This Thursday the complete list of films that will be presented at the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will take place from 14 to 25 May, was announced. Megalopolis by Francis Ford Coppola, Types of kindness From Yórgos Lánthimos, The shrouds by David Cronenberg and Partenope by Paolo Sorrentino are some of the 19 films that will compete for the Palme d’Or this year.
The director of the festival, Thierry Frémaux, made the official announcement at a press conference in Paris together with the president of the event, Iris Knobloch. Something that surprised was the poor presence of Spanish-language films in this edition of the festival. The only film with traces of the language is Emilia Perezthe musical comedy by French director Jacques Audiard.
Sorrentino and Cronenberg are also already regular names in the French competition Paolo Schraderwho will present his oh Canada with Jacob Elordi and Richard Gere.
Lanthimos, for his part, returns to Cannes after his success with poor creatureswhich he presented last year in Venice and with whom won four Oscarsincluding best actress for Emma Stone, of which she once again chose as the protagonist Types of kindness. Willem Dafoe also worked with the Greek director again for this film.
The film Destination motel by Brazilian Karim Aïnouz will be the only Latin American film in the main section of the festival. The director will represent his country at the French festival for the second consecutive year. Last year he competed with Burning ember.
This edition of the Cannes Film Festival includes the presence of many stars who will parade on the red carpet, thanks to the notable casts of the participating films. Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jacob Elordi, Adam Driver, Selena Gomez, Cate Blanchett, Dustin Hoffman, Shia LaBeouf AND Demi Moore offers some of the most anticipated.
After triumphing at the Oscars, director Yorgos Lanthimos will return to Cannes, alongside Emma Stone. Photo: EFE Coppola’s return
At the age of 85, the famous director Francis Ford Coppola will once again attend the Cannes Film Festival. On this occasion he will present the film Megalopolisfilm which is in the main section and will compete for the Palme d’Or.
The director returns to competition in a big way: the cast of his new film is full of great actors. Adam Driver, Shia LaBeouf, Giancarlo Esposito, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Voight, Forest Whitaker and Jason Schwartzman are some of the actors who accompany the master of cinema in his return.
Coppola conceived Megalopolis during recording Apocalypse nowthe successful 1979 action film with which, in fact, he won the Palme d’Or. For this reason there is great anticipation about the new film, which is already, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated by cinema fans.
Francis Ford Coppola will present “Megapolis” at the Cannes Film Festival. Complete list of films to be presented
In competition
- “The Apprentice” by Ali Abbasi.
- “The Fate of the Motel” by Karim Ainouz.
- “Bird” by Andrea Arnold
- “Emilia Perez” by Jacques Audiard.
- “Anora” by Sean Baker.
- “Megalopolis” by Francis Ford Coppola.
- “The Shrouds” by David Cronenberg.
- “The Substance” by Coralie Fargeat.
- “Grand Tour” by Miguel Gomes.
- “Marcello Mio” by Christophe Honoré.
- “Taken by the Tides” by Jia Zhang-ke.
- “Everything We Imagine as Light” by Payal Kapadia.
- “Types of Kindness” by Yórgos Lánthimos.
- “L’amour ouf” by Gilles Lellouche.
- “Diamant brut” by Agathe Riedinger.
- “Oh, Canada” by Paul Schrader.
- “Limonov” The Ballad”, by Kirill Serebrennikov.
- “Partenope” by Paolo Sorrentino.
- “The Girl with the Needle” by Magnis Von Horn.
Brazilian director Karim Ainouz returns to the Cannes Film Festival as the only representative of Latin America. Photo: EFE. Out of competition
- “Furiosa: From the Mad Max Saga” by George Miller.
- “Horizon. An American Saga” by Kevin Costner.
- “He Has No Name” by Peter Ho-Sun Chan.
- “Voices” by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin.
- “Le deuxiéme acte” by Quentin Dupieux (Opening).
Before Cannes
- “Mercy” by Anna Guiraudie.
- “C’est pas moi” by Leos Carax.
- “Everybody Loves Touda” by Nabil Ayouch.
- “In fanfare” by Emmanuel Courcol.
- “Meeting Pol Pot” by Rithy Pahn.
- “Le roman de Jim” by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth will present the film “Furiosa: From the Mad Max Saga” at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: REUTER.midnight screenings
- “Twilight of the Walled Warrior” by Soi Cheang.
- “I, the Executioner” by Seung Wan Ryoo.
- “The Surfer” by Lorcan Finnegan.
- “Women on the Balcony” by Noémi Merlant.
Special sessions
- “The Beauty of Gaza” by Yolande Zauberman.
- “Learn” by Claire Simon.
- “The Invasion” by Sergei Losznitsa.
- “Ernest Cole, Photographer” by Raoul Peck.
- “The Thread” by Daniel Auteuil.
Selena Gomez is the protagonist of “Emilia Perez”, one of the candidates for the Palme d’Or. Photo: REUTER. Un certaingard Competition
- “Norah” by Tawfik Alzaidi.
- “The Shameless” by Konstantin Boyanov.
- “Le royaume” by Julien Colonna.
- “Vingt Dieux!” by Louise Courvoisier.
- “The Trial of the Chien” by Laetitia Dosch
- “Black Dog” by Guan Hu.’
- “The Village Near Paradise” by Mo Harawe.
- “September Says” by Ariane Labed.
- “L’histoire de Souleymane” by Botis Lojkine.
- “The Damned” by Roberto Minervini.
- “Becoming a Guinea Fowl” by Rungano Nyoni.
- “My Sun” by Hiroshi Okuyama.
- “Santosh” by Sandhya Suri.
- “Viet and Vietnam” by Truong Minh Quý.
- “Armand” by Halfdan Ullman
Source: Clarin
