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Thierry Fremaux unveiled the Cannes Festival Official Selection in Paris on Thursday.
21 competition titles are lined up including a very strong presence of American films (5) and such longtime festival friends returning to cannes: Joel and Ethan Coen's, Quentin Tarantino's, Gus van Sant, Emir Kusturica, Wong Kar Wai....

The Coen brothers, Tarantino and Van Sant are all previous Palme d'Or winners, Emir won two awards from his past presentations.
Good to see a german film in the lineup.
Surprised by the minimal french presence...
Herewith the official competition line up

Opening film:
WONG Kar Wai MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS 1h51

Fatih AKIN AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE 2h02
Catherine BREILLAT UNE VIEILLE MAÎTRESSE 1h50
Joel & Ethan COEN NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2h02
David FINCHER ZODIAC 2h36
James GRAY WE OWN THE NIGHT 1h45
Christophe HONORÉ LES CHANSONS D’AMOUR 1h40
Naomi KAWASE MOGARI NO MORI (The Mourning Forest) 1h37
KIM Ki Duk BREATH 1h20
Emir KUSTURICA PROMISE ME THIS 2h10
LEE Chang-dong SECRET SUNSHINE 2h30
Cristian MUNGIU 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE 1h53
(4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)
Raphaël NADJARI TEHILIM 1h45
Carlos REYGADAS STELLET LICHT 2h22
Marjane SATRAPI, PERSEPOLIS 1st Film 1h30
Vincent PARONNAUD
Julian SCHNABEL LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON 1h52
Ulrich SEIDL IMPORT EXPORT 2h16
Alexander SOKOUROV ALEXANDRA 1h32
Quentin TARANTINO DEATH PROOF 1h50
Béla TARR THE MAN FROM LONDON 2h12
Gus VAN SANT PARANOID PARK 1h25
Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV IZGNANIE (The Banishment) 2h30

Closing film:
Denys ARCAND L’ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES (Out of Competition) 1h51
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