For the most part, the majority of the films Variety speculated would be included at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival made the final list. The only ones that didn’t were Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant and Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro out of the group I listed from their early report. However, to make up for it they have added Alejandro Amenabar’s Agora starring Rachel Weisz, which is big news if you ask me.
Listed below is the early list thanks to Variety. The Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week will be fully announced Friday in Paris.
OPENER
Up U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
CLOSER
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky France, Jan Kounen
IN COMPETITION
Bright Star Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
Spring Fever China-France, Lou Ye
Antichrist Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
Enter the Void France, Gaspar Noe
Face France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
Les Herbes folles France-Italy, Alain Resnais
In the Beginning France, Xavier Giannoli
A Prophet France, Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
Vengeance Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
The Time That Remains Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
Vincere Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
Kinatay Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
Thirst South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
Broken Embraces Spain, Pedro Almodovar
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo Spain, Isabel Coixet
Fish Tank U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
Looking for Eric U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
Inglourious Basterds U.S., Quentin Tarantino
Taking Woodstock U.S., Ang Lee
OUT OF COMPETITION
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
The Army of Crime France, Robert Guediguian
Agora Spain, Alejandro Amenabar
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
A Town Called Panic Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Ne te retourne pas France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
Drag Me to Hell U.S., Sam Raimi
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Petition China, Zhao Liang
L’epine dans le coeur France, Michel Gondry
Min ye France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
Jaffa Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
Manila Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
My Neighbor, My Killer U.S., Anne Aghion
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Samson & Delilah Australia, Warwick Thornton
Adrift Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
The Wind Journeys Colombia, Ciro Guerra
Demain des l’aube France, Denis Dercourt
Irene France, Alain Cavalier
Air Doll Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Independance Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
Le Pere de mes enfants France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
Dogtooth Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
Eyes Wide Open Israel, Haim Tabakman
Mother South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
The Silent Army Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
To Die Like a Man Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Police, Adjective Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
Tales from the Golden Age Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
Tale in the Darkness Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
Tzar Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
Nymph Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Precious U.S., Lee Daniels
FEATURE FILM JURY
Isabelle Huppert (president), actress, France
Asia Argento, actress, director, screenwriter, Italy
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director, screenwriter, actor, Turkey
Lee Chang-dong, director, author, screenwriter, South Korea
James Gray, director, screenwriter, U.S.
Hanif Kureishi, author, screenwriter, U.K.
Shu Qi, actress, Taiwan
Robin Wright Penn, actress, U.S.
LA CINEFONDATION AND SHORT FILM JURY
John Boorman (president), director, author, producer, U.K.
Bertrand Bonello, director, France
Ferid Boughedir, director, Tunisia
Leonor Silveira, actress, Portugal
Zhang Ziyi, actress, China
