Have to share that I really enjoy Thierry Fremaux humor and well, his work that is all about the movies! Press conference was amusing to say the least while learning the films in the competition was emotional when many of my wish list films made the selection; still, there were several pleasant surprises. Perhaps is only me but I feel there are too many American films and not enough French films (lol).Yes there are some great films that are not in the selection and already there are a few controversies but let's enjoy today the selection, what organizers chose for this edition afterwards maybe will share the not so pleasant news.
Today 18 films were announced in competition but I assume that there will be more announcements as 18 is quite light and at least there has to be one more to be equal to last year in competition selection. Post will be constantly updated until becomes final; for starters next week organizers will announce the complete juries so will update accordingly.
Competition
Adieu Au Langage (Goodbye to Language 3D), Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland
Captives, Atom Egoyan, Canada
Deux Jours, Une Nuit, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium
Foxcatcher, Bennett Miller, USA
2つ目の窓 Futatsume No Mado (Still the Water), Naomi Kawase, Japan, France and Spain
Jimmy's Hall, Ken Loach, UK, Ireland and France
Kış Uykusu (Winter Sleep), Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey, France and Germany
Le Meraviglie, Alice Rohrwacher, Italy
Leviathan (Leviafan), Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia
Maps to the Stars, David Cronenberg, Canada, USA, France and Germany
Mommy, Xavier Dolan, France and Canada
Mr. Turner, Mike Leigh, UK
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales), Damian Szifron, Argentina and Spain
Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello, France
Sils Maria(Clouds of Sils Maria), Olivier Assayas, France, Switzerland and Germany
The Homesman, Tommy Lee Jones, USA
The Search, Michel Hazanavicius, France
Timbuktu (aka Timbuktu, Le Chagrin Des Oiseaux), Abderrahmane Sissako, Mauritania and France
Out of Competition
Opening Film: Grace de Monaco, Olivier Dahan, France, USA, Belgium and Italy
Dragons 2 (aka How to Train Your Dragon 2), Dean Deblois, USA
Gui Lai (Coming Home), Zhang Yimou, China
The Jury
President: Jane Campion, producer, scriptwriter and director, New Zealand
Une Certain Regard
Opening Film: (*) Party Girl, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis, Marie Amachoukeli, France
Amour Fou, Jessica Hausner, Austria
Bird People, Pascale Ferran, USA
Charlie's Country, Rolf de Heer, Australia
(*) Dohee-ya (A Girl at my Door), July Jung, South Korea
Eleanor Rigby, Ned Benson, USA
Fantasia, Wang Chao, China
Harcheck Mi Headro (Away From His Abscence), Keren Yedaya, Israel
Hermosa Juventud, Jaime Rosales, Spain
Incompresa, Asia Argento, Italy and France
Jauja, Lisandro Alonso, Argentina, Denmark and USA
La Chambre Bleue, Mathieu Amalric, France
(*) Lost River (aka How to Catch a Monster), Ryan Gosling, USA
(*) Run, Phillipe Lacôte, Ivory Coast and France
(*) Snow in Paradise, Andrew Hulme, UK
The Salt of the Earth (aka Shade and Light), Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, France (documentary)
(*) Titli, Kanu Behl, India
Turist, Ruben Östlund, Sweden
Xenia, Panos Koutras, Greece, France and Belgium
Une Certain Regard Jury
President: Pablo Trapero, director, scriptwriter and producer, Argentina
Special Screenings
Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la Democratie (Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy), Stéphanie Valloato, France (documentary)
Eau argentée, Mohamed Ossama, France and Syria (documentary)
Les Ponts de Sarajevo (Bridges of Sarajevo), 13 directors, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France (shorts omnibus)
Directors: Teresa Villaverde (Portugal), Aida Begić (B&H), Jean-Luc Godard (Switzerland), Leonardo Di Constanzo (Italy), Kamen Kalev (Bulgaria), Vicenzo Marra (Italy), Ursula Meier (Switzerland), Vladimir Perisic (Serbia), Isid Le Besco (France), Sergei Loznitsa (Russia), Cristi Puiu (Romania), Marc Recha (Spain), and Angela Schanelec (Germany).
Maidan, Sergei Loznitsa, Ukraine (documentary)
Red Army, Polsky Gabe, USA (documentary)
Midnight Screenings
표적 Pyo Jeok (The Target), Chang, South Korea
The Rover, David Michôd, Australia and USA
The Salvation, Kristian Levring, Denmark
Cannes Classics
Paris, Texas, Wim Wenders, Germany, France, UK and USA, 1984
70th Anniversary Celebration of Le Monde newspaper
Les Gens du Monde, Yves Jeuland, France (documentary)
Short Films Competition
Aïssa, Clément Tréhin-Lalanne, France, 8'
A Kivégzés (The Execution), Petra Szöcs, Hungary and Romania, 14'
Happo-en, Sato Masiko, Ohara Takayoshi, Seki Yutaro, Toyota Masayuki and Hirase Kentaro, Japan, 13'
Ja Vi Elsker (Yes We Love), Hallvar Witzø, Norway, 15'
Leidi, Simón Mesa Soto, Colombia and UK
Les Corps étrangers, Laura Wandel, Belgium, 15'
Sonuncu (The Last One), Sergey Pikalov, Azerbaijan, 15'
The Administration of Glory, Ran Huang, China, 15'
Ukhilavi Sivrtseebi (Invisible Spaces), Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia, 10'
Cinéfondation Selection
Home Sweet Home, Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet and Stéphane Paccolat, France, 10', Supinfocom Arles
Last Trip Home, Han Fengyu, Singapore, 25', Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Lievito Madre (Sourdough), Fulvio Risuleo, Italy, 17', Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Les Oiseaux-Tonnerre (Thunderbirds), Léa Mysius, France, 22', La Fémis
Leto Bez Meseca (Moonless Summer), Stefan Ivančić, Serbia, 31', Faculty of Dramatic Arts
Niagara, Chie Hayakawa, Japan, ENBU Seminar
Our Blood, Max Chan, USA, 25', Hampshire College
Oh Lucy!, Atsuko Hirayanagi, Singapore, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia
Provincia, György Mór Kárpáti, Hungary, 21', University of Theatre and Film Arts
Skunk, Annie Silverstein, USA, 16', The University of Texas at Austin
Soom (Breath), Kwon Hyun-ju, South Korea 33', Chung-Ang University
Stone Cars, Reinaldo Marcus Green, USA, 14', NYU Tisch School of the Arts
The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375, Omar El Zohairy, Egypt, 18', High Cinema Institute Academy of Arts
The Bigger Picture, Daisy Jacobs, UK, 7', National Film and Television School
The Visit, Inbar Horesh, Israel, 27', Minshar for Art, School and Center
Une Vie Radieuse (A Radiant Life), Meryll Hardt, France, Le Fresnoy
Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury
President: Abbas Kiarostami, director and screenwriter, Iran
Noémie Lvovsky, director, screenwriter and actress, France
Daniela Thomas, director and visual artist, Brazil
Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director, Chad and France
Joachim Trier, director, Norway
(*) First film, competes for the Camera d'Or
To check films in official site go here but there is no info yet as will be up one week before the fest starts.
If you wish to watch the press conference with English translation check the following video.
