{"id":29,"date":"2009-04-23T15:47:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T15:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2009-05-06T13:09:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T13:09:26","slug":"cannes-film-festival-selection-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchrivieratraveller.com\/blog\/cannes-film-festival-selection-announced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Film Festival Selection Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div class=\"masterpage-1\">\n<div class=\"top\">\n<div class=\"content content-large\">\n<div class=\"last\">\n<p>The suspense is over. The organizers of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchrivieratraveller.com\/Cannes\/FilmFestival.html\">Cannes Film Festival <\/a>have announced the official selection of films for this year. Besides the shock of the opening film, <em>UP<\/em>, an animated film most of the selected films were widely anticipated to be part of the festival. See more on the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchrivieratraveller.com\/Cannes\/FilmFestival.html\"> structure of the Cannes Film Festival and how to get tickets to the Cannes Film Festival.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are this year&#8217;s films:<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE COMP\u00c9TITION :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Opening Film<\/span> :\u00a0 Peter DOCTER  &#8211; <strong>UP<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Out of Comp.<\/em>&#8211; 1h44<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nPedro  ALMOD\u00d3VAR &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.losabrazosrotos.com\/\">LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS<\/a> <\/strong>(<em>Broken Embraces<\/em>) &#8211;  2h09<br \/>\nAndrea ARNOLD &#8211; <strong>FISH TANK <\/strong>&#8211; 2h02<br \/>\nJacques AUDIARD &#8211; <strong>UN PROPH\u00c8TE<\/strong> &#8211; 2h35<br \/>\nMarco BELLOCCHIO &#8211; <strong>VINCERE<\/strong> &#8211; 2h08<br \/>\nJane CAMPION\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarthemovie.com\"><strong>BRIGHT STAR<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; 2h00<br \/>\nIsabel COIXET &#8211; <strong>MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO<\/strong> -1h44<br \/>\nXavier GIANNOLI &#8211; <strong>A L\u2019ORIGINE<\/strong> &#8211; 2h30<br \/>\nMichael HANEKE\u00a0 &#8211; <strong>DAS WEISSE BAND<\/strong> (<em>The White  Ribbon<\/em>) &#8211; 2h24<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.takingwoodstockthemovie.com\/\">Ang LEE &#8211; <strong>TAKING WOODSTOCK<\/strong> <\/a>-1h50<br \/>\nKen LOACH &#8211; <strong>LOOKING FOR ERIC<\/strong> &#8211; 1h59<br \/>\nLOU Ye &#8211; <strong>CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN<\/strong> (<em>Spring  Fever<\/em>) &#8211; 1h55<br \/>\nBrillante MENDOZA &#8211; <strong>KINATAY <\/strong>&#8211; 1h45<br \/>\nGaspar NOE &#8211; <strong>ENTER THE VOID<\/strong> &#8211; 2h30<br \/>\nPARK Chan-Wook\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0<strong> BAK-JWI<\/strong> &#8211; (Thirst) &#8211; 2h13<br \/>\nAlain RESNAIS &#8211; <strong>LES HERBES FOLLES <\/strong>&#8211; 1h36<br \/>\nElia SULEIMAN &#8211; <strong>THE TIME THAT REMAINS<\/strong> &#8211; 1h45<br \/>\nQuentin TARANTINO &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inglouriousbasterds-movie.com\/#\/trailer-us\">INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; 2h40<br \/>\nJohnnie TO &#8211; <strong>VENGEANCE<\/strong> &#8211; 1h48<br \/>\nTSAI Ming-liang &#8211; <strong>VISAGE <\/strong>(<em>face<\/em>)- 2h18<br \/>\nLars VON TRIER &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.antichristthemovie.com\/?language=en\"><strong>ANTICHRIST<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; 1h44<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Closing Film<\/span> : Jan KOUNEN &#8211; <strong>COCO CHANEL &amp; IGOR  STRAVINSKY<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Out of Comp.<\/em> &#8211; 2h00<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>UN CERTAIN REGARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BONG  Joon Ho &#8211; <strong>MOTHER<\/strong> &#8211; 2h10<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Alain CAVALIER &#8211; <strong>IRENE<\/strong> -1h23<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Lee DANIELS &#8211; <strong>PRECIOUS<\/strong> &#8211;  1h49<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Denis DERCOURT &#8211; <strong>DEMAIN DES  L&#8217;AUBE<\/strong> &#8211; 1h36<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Heitor DHALIA &#8211; 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<strong>KYNODONTAS<\/strong> (<em>Dogtooth<\/em>) &#8211; 1h34<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pavel LOUNGUINE &#8211; <strong>TZAR<\/strong> (<em>Le  Tsar<\/em>) &#8211; 1h56<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Raya MARTIN &#8211; <strong>INDEPENDENCIA<\/strong> &#8211;  (<em>Independence<\/em>) &#8211; 1h17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Corneliu PORUMBOIU &#8211; <strong>POLITIST,  ADJECTIV<\/strong> (<em>Policier, Adjectif<\/em>) &#8211; 1h55<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pen-Ek RATANARUANG &#8211; <strong>NANG MAI<\/strong> (<em>Nymph<\/em>)- 1h49<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jo\u00e3o Pedro RODRIGUES &#8211; <strong>MORRER COMO UM  HOMEM <\/strong>(<em>Mourir Comme Un Homme<\/em>) &#8211; 2h13<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Haim TABAKMAN &#8211; <strong>EYES WIDE OPEN<\/strong> &#8211; <em>1er film<\/em> -1h31<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Warwick THORNTON &#8211; <strong>SAMSON AND  DELILAH<\/strong> &#8211; <em>1er film<\/em> &#8211; 1h41<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jean VAN DE VELDE &#8211; 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