2011 Cannes Film Festival Lineup Announced

This morning the Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for the 64th edition of the fest, which will run from May 11-22. Before getting to the films, managing director of the festival, Thierry Frémaux, announced that 1715 films were submitted for consideration, representing 33 countries. Of those films 19 were included in competition, and of those 19, four were directed by female directors, a record for the fest.

As for the films included in the festival, the competition looks fierce. Just a few names you might recognize among the competition crowd include Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar, Takashi Miike, Nicolas Winding Refn, Lars Von Trier and Lynne Ramsay. Beyond that many of the names are new to me, but that’s the number one reason I go to Cannes, the international flavor of this festival surpasses any of the major fests you’ll find in North America.

The Out of Competition selections for the time being are a little dry as we already knew Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides would be at the fest and the other recognizable inclusion is Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, which I have already seen and will in fact be interviewing Foster next week… I guess this means we’ll have one more thing to talk about.

The Un Certain Regard selection is also filled with names primarily unknown to me though I do recognize the inclusion of the Sundance hit Martha Marcy May Marlene from Sean Durkin.

So who does this mean may be in attendance as far as stars go? Try Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kirsten Dunst, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd, Udo Kier, John Hurt, Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Owen Wilson, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Tom Hiddleston, Kurt Fuller, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Adrien Brody, Alison Pill, Léa Seydoux, Cécile de France, Jérémie Renier, Mia Wasikowska and … maybe… Mel Gibson on the Croistette? Kung Fu Panda 2 is also set to junket during the festival, which means that while it won’t be playing in the fest, Angelina Jolie is likely to be in town on the arm of Mr. Pitt.

For now, I am tired and need to get some sleep. It is 3 AM and I will look over the list in the morning as I begin searching for the hidden gems I wasn’t previously aware of. Share your input on the list so far and I look forward to discussing it further once I am refreshed.

FEATURE FILM JURY
  • Robert De Niro, President – Actor, Director / USA
  • Martina Gusman (actress and producer, Argentina)
  • Nansun Shi (producer, China)
  • Uma Thurman (actress, script writer, producer, USA)
  • Linn Ullmann (critic and writer, Norway)
  • Olivier Assayas (director, France)
  • Jude Law (actor, UK)
  • Mahamat Saleh Haroun (director, Tchad)
  • Johnnie To (director, producer, China/Hong-Kong)
THE SHORT FILM AND CINEFONDATION JURY
  • Michel Gondry, President – Director / France
UN CERTAIN REGARD JURY
  • Emir Kusturica, President – Director / Serbia
  • Elodie Bouchez, actress (France)
  • Peter Bradshaw, critic The Guardian (United Kingdom)
  • Geoffrey Gilmore, Chief Creative Office Tribeca Enterprises (USA)
  • Daniela Michel, Director of the Morelia Festival (Mexico)
THE CAMERA D’OR JURY
  • Bong Joon-Ho, President – Director / Korea
  • Danièle Heymann, critic (France)
  • Eva Vezer, Head of Magyar Filmunio (Hungary)
  • Robert Alazraki, Cinematographer – AFC
  • Daniel Colland, manager Cinedia laboratory (FICAM)
  • Jacques Maillot, director (SRF)
  • Alex Masson, critic (Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma)
OPENING FILM
CLOSING FILM
  • Les Bien-aimés (The Beloved) (dir. Christophe Honore)
IN COMPETITION
UN CERTAIN REGARD
  • Restless (dir. Gus Van Sant)
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene (dir. Sean Durkin)
  • The Hunter (dir. Bakur Bakuradze)
  • Halt auf freier Strecke (dir. Andreas Dresen)
  • Hors Satan (dir. Bruno Dumont)
  • Les neiges du Kilimandjaro (dir. Robert Guédiguian)
  • Skoonheid (dir. Oliver Hermanus)
  • The Day He Arrives (dir. Hong Sangsoo)
  • Bonsai (dir. Cristián Jiménez)
  • Tatsumi (dir. Eric Khoo)
  • Arirang (dir. Kim Ki-duk)
  • Et maintenant on va où? (dir. Nadine Labaki)
  • Loverboy (dir. Catalin Mitulescu)
  • Yellow Sea (dir. Na Hong-jin)
  • Miss Bala (dir. Gerardo Naranjo)
  • Hard Labor (Trabalhar cansa) (dir. Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra)
  • The Minister (L’exercice de l’Etat) (dir. Pierre Schoeller)
  • Toomelah (dir. Ivan Sen)
  • Oslo, August 31st (dir. Joachim Trier)
  • Elena (dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev)
OUT OF COMPETITION
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
  • Days of Grace (dir. Everardo Gout)
  • Wu Xia (dir. Chan Peter Ho-Sun)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
  • Labrador (dir. Frederikke Aspöck)
  • Le Maitre des Forges de L’enfer (dir. Rithy Panh)
  • Michel Petrucciani (dir. Michael Radford)
  • Tous au Larzac (dir. Christian Rouaud)
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT
  • Après le sud (dir. Jean-Jacques Jauffret) – France
  • Atmen (Breathing) (dir. Karl Markovics) – Austria
  • Blue Bird (dir. Gust Van den Berghe) – Belgium
  • Busong (Palawan Destin) (dir. Auraeus Solito) – Philippines
  • Chatrak (dir. Vimukthi Jayasundara) – France, India
  • Code Blue (dir. Urszula Antoniak) – Netherlands, Denmark
  • Corpo celeste (dir. Alice Rohrwacher) – Italy, Swiss, France
  • Eldfjall (dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson) – Denmark, Iceland
  • En Ville (dir. Bertrand Schefer and Valérie Mréjen) – France
  • Impardonnables (dir. André Téchiné) – France
  • Jeanne captive (dir. Philippe Ramos) – France
  • La Fée (dir. Fiona Gordon, Dominique Abel and Bruno Romy) – France, Belgium
  • La Fin du silence (dir. Roland Edzard) – France
  • Les Géants (dir. Bouli Lanners) – Belgium, France, Luxembourg
  • O Abismo prateado (Le Gouffre argenté) (dir. Karim Aïnouz) – Brazil
  • Play (dir. Ruben Östlund) – Sweden, France, Denmark
  • Porfirio (dir. Alejandro Landes) – Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France
  • Return (dir. Liza Johnson) – U.S.A.
  • Sur la planche (dir. Leïla Kilani) – Morocco, France, Germany
  • The Island (dir. Kamen Kalev) – Bulgaria, Sweden
  • The Other Side Of Sleep (dir. Rebecca Daly) – Netherlands, Hungary, Irland

