Cannes Film Festival

[caption id="attachment_22455" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] (Lerd) A Man Of Integrity[/caption] A Man Of Integrity (LERD) by Mohammad Rasoul of Iran, is the winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Un Certain Regard 2017 presented in competition 18 films hailing from 22 different countries. 6 of the works were first films. The Opening film was Barbara by Mathieu Amalric. Under the presidency of Uma Thurman (actress – United States), the Jury was comprised of Mohamed Diab (director – Egypt), Reda Kateb (actor – France), Joachim Lafosse (director – Belgium) and Karel Och (artistic director of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival – Czech Republic). The Jury commented “We feel enormous gratitude to have had the honor of serving on the Jury for this historic 70th anniversary of the Festival de Cannes. We are proud to present an esthetically diverse and beautiful awards list for Un Certain Regard.“ “UN CERTAIN REGARD” PRIZE LERD (A MAN OF INTEGRITY) by Mohammad Rasoulof Reza (35), having distanced himself from the ur- ban quagmire, leads a simple life along with his wife and sole son, somewhere in a remote village in Northern Iran. He spends his days working in his gold fish farm. Nearby, a private company with close links to the government and local authori- ties, has taken control of nearly every aspect of the regional life. Its shareholders, accumulating wealth, power and economic rents, have been pushing local farmers and small owners to dilap- idate their belongings, farms and estates, to the benefit of the Company’s influential net- work and its monopoly. It is under their pressure that many villagers have them- selves become local rings of the larger network of corruption. PRIZE FOR BEST ACTRESS JASMINE TRINCA for FORTUNATA by Sergio Castellitto Fortunata has a difficult life, a daughter of eight and a failed marriage behind her. She works as a hairdresser in people’s houses, leaving from the outskirts to cross the city, going to the homes of the well-off to do women’s hair. Fortunata fights every day with determination to achieve her dream: opening her own salon and challenging fate, in an attempt at emancipating herself and gaining her independence and the right to some happiness. She knows that to achieve her dreams she has to be firm: she has thought of everything, she is ready for anything, but she had not considered the variable of love, the one subversive force capable of sweeping aside every certainty. Also because, perhaps for the first time, someone looks at her as the woman she is and truly loves her. PRIZE FOR THE BEST POETIC NARRATIVE BARBARA de Mathieu Amalric An actress, Brigitte, is playing Barbara in a film that soon begins shooting. Brigitte works on her character, her voice, the songs and scores, the imitation of her gestures, her knitting, the lines to learn. Things move along. The character grows inside her. Invades her, even… Yves, the director, is also working – via encounters, archival footage, the music. He seems inhabited and inspired by her… But by whom? The actress or Barbara? PRIZE FOR BEST DIRECTION Taylor Sheridan for WIND RIVER WIND RIVER is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving the mysterious death. Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, WIND RIVER also stars Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Kelsey Asbille, and James Jordan. JURY PRIZE LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL (APRIL’S DAUGHTER) by Michel Franco Valeria is 17 and pregnant. She lives in Puerto Vallarta with Clara, her half-sister. Valeria has not wanted her long-absent mother, April, to find out about her pregnancy, but due to the economic strain and the overwhelming responsibility of having a baby in the house, Clara decides to call their mother. April arrives, willing to help her daughters, but soon it will be clear why Valeria had kept her away.

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Paul Is Here directed by Valentina Maurel of INSAS, Belgium is the First Prize winner of the 2017 Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury headed by Cristian Mungiu and including Clotilde Hesme, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Barry Jenkins and Eric Khoo, awarded the 2017 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 16 student films, chosen out of 2,600 entries coming from 626 film schools around the world. First Prize Paul Is Here (PAUL EST LÀ) directed by Valentina Maurel INSAS, Belgium Second Prize Animal (HEYVAN) directed by Bahram & Bahman Ark Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran Third Prize Two Youths Died (DEUX ÉGARÉS SONT MORTS) directed by Tommaso Usberti La Fémis, France The Cinéfondation allocates a €15,000 grant for the First Prize, €11,250 for the Second and €7,500 for the Third. The winner of the First Prize is also guaranteed the presentation of his/her first feature film at the Festival de Cannes.

