So the inflatable doll magically coming to life tale was perhaps too “out there” for a main comp acceptance, but Hirokazu Kore-eda's Air Doll came on over to Un Certain Regard section along with expect works from Romanian filmmakers Cristian Mungiu (Tales From The Golden Age) and Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective), France's Denis Dercourt (Demain Des L'aube), Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Nymph) and Cannes regular (The Host, Tokyo!) Bong Joon-Ho and his latest film, Mother.
In the same spirit as the Sundance labs, Cannes has for the past couple of years made an effort to develop developing talent by putting the filmmakers in the spotlight. This year 15 lucky such folks from around the world will be on hand during the 60th festival to promote their projects in development. Here are the lucky few.