Movies by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d’Or at a Cannes Movie Competition set to unspool towards the backdrop of the conflict in Ukraine.
Cannes movie competition artist director Thierry Frémaux and president Pierre Lescure introduced the lineup to this yr’s competition, Cannes’ seventy fifth, in a information convention Thursday in Paris. After canceling the 2020 occasion and internet hosting a barely scaled down 2021 version, the French Riviera competition is trying to reclaim its pre-pandemic attract with some 35,000 accredited attendees anticipated subsequent month.
The 18 movies introduced in Cannes’ competitors lineup function new works by a number of former Palme winners, together with Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Dealer”), Swedish social satirist Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Disappointment”) and Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (“Tori and Lokita”).
Additionally in competitors: Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future,” starring Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen; Kelly Reichardt’s “Exhibiting Up,” which reunites her with “Wendy and Lucy” star Michelle Williams; Chan-wook’s Korean thriller thriller “Determination to Depart”; and French filmmaker Claire Denis’ “Stars at Midday” with Margaret Qualley.
The seventy fifth anniversary of the French Riviera movie extravaganza “is occurring in particular circumstances: the pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, a world that has modified and can hold altering,” Fremaux stated.
The largest Hollywood splashes anticipated at Cannes had already been introduced, together with a screening of “Prime Gun: Maverick,” which might be accompanied by a tribute to star Tom Cruise. The “Prime Gun” sequel will play out of competitors, as will Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks.
Organizers will announce the jury at a later date.
Cannes’ worldwide village of flag-waving pavilions yearly hosts greater than 80 international locations from world wide. However organizers earlier stated no Russian delegations can be welcome this yr due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, who not too long ago fled Russia for Berlin after a number of years banned from journey, will premiere his newest movie, about composer Peter Tchaikovsky.
As standard, many of the administrators within the competitors are males. Solely three of the 18 movies competing for the Palme d’Or have been directed by girls. Final yr, Julia Ducournau grew to become solely the second lady in Cannes historical past to win the highest prize, for her movie “Titane,” a body-horror thriller.
The competition will open Might 17 with the premiere of the zombie comedy “Closing Reduce,” by “The Artist” director Michel Hazanvicius. The image had earlier been scheduled to debut in January on the Sundance Movie Competition however was pulled when the competition shifted to a digital version amid a virus surge.
Ethan Coen will debut his first function with out his brother, Joel, within the out-of-competition documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Hassle in Thoughts.” Different highlights embrace George Miller’s first movie since 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Highway”: “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a fantasy romance with Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. And Brett Morgan will premiere “Moonage Daydream,” a David Bowie documentary.
As has been the case since 2017, no Netflix movies are in competitors at Cannes. The streamer and the competition have been an deadlock because of the nation’s inflexible windowing guidelines. As soon as a movie performs in cinemas in France, it may’t stream for 15 months. Earlier this yr, although, Netflix signed a three-year settlement with French movie guilds to spend a minimal of $45 million financing French and European motion pictures to play theatrically in France.
The Cannes Movie Competition runs Might 17-28.
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