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[caption id="attachment_22167" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) by Henri-Georges Clouzot[/caption] Almost fifteen years after the Cannes Film Festival created Cannes Classics program, the lineup for this year’s Cannes Classics 2017 will be dedicated for its most part to the history of the Festival. Cannes Classics showcases vintage films and masterpieces of the history of cinema in restored prints. The program of the 2017 edition of Cannes Classics consists of twenty-four screenings, one short film and five documentaries. The films are screened as wanted by the right-holders, in DCP 2K or DCP 4K, and L’Atalante by Jean Vigo that Gaumont wished to screen in 35mm. The films selected for this 2017 edition will focus mostly on the history of Cannes. They come from nations that have allowed the Cannes Film Festival to become a land of cinematographic discoveries: Hungary, Lebanon, Serbia, United Kingdom, Italy, United States, Israel, Mauritania, Niger, Poland, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, Belgium and Australia.

A brief history of the Cannes Film Festival

From 1946 to 1992, from René Clément to Victor Erice, sixteen history-making films of the Festival de Cannes 1946: La Bataille du Rail (Battle of the Rails) by René Clément (1h25, France): Grand Prix International de la mise en scène and Prix du Jury International. Presented by Ina. Film digitized and restored by Ina with the support of the CNC. 2K restoration made from an acetate interpositive and an answer print. Technical means: Jean-Pierre Peltier. Coordination: Bénilde Da Ponte, Brice Amouroux. 1953: Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) by Henri-Georges Clouzot (1952, 2h33, France, Italy): Grand Prix. Presented by TF1 Studio in collaboration with la Cinémathèque française and the support of the CNC, of the Archives audiovisuelles de Monaco, of Kodak and the CGR cinémas. 4K Restoration from nitrate image negative and a sound duplicate made by Hiventy. Please note that this presentation is the preview of a major Clouzot event scheduled in France in the fall of 2017. 1956: Körhinta (Merry-Go-Round/Un Petit carrousel de fête) by Zoltán Fábri (1955, 1h30, Hungary): in Competition. Presented by the Hungarian National Film Fund – Hungarian National Film Archive. A 4K Scan and Digital Restoration from the original 35mm image & sound negatives plus additional materials: the original dupe positive and another film positive. Restoration made by the Hungarian National Film Fund – Hungarian Filmlab. 1957: Ila Ayn? (Vers l’inconnu ?) by Georges Nasser (1h30, Lebanon): in Competition. Presented by Abbout Productions and Fondation Liban Cinema. With the generous support of Bankmed – Lebanon. The original 35mm Fine Grain Master Positive was scanned in 4k, retouched and color-corrected in a resolution of 2K. All works were carried out by Neyrac Films – France. Sound restoration by db Studios – Lebanon. In collaboration with The Talkies. World Sales: Nadi Lekol Nas. 1967: Skupljači Perja (I Even Met Happy Gypsies/J’ai même rencontré des Tziganes heureux) by Aleksandar Petrović (1h22, Serbia): in Competition, Grand Prix Spécial du Jury ex-æquo, Prix de la Critique Internationale – FIPRESCI ex-aequo Presented by Jugoslovenska Kinoteka/The Yugoslav Film Archive and Malavida. New 35mm print from the original negative in perfect shape then scanned in 2K and cleaned up. 1967: Blow-up by Michelangelo Antonioni (1966, 1h51, United Kingdom, Italy, United States of America): Grand Prix International du Festival. Presented by Criterion, Cineteca di Bologna and Istituto Luce – Cinecittà, in collaboration with Warner Bros and Park Circus. Restoration work carried out at Criterion, New York and L’Immagine Ritrovata, Bologna under the supervision of Director of Photography Luca Bigazzi. 