Audiard, Kore-Eda, Van Sant Among Strong Cannes 2015 Official Lineup
The Cannes Film Festival announced their official lineup today with all the pomp and circumstance fitting the French fest. Our own Ben Croll was there and will have a full report along with many more details on the films picked. For now we've got a quick rundown on the films in the main competition, Un Certain Regard, and those official films playing out of competition.
Notable names in the competition (who are we kidding, if you're in competition you are a notable name) include Jacques Audiard's (A Prophet) Dheepan, Todd Haynes's (I'm Not There) Carol, Hou Hsiao Sien's (Millenium Mambo) The Assassin, Denis Villeneuve's (The Prisoner) Sicaro, Gus Van Sant's (Elephant) The Sea of Trees, Joachim Trier's (Reprise) Louder than Bombs, Kore-eda Hirokazu's (After Life) Our Little Sisters, and Jia Zhang-Ke's (A Touch of Sin)Mountain's May Depart.
Un Certain Regard 2015 will feature films from Alice Winocour, Neeraj Ghaywan, and Kurosawa Kiyoshi. Woody Allen's latest Irrational Man will screen out of competition alongside the already announced Mad Max: Fury Road. Special screenings include Souleymane Cisse's Oka and Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness.
The two films comprising the Midnight sidebar are Hong Won-Chan's (writer of The Chaser) Office and Asif Kapadia's (Senna) Amy.
Here's the full list:
In Competition
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| Emmanuelle BERCOT | LA TÊTE HAUTE (STANDING TALL) Out of Competition | 2h00 |
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| Jacques AUDIARD | DHEEPAN (TEMPORARY TITLE) | 1h49 |
| Stéphane BRIZÉ | LA LOI DU MARCHÉ (A SIMPLE MAN) | 1h32 |
| Valérie DONZELLI | MARGUERITE ET JULIEN (MARGUERITE AND JULIEN) | 1h50 |
| Matteo GARRONE | IL RACCONTO DEI RACCONTI (TALE OF TALES) | 2h05 |
| Todd HAYNES | CAROL | 1h58 |
| HOU Hsiao Hsien | NIE YINNIANG (THE ASSASSIN) | 2h00 |
| JIA Zhang-Ke | SHAN HE GU REN (MOUTAINS MAY DEPART) | 2h00 |
| KORE-EDA Hirokazu | UMIMACHI DIARY (OUR LITTLE SISTER) | 2h03 |
| Justin KURZEL | MACBETH | 1h53 |
| Yorgos LANTHIMOS | THE LOBSTER | 1h58 |
| MAÏWENN | MON ROI | 2h10 |
| Nanni MORETTI | MIA MADRE | 1h42 |
| László NEMES | SAUL FIA 1st film | 1h47 |
| Paolo SORRENTINO | YOUTH | 1h58 |
| Joachim TRIER | LOUDER THAN BOMBS | 1h45 |
| Gus VAN SANT | THE SEA OF TREES | 1h50 |
| Denis VILLENEUVE | SICARIO | 1h45 |
Un Certain Regard
| Neeraj GHAYWAN | MASAAN 1st film | 2h00 |
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| Grímur HÁKONARSON | HRÚTAR (RAMS) | 1h30 |
| KUROSAWA Kiyoshi | KISHIBE NO TABI (JOURNEY TO THE SHORE) | 2h08 |
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| Laurent LARIVIÈRE | JE SUIS UN SOLDAT (I AM A SOLDIER) 1st film | 1h36 |
| Dalibor MATANIC | ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN) | 2h03 |
| Roberto MINERVINI | THE OTHER SIDE | 1h30 |
| Radu MUNTEAN | UN ETAJ MAI JOS (ONE FLOOR BELOW) | 1h33 |
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| OH Seung-Uk | MU-ROE-HAN (THE SHAMELESS) | 1h58 |
| David PABLOS | LAS ELEGIDAS (THE CHOSEN ONES) | 1h45 |
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| Ida PANAHANDEH | NAHID 1st film | 1h44 |
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| Corneliu PORUMBOIU | COMOARA (THE TREASURE) | 1h30 |
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| Gurvinder SINGH | CHAUTHI KOOT (THE FOURTH DIRECTION) | 1h55 |
| SHIN Suwon | MADONNA | 2h01 |
| Alice WINOCOUR | MARYLAND | 1h40 |
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Out of Competition
| Woody ALLEN | IRRATIONAL MAN | 1h36 |
| Pete DOCTER Ronaldo DEL CARMEN | INSIDE OUT | 1h42 |
| George MILLER | MAD MAX : FURY ROAD | 2h00 |
| Mark OSBORNE | THE LITTLE PRINCE | 1h48 |
Midnight Screenings
| HONG Won-Chan | O PISEU (OFFICE) 1st film | 1h49 |
| Asif KAPADIA | AMY | 2h07 |
Special Screenings
| Samuel BENCHETRIT | ASPHALTE | 1h40 |
| Souleymane CISSE | OKA | 1h50 |
| Elad KEIDAN | HAYORED LEMA'ALA 1st film | 1h45 |
| Natalie PORTMAN | SIPUR AL AHAVA VE CHOSHECH (A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS) 1st film | 1h35 |
| Barbet SCHROEDER | AMNESIA | 1h36 |
| Pavle VUCKOVIC | PANAMA 1st film | 1h45 |
