The festival will once again offer a mix of veteran filmmakers returning to Cannes, along with a few VIP star studded red carpet events and the fresh blood and energy of newcomers.
Soderbergh, Kusturica, Wenders, Dardenne and many more previous award winners are competing for Golden Palm again.
Highly anticipated Indiana Jones, Woody Allen and Kung Fu Panda willbear Hollywood Flag high on the steps.
54 feature films were selected among 1792 from 96 countries (up 11% over last year, 23 over 2 years).
FILMS IN COMPETITION
"24 City," China, Jia Zhangke
"Adoration," Canada, Atom Egoyan
"Changeling," U.S., Clint Eastwood
"Che" ("The Argentine," "Guerrilla,") Spain, Steven Soderbergh
"Un Conte de noel," France, Arnaud Desplechin
"Daydreams," Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
"Delta," Germany-Hungary, Kornel Mundruczo
"Il Divo," Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
"Gomorra," Italy, Matteo Garrone
"La Frontiere de l'aube," France, Philippe Garrel
"Leonera," Argentina-South Korea, Pablo Trapero
"Linha de Passe," Brazil, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
"La Mujer sin cabeza," Argentina, Lucrecia Martel
"My Magic," Singapore, Eric Khoo
"The Palermo Shooting," Germany, Wim Wenders
"Serbis," Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
"The Silence of Lorna," U.K.-France, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
"Synecdoche, New York," U.S., Charlie Kaufman
"Waltz With Bashir," Israel, Ari Folman
OUT OF COMPETITION
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," U.S., Steven Spielberg
"Kung Fu Panda," U.S., Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
"The Good, the Bad, the Weird," South Korea, Kim Jee-woon
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona," U.S.-Spain, Woody Allen
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
“Maradona,” Spain-France, Emir Kusturica
“Surveillance,” U.S., Jennifer Lynch
“The Chaser,” South Korea, Na Hong-jin
SPECIAL SCREENNGS
“Ashes of Time Redux,” China, Wong Kar-wai
“Of Time and the City,” U.K., Terence Davies
"Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," U.S.-U.K., Marina Zenovich
"Sangue Pazzo" (Crazy Blood), Italy-France, Marco Tullio Giordana
SCREENING OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE JURY
“The Third Wave,” U.S., Alison Thompson
UN CERTAIN REGARD
“A festa da menina morta,” Brazil, Matheus Nachtergaele
“Afterschool,” Antonio Campos
“De Ofrivilliga,” Sweden, Ruben Ostlund
“Je veux voir,” France, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige
“Johnny Mad Dog,” France, Jean-Stephane Sauvaire
“La vie moderne (profiles paysans)”, France, Raymond Depardon
“Los Bastardos,” Mexico, Amat Escalante
“Milh handha al-bahr,” (Salt of This Sea), Palestine, Annemarie Jacir
“O’ Horten,” Norway-Germany, Bent Hamer
“Soi Cowboy,” Thomas Clay
“Tin Che,” (Parking), Chung Mong-Hong
"Tokyo!," France, Japan, Bong Joon-ho, Michel Gondry, Leos Carax
"Tokyo Sonata," Japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa
“Tulpan,” Germany, Sergey Dvortsevoy
"Tyson," U.S., James Toback
“Versailles,” France, Pierre Schoeller
“Wendy and Lucy,” U.S., Kelly Reichardt
“Wolke 9” (Cloud Nine), Germany, Andreas Dresen
“Yi ban haishui, yi ban huoyan,” Fendou Liu
CINEFONDATION
“Ba Yue Shi Wu,” U.S., Jiang Xuan
“Blind Spot,” France, Johanna Bessiere, Cecile Dubois Herry, Simon Rouby, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Yvon Jardel
“Et dans mon coeur, j'emporterai...,” Belgium, Yoon Sung-A
“Forbach,” France, Claire Burger
“Gata,” Russia, Diana Mkrtchyan
“Gestern in Eden,” Germany, Jan Speckenbach
“Himnon” (Anthem), Israel, Elad Keidan
“Illusion Dwellers,” U.K., Rob Ellender
“Interior. Scara de bloc,” Romania, Ciprian Alexandrescu
“Kestomerkitsijat,” Finland, Juho Kuosmanen
“The Maid,” U.S., Heidi Saman
“Naus,” Czech
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23.04.2008 | Editor's blog
Cat. : 24 City Adoration Alison ThompsonUN Andreas Dresen Annemarie Jacir Anthem Antonio Campos Bong Joon-ho Cannes Cannes Cannes Film Festival Cécile Dubois Herry Changeling Che Chung Mong-hong Claire Burger Daydreams Delta Diana Mkrtchyan Emir Kusturica energy Entertainment Entertainment France Germany Gomorra Guerrilla Heidi Saman Hungary Il Divo Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Israel Italy James Toback Jan Speckenbach Japan Jean-Pierre Dardenne Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Jennifer Lynch Jiang Xuan Joana Hadjithomas Johanna Bessière John Stevenson Kelly Reichardt Khalil Joreige Kim Jee-woon Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kung Fu Panda Kusturica Linha De Passe Luc Dardenne Marco Tullio Giordana Marina Zenovich Mark Osborne Matheus Nachtergaele Michel Gondry New York Nicolas Chauvelot Olivier Clert Palestinian Territories Palme d'Or Pierre Schöeller Raymond Depardon Rob Ellender Ruben Östlund Sergey Dvortsevoy Shi Wu Simon Rouby South Korea Spain Synecdoche, New York Terence Davies The Argentine the Cannes The Good, The Bad, The Weird The Palermo Shooting The Silence of Lorna Thomas Clay Tokyo United Kingdom VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA Waltz with Bashir Woody Allen WOODY ALLENMIDNIGHT Yvon Jardel