1969: Matzor (Siege/Siège) by Gilberto Tofano (1h29, Israel): in Competition. A presentation of the Jerusalem Cinematheque – Israel Film Archive, in partnership with United King Films and the support of the Rabinovich Foundation. The original 35mm black and white negatives were scanned in 4K by Cinelab Romania. It was digitally restored and finalized in 2K by Opus Digital Lab in Tel Aviv. Restoration and color grading lead by Ido Karilla, supervised by DOP David Gurfinkel. 1970: Soleil O (Oh, Sun) by Med Hondo (1h38, Mauritania-France): Semaine de la critique. Presented by The Film Foundation. Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in collaboration with Med Hondo. Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. 1976: Babatu, les trois conseils by Jean Rouch (1h33, Nigeria-France): in Competition. Pressented by the CNC, Inoussa Ousseini, the Comité du film ethnographique and the Fondation Jean Rouch. Digital restoration made from the 2K digitization of the 16mm negatives. Restoration carried out by L21. 1976: Ai no korîda (In the Realm of the Senses/L’Empire des sens) de Nagisa Oshima (1h43, France-Japan): Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Presented by Argos Films and TAMASA. Digization and 4K resoration from the original negative by Eclair. Sound restoration from the original magnetic sound by L.E. Diapason. The film will be released in French theaters. 1980: All that Jazz (Que le spectacle commence) by Bob Fosse (1979, 2h03, United States of America): Palme d’or ex-æquo. Presented by Park Circus. 4K restoration by Twentieth Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive in collaboration with The Film Foundation. The restoration was produced from the original camera negative at Sony Colorworks in Culver City California. 1981: Człowiek z żelaza (Man of Iron/L’Homme de fer) by Andrzej Wajda (2h33, Poland): Palme d’or. A presentation of the ZEBRA Film Studio (Studio Filmowe ZEBRA) with the collaboration of the Polish Film Institute. 2K film restoration from original colour 35 mm negative. Restored sound from original magnetic tape. Restoration lead by Daniel Pietrzyk, colour grading lead by Aleksandra Kraus, at Yakumama Film, Warsaw. Sound restoration lead by Tomasz Dukszta. Artistic supervision by: Andrzej Wajda (director), Jerzy Łukaszewicz (DOP), Piotr Zawadzki (sound). 1982: Yol – The Full Version (The Way/La Permission) by Yilmaz Güney, directed by Serif Gören (1h53, Switzerland): Palme d’or ex-æquo, Prix de la Critique Internationale – FIPRESCI Presented by DFK FILMS LTD. Zürich. Restoration from the original 35mm negative, from the interpositive and the positive print. Restoration and new sound mix from the original digitized tapes. International Sales: The Match Factory. 1983: Narayama Bushikō (Ballad of Narayama/La Ballade de Narayama) by Shôhei Imamura (2h13, Japan): Palme d’or. Presented by Toei. 4K Scan, image restoration ARRISCAN and sound Golden Eye in 2K from the 35mm original negative, a duplicate and video tapes. 1992: El sol del membrillo (Le Songe de la lumière) by Victor Erice (2h20, Spain): Prix du Jury ex-æquo, Prix de la Critique Internationale – FIPRESCI Presented by the Filmoteca de Catalunya and Camm Cinco SL. 6K scan, restoration and color-grading from the 35mm negatives and other original video tapes. Digitazing and sound restoration from 35mm magnetic tapes. Technical support made by the Filmoteca de Catalunya, supervised by Victor Erice. Variations on the initial editing brought by the director. 1951-1999: A short history of short films presented by the Festival de Cannes. A program curated by Christian Jeune and Jacques Kermabon. Spiegel van Holland (Miroirs de Hollande) by Bert Haanstra (1951, 10mn, The Netherlands) / La Seine a rencontré Paris by Joris Ivens (1958, 32mn, France) / Pas de deux by Norman McLaren (1968, 13mn, Canada) / Harpya by Raoul Servais (1979, 9mn, Belgium) / Peel by Jane Campion (1986, 9mn, Australia) / L’Interview by Xavier Giannoli (1998, 15mn, France) / When the Day Breaks by Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby (1999, 10mn, Canada)

