The official selection of the 78th International Cannes Film Festival has been announced at a press conference in Paris. The announcement was made by Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate.
Juliette Binoche will head up the jury this year as its president. In the first week, Tom Cruise will return to the Croisette for the first time since the debut of Top Gun Maverick three years ago with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The film will premiere on the Wednesday of the first week, the 14th May.
There are new films from the likes of Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier, Richard Linklater, Oliver Hermanus, the Dardenne brothers, Ari Aster, Julia Ducournau and Wes Anderson all playing in competition.
Here’s the full list of the films play that have been announced so far.
Competition
The Mastermind – Kelly Reichardt
In Simple Accident, Jafar Panahi
Romeria, Carla Simone
The Eagles of the Republic, Tarik Saleh
Dossier 137, Dominik Moll
Fuori, Mario Martone
Two Prosecutors, Sergei Loznitsa
Sirat, Oliver Laxe
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier
Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater
The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho
The History of Sound – Oliver Hermanus
Alpha – Julia Ducournau
Eddington – Ari Aster
The Phoenician Scheme – Wes Anderson
La Petite Derniere, Hafsia Herzi
Young Mothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Renoir, Chie Hayakawa
Midnight Screenings
Songs Of The Neon Night, Juno Mak
Dalloway, Yann Gozlan
Exit 8 – Kawamura Genki
Cannes Premiere
Connemara – Alex Lutz
Amrun – Fatith Akin
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, Kirill Serebrennikov
Orwell, Raoul Peck
The Wave, Sebestian Lelio
Splitsville, Mike Corvino
Out Of Competition
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Christopher McQuarrie
Colours Of Time, Cedric Klapisch
Vie Privée, Rebecca Zlotowski
The Richest Woman in the World, Thierry Klifa
Special Screenings
Stories of Surrender – Bono
The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol, Sylvain Chomet
Exit 8, Genki Kawamura
Dolloway, Yann Gozlan
Un Certain Regard
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo – Diego Céspedes
Meteors, Hubert Charuel
Eleanor The Great – Scarlett Johansson
Aisha Can’t Fly Away, Morad Mostafa
Once Upon A Time In Gaza, Tarzan Nasser and Arab Nasser
L’inconnu de la Grande Arche, Stéphane Demoustier
Pillion – Harry Lighton
Urchin – Harris Dickinson
My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jr.
