The 70th Cannes International Film Festival has adopted the motto of “go big or go home” with a massive line-up of films for their platinum anniversary. It runs from 17-28 May this year, where it will also host special screenings of two TV series as part of an evolving program.
New films from Francois Ozon, Yorgos Lanthimos, Hang Sang-Soo, Todd Haynes, Michael Haneke, Sofia Coppola, Fatih Akin, Noah Baumbach and Bong Joon-ho fill the competition section of the festival, with highly anticipated films THE BEGUILED and OKJA headlining.
Michael Haneke returns to Cannes with HAPPY END playing in competition. Haneke has won the Palme d’Or twice and been nominated 4 times. Those odds are pretty good, but the competition is stiff.
The television series that will debut are, of course, David Lynch’s TWIN PEAKS and Jane Campion’s TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL.
A full list is below.
Competition
- LOVELESS, by Andrei Zvyagintsev
- GOOD TIME by Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie
- YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE by Lynne Ramsay
- L’AMANT DOUBLE by Francois Ozon
- JUPITER’S MOON, dir: Kornel Mundruzco
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THE KILLING OF SACRED DEER, Yorgos Lanthimos
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THE DAY AFTER, dir: Hang Sang-Soo
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REDOUBTABLE, dir: Michel Hazanavicius
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WONDERSTRUCK, dir: Todd Haynes
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HAPPY END, Michael Haneke
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RODIN, Jacques Doillon
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THE BEGUILED, Sofia Coppola
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IN THE FADE, dir: Fatih Akin
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THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES, dir: Noah Baumbach
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OKJA, Bong Joon-ho
Un Certain Regard
- BARBARA by Mathieu Amalric
- A NOVIA DEL DESIERTO (LA FIANCÉE DU DESERT / THE DESERT BRIDE) by Cecilia Atan & Valeria Pivato
- TESNOTA (ÉTROITESSE / CLOSENESS) by Kantemir Balagov
- AALA KAF IFRIT (LA BELLE ET LA MEUTE / BEAUTY AND THE DOGS) by Kaouther Ben Hania
- L’ATELIER by Laurent Cantet
- FORTUNATA (LUCKY) by Sergio Castellitto
- LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL (LES FILLES D’AVRIL / APRIL’S DAUGHTER) by Michel Franco
- WESTERN by Valeska Grisebach
- POSOKI (DIRECTIONS) by Stephan Komanadrev
- OUT by Gyorgy Kristof
- SANPO SURU SHINRYAKUSHA (BEFORE WE VANISH) by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
- EN ATTENDANT LES HIRONDELLES (THE NATURE OF TIME) by Karim Moussaoui
- LERD (DREGS) by Mohammad Rasoulof
- JEUNE FEMME by Léonor Serraille
- WIND RIVER by Taylor Sheridan
- APRÈS LA GUERRE (AFTER THE WAR) by Annarita Zambrano
Out of Competition
- BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL by Takashi Miike
- HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES by John Cameron Mitchell
- VISAGES VILLAGES by Agnès Varda
Special Screenings
- Come Swim, dir: Kristen Stewart
- 24 Frames, dir: abbas kiarostami
- Twin Peaks, dir: David Lynch
- An Inconvenient Sequel, dir: Ronni Cohen & Jon Shenk
- 12 Jours, dir: Raymond Depardon
- They, dir: Anahita Ghazinizadeh
- Keul-Le-Eo-UI-Ka-Me-La (Clair’s Camera), dir: Hong Sangsoo
- Promised Land, dir: Eugene Jarecki
- Napalm, dir: Claude Lanzmann
- Demons in Paradise, dir: Jude Ratman
- Sea Sorrow, dir: Vanessa Redgrave
- Top of the Lake: China Girl, dir: Jane Campion & Ariel Kleiman
Midnight Screenings
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AK-Nyeo (The Villainess), dir: Jung Byung Gil
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Bulhandang (The Merciless), dir: Byun Sung-Hyun
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Prayer Before Dawn, dir: Jean Stephane Sauvaire
