The official selection has been announced for the 75th Cannes Film Festival running 17-28 May 2022 in its home in the south of France.
In addition to new films from David Cronenberg, Kelly Reichardt, Claire Denis, Ethan Coen and more, some of our favourite filmmakers from Asian will debut some new films at the trendsetting competition. Kore-eda Hirokazu, Park Chan-wook and Lee Jung-Jae are just some of the greats bringing us new fare in 2022.
Check out the full line-up, competition, Un Certain Regard and more on the official Cannes site.
Broker
(South Korea/Japan, Kore-eda Hirokazu)
Kore-eda’s last appearance at Cannes was with Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes before going on to win Best International Feature at the Academy Awards. Following his French-language debut with The Truth, Kore-eda transplants his operations to South Korea. In this movie, a group of people, brought together by a baby box, set off on a journey that will lead to destinations they never expected. The announced cast so far includes Song Kang-Ho, Gang Dong-Won, Bae Doo-Na and IU.
Decision to Leave
(South Korea, Park Chan-wook)
It’s been five years since Park Chan-wook’s (Oldboy, Snowpiercer) staggeringly good last feature film, The Handmaiden. Starring Tang Wei and Park Hae-il, it follows a detective who falls for a mysterious widow after she becomes the prime suspect in his latest murder investigation. While no official release date has been set, Park is said to be in post-production and it’s a fairly good bet for a festival release this year.
Plan 75
(Japan, Hayakawa Chie)
A debut feature, according to distributor Cinando it’s set in “Japan of the near future –– Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be voluntarily euthanized in order to remedy a super-aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a young Filipino laborer faces choices of life and death.”
All the People I’ll Never Be
(Davy Chou, Cambodia)
Not as many details on this one, but cast stars South Koreans Ji-Min Park, Oh Kwang-Rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-Young, Hur Ouk-Sook, Lim Cheol-Hyun and Son Seung-Beom, Belgium’s Yoann Zimmer and France’s Emeline Briffaud alongside Louis-Do de Lencquesaing.
Hunt
(South Korea, Lee Jung-Jae)
Park Pyeong-Ho (Lee Jung-Jae) and Kim Jung-Do (Jung Woo-Sung) are agents for the National Security Agency. They are both elite at their jobs and rivals. The two men chase after a North Korean spy director sent to South Korea. They soon uncover a hidden truth.
Next So-hee
(South Korea, Jung July)
From the director of A Girl At My Door comes a story of a high school student who gets involved in a mysterious murder case. Starring Bae Doo-na as a detective, the film has been selected as the closing film of the Cannes International Film Festival’s parallel sidebar Critics’ Week.
Canker
(China, Lin Tu)
This short film from the director of award-winning shorts Sports Day and Playground has a curious premise. As the flashy life of the influencer 33 gets crazier, the canker sore inside her lower lip keeps growing larger.
Dang Wo Wang Xiang Ni De Shi Hou (Will You Look At Me)
(China, Shuli Huang)
After the Wenshou-born director moved to New York in 2019, his debut feature as a cinematographer (Farewell, My Hometown) won the New Currents Award during the 26th Busan International Film Festival in 2021. His second short film as director (following last year’s Exposed) sees a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself, a long due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
