OPENER
Grace Of Monaco, directed by Olivier Dahan
COMPETITION
Adieu Au Langage (Goodbye To Language), directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Captives, directed by Atom Egoyan
Deux Jours, Une Nuit (Two Days, One Night), directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Foxcatcher, directed by Bennett Miller
Futatsume No Mado (Still The Water), directed by Naomi Kawase
The Homesman, directed by Tommy Lee Jones
Jimmy’s Hall, directed by Ken Loach
Kis Uykusu (Winter Sleep), directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Leviathan, directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev
Maps To The Stars, directed by David Cronenberg
La Meraviglie, directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Mommy, directed by Xavier Dolan
Mr. Turner, directed by Mike Leigh
Relatos Salvajes (Wild Tales), directed by Damian Szifron
Saint Laurent, directed by Bertrand Bonello
Sils Maria, directed by Olivier Assayas
The Search, directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Timbuktu, Abderrahmane Sissako
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Amour Fou, directed by Jessica Hausner
Bird People, directed by Pascale Ferran
La Chambre Bleu (The Blue Room), directed by Mathieu Amalric
Charlie’s Country, directed by Rolf de Heer
Dohee-ya (A Girl At My Door), directed by July Jung
Eleanor Rigby, directed by Ned Benson
Fantasia, directed by Wang Chao
Harcheck Mi Headro (Away From His Absence), directed by Keren Yedaya
Hermosa Juventud (Beautiful Youth), directed by Jaime Rosales
Incompresa (Misunderstood), directed by Asia Argento
Jauja, directed by Lisandro Alonso
Lost River, directed by Ryan Gosling
Party Girl, directed by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
Run, directed by Philippe Lacote
The Salt Of The Earth, directed by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Snow In Paradise, directed by Andrew Hulme
Titli, directed by Kanu Behl
Turist, directed by Ruben Ostlund
OUT OF COMPETITION
Coming Home, directed by Zhang Yimou
How To Train Your Dragon 2, directed by Dean DeBlois
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Pyo Jeok (The Target), directed by Yoon Hong-seung (a.k.a. Chang)
The Rover, directed by David Michod
The Salvation, directed by Kristian Levring
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Caricaturistes – Fantassins De La Démocratie (Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers Of Democracy), directed by Stéphanie Valloatto
Eau Argentée, directed by Mohammed Ossama
Maidan, directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Les Ponts De Sarajevo (The Bridges Of Sarajevo), directed by Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perisic, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde Red Army, directed by Gabe Polsky
While it’s too early to make any meaningful connections based on this year’s crop, one thing that does stick out is the sheer quantity of English language films. The sun may long ago have set on the British Empire, but Old Etonians can take pride in The Anglosphere’s strong showing at this year’s fest. UK heavyweights Mike Leigh and Ken Loach will return with the painter biopic Mr. Turner and the political drama Jimmy’s Hall respectively, while Australian director David Michod’s post-apocalyptic The Rover will premiere as a midnight screening, and New Zealand’s very greatest director Jane Campion (who else did you expect?) will serve as Jury President.
Canada, both English and French, makes an extremely impressive showing this year. Gosling aside, Toronto boys Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg will premiere their latest films in the Official Competition with The Captive and Maps To The Stars, and so will Montreal’s own Xavier Dolan, competing for the Palme d’Or for the very first time with his film Mommy.
Keeping with firsts, French directors Michel Hazanavicius and Olivier Assayas will make their English language debuts by looking to Hollywood; Hazanavicius with his remake of Fred Zinnemann’s The Search, and Assayas with his fading actress psychodrama Sils Maria.
And Hazanavicius, it seems, isn't the only Competition director evoking Zinnemann. At the press conference today, festival director Thierry Fremaux described the Dardenne Brothers' Two Days, One Night as a kind of "modern High Noon; a contemporary Belgian western", so there you go.