Persian Realm

The Official Selection of the 64th Cannes Film festival was announced this Thursday, 14 April during the press conference held by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.

A total of 49 films this year are featured in four categories: Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition and Special Screenings (including those Midnight Screenings). The festival kicks off on May 11th next month and lasts for 11 days until May 22nd.

Official Website of the Cannes Film Festival Here

Promotional Trailer of the Cannes Film Festival 64th Edition :

Robert De Niro (who starred in the Palme D’or film 'Taxi Driver') will Preside this Year’s Jury :

Legendary Film Star Faye Dunaway’s Photo Illustrates this Year’s Official Poster:

Full list below!

Lists below are alphabetized by title and include the director's name and a quick and easy reference link.

OPENING NIGHT FILM:
 Midnight in Paris - Dir: Woody Allen

COMPETITION (19 FILMS):


L'Apollonide (House of Tolerance) - Dir: Bertrand Bonello


Drive - Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn


Footnote - Dir: Joseph Cedar


Hanezu NoTsuki - Dir: Naomi Kawase


Ishimei(Hari-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) - Dir: Takashi Miike


The Kid WithThe Bike - Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne


Le Havre - Dir: Aki Kaurismäki


Melancholia - Dir: Lars vonTrier


Michael - Dir: Markus Schleinzer


Once Upon A Time in Anatolia - Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan


Pater - Dir: Alain Cavalier


Polisse - Dir: Maïwenn


The Skin That I Inhabit - Dir: Pedro Almodovar


Sleeping Beauty - Dir: Julia Leigh


La Source des Femmes (The Source) - Dir: RaduMihaileanu


This Must Be The Place - Dir: Paolo Sorrentino


The Tree of Life - Dir: Terrence Malick


We Have a Pope - Dir: Nanni Moretti


We Need to Talk About Kevin - Dir: Lynne Ramsay

UN CERTAIN REGARD (19 FILMS):


Arirang - Dir: Kim Ki-Duk


Bonsaï - Dir: Christian Jimenez


The Day He Arrives - Dir: Sang-soo Hong


Et Maintenant,On Va Où? - Dir: Nadine Labaki


L'exercice del'Etat (The Minister) - Dir: PierreSchöller


Halt auf Freier Strecke - Dir: Andreas Dresen


Hors Satan - Dir: Bruno Dumont


The Hunter - Dir: Bakur Bakuradze


Loverboy - Dir: Catalin Mitulescu


Martha Marcy May Marlene - Dir: Sean Durkin


Miss Bala - Dir: Gerardo Naranjo


Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro - Dir: Robert Guédiguian


Oslo, August 31st - Dir: Joachim Trier


Restless - Dir: Gus Van Sant


Skoonheid - Dir: Oliver Hermanus


Tatsumi - Dir: Eric Khoo


Toomelah - Dir: Ivan Sen


Trabalhar Cansa (Hard Labor) - Dir: Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra


Yellow Sea - Dir: Hong-jinNa

OUT OF COMPETITION (4FILMS):


The Artist - Dir: MichelHazanavicius


The Beaver - Dir: JodieFoster


La conquête (The Conquest) - Dir: Xavier Durringer


Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Dir: RobMarshall

SPECIAL SCREENINGS (5FILMS):


Labrador - Dir: FrederikkeAspöck


Le Maître desForges de L'enfer - Dir: Rithy Panh


Un Documentaire sur Michel Petrucciani - Dir: Michael Radford


Tous au Larzac - Dir: Christian Rouaud

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS (2 FILMS):


Dias de Gracia (Days of Grace) - Dir: Everardo Gout


Wu Xia - Dir: Peter Ho-Sun Chan