Cannes Festival unveils 2016 official selection
This year’s edition marked by competition between renowned directors, such as Sean Penn, Ken Loach and Pedro Almodovar
The Cannes Festival has announced its official lineup for its 69th edition including both competition and out-of-competition titles.
This year’s festival – running from May 11 to 22 – is marked by competition between several renowned directors, including Sean Penn, Ken Loach, Pedro Almodovar and Jeff Nichols, with Australian director George Miller (of ‘Mad Max’ fame) leading the jury.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux and TV executive Pierre Lescure unveiled the lineup of almost 50 films at a news conference in Paris.
This year’ selection represents "the universality of the film world," according to Fremaux with the participation of 28 countries with 49 films.
Woody Allen’s ‘Cafe Society’, about 1930s Hollywood, will open the festival as an out-of-competition film.
Africa is less represented this year compared to 2015. This year the film ‘Hissene Habre: A Chad tragedy’ by Mahamat Saleh-Haroun will be screened in a special session and ‘Eshtebak’ by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab will compete in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ category.
The refugee crisis is present with some films such as ‘Ultima Spiaggia’ [Last Beach] by Greek director Thanos Anastopoulos and Italian Davide del Degan.
The film, which will be shown in the special screening category, tells the story of Italian shepherds and their life after the arrival of Syrian and Iraqi refugees to their region.
The lineup for this year’s Cannes Film Festival: (Source: official website)
Opening Night Film
Cafe Society – directed by Woody Allen
Competition
Toni Erdmann – directed by Maren Ade
Julieta – directed by Pedro Almodovar American
Honey – directed by Andrea Arnold
The Unknown Girl – directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Personal
Shopper – directed by Olivier Assayas
It’s Only The End Of The World – directed by Xavier Dolan
Ma Loute – directed by Bruno Dumont
Paterson – directed by Jim Jarmusch
Rester Vertical – directed by Alain Guiraudie
Aquarius – directed by Kleber Mendonca
Filho Mal de Pierres – directed by Nicole Garcia
I, Daniel Blake – directed by Ken Loach
Ma’Rosa – directed by Brilliante Mendoza
Loving – directed by Jeff Nichols
Bacalaureat – directed by Cristian Mungiu
Agassi – directed by Park Chan-Wook
The Last Face – directed by Sean Penn
Sieranevada – directed by Cristi Puiu
Elle – directed by Paul Verhoeven
The Neon Demon – directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Un Certain Regard
Varoonegi – directed by Behnam Behzadi
Apprentice – directed by Boo Junfeng
Voir Du Pays – directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin
La Danseuse – directed by Stephanie Di Giusto
Clash – directed by Mohamed Diab
La Tortue Rouge – directed by Michael Dubok de Wit
Fuchi Ni Tatsu – directed by Fukada Koji
Omar Shakhsiya – directed by Maha Haj
Me’Ever Laharim Vehagvaot – directed by Eran Kolirin
After The Storm – directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Hymyileva Mies – directed by Juho Kuosmanen
La Large Noche de Francisco Sanctis – directed by Francisco Marquez & Andrea Testa
Caini – directed by Bogdan Mirica
Pericle Il Nero – directed by Stefano Mordini
The Transfiguration – directed by Michael O’Shea
Captain Fantastic – directed by Matt Ross
Uchenik – directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
Out of Competition
The BFG – directed by Steven Spielberg
Money Monster – directed by Jodie Foster
The Nice Guys – directed by Shane Black
Gok Sung – directed by Na Hong-Jin
Midnight Screenings
Gimme Danger – directed by Jim Jarmusch
The Train to Busan – directed by Yeon Sang-Ho
A Chad Tragedy – directed by Mahamat-Saleh Aroun
The Death of Louis XIV – directed by Albert Serra L’Ultima
Spiaggia – directed by Thanos Anastopolous and Davide Del Degan
