22/04/2024 - Michel Hazanavicius, Mohammad Rasoulof and Emanuel Pârvu join the competition; Runar Rusnarsson, Giants Zilbalodis and Céline Sallette are in Un Certain Regard

As expected, the official selection of the 77th Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May) was rounded off today by 13 feature films. The films competing for the Palme d’Or (read the article) are now 22 (including eight new entries and four directed by women). Joining the race are Michel Hazanavicius (4th participation in competition in Cannes and winner of the Best Actor Award in 2011) with his first animated film, The Most Precious of Cargoes [+see also:
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interview: Emanuel Pârvu
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interview: Emanuel Pârvu
film profile] which was in San Sebastián New Directors in 2021).

The Cannes Premiere programme is enriched by To Live, To Die, To Live Again [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Palud
film profile] by his compatriot Jessica Palud (awarded at Venice Orizzonti in 2019 with Back Home [+see also:
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Added to the 15 titles already announced in the Un Certain Regard selection (read the news) are When the Light Breaks [+see also:
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interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
film profile] by Icelandic filmmaker Runar Runarsson (revealed in Directors’ Fortnight in 2011 with Volcano [+see also:
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film profile], winner in 2015 San Sebastián with Sparrows [+see also:
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interview: Atli Óskar Fjalarsson
interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
film profile] and in competition in Locarno in 2019 with Echo [+see also:
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interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
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interview: Gints Zilbalodis
film profile] by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis (Contrechamp award in Annecy in 2019 with Away [+see also:
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interview: Gints Zilbalodis
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Also worth mentioning out of competition are Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [+see also:
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film profile] by French filmmakers Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthier Delaporte, as well as special screenings for Arnaud Desplechin (with Spectateurs !) and documentaries Nasty [+see also:
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film profile] by Romanian directors Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D Popescu and Cristian Pascariu, An Unfinished Film by Chinese filmmaker Lou Ye and Lula by US director Oliver Stone.

Only missing still are the film of the “last screening” during the awards ceremony, but also the make-up of the juries.

The full list of selected films:

Competition

The Apprentice [+see also:
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Motel Destino [+see also:
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film profile] - Karim Aïnouz (Brazil/France/UK/Germany)
Bird [+see also:
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film profile] - Andrea Arnold (UK/France)
Emilia Perez [+see also:
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film profile] - Jacques Audiard (France)
Anora - Sean Baker (USA)
Megalopolis - Francis Ford Coppola (USA)
The Shrouds [+see also:
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film profile] - David Cronenberg (France/Canada)
The Substance [+see also:
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film profile] - Coralie Fargeat (UK/USA/France)
Grand Tour [+see also:
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interview: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Pa…
interview: Miguel Gomes
film profile] - Miguel Gomes (Portugal/Italy/France/Germany/Japan/China)
The Most Precious of Cargoes [+see also:
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film profile] - Michel Hazanavicius (France/Belgium)
Marcello Mio [+see also:
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film profile] - Christophe Honoré (France/Italy)
Caught by the Tides - Jia Zhang-Ke (China)
All We Imagine as Light [+see also:
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film profile] - Payal Kapadia (France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg/Italy)
Kinds of Kindness [+see also:
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film profile] - Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/UK/USA)
Beating Hearts [+see also:
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film profile] - Gilles Lellouche (France)
Three Kilometres to the End of the World [+see also:
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interview: Emanuel Pârvu
film profile] - Emanuel Pârvu (Romania)
The Seed of the Sacred Fig [+see also:
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film profile] - Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran/Germany/France)
Wild Diamond [+see also:
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interview: Agathe Riedinger
film profile] - Agathe Riedinger (France)
Oh Canada - Paul Schrader (USA)
Limonov: The Ballad [+see also:
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film profile] - Kirill Serebrennikov (Italy/France/Spain)
Parthenope [+see also:
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film profile] - Paolo Sorrentino (Italy/France)
The Girl with the Needle [+see also:
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interview: Magnus von Horn
film profile] - Magnus von Horn (Denmark/Poland/Sweden)