Other events, other restored prints, other guests

Madame de… by Max Ophüls (1953, 1h45, France) A Gaumont restoration. A show to pay a tribute to Danielle Darrieux for her birthday and presented by Dominique Besnehard, Pierre Murat and Henri-Jean Servat who will screen the latest filmed interview of Danielle Darrieux. L’Atalante by Jean Vigo (1934, 1h28, France), restored 35mm print Presented by Gaumont, la Cinémathèque française and The Film Foundation of Martin Scorsese. First digital restoration in 4k and conversion to a 35mm print. A new discovery of the closest version of the director’s work thanks to Gaumont, Luce Vigo and historian Bernard Eisenschitz. Restoration carried out at L’Image Retrouvée laboratory in Bologna and Paris. Native Son (Sang noir) by Pierre Chenal (1951, 1h47, Argentina) A presentation by Argentina Sono Film. Restoration with the collaboration of the Library of Congress. Paparazzi by Jacques Rozier (1963, 18mn, France) Presented by Jacques Rozier and la Cinémathèque française. 4K Digitization and 2K restoration works made from image and sound negatives at Hiventy laboratory, with the support of the CNC and in collaboration with Les Archives Audiovisuelles de Monaco, la Cinémathèque Suisse and Extérieur nuit. The film will be introduced by Jacques Rozier. Belle de jour (Beauty of the Day) by Luis Buñuel (1967, 1h40, France) Presented by STUDIOCANAL. Digitization from the original negative and 4K restoration carried out by Hiventy laboratory for STUDIOCANAL with the support of the CNC, of la Cinémathèque française, of the Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain and the Maison YVES SAINT LAURENT. French theater distribution: Carlotta. A River Runs Through it (Et au milieu coule une rivière) by Robert Redford (1992, 2h04, United States of America) Presented by Pathé. 4K Scan and 4K restoration from original image and sound 35mm negatives. Restoration carried out by Pathé at Technicolor France laboratory for the image in collaboration with Philippe Rousselot, cinematographer of the film, and L.E. Diapason for the sound restoration. Lucía by Humberto Solas (1968, 2h40, Cuba) A presentation of the Film Foundation. Restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC). Restoration funded by Turner Classic Movies and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project.

Documentaries about Cinema

The history of cinema by cinema itself, a presentation of five documentaries La belge histoire du festival de Cannes (The Belgian’s Road to Cannes) by Henri de Gerlache (2017, 1h02, Belgium) Presented by Alizé Production. Produced by Alizé Production, co-produced by RTBF (Belgian television) & Proximus. A joyful road movie to discover the Belgian cinema which has been at Cannes for 70 years. The filmmakers of yesterday are talking with those of today to paint a picture of a free and heterogeneous cinema. A “Belgian story” of the biggest festival in the world. David Stratton – A Cinematic Life by Sally Aitken (2017, 1h37, Australia) Presented by Stranger Than Fiction Films. Produced by Stranger Than Fiction Films, with Screen Australia, ABC TV Arts, Screen NSW and Adelaide Film Festival. An love adventure of film critic David Stratton with his adopted country, Australia, which led him to understand himself. It is also the glorious history of Australian cinema and its creators told by this Cannes-regular film-lover interested in the world. Filmworker by Tony Zierra (2017, 1h29, United States of America) Presented and produced by True Studio Cinema. Young actor Leon Vitali abandoned his prosperous career after Barry Lyndon to become the faithful right hand of director Stanley Kubrick. For more than two decades, Leon has played a crucial role behind the scenes by helping Kubrick. A complex and interdependent relationship between Leon and Kubrick based on devotion, sacrifice and the harsh and joyful reality of creative process. Becoming Cary Grant (Cary Grant – de l’autre côté du miroir) by Mark Kidel (2017, 1h25, France) Presented by ARTE France and Showtime Documentary Films. Produced by YUZU Productions, coproduced by ARTE France, in association with ro*co films productions. Cary Grant is one of the biggest Hollywood actors. In his fifties, he started a cure of LSD to free himself from his demons. For the first time, with his words, he retraces his journey. The story of a man in search of himself and the love he did not find in his life. The words of Cary Grant are interpreted by Jonathan Pryce. Jean Douchet, l’enfant agité by Fabien Hagège, Guillaume Namur, Vincent Haasser (2017, 1h30, France) Presented and produced by Carlotta and Kidam. Three young cinephiles follow Jean Douchet, question his friends and former students. This documentary reveals the man and his critical philosophy, a part of the history of the Cahiers du Cinéma and this Art of loving to which he has devoted his existence.

