1905 Film Network News On the evening of April 11, the 77th Cannes Film Festival announced the first batch of film lists. 19 films participated in the competition for the Best Film Palme d'Or, including: Francis Ford Coppola's "Big Brother" Metropolis", Yorgos Lanthimos's "The Good Kind", Ali Abbasi's "The Apprentice", David Cronenberg's "Shroud", Paul Schrader's "Oh Canada", etc., Jia Zhangke The director was shortlisted for the main competition for the sixth time with "The Romance".
There are also three Chinese-language films that have been shortlisted or screened: "Jiang Yuan Lane" directed by Chen Kexin has been shortlisted for the non-competition unit; "Dog Formation" directed by Guan Hu has been shortlisted for the Unique Attention Unit; Zheng Baorui's new film "" will be released in China on May 1st. "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" was shortlisted for the midnight screening section.
This year's Cannes Film Festival will be held from May 14th to May 25th. The opening film is "Second Act" directed by Quentin Dupieux. The main competition jury is chaired by Greta Gerwig and the Un Certain Regard jury is chaired by Xavier Dolan. In addition, there will be new films added to the main competition, non-competition and premiere sections, so stay tuned!
Main competition film list:
"Destination Motel" Karim Enoz
"The Apprentice" Ali Abbasi
"Birds" Andrea Arnold
"Emilia Pérez" Jacques Audiard
"Anola" Sean Baker
"Metropolis" Francis Ford Coppola
"The Shroud" David Cronenberg
"Something" Coralie Farea
"The Grand Tour" Miguel Go Max
"Mon Marcello" Christophe Honoré
"The Merry Generation" Jia Zhangke
"Light of Imagination" Parral Kapadia
"The Kind Kind" Yorgos Lanthimos
"Crazy Love" Gille Louch
"Natural Diamonds" Agatri Diinger
"Oh Canada" Paul Schrader
"Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie" Kirill Serebreniko Husband
"Partenope" Paolo Sorrentino
"Dogmar" Magnus Van Horn