The competition line-up for our most-anticipated cinema-related event of the year has arrived. With a jury headed up by Joel and Ethan Coen, early this morning, the 2015 Cannes Film Festival announced their slate.
Considering there is a max of 20 allowed, we expect at least three more premieres to be unveiled, but so far they include Todd Haynes‘ Carol, Justin Kurzel‘s Macbeth, Yorgos Lanthimos‘ The Lobster, Paolo Sorrentino‘s Youth, Joachim Trier‘s Louder Than Bombs, Gus Van Sant‘s Sea of Trees, Denis Villeneuve‘s Sicario, as well as the next highly anticipated films from Jia Zhangke and Hou Hsiao-Hsien.
Alongside Mad Max: Fury Road and the opening film, Standing Tall, the out of competition slate has been filled out by Woody Allen‘s Irrational Man and two animations: Pixar’s Inside Out and Mark Osborne‘s The Little Prince. In the Un Certain Regard section we have new films from Corneliu Porumboiu and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, while Natalie Portman‘s directorial debut, A Tale lf Love and Darkness, will also stop by the festival. Check out the line-up thus far below, with new images when available, and see our complete coverage here.
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 HAYNES | CAROL | 1h58 |
| HOU Hsiao Hsien | NIE YINNIANG (THE ASSASSIN) |
2h00 |
| JIA Zhang-Ke | SHAN HE GU REN (MOUTAINS MAY DEPART) |
2h00 |
| KORE-EDA Hirokazu | UMIMACHI DIARY (OUR LITTLE SISTER) |
2h03 |
| Justin KURZEL | MACBETH | 1h53 |
| Yorgos LANTHIMOS | THE LOBSTER | 1h58 |
| MAÏWENN | MON ROI | 2h10 |
| Nanni MORETTI | MIA MADRE | 1h42 |
| László NEMES | SAUL FIA (SON OF SAUL) 1st film |
1h47 |
| Paolo SORRENTINO | YOUTH | 1h58 |
| Joachim TRIER | LOUDER THAN BOMBS | 1h45 |
| Gus VAN SANT | THE SEA OF TREES | 1h50 |
| Denis VILLENEUVE | SICARIO | 1h45 |
UN CERTAIN REGARD
| Samuel BENCHETRIT | ASPHALTE | 1h40 |
| Neeraj GHAYWAN | MASAAN (FLY AWAY SOLO) 1st film |
2h00 |
| Grímur HÁKONARSON | HRÚTAR (RAMS) |
1h30 |
| KUROSAWA Kiyoshi | KISHIBE NO TABI (JOURNEY TO THE SHORE) |
2h08 |
| Laurent LARIVIÈRE | JE SUIS UN SOLDAT (I AM A SOLDIER) 1st film |
1h36 |
| Dalibor MATANIC | ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN) |
2h03 |
| Roberto MINERVINI | THE OTHER SIDE | 1h30 |
| Radu MUNTEAN | UN ETAJ MAI JOS (ONE FLOOR BELOW) |
1h33 |
| OH Seung-Uk | MU-ROE-HAN (THE SHAMELESS) |
1h58 |
| David PABLOS | LAS ELEGIDAS (THE CHOSEN ONES) |
2h25 |
| Ida PANAHANDEH | NAHID 1st film |
1h44 |
| Corneliu PORUMBOIU | COMOARA (THE TREASURE) |
1h30 |
| Gurvinder SINGH | CHAUTHI KOOT (THE FOURTH DIRECTION) |
1h55 |
| SHIN Suwon | MADONNA | 2h01 |
| Alice WINOCOUR | MARYLAND | 1h40 |
OUT OF COMPETITION
| Woody ALLEN | IRRATIONAL MAN | 1h36 |
| Pete DOCTER Ronaldo DEL CARMEN |
INSIDE OUT | 1h42 |
| George MILLER | MAD MAX : FURY ROAD | 2h00 |
| Mark OSBORNE | THE LITTLE PRINCE | 1h48 |
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
| HONG Won-Chan | O PISEU (OFFICE) 1st film |
1h49 |
| Asif KAPADIA | AMY | 2h07 |
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
| Souleymane CISSE | OKA | 1h50 |
| Elad KEIDAN | HAYORED LEMA’ALA 1st film |
1h45 |
| Nathalie PORTMAN | SIPUR AL AHAVA VE CHOSHECH (A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS) 1st film |
1h35 |
| Barbet SCHROEDER | AMNESIA | 1h36 |
| Pavle VUCKOVIC | PANAMA 1st film |
1h45 |
The Lobster
Louder Than Bombs (via Montages)
Sicario
Cannes kicks off on May 13th and runs through the 24th. Follow our complete coverage here.
What do you think of the line-up?