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Actress Uma Thurman will preside over the Un Certain Regard Jury at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.  The second competition of the Official Selection, the Un Certain Regard program showcases works which offer a unique perspective and aesthetic. A member of the Jury headed by Robert De Niro in 2011, Uma Thurman will continue this year the experience of watching films from all around the world as President of the Un Certain Regard Jury. In a career spanning more than 20 years, the American actress has made some daring choices and enjoyed taking risks. She made her debut aged 17, in Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons and in Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. She became Quentin Tarantino’s muse, playing in Pulp Fiction (Palme d’or winner, 1994) and in Kill Bill (volumes 1 & 2), both presented at the Festival de Cannes. Since then, Uma Thurman has worked with many directors, including Andrew Niccol (Gattaca); Woody Allen (Sweet and Lowdown); Roland Joffé (Vatel) and Ethan Hawke (Chelsea Walls). She recently joined the cast of Lars von Trier’s new project, The House that Jack Built, alongside Matt Dillon and Bruno Ganz. Her filmography encompasses everything from action films to science fiction; intimate dramas to light comedies. This wide variety is a testament to her free and independent spirit, nurtured by her childhood in a hippy family. Whether playing crazy, sexy or dominant, the woman whose namesake is the Hindu goddess of beauty and light has definitely entered the pantheon of movie greats, with several of her scenes attaining cult status.

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The Cannes Film Festival announced the 2017 Official Selection of short films In Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection.  The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury, presided by Cristian Mungiu, will then decide on the best films both from the Short Films Competition and the Cinéfondation. The 2017 Short Films Competition comprises 9 films (8 works of fictions and 1 animation), from Finland, France, United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece, Iran, USA, Poland, China, Colombia and Sweden. These films are all in the running for the 2017 Short Film Palme d’or, to be awarded by Cristian Mungiu, President of the Jury, at the official award ceremony of the 70th Festival de Cannes on 28th May. To mark its 20th year, the Cinéfondation Selection has chosen 16 films (14 works of fiction and 2 animations), from among the 2,600 works submitted this year by film schools from all over the world. Fourteen countries from three continents are represented. Four of the films selected come from schools taking part for the first time. The three Cinéfondation prizes will be awarded at a ceremony preceding the screening of the prize-winning films on Friday 26th May in the Buñuel Theatre.

THE SHORT FILMS COMPETITION 2017

  Teppo Airaksinen – KATTO (Ceiling) Finland Lucrèce Andreae – PÉPÉ LE MORSE – animation (Grandpa Walrus) France Mahdi Fleifel – A DROWNING MAN United Kingdom, Denmark, Grece Alireza Ghasemi – LUNCH TIME Iran Fiona Godivier – ACROSS MY LAND USA Grzegorz Molda – KONIEC WIDZENIA (Time to go) Poland Qiu Yang – XIAO CHENG ER YUE (A Gentle Night) China Andrés Ramirez Pulido – DAMIANA Colombia Julia Thelin – PUSH IT Sweden

THE CINÉFONDATION SELECTION 2017

  Yuval Aharoni – BEN MAMSHICH (Heritage) – Steve Tisch School of Film & Television, Tel Aviv University, Israel Bahman Ark, Bahram Ark – HEYVAN (Animal) – Iranian National School of Cinema, Iran Michal Blasko – ATLANTÍDA, 2003 (Atlantis, 2003) – FTF VŠMU, Slovakia Stijn Bouma – LEJLA – Sarajevo Film Academy, Bosnia-Herzegovina Eduardo Brandao Pinto – VAZIO DO LADO DE FORA (Empty on the Outside) – Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil Aya Igashi – TOKERU – Toho Gakuen Film Techniques Training College, Japan Payal Kapadia – AFTERNOON CLOUDS – Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), India Léa Krawczyk – À PERDRE HALEINE – La Poudrière, France Marian Mathias – GIVE UP THE GHOST – NYU Tisch School of the Arts, USA Valentina Maurel – PAUL EST LÀ (Paul is Here) – INSAS, Belgium Imge Özbilge – CAMOUFLAGE – KASK, Belgium Roberto Porta – PEQUEÑO MANIFIESTO EN CONTRA DEL CINE SOLEMNE (Little Manifesto Against Solemn Cinema) – Universidad del Cine (FUC), Argentina Rory Stewart – WILD HORSES – NFTS, UK Áron Szenpeteri – LÁTHATATLANUL (Invisibly) – Színház-és Filmművészeti Egyetem, Hungaria Tommaso Usberti – DEUX ÉGARÉS SONT MORTS – La Fémis, France WANG Yi-Ling – YIN SHIAN BIEN JIAN GON LU (Towards the Sun) – National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan

