If the Main Competition suffered because of the lack of film output from last year (Venice and TIFF have already seen the benefits), next year's edition of the Cannes film festival is already shaping up to be a fantastic year with names like Pedro, Von Trier, Dardennes, Cronenberg, PTA and Salles in the possible line-up. For those who made a case about there not being much female representation -- they'll be pleased to see that the latest works from Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay should be in the line-up --- and although I didn't add him to the list below, we could also see Steve McQueen's latest project in the fest. Here are a list of 20 projects I think will be in the fest next year.
There is some movement in the We Need To Talk About Kevin dossier. In development since 2006, here is one more piece of goods news: the production wheels for Lynne Ramsay are turning. Smelling that the production is underway (Tilda Swinton was added to the project during Cannes), Screen Daily reports that distributor Artificial Eye (a world cinema specialist in the U.K) has bought the rights.
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