The 69th Cannes Film Festival, taking place this May, has finally revealed the participating films, a rich mix from across the world and across a selection of categories.
As previously announced, the film set to open this year's festival in the Out of Competition category is Woody Allen's Café Society - with Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart and Blake Lively - followed by Money Monster by Jodie Foster with George Clooney.
The In Competition category - films running for the Palme d'Or - includes a rich list from international, British, and American directors. To be judged by a jury presided by director George Miller, the category includes the new films from Andrea Arnold (American Honey), Pedro Almodóvar (Julieta), Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) and the Dardenne Brothers (La Fille Inconnue). All competing alongside Jim Jarmusch's Paterson, Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake and Loving, the next film from Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols.
In the Un Certain Regard category is Apprentice (Boo Junfeng), The Transfiguration (Michael O'shea) and Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross.)
Additionally, US director William Friedkin is to deliver the Cinema Masterclass. Filmmakers to previously give the masterclass include Martin Scorsese, Nanni Moretti, Wong Kar-wai, Quentin Tarantino, Marco Bellocchio, Philip Kaufman and Jacques Audiard. The Masterclass will be held on May 18 in the Palais des Festivals and will be hosted by film critic Michel Ciment.
Films at Cannes 2016
In Competition:
Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade
Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar
American Honey, Andrea Arnold
Personal Shopper, Olivier Assayas
La Fille Inconnue, Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
Juste La Fin Du Monde, Xavier Dolan
Ma Loute, Bruno Dumont
Paterson, Jim Jarmusch
Rester Vertical, Alain Guiraudie
Aquarius, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Mal De Pierres, Nicole Garcia
I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach
Ma’ Rosa, Brillante Mendoza
Bacalaureat, Cristian Mungiu
Loving, Jeff Nichols
The Handmaiden (Agassi), Park Chan-Wook
The Last Face, Sean Penn
Sieranevada, Cristi Puiu
Elle, Paul Verhoeven
The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn
Out Of Competition:
Café Society, Woody Allen (opening film)
The BFG, Steven Spielberg
Goksung, Na Hong-Jin
Money Monster, Jodie Foster
The Nice Guys, Shane Black
Un Certain Regard:
Varoonegi, Behnam Behzadi
Apprentice, Boo Junfeng
Voir Du Pays, Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin
La Danseuse, Stéphanie Di Giusto
Eshtebak, Mohamed Diab
La Tortue Rouge, Michael Dudok De Wit
Fuchi Ni Tatsu, Fukada Kôji
Omor Shakhsiya, Maha Haj
Me’ever Laharim Vehagvaot, Eran Kolirin
After The Storm, Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Hymyilevä Mies, Juho Kuosmanen
La Larga Noche De Francisco Sanctis, Francisco Márquez & Andrea Testa
Caini, Bogdan Mirica
Pericle Il Nero, Stefano Mordini
The Transfiguration, Michael O’shea
Captain Fantastic, Matt Ross
Uchenik, Kirill Serebrennikov
Midnight Screenings:
Gimme Danger, Jim Jarmusch
Bu-San-Haeng, Yeon Sang-Ho
Special Screenings:
L’Ultima Spiaggia, Thanos Anastopoulos & Davide Del Degan
Hissein Habré, Une Tragédie Tchadienne, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
La Mort De Louis XIV, Albert Serra
Le Cancre, Paul Vecchiali
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
La Laine Sur Le Dos
Lofti Achour (Tunisia, France)
Dreamlands
Sara Dunlop (UK)
Timecode
Juanjo Gimenez (Spain)
Imago
Raymund Gutierrez (Philippines)
Mother (Madre)
Simón Mesa Soto (Colombia)
The Girl who Danced with the Devil (A Moça Que Dançou Com O Diabo)
João Paulo Miranda Maria (Brazil)
Après Suzanne
Félix Moati (France)
4:15 P.M. The End of the World (4:15 P.M. Sfarsitul Lumii)
Catalin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Sarga (Romania)
The Silence (Il Silenzio)
Farnoosh Samadi Frooshani, Ali Asgari (Italy)
Fight On A Swedish Beach
Simon Vahlne (Sweden)
CINÉFONDATION SELECTION
In The Hills
Hamid Ahmadi, The London Film School (UK)
Submarine
Mounia Akl, Columbia University School of the Arts (US)
The Noise Of Licking (A Nyalintás Nesze)
Nadja Andrasev, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Hungary)
All Rivers Run To The Sea (Toate Fluviile Curg În Mare)
Alexandru Badea, UNATC “I. L. Caragiale” (Romania)
Somewhere (Ailleurs)
Mélody Boulissière, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (France)
Gabber Lover
Anna Cazenave Cambet, La Fémis (France)
The Alan Dimension
Jac Clinch, NFTS (UK)
Trash (Poubelle)
Alexandre Gilmet, INSAS (Belgium)
Dobro (Fine)
Marta Hernaiz Pidal, film.factory (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
The Guilt, Probably (La Culpa, Probablemente)
Michael Labarca, Universidad de Los Andes (Venezuela)
The Reasons In The World (Las Razones Del Mundo)
Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico)
1 Kilogram
PARK Young-ju, Korea National University of Arts (Republic of Korea)
Aram
Fereshteh Parnian, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France)
Nest (Gudh)
Saurav Rai, Satyajit Ray Film & TV Institute (India)
The Sleeping Saint (La Santa Che Dorme)
Laura Samani, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Italy)
Whatever The Weather (Bei Wind Und Wetter)
Remo Scherrer, Hochschule Luzern - Design & Kunst (Switzerland)
Anna
Or Sinai, The Sam Spiegel Film & TV School (Israel)
Business
Malena Vain, Universidad del Cine (Argentina)