Un Certain Regard

When the Light Breaks [+see also:
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interview: Rúnar Rúnarsson
film profile] - Runar Runarsson (Iceland/Netherlands/Croatia/France) (opening film)
Norah - Tawfik Alzaidi (Saudi Arabia)
The Shameless [+see also:
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interview: Konstantin Bojanov
film profile] - Konstantin Bojanov (Switzerland/France/Bulgaria/Taiwan/India)
Le Royaume [+see also:
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interview: Julien Colonna
film profile] - Julien Colonna (France)
Holy Cow [+see also:
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interview: Louise Courvoisier
film profile] – Louise Courvoisier (France)
Dog on Trial [+see also:
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interview: Laetitia Dosch
film profile] - Laetitia Dosch (Switzerland/France)
Black Dog – Guan Hu (China)
The Village Next to Paradise [+see also:
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film profile] – Mo Harawe (Austria/France/Germany/Somalia)
September Says [+see also:
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interview: Ariane Labed
film profile] – Ariane Labed (Ireland/UK/Germany)
L’histoire de Souleymane [+see also:
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interview: Boris Lojkine
film profile] – Boris Lojkine (France)
The Damned [+see also:
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film profile] – Roberto Minervini (Italy/USA/Belgium/Canada)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl [+see also:
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interview: Rungano Nyoni, Susan Chardy
film profile] – Rungano Nyoni (UK/Zambia/Ireland)
My Sunshine [+see also:
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film profile] - Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan/France)
Niki [+see also:
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film profile] - Céline Sallette (France)
Santosh [+see also:
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interview: Sandhya Suri
film profile] - Sandhya Suri (UK/Germany/France/India)
Viet and Nam [+see also:
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film profile] - Minh Quý Truong (Vietnam/Philippines/Singapore/France/Netherlands/Italy/Germany/USA)
Armand [+see also:
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interview: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
film profile] - Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (Norway/Netherlands/Germany/Sweden)
Flow [+see also:
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interview: Gints Zilbalodis
film profile] - Gints Zilbalodis (Latvia/France/Belgium)

Cannes Première

Everybody Loves Touda [+see also:
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film profile] - Nabil Ayouch (Morocco/France/Belgium/Denmark/Netherlands/Norway)
C'est pas moi - Leos Carax (France) (medium-length film)
The Marching Band [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuel Courcol
film profile] - Emmanuel Courcol (France)
Miséricorde [+see also:
interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile] - Alain Guiraudie (France/Spain/Portugal)
Jim's Story [+see also:
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interview: Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu
film profile] - Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu (France)
To Live, To Die, To Live Again [+see also:
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film profile] - Gaël Morel (France)
Being Maria [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Palud
film profile] - Jessica Palud (France)
Meeting with Pol Pot [+see also:
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film profile] - Rithy Panh (France/Cambodia/Taiwan/Qatar/Turkey)

Out of Competition

The Second Act [+see also:
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film profile] - Quentin Dupieux (France) (opening film)
Horizon: An American Saga (Chapter 1) - Kevin Costner (USA)
She's Got No Name - Chan Peter Ho-Sun (China)
Rumours [+see also:
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film profile] - Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin (Canada/Germany)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo [+see also:
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film profile] - Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte (France)
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - George Miller (USA)

Midnight Screenings

Twilight of the Warrior: Walled in - Soi Cheang (China/Hong Kong)
The Surfer [+see also:
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film profile] - Lorcan Finnegan (UK/Australia/USA/Ireland)
The Balconettes [+see also:
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interview: Noémie Merlant
film profile] - Noémie Merlant (France)
I, The Executioner - Seung Wan Ryoo (South Korea)

Special Screenings

Le Fil [+see also:
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film profile] - Daniel Auteuil (France)
Spectateurs ! - Arnaud Desplechin (France)
Nasty [+see also:
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film profile] - Tudor Giurgiu, Tudor D Popescu and Cristian Pascariu (Romania)
The Invasion [+see also:
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interview: Sergei Loznitsa
film profile] - Sergei Loznitsa (Netherlands/France)
Ernest Cole, Lost and Found [+see also:
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film profile] - Raoul Peck (France/USA)
Apprendre - Claire Simon (France)
Lula - Oliver Stone and Rob Wilson (USA/Brazil)
An Unfinished Film - Lou Ye (Singapore/Germany)
The Belle from Gaza [+see also:
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interview: Yolande Zauberman
film profile] - Yolande Zauberman (France)

(Translated from French)