PARIS: The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d’Or after the pandemic robbed the world’s leading film festival of its 2020 edition.
Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US director Spike Lee.
- “Annette” by Leos Carax, France
- “The French Dispatch” by Wes Anderson, US
- “Benedetta” by Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands
- “A Hero” by Asghar Farhadi, Iran
- “Tout s’est Bien Passe” (Everything Went Well) by Francois Ozon, France
- “Tre Piani” (Three Floors) by Nanni Moretti, Italy
- “Titane” (Titan) by Julia Ducournau, France
- “Red Rocket” by Sean Baker, US
- “Petrov’s Flu” by Kirill Serebrennikov, Russia
- “Par un Demi Clair Matin” (France) by Bruno Dumont, France
- “Nitram” by Justin Kurzel, Australia
- “Memoria” by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand
- “Lingui” by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chad
- “Les Olympiades” (Paris 13th District) by Jacques Audiard, France
- “Les Intranquilles” (The Restless) by Joachim Lafosse, Belgium
- “La Fracture” by Catherine Corsini, France
- “The Worst Person in the World” by Joachim Trier, Norway
- “Compartment No 6” by Juho Kuosmanen, Finland
- “Casablanca Beats” by Nabil Ayouch, France-Morocco
- “Ahed’s Knee” by Nadav Lapid, Israel
- “Drive My Car” by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japan
- “Bergman Island” by Mia Hansen-Love, France
- “The Story of My Wife” by Ildiko Enyedi, Hungary
- “Flag Day” by Sean Penn, US