The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival , making it Dolan 's first film to premiere at the festival . Following its premiere at the festival , it received universally negative reviews from critics . IndieWire dubbed the film Dolan 's " worst " of his career . '' The Guardian '' gave the film one out of five stars , deeming it a " dubious mess " . '' NOW Magazine '' called the film " mediocre at best " . In a more positive review , '' Screen International '' wrote that the film " may revisit a lot of familiar territory for Dolan but on this form it is good to welcome him home . " In 2015 , Dolan was selected to serve on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival . Also that year , he directed the music video for " Hello " , the lead single from the album '' 25 '' by Adele . The video broke the Vevo record for most views in 24 hours , over 27.7 million views . The video was also notable for featuring footage shot in IMAX . Dolan received the Juno Award for Video of the Year for directing the video
2015 Cannes Film Festival
2015 Cannes Film Festival
Xavier Dolan