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PARIS, France The Cannes Film Festival has announced today the official line up of films in competition for the Palme d'Or. This year includes a diverse range of films from controversial Japanese director Takeshi Kitano s Outrage , to British director Mike Leigh s Another Year .
Tim Burton was announced earlier this year as President of the Jury with Ridley Scott s Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe to open the festival in the out of competition selection.
Every year, over 30,000 professionals from the film industry attend the Cannes Film Festival, the largest in Europe and the industry s second major event after the Oscars. Todays official press conference was boycotted by Agence France-Presse, Reuters, AP and Getty TV in a row over red carpet access. It is uncertain whether they will attend this year s festival.
Official line up :
Opening film:
Ridley SCOTT ROBIN HOOD
Out of Competition
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Official Selection
Mathieu AMALRIC TOURN E
Xavier BEAUVOIS DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX
Rachid BOUCHAREB HORS LA LOI
Alejandro BIUTIFUL
Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A Screaming Man) 1h40
IM Sangsoo HOUSEMAID
Abbas KIAROSTAMI COPIE CONFORME
Takeshi KITANO OUTRAGE
LEE Chang-dong POETRY
Mike LEIGH ANOTHER YEAR
Doug LIMAN FAIR GAME
Sergei LOZNITSA YOU. MY JOY
Daniele LUCHETTI LA NOSTRA VITA
Nikita MIKHALKOV UTOMLYONNYE SOLNTSEM 2
Bertrand TAVERNIER LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL LOONG BOONMEE RALEUK CHAAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) 1h30
Un Certain Regard Official selection
Derek CIANFRANCE BLUE VALENTINE
Manoel DE OLIVEIRA O ESTRANHO CASO DE ANG LICA (Angelica)
Xavier DOLAN LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES (Heartbeats)
Ivan FUND, Santiago LOZA LOS LABIOS
Fabrice GOBERT SIMON WERNER A DISPARU
Jean-Luc GODARD FILM SOCIALISME
Christoph HOCHHUSLER UNTER DIR DIE STADT (The City Below)
Lodge KERRIGAN REBECCA H. (RETURN TO THE DOGS)
Vikramaditya MOTWANE UDAAN
Radu MUNTEAN MARTI, DUPA CRACIUN (Tuesday, After Christmas)
Hideo NAKATA CHATROOM
Cristi PUIU AURORA (Aurora)
HONG Sangsoo HA HA HA
Oliver SCHMITZ LIFE ABOVE ALL
Daniel VEGA OCTUBRE
David VERBEEK R U THERE
Xiaoshuai WANG RIZHAO CHONGQING (Chongqing Blues)
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