The Cannes Film Festival, which opens on May 16 and runs until May 27 has announced its official programme, including all sections.
2012 marking the 50th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's tragic death, the festival opted for an image of her, blowing out candles on a birthday cake to celebrate the festival's own 65th anniversary.
The programme reads like a mildly interesting and inspired selection with surprisingly few US but a predictably high number of French entries, and an unsurprising sheer total absence of German entries, German films having become an increasingly rare sight at the Cannes Film Festival. This year, there is but one (German film) to be found in the entire programme, Fatih Akin's Garbage in the Garden of Eden. A debacle which few, if any, in Germany's film industry are willing to face up to. Bestowing an award at last week's German Film Awards ceremony in Berlin that country's Cultural Minister of State, Bernd Neumann, blithely proclaimed that "German films are now part and parcel of all film festivals around the globe". It's either that Neumann doesn't know what he's talking about (in which case he'd be in the wrong job), or he's trying to pull the wool over the eyes of Germany's tax payers who, after all, make that country's (less than profitable) film industry possible in the first place as it is primarily based on state subsidies. Or else, he's suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's (and in this case, too, stepping down from his job would be highly recommended!).
IN COMPETITION
| Opening Film | ||
| Wes ANDERSON | MOONRISE KINGDOM | 1h34 |
| *** | ||
| Jacques AUDIARD |
DE ROUILLE ET D'OS
(RUST AND BONE)
| 1h55 |
| Leos CARAX | HOLY MOTORS | 1h50 |
| David CRONENBERG | COSMOPOLIS | 1h45 |
| Lee DANIELS | THE PAPERBOY | 1h41 |
| Andrew DOMINIK | KILLING THEM SOFTLY | 1h40 |
| Matteo GARRONE | REALITY | 1h50 |
| Michael HANEKE | AMOUR (LOVE) | 2h06 |
| John HILLCOAT | LAWLESS | 1h55 |
| HONG Sangsoo | DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH (IN ANOTHER COUNTRY) | 1h28 |
| IM Sang-soo |
DO-NUI MAT
(THE TASTE OF MONEY)
| 1h53 |
| Abbas KIAROSTAMI | LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE | 1h49 |
| Ken LOACH | THE ANGELS' SHARE | 1h46 |
| Sergei LOZNITSA |
V TUMANE
(IN THE FOG)
| 2h07 |
| Cristian MUNGIU | DUPÃ DEALURI (BEYOND THE HILLS) | 2h35 |
| Yousry NASRALLAH |
BAAD EL MAWKEAA
(AFTER THE BATTLE)
| 1h56 |
| Jeff NICHOLS | MUD | 2h15 |
| Alain RESNAIS |
VOUS N'AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU
(YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!)
| 1h55 |
| Carlos REYGADAS | POST TENEBRAS LUX | 1h40 |
| Walter SALLES |
ON THE ROAD
| 2h20 |
| Ulrich SEIDL | PARADIES : Liebe (PARADISE : Love) | 2h00 |
| Thomas VINTERBERG |
JAGTEN
(THE HUNT)
| 1h46 |
| *** | ||
Film to be screened at
the Closing Ceremony
| ||
| Claude MILLER | THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUX (Out of Comp.) | 1h50 |
UN CERTAIN REGARD
| Opening Film | ||
| LOU Ye | MYSTERY | 1h30 |
| *** | ||
| Ashim AHLUWALIA | MISS LOVELY First film | 1h50 |
| Juan Andrés ARANGO | LA PLAYA DC First film | 1h30 |
| Aida BEGIC |
DJECA
(CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO)
| 1h30 |
Nabil AYOUCH
| LES CHEVAUX DE DIEU (GOD'S HORSES) | 1h55 |
| Catherine CORSINI | TROIS MONDE | 1h40 |
| Brandon CRONENBERG | ANTIVIRAL First film | 1h50 |
| Benicio DEL TORO, Pablo TRAPERO, Julio MEDEM, Elia SULEIMAN, Juan Carlos TABIO, Gaspard NOÉ et Laurent CANTET | 7 DIAS EN LA HABANA | 2h09 |
| Benoit DELÉPINE, Gustave KERVERN | LE GRAND SOIR | 1h32 |
| Xavier DOLAN | LAURENCE ANYWAYS | 2h41 |
| Michel FRANCO | DESPUÉS DE LUCIA | 1h33 |
| Joachim LAFOSSE | À PERDRE LA RAISON | 1h54 |
| Adam LEON | GIMME THE LOOT 1st film | 1h24 |
| Darezhan OMIRBAYEV | STUDENT | 1h30 |
| Moussa TOURE | LA PIROGUE (THE PIROGUE) | 1h27 |
| Pablo TRAPERO | ELEFANTE BLANCO (WHITE ELEPHANT) | 2h00 |
| Sylvie VERHEYDE | CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY | 2h05 |
| Koji WAKAMATSU |
11.25 JIKETSU NO HI, MISHIMA YUKIO TO WAKAMONOTACHI
(11/25 THE DAY MISHIMA CHOSE HIS OWN FATE)
| 2h00 |
| Benh ZEITLIN | BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD First film | 1h32 |
| *** | ||
Film to be screened at
the Closing Ceremony | ||
| Gilles BOURDOS | RENOIR | 1H53 |
OUT OF COMPETITION
| Bernardo BERTOLUCCI | IO E TE (ME AND YOU) | 1h37 |
| Eric DARNELL, Tom MCGRATH, Conrad VERNON |
MADAGASCAR 3, EUROPE'S MOST WANTED
| 1h30 |
| Philip KAUFMAN | HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN | 2h34 |
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS | ||
| Dario ARGENTO | DARIO ARGENTO'S DRACULA | 1h46 |
| Wayne BLAIR | THE SAPPHIRES 1st film | 1h38 |
| Franck KHALFOUN | MANIAC | 1h40 |
| Takashi MIIKE | AI TO MAKOTO | 2h14 |
65TH ANNIVERSARY | ||
| UNE JOURNÉE PARTICULIÈRE by Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure | 53' |
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
| Fatih AKIN | DER MÜLL IM GARTEN EDEN (POLLUTING PARADISE) | 1h25 |
| Candida BRADY | TRASHED 1st film | 1h40 |
| Laurent BOUZEREAU | ROMAN POLANSKI : A FILM MEMOIR | 1h34 |
Ken BURNS,
Sarah BURNS, David MCMAHON | THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE | 2h00 |
| Sébastien LIFSHITZ | LES INVISIBLES | 1h55 |
| Claudine NOUGARET, Raymond DEPARDON | JOURNAL DE FRANCE | 1h40 |
| Nelson PEREIRA DOS SANTOS | A MUSICA SEGUNDO TOM JOBIM | 1h30 |
| Gonzalo TOBAL | VILLEGAS First film | 1h36 |
| Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL | MEKONG HOTEL | 1h01 |
