Not only is the Cannes Film Festival returning to its traditional May timeframe for its 75th edition, but the easing of the pandemic means non-European attendees will no longer have to be tested for COVID every other day. Oh, and big world premieres are on tap too, of course. New films from David Cronenberg, James Gray, Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt, George Miller, and Baz Luhrmann, among others, will be premiering at the festival.
47 films were announced today with Cannes promising more titles in the days ahead. Notable competition films include Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future,” starring Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, and Viggo Mortensen, Reichardt’s “Showing Up” with Michelle Williams and John Magaro, Gray’s surprise return with “Armageddon Time” starring Anthony Hopkins and Anne Hathaway, Kore-eda Hirokazu‘s “Broker” starring Song Kang-ho, Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave,” Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon,” Tarik Saleh’s “Boy From Heaven,” festival regular Arnaud Desplechin with “Brother and Sister” starring Marion Cotillard, the Dardenne Brothers’ “Tori et Lokita” and Ruben Ostlund’s long-awaited follow up to “The Square,” “Triangle of Sadness” with Woody Harrelson. Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, who had been banned by his government from attending the festival for his last two films, returns with “Tchaikovsky’s Wife.”
The festival will open with “Z (Comme Z)” by Oscar-winner Michel Hazanavicius. The “zombie comedy” set in Chechnya will be an out-of-competition title. It will be joined in that classification by Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks, which was previously announced by the fest. So was Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” which will also feature a salute to star Tom Cruise. Also screening is Joel Coen’s first solo feature, “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind,” a documentary. Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” with Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba was somewhat unexpectedly announced as an out-of-competition title.
Olivier Assayas will also return to Cannes to screen his HBO series “Irma Vep” starring Alicia Vikander and Jerrod Carmichael. And Ukrainian film will be spotlighted with Maksim Nakonechnyi’s “Bachennya Metelyka (Butterfly vision)” in Un Certain Regard.
Traditionally, the festival’s jury president and members are announced before the selection. That has not been the case this year. Festival director Thierry Frémaux says the delay is due to so much talent working on new projects.
The 75th Festival International du Film de Cannes will be held from May 17-28. An anniversary event will take place on May 24th.
A complete list of this year’s films announce today is as follows:
SPECIAL SCREENING
ALL THAT BREATHES by Shaunak SEN
JERRY LEE LEWIS: TROUBLE IN MIND by Ethan COEN
HUNT by LEE Jung-Jae
MOONAGE DAYDREAM by Brett MORGEN
MIDNIGHT SCREENING
FUMER FAIT TOUSSER by Quentin DUPIEUX
OUT OF COMPETITION
TOP GUN: MAVERICK by Joseph KOSINSKI
ELVIS by Baz LUHRMANN
NOVEMBRE by Cédric JIMENEZ
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (Trois Mille ans à t’attendre) by George MILLER
MASCARADE (Masquerade) by Nicolas Bedos
Z (COMME Z) by Michel HAZANAVICIUS – Film d’ouverture / Opening film
UN CERTAIN REGARD
LES PIRES by Lise AKOKA and Romane GUERET (First film)
KURAK GÜNLER (Burning days) by Emin ALPER
METRONOM by Alexandru BELC (First film)
RETOUR À SÉOUL (All the people I’ll never be) by Davy CHOU
SICK OF MYSELF by Kristoffer BORGLI
DOMINGO Y LA NIEBLA (Domingo et la brume / Domingo and the midst) by Ariel ESCALANTE MEZA
PLAN 75 by HAYAKAWA Chie (First film)
BEAST by Riley KEOUGH and Gina GAMMELL (First film)
CORSAGE by Marie KREUTZER
BACHENNYA METELYKA (Butterfly vision) by Maksim NAKONECHNYI (First film)
VANSKABTE LAND / VOLAÐA LAND (Godland) by Hlynur PÁLMASON
RODÉO (Rodeo) by Lola QUIVORON (First film)
OYLAND by Saim SADIQ (First film)
THE STRANGER by Thomas M WRIGHT
THE SILENT TWINS by Agnieszka SMOCYNSKA
COMPETITION
LES AMANDIERS by Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (Les crimes du futur) by David CRONENBERG
TORI ET LOKITA (Tori and Lokita) by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
STARS AT NOON by Claire DENIS
FRÈRE ET SŒUR by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
CLOSE by Lukas DHONT
ARMAGEDDON TIME by James GRAY
BROKER by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
NOSTALGIA by Mario MARTONE
RMN by Cristian MUNGIU
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben ÖSTLUND
HAEOJIL GYEOLSIM (Decision to leave) by PARK Chan-Wook
SHOWING UP by Kelly REICHARDT
LEILA’S BROTHERS by Saeed ROUSTAEE
BOY FROM HEAVEN by Tarik SALEH
ZHENA CHAIKOVSKOGO (Tchaïkovski’s wife) by Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
HI-HAN (Eo) by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI
April 21, 2022 Update: New additions to the Cannes line-up were added. See the new editions to the roster including three in competition titles, and a midnight movie from the directors of the upcoming “Batgirl” movie and “Ms. Marvel” series.
Competition
“The Eight Mountains,” Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen
“Un Petit Frère,” Leonor Serraille
“Tourment Sur Les Iles,” Albert Serra
Cannes Premiere
“Don Juan,” Serge Bozon
“La Nuit du 12,” Dominik Moll
“Chronicle of a Temporary Affair,” Emmanuel Mouret
Midnight Screenings
“Rebel,” Adil Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Un Certain Regard
“More Than Ever,” Emily Atef
“Mediterranean Fever,” Maha Haj
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
Out of Competition
“L’Innocent,” Louis Garrel
Special Screenings
“Mi Pais Imaginario,” Patricio Guzmán
“The Vagabonds,” Doroteya Droumeva
“Riposte Feministe,” Marie Perennes, Simon Depardon
“Restos do Vento,” Tiago Guedes
“Little Nicholas,” Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre
