With the Cannes Film Festival unveiling their lineup last week, the sidebars are opening the curtain on what they’ll be offering away from the main show, and the Cannes Critics’ Week has revealed their first wave of programming.
The festival will feature limited American movies in its lineup this year, at least so far, with only Chloë Sevigny‘s short "Kitty" marking a stateside flick. Instead, there is a very strong international flavor, with Nadav Lapid ("The Policeman," "The Kindergarten Teacher") perhaps the biggest filmmaker of note, and he’ll be sitting on the jury as well as screening "From The Diary Of A Wedding Photographer" out of competition. Otherwise, it’s a mix of movies from filmmakers who will be arriving in France, hoping to become the next names to explode at the arthouse.
The Cannes Critics’ Week runs from May 12-20.
In Bed With Victoria, dir: Justine Triet (France)
CLOSING (SHORT) FILMS
Bonne figure (Smile), dir: Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En Moi, dir: Laetitia Casta (France)
Kitty, dir: Chloë Sevigny (U.S.)
COMPETITION
Albüm, dir: Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)*
Diamond Island, dir: Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Raw, dir: Julia Ducournau (France)*
Mimosas, dir: Oliver Laxe (France)
One Week And A Day, dir: Asaph Polonsky (Israel)*
Tramontane, dir: Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)*
A Yellow Bird, dir: K. Rajagopal (Singapore)*
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Happy Times Will Come Soon, dir: Alessandro Comodin (Italy)
Apnée, dir: Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France)*
* denotes first film eligible for the Camera d’Or
SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS IN COMPETITION
Arnie, dir: Rina B. Tsou (Taiwan, Philippines)
Ascensão, dir: Pedro Peralta (Portugal)
Campo De Viboras, dir: Cristèle Alves Meira (Portugal)
Delusion Is Redemption Tto Those In Distress, dir: Fellipe Fernandes (Brazil)
L’Enfance D’Un Chef, dir: Antoine de Bary (France)
Limbo, dir: Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece)
Oh What A Wonderful Feeling, dir: François Jaros (Canada)
Prenjak, dir: Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia)
Le Soldat Vierge, dir: Erwan Le Duc (France)
Superbia, dir: Luca Tóth (Hungary)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS (SHORTS)
From The Diary Of A Wedding Photographer, dir: Nadav Lapid (Israel)
Los Pasos Del Agua, dir: César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia)