Expect the unexpected. A mix of new faces and veteran filmmakers will make up the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival with first works of helmers Mati Diop and Ladj Ly cracking the line-up (we can’t account for the last time this has happened) and filmmakers Jessica Hausner, Corneliu Porumboiu, Ira Sachs, Céline Sciamma and Justine Triet making their first trip to the competition as well. As per usual, we expect there to be one or two mods to the competition (possible upgrade from an Un Certain Regard selection) and it could possibly be a down to the wire inclusion of Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — which according to Thierry Frémaux (who has seen a work in progress) is not yet ready. Here are the nineteen selections with the Dardennes’ looking to three-peat with Young Ahmed.
“Pain and Glory,” Pedro Almodovar
“The Traitor,” Marco Bellocchio
“The Wild Goose Lake,” Diao Yinan
“Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho
“Young Ahmed,” Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
“Oh Mercy!,” Arnaud Desplechin
“Atlantique,” Mati Diop
“Matthias and Maxime,” Xavier Dolan
“Little Joe,” Jessica Hausner
“Sorry We Missed You,” Ken Loach
“Les Miserables,” Ladj Ly
“A Hidden Life,” Terrence Malick
“Bacurau,” Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
“The Whistlers,” Corneliu Porumboiu
“Frankie,” Ira Sachs
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” Céline Sciamma
“It Must Be Heaven,” Elia Suleiman
“Sibyl,” Justine Triet
Opening Night Film
“The Dead Don’t Die,” Jim Jarmusch (also in Competition)
