The long-awaited press conference took place this morning, and we finally know the official selection for the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, to be held from May 16 to 26. Of the 1858 films screened, the organizers have selected 19. This year’s Cannes Film Festival will be honoring India’s 100th anniversary of Indian cinema, and we already know that Audrey Tautou will be acting as Master of Ceremonies alongside the 66th Festival’s President, Steven Spielberg.
The official selection
the opening film: The great gatsby (Gatbsy the magnificent) by Baz Luhrman – Un château en Italie by Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi – Inside Llewyn Davis by Joel and Ethan Coen – Michael Kohlhass by Arnaud Despallières – Jimmy P. (Psychoherapy of a plains Indian) by Arnaud Desplechin – Heli by Amat Escalante – Le passé by Asghar Farhadi – The immigrant by James Gray – Grigris by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun – Tian Zhu Ding (A touch of sin) by Jia Zhangke – Soshite chichi ni naru (like father, like sonkore) by Kore-Eda Hirokazu – La vie d’Adèle by Abdellatif Kechiche – Wara no tate (Shiel of straw) by takashi Mike – Jeune et jolie by François Ozon – Nebraska by Alexander Payne – La vénus à la fourrure by Roman Polanski – Behing the candelabra (A touch of sin ) by Mahamat-Salea Haroun Behing the candelabra (ma vie liberace) by Steven Soderbergh – La grande bellezza (The great beauty) by Paolo Sorrentino – Borgman by Alex Van Warmerdam – Only God forgives by Nicolas Winding Refn – Closing film : Zulu by Jérôme Salle
The Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh, as well as six Frenchmen, including François Ozon and Roman Polanski, are among the 19 filmmakers – including only one woman, Valéria Bruni-Tedeschi – vying for the Palme d’Or. On the glittering side, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Robert Redford, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas and Bérénice Bejo have been announced for the ascent of the steps. However, we’ll have to wait until next week to find out the composition of the jury, as rumors are swirling that Nicole Kidman’s name will be on it.
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