The 77th Edition of the Cannes Film Festival is just one month away, and attendees on the Croisette have gradually been drip fed out by the festival press over the past few weeks.
The final schedule was released this morning and Film For Thought will take you through the key announcements.
IN COMPETITION
Each of the films in with a chance of clinching that Palme D’Or is a fantastic line-up. Everything from Cannes darlings such as Sean Baker and Andrea Arnold, to stalwarts like Schrader and Coppola – there is something for everyone in competition.
THE APPRENTICE – Ali ABBASI
MOTEL DESTINO – Karim AÏNOUZ
BIRD – Andrea ARNOLD
EMILIA PEREZ – Jacques AUDIARD
ANORA – Sean BAKER
MEGALOPOLIS – Francis Ford COPPOLA
THE SHROUDS – David CRONENBERG
THE SUBSTANCE – Coralie FARGEAT
GRAND TOUR – Miguel GOMES
MARCELLO MIO – Christophe HONORÉ
FENG LIU YI DAI (CAUGHT BY THE TIDES) – JIA Zhang-Ke
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT – Payal KAPADIA
KINDS OF KINDNESS – Yórgos LÁNTHIMOS
L’AMOUR OUF – Gilles LELLOUCHE
DIAMANT BRUT (WILD DIAMOND) – Agathe RIEDINGER (First film)
OH CANADA – Paul SCHRADER
LIMONOV – THE BALLAD – Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
PARTHENOPE – Paolo SORRENTINO
PIGEN MED NÅLEN (THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE) – Magnus VON HORN
OUT OF COMPETITION
These are the big budget, Hollywood films that don’t need a golden trophy to make a splash.
MAD MAX (FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA) – George MILLER
HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA — Kevin COSTNER
SHE’S GOT NO NAME – CHAN Peter Ho-Sun
RUMOURS – Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIOR WALLED IN – Soi CHEANG
I, THE EXECUTIONER – Seung Wan RYOO
THE SURFER – Lark & Finnegan – Nicholas Cage
LES FEMMES AU BALCON (THE BALCONETTES) – Noémie MERLANT
CANNES PREMIERE
MISÉRICORDE – Alain GUIRAUDIE
C’EST PAS MOI – Leos CARAX
EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA – Nabil AYOUCH
EN FANFARE (THE MATCHING BANG) – Emmanuel COURCOL
RENDEZ-VOUS AVEC POL POT – Rithy PANH
LE ROMAN DE JIM – Arnaud LARRIEU, Jean-Marie LARRIEU
NORAH – Tawfik ALZAIDI
THE SHAMELESS – Konstantin BOJANOV
LE ROYAUME – Julien COLONNA (First film)
VINGT DIEUX! – Louise COURVOISIER (First film)
LE PROCÈS DU CHIEN (WHO LET THE DOG BITE?) – Lætitia DOSCH (First film)
GOU ZHEN (BLACK DOG) – GUAN Hu
THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE – Mo HARAWE (First film)
SEPTEMBER SAYS – Ariane LABED (First film)
L’HISTOIRE DE SOULEYMANE – Boris LOJKINE
LES DAMNÉS (THE DAMNED) – Roberto MINERVINI
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL – Rungano NYONI
BOKU NO OHISAMA (MY SUNSHINE) – Hiroshi OKUYAMA
SANTOSH – Sandhya SURI
VIET AND NAM – TRUONG Minh Quý
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
La Belle de Gaza — Yolande Zauberman
Learn — Claire Simon
The Invasion — Sergei Loznitsa
ERNEST COLE, PHOTOGRAPHE — Raoul PeckLE FIL – Daniel Auteuil
FILM FOR THOUGHT 