SHORT FILMS

  • Armand 15 ans l’été (dir. Blaise Harrison) – France
  • Bielutin – Dans le jardin du temps (dir. Clément Cogitore) – France
  • Boro In The Box (dir. Bertrand Mandico) – France
  • Cigarette at Night (dir. Duane Hopkins) – United Kingdom
  • Csicska (dir. Attila Till) – Hungary
  • Demain, ça sera bien (dir. Pauline Gay) – France
  • Fourplay: Tampa (dir. Kyle Henry) – U.S.A.
  • Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys (dir. Jens Assur) – Sweden, Thailand
  • La Conduite de la Raison (dir. Aliocha) – France
  • Las Palmas (dir. Johannes Nyholm) – Sweden
  • Le Songe de Poliphile (dir. Camille Henrot) – France
  • Mila Caos (dir. Simon Paetau) – Germany, Cuba
  • Nuvem (dir. Basil da Cunha) – Swiss, Portugal
  • Vice Versa One (dir. Shahrbanoo Sadat) – Afghanistan

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

  • Des Jeunes Gens Mödernes (dir. Jérôme de Missolz) – France, Belgium
  • El Velador (dir. Natalia Almada) – U.S.A., Mexico, France
  • Koi no Tsumi (dir. Sion Sono) – Japan
  • La Nuit elles dansent (dir. Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault) – Canada
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
  • Ghost (dir. Dahci Ma) – South Korea
  • Badpakje 46 (dir. Wannes Destoop) – Belgium
  • Soy Tan Feliz (dir. Vladimir Durán) – Argentina/Colombia
  • Bear (dir. Nash Edgerton) – Australia
  • Kjottsar (dir. Lisa Marie Gamlem) – Norway
  • Meathead (dir. Sam Holst) – New Zealand
  • Ce n’est Rien (dir. Nicolas Roy) – Canada
  • Paternal Womb (dir. Megumi Tazaki) – Japan
  • Cross (dir. Maryna Vroda ) – France/Ukrain

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