Official selection lineup announced for 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Cannes Film Festival 2015

The official lineup for the 68th Cannes Film Festival has been announced, and several highly anticipated films will screen at the long-running festival, including George Miller's MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Pixar's INSIDE OUT, Justin Kurzel's (SNOWTOWN) MACBETH starring Michael Fassbender, Woody Allen's IRRATIONAL MAN, and Natalie Portman's directorial debut A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS.

Joel and Ethan Coen will be the jury presidents for this year's Cannes Film Festival, and it runs from May 13 through May 24. What Cannes movie are you most excited about?

Opening film: LA TÊTE HAUTE, dir: Emmanuelle Bercot

Macbeth Justin Kurzel Michael Fassbender

Competition
DHEEPAN (TEMPORARY TITLE), dir: Jacques Audiard
LA LOI DU MARCHÉ (A SIMPLE MAN), dir: Stéphane Brizé
MARGUERITE ET JULIEN (MARGUERITE AND JULIEN), dir: Valérie Donzelli
IL RACCONTO DEI RACCONTI (THE TALE OF TALES), dir: Matteo Garrone
CAROL, dir: Todd Haynes
NIE YINNIANG (THE ASSASSIN), dir: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
SHAN HE GU REN (MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART), dir: Zhangke Jia
UMIMACHI DIARY (OUR LITTLE SISTER), dir: Hirokazu Koreeda 
MACBETH, dir: Justin Kurzel
THE LOBSTER, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos 
MON ROI, dir: Maïwenn 
MIA MADRE, dir: Nanni Moretti
SAUL FIA (SON OF SAUL), dir: László Nemes
YOUTH, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
LOUDER THAN BOMBS, dir: Joachim Trier
THE SEA OF TREES, dir: Gus Van Sant
SICARIO, dir: Denis Villeneuve

Un Certain Regard
MASAAN, dir: Neeraj Ghaywan
HRÚTAR (RAMS), dir: Grímur Hákonarson
KISHIBE NO TABI (JOURNEY TO THE SHORE), dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
JE SUIS UN SOLDAT (I AM A SOLDIER), dir: Laurent Larivière
MATANIC ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN), dir: Dalibor Matanic
THE OTHER SIDE, dir: Roberto Minervini
MUNTEAN UN ETAJ MAI JOS (ONE FLOOR BELOW), dir: Radu Muntean
MU-ROE-HAN (THE SHAMELESS), dir: Oh Seung-Uk
PABLOS LAS ELEGIDAS (THE CHOSEN ONES), dir: David Pablos
NAHID, dir: Ida Panahandeh
PORUMBOIU COMOARA (THE TREASURE), dir: Corneliu Porumboiu
CHAUTHI KOOT (THE FOURTH DIRECTION), dir: Gurvinder Singh
MADONNA, dir: Shin Suwon
MARYLAND, dir: Alice Winocour

Out of Competition
IRRATIONAL MAN, dir: Woody Allen
INSIDE OUT, dir: Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, dir: George Miller
THE LITTLE PRINCE, dir: Mark Osborne

Midnight Screenings
O PISEU (OFFICE), dir: Hong Won-Chan
AMY, dir: Asif Kapadia

Special Screenings
ASPHALTE, dir: Samuel Benchetrit
OKA, dir: Souleymane Cisse
HAYORED LEMA'ALA, dir: Elad Keidan
SIPUR AL AHAVA VE CHOSHECH (A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS), dir: Natalie Portman
AMNESIA, dir: Barbet Schroeder
PANAMA, dir: Pavle Vuckovic

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