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The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Selection of the 70th edition during the Press Conference held earlier this morning by Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux in Paris. The festival will take place May 17 to 28, 2017.

Official Selection COMPETITION

Opening film: Arnaud Desplechin – LES FANTÔMES D’ISMAËL Out of Competition Fatih Akin – AUS DEM NICHTS (IN THE FADE) Noah Baumbach – THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) Bong Joon-Ho – OKJA Robin Campillo – 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE Sofia Coppola – THE BEGUILED Jacques Doillon – RODIN Michael Haneke – HAPPY END Todd Haynes – WONDERSTRUCK Michel Hazanavicius – LE REDOUTABLE Hong Sangsoo GEU-HU (THE DAY AFTER) Naomi Kawase – HIKARI (RADIANCE) Yorgos Lanthimos – THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Sergei Loznitsa – A GENTLE CREATURE Kornél Mundruczo – JUPITER’S MOON François Ozon – L’AMANT DOUBLE Lynne Ramsay – YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie – GOOD TIME Andrey Zvyagintsev – NELYUBOV (LOVELESS)

Official Selection UN CERTAIN REGARD

Opening film: Mathieu Amalric – BARBARA Cecilia Atan, Valeria Pivato – LA NOVIA DEL DESIERTO (THE DESERT BRIDE) 1st film Kantemir Balagov – TESNOTA (CLOSENESS) 1st film Kaouther Ben Hania – AALA KAF IFRIT (BEAUTY AND THE DOGS) Laurent Cantet – L’ATELIER Sergio Castellitto – FORTUNATA (LUCKY) Michel Franco – LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL (APRIL’S DAUGHTER) Valeska Grisebach – WESTERN Stephan Komandarev – POSOKI (DIRECTIONS) Gyorgy Kristof – OUT 1st film Kurosawa Kiyoshi – SANPO SURU SHINRYAKUSHA (BEFORE WE VANISH) Karim Moussaoui – EN ATTENDANT LES HIRONDELLES (UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN) 1st film Mohammad Rasoulof – LERD (DREGS) Léonor Serraille JEUNE FEMME 1st film Taylor Sheridan – WIND RIVER 1st film Annarita Zambrano – APRÈS LA GUERRE (AFTER THE WAR) 1st film

Official Selection OUT OF COMPETITION

Miike Takashi – MUGEN NO JŪNIN (BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL) John Cameron Mitchell – HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES 1h42 Agnès Varda Jr. – VISAGES, VILLAGES

Official Selection MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire – A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN Byun Sung-Hyun – BULHANDANG (THE MERCILESS) Jung Byung-Gil – AK-NYEO (THE VILLAINESS)

Official Selection SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk – AN INCONVENIENT SEQUE Raymond Depardon – 12 JOURS (12 DAYS) Anahita Ghazvinizadeh – THEY 1st film Hong Sangsoo – KEUL-LE-EO-UI KA-ME-LA (CLAIR’S CAMERA) Eugene Jarecki – PROMISED LAND Claude Lanzmann – NAPALM Jude Ratman – DEMONS IN PARADISE 1st film Vanessa Redgrave – SEA SORROW

Official Selection VIRTUAL REALITY (Film / Installation / Exhibition)

Alejandro G. Inarritu – CARNE Y ARENA

Official Selection 70TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS

Jane Campion, Ariel Kleiman – TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL Abbas Kiarostami – 24 FRAMES David Lynch – TWIN PEAKS Kristen Stewart – COME SWIM

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