The official lineup for the 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was announced this morning and while there wasn’t much in the way of surprises, it still marks one of the most exciting lineups in years. In addition to the previously announced INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS and UP other films of note include TAKING WOODSTOCK, DRAG ME TO HELL, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS, Pedro Almodovar’s BROKEN EMBRACES, Johnnie To’s VENGEANCE, Lars Von Trier’s ANTICHRIST and Alejandro Amenabar’s AGORA. Check out the full lineup below!
THE COMPETITION
Opening Film: Peter Docter – Up
Closing Film: Jan Kounen – Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Pedro Almodovar – Broken Embraces
Andrea Arnold – Fish Tank
Jacques Audiard – Un Prophete
Marco Bellocchio – Vincere
Jane Campion – Bright Star
Xavier Giannoli – A L’Origine
Isabel Coixet – Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Ang Lee – Taking Woodstock
Ken Loach – Looking for Eric
Lou Ye – Spring Fever
Brillante Mendoza – Kinatay
Gaspar Noe – Enter The Void
Park Chan-Wook – Thirst
Alain Resnais – Les Herbes Folles
Elia Suleiman – The Time That Remains
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Johnnie To – Vengeance
Tsai Ming-liang – Face
Lars Von Trier – Antichrist
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Bong Joon Ho – Mother
Alain Cavalier – Irene
Lee Daniels – Precious
Denis Dercourt- Demain Des L’Aube
Heitor Dhalia – Adrift
Bahman Ghobadi – Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats
Ciro Guerra – The Wind Journeys
Mia Hansen-Love – Le Pere De Mes Enfants
Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Propescu and Ioanna Uricaru – Tales From The Golden Age
Nikolay Khomeriki – Tale In The Darkness
Yorgos Lanthimos -Dogtooth
Pavel Lounguine – Tzar
Raya Martin – Independencia
Corneliu Porumboiu – Police, Adjective
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang – Nymph
Joao Pedro Rodrigues – To Die Like A Man
Haim Tabakman – Eyes Wide Open
Warwick Thornton – Samson & Delilah
Jean Van De Velde – The Silent Army
Hirokazu Kore-Eda – Air Doll
OUT OF COMPETITION
Robert Guediguian – L’Armee Du Crime
Alejandro Amenabar – Agora
Terry Gilliam The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus
MIDNIGHT SREENINGS
Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar – A Town Called Panic
Sam Raimi – Drag Me To Hell
Marina De Van – Ne Te Retourne Pas
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Anne Aghion – My Neighbor, My Killer
Adolfo Alix Jr and Raya Martin – Manila
Souleymane Cisse – Min Ye
Michel Gondry – L’Epine Dans Le Coeur
Zhao Liang – Petition
Keren Yedaya – Jaffa
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