So far, about one third (35 countries to be exact) of the 96 invited to submit their entry for the Academy Awards' Best Foreign Language Picture category have done so.
Thierry Fremaux, Alain Terzian, Jeanne Moreau, and filmmakers Jean-Jacques Annaud, Costa-Gavras and Regis Wargnier selected Laurent Cantet's schoolyard/classroom drama to rep La France.
As usual, Wild Bunch comes to Cannes this year loaded up in film offerings with most notably three antcipated titles in post production status: Aronofsky's THE WRESTLER, Belge helmer Jaco Van Dormael's MR NOBODY and Claire Denis' WHITE MATERIAL. The Paris-based company has a heavy slate which is comprised of Cannes selected films and market projects.
Here is the complete 2008 Cannes Line Up.
Main Competition:
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Three Monkeys (Turkey-France-Italy) Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - Le Silence De Lorna...