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The suspense is over. The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival have announced the official selection of films for this year. Besides the shock of the opening film, UP, an animated film most of the selected films were widely anticipated to be part of the festival. See more on the structure of the Cannes Film Festival and how to get tickets to the Cannes Film Festival.

Here are this year’s films:

THE COMPÉTITION :

Opening Film :  Peter DOCTER – UP – Out of Comp.- 1h44

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Pedro ALMODÓVAR – LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces) – 2h09
Andrea ARNOLD – FISH TANK - 2h02
Jacques AUDIARD – UN PROPHÈTE – 2h35
Marco BELLOCCHIO – VINCERE – 2h08
Jane CAMPION  -  BRIGHT STAR - 2h00
Isabel COIXET – MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO -1h44
Xavier GIANNOLI – A L’ORIGINE – 2h30
Michael HANEKE  – DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) – 2h24
Ang LEE – TAKING WOODSTOCK -1h50
Ken LOACH – LOOKING FOR ERIC – 1h59
LOU Ye – CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) – 1h55
Brillante MENDOZA – KINATAY - 1h45
Gaspar NOE – ENTER THE VOID – 2h30
PARK Chan-Wook  -  BAK-JWI – (Thirst) – 2h13
Alain RESNAIS – LES HERBES FOLLES - 1h36
Elia SULEIMAN – THE TIME THAT REMAINS – 1h45
Quentin TARANTINO – INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS - 2h40
Johnnie TO – VENGEANCE – 1h48
TSAI Ming-liang – VISAGE (face)- 2h18
Lars VON TRIER – ANTICHRIST – 1h44

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Closing Film : Jan KOUNEN – COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY – Out of Comp. – 2h00

UN CERTAIN REGARD

BONG Joon Ho – MOTHER – 2h10

Alain CAVALIER – IRENE -1h23

Lee DANIELS – PRECIOUS – 1h49

Denis DERCOURT – DEMAIN DES L’AUBE – 1h36

Heitor DHALIA – À DERIVA (Adrift)- 1h43

Bahman GHOBADI - KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats)- 1h06

Ciro GUERRA – LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO (Les Voyages Du Vent) – 1h57

Mia HANSEN-LOVE – LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS – 2h00

Hanno HÖFER, Razvan MARCULESCU, Cristian MUNGIU, Constantin POPESCU, Ioana URICARU:
AMINTIRI DIN EPOCA DE AUR (Tales from The Golden Age) – 2h18

Nikolay KHOMERIKI – SKAZKA PRO TEMNOTU (Tale In The Darkness)- 1h12

HIrokazu KORE-EDA -  KUKI NINGYO (Air Doll)- 2h05

Yorgos LANTHIMOS – KYNODONTAS (Dogtooth) – 1h34

Pavel LOUNGUINE – TZAR (Le Tsar) – 1h56

Raya MARTIN – INDEPENDENCIA – (Independence) – 1h17

Corneliu PORUMBOIU – POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Policier, Adjectif) – 1h55

Pen-Ek RATANARUANG – NANG MAI (Nymph)- 1h49

João Pedro RODRIGUES – MORRER COMO UM HOMEM (Mourir Comme Un Homme) – 2h13

Haim TABAKMAN – EYES WIDE OPEN – 1er film -1h31

Warwick THORNTON – SAMSON AND DELILAH – 1er film – 1h41

Jean VAN DE VELDE – THE SILENT ARMY – 1h32

OUT OF COMPETITION:

Alejandro AMENABAR – AGORA – 2h08

Terry GILLIAM – THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS – (L’imaginarium du Docteur Parnassus) – 2h02

Robert GUÉDIGUIAN – L’ARMÉE DU CRIME – 2h05

MIDNIGHT SREENINGS :

Stéphane AUBIER, Vincent PATAR – A TOWN CALLED PANIC (Panique au village) -1er film – 1h15

Sam RAIMI – DRAG ME TO HELL (Jusqu’en enfer) – 1h39

Marina de VAN – NE TE RETOURNE PAS – 1h50

SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

Anne AGHION – MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER (Mon voisin, mon tueur) – 1h20

Adolfo ALIX, JR., Raya MARTIN – MANILA -1h30

Souleymane CISSE – MIN YE - 2h15

Michel GONDRY- L’EPINE DANS LE COEUR – 1h22

Zhao LIANG – PETITION (La Cour des plaignants) – 2h00

Keren YEDAYA - JAFFA - 1h50