The official line-up for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival has been revealed, with an interesting set of movies screening from May 15th to 26th. We already knew the festival would open with Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby and that Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring would kick off the Un Certain Regard segment, but now the other movies have been announced.
The main competition includes the Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, Takashi Miike’s Shield Of Straw, Alexander Payne’s Nebraska, and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives.
Interestingly Steven Soberbergh’s very gay Liberace biopic Behind The Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, has been chosen. While Soderbergh is a Cannes veteran, having won the Palme d’Or for Sex, Lies & Videotapes, Behind The Candelabra was made to be shown on American TV, rather than getting a cinema release (although it will be coming to cinemas in other parts of the world), which you might have expected to cause Cannes to ignore it.
Movies from Roman Polanksi, James Gray and gay director Francois Ozon are also in competition, while out of competition there’s J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost, starring Robert Redford, and Blood Ties by Guillaume Canet.
Take a look below for the full line-up:
Opening Film:
Baz LUHRMANN – THE GREAT GATSBY (H.C.)
In Competition:
Valeria BRUNI-TEDESCHI – UN CHÂTEAU EN ITALIE
Ethan COEN, Joel COEN – INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Arnaud DESPALLIÈRES – MICHAEL KOHLHAAS
Arnaud DESPLECHIN – JIMMY P. (PSYCHOTHERAPY OF A PLAINS INDIAN) – 2h
Amat ESCALANTE – HELI
Asghar FARHADI – LE PASSÉ (THE PAST)
James GRAY – THE IMMIGRANT – 2h
Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN – GRIGRIS
JIA Zhangke – TIAN ZHU DING (A TOUCH OF SIN)
KORE-EDA Hirokazu – SOSHITE CHICHI NI NARU (LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON) – 2h
Abdellatif KECHICHE – LA VIE D’ADЀLE
Takashi MIIKE – WARA NO TATE (SHIELD OF STRAW)
François OZON – JEUNE ET JOLIE
Alexander PAYNE – NEBRASKA
Roman POLANSKI – LA VÉNUS À LA FOURRURE
Steven SODERBERGH – BEHIND THE CANDELABRA
Paolo SORRENTINO – LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)
Alex VAN WARMERDAM – BORGMAN – –
Nicolas WINDING REFN – ONLY GOD FORGIVES
Closing Film:
Jérôme SALLE – ZULU (H.C.)
Un Certain Regard:
Opening Film
Sofia COPPOLA – THE BLING RING
Hany ABU-ASSAD – OMAR
Adolfo ALIX JR. – DEATH MARCH
Ryan COOGLER – FRUITVALE STATION 1st film
Claire DENIS – LES SALAUDS – 2h
Lav DIAZ – NORTE, HANGGANAN NG KASAYSAYAN (NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY) – 4h
James FRANCO – AS I LAY DYING – 2h
Valeria GOLINO – MIELE 1stf ilm
Alain GUIRAUDIE – L’INCONNU DU LAC
Flora LAU – BENDS 1st film
Rithy PANH – L’IMAGE MANQUANTE
Diego QUEMADA-DIEZ – LA JAULA DE ORO 1st film
Mohammad RASOULOF – ANONYMOUS
Chloé ROBICHAUD – SARAH PRÉFÈRE LA COURSE (SARAH WOULD RATHER RUN)
Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI – GRAND CENTRAL
Out of Competition:
J.C CHANDOR – ALL IS LOST
Guillaume CANET – BLOOD TIES
Midnight Screenings:
Amit KUMAR – MONSOON SHOOTOUT 1st film
Johnnie TO – BLIND DETECTIVE
Jerry Lewis Tribute:
Daniel NOAH – MAX ROSE
Special Screenings:
Stephen FREARS – MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT
Roberto MINERVINI – STOP THE POUNDING HEART
Roman POLANSKI – WEEK END OF A CHAMPION
James TOBACK – SEDUCED AND ABANDONED
Cinéfondation:
Taisia IGUMENTSEVA – OTDAT KONCI 1st film
(BITE THE DUST)
Gala Screening, Tribute to India:
Anurag KASHYAP, Dibakar BANERJEE,
Zoya AKHTAR, Karan JOHAR
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