When it comes to film festivals, it doesn’t get more prestigious OR glamourous than Cannes! Every year, some of THE biggest names in cinema gather in France for a week and a half of film, and it looks like this year is going to be HUGE!
Some of the juggernauts competing for the coveted Palme d’Or are Joel and Ethan Coen, Steven Soderbergh, Roman Polanski, and Alexander Payne! The festival will also kick off with Leonardo DiCaprio‘s HIGHLY anticipated performance in The Great Gatsby while the multi-talented James Franco will be there to show off his directing AND acting skillz in his upcoming film, As I Lay Dying!
Ch-ch-check out the rest of the amazing line-up …AFTER THE JUMP!!!
In Competition:
A Villa in Italy, Valerie Bruni-Tedeschi
Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel and Ethan Coen
Michael Kolhaas, Arnaud des Pallieres
Jimmy P., Arnaud Desplechin
Heli, Amat Escalante
The Past, Asghar Farhadi
The Immigrant, James Gray
Grisgris, Mahamet Saleh-Haroun
Tian zhu ding, Jia Zhangke
Like Father Like Son, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Blue is the Warmest Color, Abdellatif Kechiche
Straw Shield, Takashi Miike
Jeune et Jolie, Francois Ozon
Nebraska, Alexander Payne
Venus in Furs, Roman Polanski
Behind the Candelabra, Steven Soderbergh
The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino
Borgman, Alex van Warmerdam
Only God Forgives, Nicolas Winding Refn
Opening Film:
The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann
Closing Film:
Zulu, Jerome Salle
Un Certain Regard:
The Bling Ring, Sofia Coppola
Omar, Hany Abu-Assad
Death March, Adolfo Alix Jr.
Fruitvale Station, Ryan Coogler
The Bastards, Claire Denis
Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan, Lav Diaz
As I Lay Dying, James Franco
Miele, Valeria Golino
L’inconnu de lac, Alain Guiraudie
Bends, Flora Lau
L’image manquante, Rithy Panh
La Jaula de Oro, Diego Quemada-Diez
Anonymous, Mohammad Rasoulof
Sarah prefere la course, Chloe Robichaud
Grand Central, Rebecca Zlotowski
Out Of Competition:
All is Lost, J.C. Chandor
Blood Ties, Guillaume Canet
Special Screenings:
Week End of a Champion, Roman Polanski
Seduced and Abandoned, James Toback
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, Stephen Frears
Max Rose, Daniel Noah
Otdat Konci, Taisia Igumentseva
Stop the Pounding Heart, Roberto Minervini
Midnight Screenings:
Monsoon Shootout, Amit Kumar
Blind Detective, Johnnie To
Gala Screening:
Bombay Talkies,Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar
[Image via Cannes Festival.]