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In what looks to be another robust year in the making, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will bring together several iconic filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola with \u201cMegalopolis\u201d starring Adam Driver, George Miller with \u201cFuriosa\u201d starring Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as George Lucas who will be feted with an honorary Palme d\u2019Or. Kevin Costner will also be on hand with the first installment of his Western epic \u201cHorizon, an American Saga.\u201d<\/p>\n
Some of the high-profile films in the pipeline for this year\u2019s competition include Yorgos Lanthimos\u2019 \u201cKinds of Kindness,\u201d a stylized three-part story set in the present that reunites the \u201cPoor Things\u201d helmer with Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe; Paul Schrader\u2019s \u201cOh, Canada\u201d with Richard Gere, based on a novel by the late Russell Banks (\u201cAffliction\u201d); Jacques Audiard\u2019s musical melodrama \u201cEmilia Perez\u201d starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez; Paolo Sorrentino\u2019s \u201cParthenope\u201d with Gary Oldman; and David Cronenberg\u2019s \u201cThe Shrouds\u201d starring Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger. There\u2019s also Coralie Fargeat\u2019s \u201cThe Substance,\u201d a female-powered horror film starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley from Universal Pictures and Working Title Films.<\/p>\n
Beyond the major studio titles, one of the features attracting the most attention on the Croisette could be Ali Abbasi\u2019s \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d which sees Sebastian Stan take on the role of a Donald Trump in a biopic examining his time as real estate businessman in the 1970s and \u201980s. Outside of competition, Irish director Lorcan Finnegan leaps from Critics\u2019 Week (where he screened \u201cVivarium\u201d in 2019) to official selection with the midnight movie \u201cThe Surfer,\u201d featuring Nicolas Cage in the title role.<\/p>\n
International movies slated for Cannes\u2019 competition include Karim A\u00efnouz\u2019s \u201cMotel Destino\u201d; Jia Zhang-Ke\u2019s \u201cCaught by the Tides\u201d; Magnus von Horn\u2019s \u201cThe Girl With the Needle\u201d and Kirill Serebrennikov\u2019s \u201cLimonov: The Ballad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, the festival set a record in terms of female representation, inviting seven female directors to Official Competition. The Palme d\u2019Or was ultimately rewarded to Justine Triet for \u201cAnatomy of a Fall,\u201d just the third time a woman has won the festival\u2019s top honor. This year, the number of women in competition stands at just four.<\/p>\n
From England, \u201cAmerican Honey\u201d director Andrea Arnold returns to competition with \u201cBird,\u201d a gritty handheld portrait of a suburban girl trying to escape her destiny. Fargeat makes her feature debut with \u201cThe Substance,\u201d a bloody genre movie. Indian director Payal Kapadia will unveil narrative feature \u201cAll We Imagine as Light,\u201d three years after winning the festival\u2019s documentary prize. Hailing from the south of France, Agathe Riedinger brings her debut feature \u201cWild Diamond,\u201d a contemporary coming-of-age story about a young girl who blossoms through a virtual persona on social media.<\/p>\n
Hollywood has a slightly lighter presence due to a combination of factors \u2013 including last year\u2019s actors and writers strikes, which created production delays, as well as a tough economy \u2014 but this year\u2019s festival will see no shortage of glamour and stars on the red carpet. Nearly half of the films competing shot in English \u2014 possibly a record in recent history. These include movies from foreign filmmakers, such as Abbasi\u2019s \u201cThe Apprentice,\u201d Fargeat with \u201cThe Substance\u201d and Lanthimos with \u201cKinds of Kindness.\u201d Audiard\u2019s \u201cEmilia Perez,\u201d meanwhile, shot in English and Spanish. As previously announced, \u201cBarbie\u201d director Greta Gerwig will be presiding over the jury.<\/p>\n
The lineup was unveiled by Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fr\u00e9maux and president Iris Knobloch on Thursday at the UGC Normandie theater in Paris, where impatient French and international film journalists gathered.<\/p>\n
In her opening speech, Knobloch said the festival will now expand beyond the Palais des Festivals and into the Palm Beach, a venue located on the opposite side of the Croisette that is currently being remodeled. Knobloch also said the Cannes Film Market has already lured more than 14,000 accredited professionals from 120 countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis selection was not particularly easy to make,\u201d Fr\u00e9maux said. \u201cAs Iris just said it, last year was very successful but we didn\u2019t know it would be last year when we were sitting here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the lineup, Cannes will feature actors-turned-directors L\u00e6titia Dosch and No\u00e9mie Merlant. \u201cPortrait of a Lady on Fire\u201d star Merlant brings her sophomore feature \u201cThe Balconettes\u201d \u2014 a feminist comedy set in Marseilles, co-written by C\u00e9line Sciamma \u2014 to the midnight section. Dosch, a Cannes discovery who starred in \u201cJeune Femme,\u201d directed the canine courtroom drama \u201cWho Let the Dog Bite?\u201d which will screen in Un Certain Regard alongside Louise Courvoisier\u2019s \u201cVingt Dieux!\u201d And in Special Screenings, Yolande Zauberman presents \u201cThe Beauty of Gaza,\u201d a film about trans Palestinians who cross from Gaza to Tel Aviv to live their true identities.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo need to tell you that this film was written and filmed before the war and it takes a particular resonance today and continues to explore this painful territory in our planet,\u201d Fr\u00e9maux said.<\/p>\n
Besides Fargeat and Audiard, the other French filmmakers in competition are Gilles Lellouche with \u201cL\u2019Amour Ouf,\u201d a music-filled romance starring Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos and Fran\u00e7ois Civil, and featuring choreography by (La) Horde; Christophe Honor\u00e9\u2019s \u201cMarcello Mio\u201d starring Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni; and Agathe Riedinger who is making her feature debut with \u201cDiamant Brut\u201d starring Malou Khezibi, Andrea Bescond and Idir Azougli.<\/p>\n
Fr\u00e9maux suggested more titles will be added to the competition as well. \u201cWe may add, because right now we\u2019re not at the usual number of 21 of 22 films in competition,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s in the reflections that we will be having in the days to come.\u201d A couple movies were widely expected to turn up in competition \u2014 Audrey Diwan\u2019s erotic drama \u201cEmmanuelle\u201d starring Merlant and Naomi Watts, and Mike Leigh\u2019s \u201cHard Truths.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Fr\u00e9maux\u2019s first and only interview ahead of the presser, the festival boss said Cannes had a 20% rise in accreditation requests. \u201cWe\u2019re going to surpass the 2,000 films submitted for the selection. The interest for the festival is clear, and no matter what, it\u2019s the films that create the atmosphere each year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Last year was a milestone edition for the festival, which world premiered two best picture nominees: Justine Triet\u2019s \u201cAnatomy of a Fall\u201d and Jonathan Glazer\u2019s \u201cThe Zone of Interest.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cannes Film Festival will kick off with the world premiere of Quentin Dupieux\u2019s surreal comedy \u201cSecond Act\u201d starring Lea Seydoux and Vincent Lindon. The 77th edition runs May 15-25.<\/p>\n
See the full lineup at Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cannes Film Festival Reveals Lineup: Coppola, Cronenberg, Lanthimos, Schrader and Donald Trump Portrait \u2018The Apprentice\u2019 in Competition: In what looks to be another robust year in the making, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will bring together several iconic filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola with \u201cMegalopolis\u201d starring Adam Driver, George Miller with \u201cFuriosa\u201d
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