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New releases from Ken Loach, David Cronenberg, Wes Anderson and Michael Haneke are among the films going head-to-head in the race for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16-27.
Following is a list of the 22 films contending for the top award, along with out-of-competition festival screenings and the 17 films in the parallel section "Un Certain Regard" which showcases fresh talent.
English titles are given where cited by festival organisers. Country mentions indicate the nationality of the director.
MAIN COMPETITION
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- OPENING FILM: "Moonrise Kingdom" fake Oakley Ten Sunglasses, Wes Anderson (US)
- "De Rouille et d'Os" (Of Rust and Bone), Jacques Audiard (France)
- "Holy Motors", Leos Carax (France)
- "Cosmopolis", David Cronenberg (Canada)
- "The Paperboy", Lee Daniels (US)
- "Killing Them Softly", Andrew Dominik (Australia)
- "Reality", Matteo Garrone (Italy)
- "Amour", Michael Haneke (Austria)
- "Lawless", John Hillcoat (Australia)
- "In Another Country", Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
- "Taste of Money", Im Sang-soo (South Korea)
- "Like Someone in love", Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)
- "The Angel's Share", Ken Loach (Britain)
- "In the Fog", Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine)
- "Beyond the Hills", Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
- "After the Battle", Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt)
- "Mud", Jeff Nichols (US)
- "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", Alain Resnais (France)
- "Post Tenebras Lux", Carlos Reygadas (Mexico)
- "On the Road", Walter Salles (Brazil)
- "Paradise: Love", Ulrich Seidl (Germany)
- "The Hunt", Thomas Vinterberg (Denmark)
- CLOSING FILM (Out of competition): "Therese Desqueyroux", Claude Miller (France)
UN CERTAIN REGARD COMPETITION
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- "Miss Lovely" by Ashim Ahluwalia (India, first film)
- "La Playa" (The Beach) by Juan Andres Arango (Colombia, first film)
- "Les Chevaux de Dieu" (God's Horses) by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco)
- "Trois Mondes" (Three Worlds) by Catherine Corsini (France)
- "Antiviral" by Brandon Cronenberg (Canada)
- "7 dias en La Habana" (Seven Days in Havana) by Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio fake Oakley Juliet Sunglasses, Gaspar Noe and Laurent Cantet (US, Spain, Argentina, Palestinian Territories, Cuba, France)
- "Le Grand Soir" by Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern (France)
- "Laurence Anyways" by Xavier Dolan (Canada/Quebec)
- "Despues de Lucia" (After Lucia) by Michel Franco (Mexico)
- "Aimer a Perdre la Raison" by Joachim Lafosse (Belgium)
- "Mystery" by Lou Ye (China)
- "Student" by Darezhan Omirbayv (Kazakhstan)
- "La Pirogue" (The Pirogue) by Moussa Toure (Senegal)
- "Elefante Blanco" (White Elephant) by Pablo Trapero (Argentina)
- "Confession d'un Enfant du Siecle" (Confessions of a Child of the Century) by Sylvie Verheyde (France)
- "11.25 The Day he Chose his Own Fate" by Koji Wakamatsu (Japan)
- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" by Benh Zeitlin (US, first film)
OUT OF COMPETITION
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- "Me and You" by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)
- "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted", Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath (US)
- "Hemingway and Gellhorn" by Philip Kaufman (US)
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
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- "Dario Argento's Dracula" by Dario Argento (Argentina)
- "The Sapphires", by Wayne Blair (Australia)
- "Maniac", by Franck Khalfoun (France)
65TH ANNIVERSARY
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- "Une Journee Particuliere", documentary on Cannes backstage, by Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure (France)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
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- "Polluting Paradise", by Fatih Akin (Germany)
- "Roman Polanski: a film memoir" by Laurent Bouzereau (France)
- "Trashed", by Candida Brady (Britain)
- "The Central Park Five" by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon (USA)
- "Mekong Hotel" by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
- "Ai to Makoto" by Takashi Miike (Japan)
- "The Oath of Tobruk", by Bernard-Henri Levy (France)
- "Les Invisibles", by Sebastien Lifshitz (France)
- "Journal de France", by Claudiune Nougaret fake oakley scalpel sunglasses, Raymond Depardon (France)
- "The Music According to Antonio Carlos Jobim", by Nelson Pereiras Dos Santos (Brazil)
- "Villegas", by Gonzaol Tobal (Argentina)
- "Mekong Hotel", by Apitchatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
