Yesterday the Cannes Film Festival announced the films in competition for the 2010 edition. It contains the usual, but interesting mix of well-known returning filmmakers, as well as some new entries, which are arriving to Cannes for the first time. Some known names in this year’s competition include films by Takeshi Kitano (Outrage), Mike Leigh (Another Year), Abbas Kiarostami with “Copia Conforme” (shot in Italy), Jean-Luc Godard celebrates his 80 years with “Film Socialisme”, whilst Nikita Mikalkov returns with “Burnt by the sun 2″ and Bernard Tavernier and Manuel De Oliveira make appearances as well. Looking at the films and the producing countries, one can notice the small presence of English films. There are few American films represented in the competition; only Doug Liman. Nine out of sixteen films this year are produced – or co-produced – with French money. The number of film is also much smaller than the 20 entries witnessed last year, which leaves some space for more titles to be announced. Out of competition are more old names with new films, such as Woody Allen, Ridley Scott, Greg Araki, Otar Ioseliani, Stephen Friers and Oliver Stone.
OPENING FILM
Ridley SCOTT / ROBIN HOOD (USA-UK) Out of Competition
IN COMPETITION
Mathieu AMALRIC / TOURNÉE 1h51 (France)
Xavier BEAUVOIS / DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX 2h00 (France)
Rachid BOUCHAREB / HORS LA LOI 2h11 (France-Belgium-Algeria)
Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU / BIUTIFUL 2h18 /Spain-Mexico)
Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN / UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A Screaming Man) 1h40 (France-Belgium-Chad)
IM Sangsoo / THE HOUSEMAID 1h46 (South Korea)
Abbas KIAROSTAMI / COPIE CONFORME 1h46 (France-Italy-Iran)
Takeshi KITANO / OUTRAGE 2h00 (Japan)
LEE Chang-dong / POETRY 2h15 (South Korea)
Mike LEIGH / ANOTHER YEAR 2h09 (UK)
Doug LIMAN / FAIR GAME 1h44 (USA)
Sergei LOZNITSA / YOU. MY JOY 1h50 (Ukraine-Germany)
Daniele LUCHETTI / LA NOSTRA VITA 1h33 (France-Italy)
Nikita MIKHALKOV / UTOMLYONNYE SOLNTSEM 2 2h21 (Germany-France-Russia)
Bertrand TAVERNIER / LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER 2h15 (France)
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL / LOONG BOONMEE RALEUK CHA (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) 1h30 (Spain-Thailand-Germany-U.K.-France)
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Derek CIANFRANCE / BLUE VALENTINE 1st film 1h34
Manoel DE OLIVEIRA / O ESTRANHO CASO DE ANGÉLICA (Angelica) 1h34
Xavier DOLAN / LES AMOURS IMAGINAIRES (Heartbeats) 1h35
Ivan FUND, Santiago / LOZA LOS LABIOS 1h40
Fabrice GOBERT / SIMON WERNER A DISPARU… 1st film 1h27
Jean-Luc GODARD / FILM SOCIALISME 1h41
Christoph HOCHHÄUSLER / UNTER DIR DIE STADT (The City Below) 1h45
Lodge KERRIGAN / REBECCA H. (RETURN TO THE DOGS) 1h15
Ágnes KOCSIS / PÁL ADRIENN (Adrienn Pál) 2h16
Vikramaditya MOTWANE / UDAAN 1st film 2h18
Radu MUNTEAN / MARTI, DUPA CRACIUN (Tuesday, After Christmas) 1h39
Hideo NAKATA / CHATROOM 1h37
Cristi PUIU / AURORA (Aurora) 2h59
HONG Sangsoo / HA HA HA 1h56
Oliver SCHMITZ / LIFE ABOVE ALL 1h40
Daniel VEGA, Diego VEGA / OCTUBRE 1st film 1h23
David VERBEEK / R U THERE 1h27
Xiaoshuai WANG / RIZHAO CHONGQING (Chongqing Blues) 1h45
Out of Competition:
Woody ALLEN YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER 1h38 (UK-Spain)
Stephen FREARS TAMARA DREWE 1h49 (UK)
Oliver STONE WALL STREET – MONEY NEVER SLEEPS 2h16 (USA)
Midnight Screenings:
Gregg ARAKI KABOOM 1h28 (USA- France)
Gilles MARCHAND L’AUTRE MONDE (Blackhole) 1h40 (France)
Special Screenings:
Carlos DIEGUES 5 X FAVELA POR NOS MESMOS 1h36 (Brazil)
Charles FERGUSON INSIDE JOB 2h00 (USA)
Sophie FIENNES OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW 1h40 (Netherlands)
Patricio GUZMAN NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ (Nostalgia For The Light) 1h30 (France)
Sabina GUZZANTI DRAQUILA – L’ITALIA CHE TREMA 1h30 (Italy)
Otar IOSSELIANI CHANTRAPAS 2h05 (France)
Diego LUNA ABEL 1st film 1h20 (Mexico)
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