– James Gray joins the competition; Konstantina Kotzamani, Judith Godrèche and Laetitia Masson are in Un Certain Regard; Christophe Honoré, Tiago Guedes and Maria Martinez Bayona now in Cannes Première
Titanic Ocean by Konstantina Kotzamani (© Homemade Films)
As expected, the Official Selection of the 79th Cannes Film Festival (12-23 May) has been rounded off by 16 additional features. The films in contention for the Palme d’Or (see the article) now number 22 (five of which have been directed by women). Indeed, a new face in the competition is the USA’s James Gray (his fifth time taking part in the competition) with Paper Tiger (see the article).
The Cannes Première programme has been enriched by the addition of Orange-flavoured Wedding by France’s Christophe Honoré (see the article), Si tu penses bien by his fellow countrywoman Géraldine Nakache, Aqui by Portugal’s Tiago Guedes, Marie Madeleine by Haiti’s Gessica Généus and The End of It by Spaniard Maria Martinez Bayona (a feature debut produced by the UK, Spain and Norway – starring Rebecca Hall, Gael Garcia Bernal and Noomi Rapace).
Four movies have been added to the 15 titles previously announced for the Un Certain Regard selection (see the news): Titanic Ocean by Greece’s Konstantina Kotzamani (the feature-length directorial debut by the screenwriter of Arcadia), A Girl’s Story by France’s Judith Godrèche (see the article), Ulysse by her fellow countrywoman Laetitia Masson (which will bring the programme to a close) and Victorian Psycho the USA’s Zachary Wigon.
The animated film Lucy Lost by France’s Olivier Clert will get a Family Screening, while five flicks flesh out the Special Screenings: Madame by France’s Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz (see the article), Spring by Lithuania’s Rostislav Kirpičenko (see the article), A Mouthful of Ash by Mexican helmer Diego Luna (see the article), the animated feature debut Tangles by the USA’s Leah Nelson, and the documentary Groundswell by US directors Joshua and Rebecca Tickell.
Here is the full list of selected films:
Competition
Bitter Christmas – Pedro Almodóvar
The Black Ball – Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo
A Woman’s Life – Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet
Coward – Lukas Dhont
Parallel Tales – Asghar Farhadi
Nagi Notes – Koji Fukada
Paper Tiger – James Gray
The Dreamed Adventure – Valeska Grisebach
All of a Sudden – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
L’Inconnue – Arthur Harari
Garance – Jeanne Herry
Hope – Na Hong-jin
Sheep in the Box – Hirokazu Kore-eda
Gentle Monster – Marie Kreutzer
Notre salut – Emmanuel Marre
Fjörd – Cristian Mungiu
Histoires de la nuit – Léa Mysius
Moulin – László Nemes
Fatherland – Pawel Pawlikowski
The Man I Love – Ira Sachs
The Beloved – Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Minotaur – Andrey Zvyagintsev
Un Certain Regard
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma – Jane Schoenbrun (opening film)
Elephants in the Fog – Abinash Bikram Shah
Le Corset – Louis Clichy
Benimana – Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo
Congo Boy – Rafiki Fariala
Club Kid – Jordan Firstman
A Girl’s Story – Judith Godrèche
Ulya – Viesturs Kairišs
Titanic Ocean – Konstantina Kotzamani
La más dulce – Laïla Marrakchi
El deshielo – Manuela Martelli
Ulysse – Laetitia Masson (closing film)
Siempre soy tu animal materno – Valentina Maurel
Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep – Rakan Mayasi
I’ll Be Gone in June – Katharina Rivilis
Quelques mots d’amour – Rudi Rosenberg
Victorian Psycho – Zachary Wigon
Everytime – Sandra Wollner
All the Lovers in the Night – Sode Yukiko
Cannes Première
La Troisième Nuit – Daniel Auteuil
The Match – Juan Cabral, Santiago Franco
Marie Madeleine – Gessica Généus
Aqui – Tiago Guedes
Orange-flavoured Wedding – Christophe Honoré
Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner – Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The End of It – Maria Martinez Bayona
Si tu penses bien – Géraldine Nakache
Visitation – Volker Schlöndorff
Propeller One-Way Night Coach – John Travolta
Out of Competition
La Vénus Électrique – Pierre Salvadori (opening film)
De Gaulle: L’Âge de Fer – Antonin Baudry
Karma – Guillaume Canet
Diamond – Andy Garcia
L’Abandon – Vincent Garenq
L’Objet du délit – Agnès Jaoui
Her Private Hell – Nicolas Winding Refn
Midnight Screenings
Full Phil – Quentin Dupieux
Sanguine – Marion Le Corroller
Roma Elastica – Bertrand Mandico
Jim Queen – Marco Nguyen, Nicolas Athané
Colony – Yeon Sang-ho
Family Screening
Lucy Lost – Olivier Clert
Special Screenings
Rehearsals for a Revolution – Pegah Ahangarani
Les Matins Merveilleux – Avril Besson
L’Affaire Marie-Claire – Lauriane Escaffre, Yvo Muller
Avedon – Ron Howard
Printemps – Rostislav Kirpičenko
A Mouthful of Ash – Diego Luna
Tangles – Leah Nelson
Les Survivants du Che – Christophe Dimitri Réveille
Madame – Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz
John Lennon: The Last Interview – Steven Soderbegh
Groundswell – Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Tickell
Cantona – David Tryhorn, Ben Nicholas
(Translated from French)
