And so we might not find out anytime soon what the deal with David Lynch was, but we now know that the final tally for the Palme d’Or selections comes to a total of 21. Felix Van Groeningen teamed with partner Charlotte Vandermeersch for The Eight Mountains and promises to give us plenty of eye candy scenery. Léonor Serraille makes the incredible leap from winning the Camera d’Or with her first film and is now competing with Un petit frère. Albert Serra‘s Bora Bora (unsure if that is the actual title) stars Benoît Magimel and Sergi López and is the other title to be added. This is the first competition trip for the four filmmakers.
The Un Certain Regard section (as we indicted yesterday) will indeed find the latest films from Emily Atef and Maryam Touzani. Joining them is Maha Haj with a return visit to the section – she was there in 2016 with Personal Affairs and will return with Mediterranean Fever. Last but not least, Lotfy Nathan (listed as a first feature in the press release – which does not make sense since he gave us 12 O’Clock Boys) returns with Before the Spring aka Harka. This was filmed in his native Tunisia.
The Cannes Première section added three new titles (all French) that we’ve been speculating on since last year for a section tally of seven. Vet filmmakers Serge Bozon (Don Juan), Dominik Moll (La Nuit du 12), and Emmanuel Mouret’s Chronique d’une liaison passagère. Here are the complete add-ons.
Competition
LE OTTO MONTAGNE Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen Italy/Belgium
UN PETIT FRÈRE Léonor Serraille France
TOURMENT SUR LES ÎLES Albert Serra Spain
Cannes Première
DON JUAN Serge Bozon France
LA NUIT DU 12 Dominik Moll France
CHRONIQUE D’UNE LIAISON PASSAGÈRE Emmanuel Mouret France
Midnight Screenings
REBEL Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah Belgium
Un Certain Regard
PLUS QUE JAMAIS Emily Atef Germany/France
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER Maha Haj Palestine
LE BLEU DU CAFTAN Maryam Touzani Morocco
HARKA Lotfy Nathan Tunisia (1st film)
Out of Competition
L’INNOCENT Louis Garrel France
Special Screenings
MI PAIS IMAGINARIO Patricio Guzmán Chile (Documentary)
THE VAGABONDS Doroteya Droumeva Germany (1st film)
RIPOSTE FÉMINISTE Marie Perennès, Simon Depardon France (Documentary – 1st film)
RESTOS DO VENTO Tiago Guedes Portugal
LE PETIT NICOLAS QU’EST-CE QU’ON ATTEND POUR ÊTRE HEUREUX ? Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre France (Animation – 1st film)
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).
