The latest films by David Cronenberg, James Gray, the Dardenne brothers and even Ruben Östlund will be in the running for the Palme d’Or in May, the general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux announced on Thursday during the press conference. .
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A total of 18 films have been announced for the most prestigious film competition in the world, including three from female directors: the French Claire Denis and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and the American Kelly Reichardt. David Cronenbert, James Gray, the Dardenne brothers and Ruben Östlund will also be in the running for the Palme d’Or.
David Cronenberg will present The crimes of the future with an enticing poster bringing together Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. The Dardenne Brothers return to Cannes with Tori and Lokita. Among the other films in competition: Top Gun: Maverick by Joseph Kosinski, and Elvis by Baz Luhrmann.
Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, who left his country and now lives in Berlin, will be in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May with a historic film around the composer Tchaikovsky, Cannes Film Festival General Delegate Thierry Frémaux announced on Thursday. . The director, for the third time in competition (“Leto”, “Petrov’s Fever”), is also a director and will open the Avignon Festival in July after having recently left Russia to settle in Berlin.
“Z” (Like Z)a zombie film directed by Michel Hazanavicius with Bérénice Bejo and Romain Duris, will open the Festival.
In the Cannes Première selection, Rachid Bouchareb signs a film around the death of Malik Oussekine: “Our Brothers”.
“The composition of the juries will be announced in the coming days”specified Thierry Frémeaux, indicating that “all this is not over”. The poster will also be unveiled in the coming days.