Thursday, April 16, 2015

2015 Festival de Cannes announces Official Selection [UPDATED]


The Press Conference for the 68th Festival de Cannes, at which the 2015 Official Selection was announced, was held on Thursday 16th April at 11:00 am in Paris.

On Monday morning, the festival announced their opening film to be La Tête Haute (Standing Tall) by Emmanuelle Bercot. However, they strangely erred in claiming that she was to be the first female director to open the Festival de Cannes in history. Many observers pointed out that Diane Kurys opened the Festival de Cannes in 1987 with Un homme amoureux (A Man in Love). The festival later issued a necessary correction to their initial statement.

Announced films in competition this year include Dheepan by Jacques Audiard, Carol by Todd Haynes, Nie yin niang (The Assassin) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Shan He Gu Ren (Mountains May Depart) by Jia Zhang-Ke, Umimachi Diary (Our Little Sister) by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Mon roi by Maïwenn, Mia Madre by Nanni Moretti, La giovinezza (Youth) by Paolo Sorrentino, The Sea of Trees by Gus Van Sant, and Sicario (Hitman) by Montreal's own Denis Villeneuve.

The Cannes lineup includes eight first-time filmmakers among the 49 selections announced. The Selection Committee viewed 1,854 movies to make its selection.

The 68th Festival de Cannes takes place from May 13 – 24.

[UPDATE BELOW]

IN COMPETITION

Opening Film
Emmanuelle BERCOT
LA TÊTE HAUTE
(STANDING TALL)
Out of Competition
2h00
***
Jacques AUDIARD   DHEEPAN (TEMPORARY TITLE)1h49
Stéphane BRIZÉ   
LA LOI DU MARCHÉ
(A SIMPLE MAN)   
1h32
Valérie DONZELLI   
MARGUERITE ET JULIEN
(MARGUERITE AND JULIEN)
1h50
Matteo GARRONE
   
IL RACCONTO DEI RACCONTI
(THE TALE OF TALES)
2h05
Todd HAYNESCAROL1h58
HOU Hsiao HsienNIE YINNIANG
(THE ASSASSIN)
2h00
JIA Zhang-Ke
       
SHAN HE GU REN
(MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART)
2h00
KORE-EDA Hirokazu
       
UMIMACHI DIARY
(OUR LITTLE SISTER)
2h03
Justin KURZEL         MACBETH1h53
Yorgos LANTHIMOSTHE LOBSTER1h58
MAÏWENN    MON ROI2h10
Nanni MORETTI           
MIA MADRE
1h42
László NEMES
   
SAUL FIA
(SON OF SAUL)
1st film   
1h47
Paolo SORRENTINOYOUTH1h58
Joachim TRIERLOUDER THAN BOMBS       1h45
Gus VAN SANT           
THE SEA OF TREES
1h50
Denis VILLENEUVE   SICARIO       1h45


UN CERTAIN REGARD

Neeraj GHAYWANMASAAN
1st film
2h00

Grímur HÁKONARSONHRÚTAR 
(RAMS)
1h30
KUROSAWA KiyoshiKISHIBE NO TABI
(JOURNEY TO THE SHORE)
2h08

Laurent LARIVIÈREJE SUIS UN SOLDAT(I AM A SOLDIER)
1st film
1h36
Dalibor MATANICZVIZDAN 
(THE HIGH SUN)
2h03
Roberto MINERVINITHE OTHER SIDE1h30
Radu MUNTEANUN ETAJ MAI JOS
(ONE FLOOR BELOW)
1h33

OH Seung-UkMU-ROE-HAN
(THE SHAMELESS)
1h58
David PABLOSLAS ELEGIDAS
(THE CHOSEN ONES)
1h45

Ida PANAHANDEHNAHID
1st film
1h44

Corneliu PORUMBOIUCOMOARA
(THE TREASURE)
1h30

Gurvinder SINGHCHAUTHI KOOT
(THE FOURTH DIRECTION)
1h55
SHIN SuwonMADONNA2h01
Alice WINOCOURMARYLAND1h40


OUT OF COMPETITION

Woody ALLENIRRATIONAL MAN1h36
Pete DOCTER
Ronaldo DEL CARMEN
INSIDE OUT1h42
George MILLERMAD MAX : FURY ROAD2h00
Mark OSBORNETHE LITTLE PRINCE1h48


MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

HONG Won-ChanO PISEU
(OFFICE)
1st film
1h49
Asif KAPADIA AMY2h07


SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Samuel BENCHETRITASPHALTE1h40
Souleymane CISSE
OKA1h50
Elad KEIDANHAYORED LEMA'ALA
1st film
1h45
Natalie PORTMANSIPUR AL AHAVA VE CHOSHECH
(A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS)
1st film
1h35
Barbet SCHROEDERAMNESIA1h36
Pavle VUCKOVICPANAMA
1st film
1h45




As announced at the press conference held on 16th April, the Festival de Cannes has completed its Official Selection with the inclusion of the following films:


IN COMPETITION

Cronic by Michel Franco

The Valley of love by Guillaume Nicloux


UN CERTAIN REGARD

Alias Maria by José Luis Rugeles Gracia

Taklub by Brillante Mendoza

Lamb by Yared Zeleke – 1st film first entry of Ethiopia in Official Selection

Cemetery of Splendour by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
and
AN by Naomi Kawase, will be presented in Opening of Un Certain Regard


SPECIAL SCREENING

Une histoire de fou (Don’t Tell me the Boy was Mad) by Robert Guédiguian


MIDNIGHT SCREENING

Love by Gaspar Noé


There will be 19 films in Selection at Un Certain Regard whose Jury will be presided by the actress-director Isabella Rossellini.

There are 19 films in Competition. The Jury is headed by the American directors Joel et Ethan Coen.

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