morelia International Film Festival
Meredith Taylor – United Kingdom – Film critic, Filmuforia
Nanako Tsukidate – Japan – Film critic, Nobody Magazine
Marcos Uzal – France – Editor-in-chief, Cahiers du cinéma