Perhaps the most high profile films at the upcoming Cannes International Film Festival in May are those that are screening out of competition – namely Ridley Scott’s opening night film, Robin Hood (starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt), Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan), and Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas).
Also screening out of competition is Stephen Frears’ Tamara Drewe, starring Bong girl Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper.
Films in the official competition selection are:
Another Year – Mike Leigh (UK)
Biutiful – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (ES/MX)
Outside the Law – Rachid Bouchareb
La Princesse de Montpensier – Bertrand Tavernier
Poetry – Lee Chang-dong
The Housemaid – Im Sang-soo
Outrage – Takeshi Kitano
The Certified Copy – Abbas Kiarostami (IT/FR)
Tournee – Matthieu Amalric
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Of Gods and Men – Xavier Beauvois
La Nostra Vita – Daniele Luchetti
A Screaming Man – Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
You: My Joy – Sergei Loznitsa
Burnt by the Sun 2 – Nikita Mikhalkov (DE/FR/RU)
Fair Game – Doug Liman
Midnight Screenings:
Kaboom – Gregg Araki
Black Heaven – Gilles Marchand
Special Screenings:
Nostalgia For Light – Patricio Guzman
Draquila – Sabina Guzzanti
Abel – Diego Luna
Inside Job – Charles Ferguson
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow – Sophie Fiennes
Chantrapas – Otar Iosseliani
The festival takes place from 12 to 23 May in Cannes, France.
