Good news for festival hounds: Cannes has announced this year’s films showing in and out of competition.
But it’s also bad news for all those who were salivating at the prospect of getting a first look at Darren Aronofsky’s new sci-fi epic The Fountain: it ain’t happening, people. The Fountain is currently Sir Not Appearing In This Festival. You can almost hear the Total Film Cannes team crying into their teacups.
But there is a brighter side, with the likes of Pedro Almodovar, Sofia Coppola, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ken Loach and Richard Linklater all bringing work over in their suitcases. And Donnie Darko genius Richard Kelly is screening near-future drama Southland Tales at the festival, which is sure to be one to watch.
Plus, the festival isn’t skimping on the blockbusters, with The Da Vinci Code, X-Men: The Last Stand and United 93 all making sure their passports are up to date as we speak.
The festival kicks off on 17 May. For comprehensive Cannes coverage, stick with Total Film….
In Competition:
Volver
Director: Pedro Almodovar, Spain
Red Road
Director: Andrea Arnold, Britain
La Raison Du Plus Faible (The Weakest Is Always Right)
Director: Lucas Belvaux, Belgium
Indigenes (Natives)
Director: Rachid Bouchareb, Algeria
Iklimler
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey
Marie-Antoinette
Director: Sofia Coppola, U.S.
Juventude Em Marcha (Youth On The Move)
Director: Pedro Costa, Portugal
El Laberinto Del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
Director: Guillermo Del Toro, Mexico
Babel
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexico
Laitakaupungin Valot (Lights In The Dusk)
Director: Aki Kaurismaki, Finland
Southland Tales
Director: Richard Kelly, U.S.
Fast Food Nation
Director: Richard Linklater, U.S.
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Director: Ken Loach, Britain
Summer Palace
Director: Lou Ye, China
Il Caimano (The Caiman)
Director: Nanni Moretti, Italy
L'Amico Di Famiglia (The Family Friend)
Director: Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
Flandres (Flanders)
Director: Bruno Dumont, France
Selon Charlie (According To Charlie)
Director: Nicole Garcia, France
Quand J'etais Chanteur (When I Was a Singer)
Director: Xavier Giannoli, France
Out of Competition:
The Da Vinci Code
Director: Ron Howard, U.S. opening-night film
Transylvania
Director: Tony Gatlif, France closing-night film
United 93
Director: Paul Greengrass, Britain
X-Men: The Last Stand
Director: Brett Ratner, U.S.
Over The Hedge
Director: Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, U.S.
Shortbus
Director: John Cameron Mitchell, U.S.
Guisi Silk
Director: Su Chao Pin, Taiwan
Election 2
Director: Johnnie To, China
Volevo Solo Vivere (I Just Wanted to Live)
Director: Mimo Calopresti, Italy
Boffo: Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Director: Bill Couturie, U.S.
An Inconvenient Truth
Director: Davis Guggenheim, U.S.
Zidane, Un Portrait Du 21eme Siecle Zidane, (A 21st Century Portrait)
Directors: Philippe Parreno, France and Douglas Gordon, Britain
El-Banate Dol (These Girls)
Director: Tahani Rached, Egypt
Bamako
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali
Un Certain Regard
A Scanner Darkly
Director: Richard Linklater, U.S.
La Tourneuse de (Pages The Pageturner)
Director: Denis Dercourt, France
La Californie
Director: Jacques Fieschi, France
Meutrieres Murderers
Director: Patrick Grandperret, France
Paris, Je t'aime (Paris, I Love You)
Director: multiple directors, opening film
Bled Number One
Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche, France/Algeria
Il Regista Di Matrimoni (The Wedding Director)
Director: Marco Bellocchio, Italy
Cronica De Una Fuga (Chronicle of a Flight)
Director: Israel Adrian Caetano, Uruguay
Ten Canoes
Director: Rolf de Heer, Netherlands
Hamaca Paraguaya (Paraguay Swings)
Director: Paz Encina, Paraguay
Uro Unrest
Director: Stefan Faldbakken, Norway
Suburban Mayhem
Director: Paul Goldman, Australia
Z Odzysku (Second Hand)
Director: Slawomir Fabicki, Poland
Salvador Puig Antich
Director: Manuel Huerga, Spain
977
Director: Nikolay Khomeriki, Russia
Cum Mi-Am Petrecut Sfarsitul Lumii (How I Celebrated the End of the World)
Director: Catalin Mitulescu, Poland
Serambi
Director: Garin Nugroho, Indonesia
Taxidermia (Taxidermy)
Director: Gyorgy Palfi, Hungary
Gwai Wik (Re-Cycle)
Director: Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang, Hong Kong
Bihisht Faqat Baroi Murdagon (To Get To Heaven You Have To Die First)
Director: Jamshed Usmonov, Tajikistan
El Violon (The Violin)
Director: Francisco Vargas, Mexico
You Am I
Director: Kristijonas Vildziunas, Lithuania
Luxury Car
Director: Wang Chao, China
The Unforgiven
Director: Yoon Jong-Bin, Korea
Short Films In Competition
Primera Nieve First Snow
Director: Pablo Aguero
Poyr
Director: Belma Bas
Banquise (Ice Shelf)
Director: Claude Barras and Cedric Louis
Ongeriewe
Director: Robin Kleinsmidt
Film Noir
Director: Parker Osbert
Sniffer
Director: Bobbie Peers
Sexy Thing
Director: Denie Pentecost
Nature's Way
Director: Jane Shearer
O Monstro (The Monster)
Director: Eduardo Valente
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