It’s going to be a good year to watch movies in France. The most prestigious festival of them all begin on the 15th of next month and run through the 26th, and out of it we’ll be hearing about a ton of exciting films. Directors like The Coen Brothers, Sofia Coppola, Nicholas Winding Refn, Roman Polanski, Takashi Miike, Francois Ozon, Steven Soderbergh, Alexander Payne, J.C. Chandor, James Franco, James Toback, and so many more have films in and out of competition.
The buzz on the prestige films begins!
(You’ll notice Man Of Steel did not make the Out Of Competition list as some had been speculating, as much fun as that might have been.)
Here’s the full list via Deadline:
Opening & Closing Night Films Respectively:
The Great Gatsby, dir: Baz Luhrmann
Zulu, dir: Jérôme SalleIn Competition:
Only God Forgives, dir: Nicolas Winding-Refn
La Grande Bellezza, dir: Paolo Sorrentino
Behind The Candelabra, Steven Soderbergh
The Immigrant, dir: James Gray
Venus In Fur, dir: Roman Poalnski
Straw Shield, dir: Takashi Miike
Nebraska, dir: Alexander Payne
Jeune Et Jolie, dir: Francois Ozon
The Past, dir: Asghar Farhadi
Inside Llewyn Davis, dir: Joel & Ethan Coen
Jimmy P., dir: Arnaud Desplechin
Heli, dir: Amat Escalante
Grisgris, dir: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Like Father Like Son, dir: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
La Vie D’Adèle, dir: Abdellatif Kechiche
Borgman, dir: Alex Vann Warmerdam
A Touch Of Sin, dir: Zhangke Jia
Michael Kohlhaas, dir: Arnaud Despallières
Un Château En Italie, dir: Valeria Bruni-TedeschiOut of Competition:
Blood Ties, dir: Guillaume Canet
All Is Lost, dir: J.C. ChandorUn Certain Regard:
The Bling Ring, dir: Sofia Coppola (Opening film)
Omar, dir: Hany Abu-Assad
Death March, dir: Adolfo Alix, Jr
Fruitvale: dir: Ryan Coogler
The Bastards, dir: Claire Denis
Norte, Hangganan Ng Kasaysayan, dir: Lav Diaz
As I Lay Dying, dir: James Franco
Miele, dir: Valeria Golino
L’Inconnu Du Lac, dir: Alain Guiraudie
Bends, dir: Flora Lau
L’Image Manquante, dir: Rithy Panh
La Jaula De Oro, dir: Diego Quemada-Diez
Anonymous, dir: Mohammad Rasoulof
Sarah Préfère La Course, dir: Chloé Robichaud
Grand Central, dir: Rebecca ZlotowskiMidnight Screenings
Blind Detective, dir: Johnnie To
Monsoon Shootout, dir: Amit KumarHomage To Jerry Lewis
Max Rose, dir: Daniel Noah
Special Screenings
Seduced And Abandoned, dir: James Toback
Weekend Of A Champion, dir: Roman Polanski
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, dir: Stephen Frears
Stop The Pounding Heart, dir: Roberto Minervini
Bite The Dust, dir: Taisia Igumentseva (Cinéfondation)Gala Screening in honor of India
Bombay Talkies, dirs: Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar