The main selections for Cannes 2016 bring together a greatest hits of directors who’vc been there before, and many who have won. Besides Woody Allen (who’s not in competition), there’s Pedro Almodovar, Cristian Mingiu, Sean Penn, the Dardenne brothers, the inevitable Ken Loach, Nicholas Winding Refn and so on. Americans also include Jim Jarmusch, another Cannes regular, who has two films– one in competition one in special midnight screenings.
Directors Fortnight selections won’t be announced until Tues April 19.
The actual schedule looks front loaded for US directors, too, since Woody is opening night, and Jodie Foster’s “Money Monster” and Shane Black’s “Nice Guys” have to unspool on the first Thursday and Friday because they open in the US right away.
The Un Certain Regard also has a high percentage of American films.
In Competition
| Opening Film | ||
| Woody ALLEN (USA) | CAFÉ SOCIETY | Out of Comp. |
| *** | ||
| Maren ADE (Germany) | TONI ERDMANN | |
| Pedro ALMODÓVAR (Spain) | JULIETA | |
| Andrea ARNOLD (United-Kingdom) | AMERICAN HONEY | |
| Olivier ASSAYAS (France) | PERSONAL SHOPPER | |
| Jean-Pierre DARDENNE, Luc DARDENNE (Belgium) | LA FILLE INCONNUE | |
| Xavier DOLAN (Canada) | JUSTE LA FIN DU MONDE
(IT’S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD) |
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| Bruno DUMONT (France) | MA LOUTE
(SLACK BAY) |
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| Nicole GARCIA (France) | MAL DE PIERRES | |
| Alain GUIRAUDIE (France) | RESTER VERTICAL | |
| Jim JARMUSCH (USA) | PATERSON | |
| Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO (Brazil) | AQUARIUS | |
| Ken LOACH (United-Kingdom) | I, DANIEL BLAKE |
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| Brillante MENDOZA (Philippines) | MA’ ROSA | |
| Cristian MUNGIU (Romania) | BACALAUREAT | |
| Jeff NICHOLS (USA) | LOVING | |
| PARK Chan-Wook (South Korea) | AGASSI (THE HANDMAIDEN) |
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| Sean PENN (USA) | THE LAST FACE | |
| Cristi PUIU (Romania) | SIERANEVADA | |
| Paul VERHOEVEN (Netherlands) | ELLE | |
| Nicolas WINDING REFN (Denmark) | THE NEON DEMON | |
Un Certain Regard
| Behnam BEHZADI (Iran) | VAROONEGI (INVERSION) |
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| BOO Junfeng (Singapore) | APPRENTICE | |
| Delphine COULIN, Muriel COULIN (France) | VOIR DU PAYS (THE STOPOVER) |
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| Stéphanie DI GIUSTO (France) | LA DANSEUSE (THE DANCER) |
1st film |
| Mohamed DIAB (Egypt) | ESHTEBAK (CLASH) |
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| Michael DUDOK DE WIT (Netherlands) | LA TORTUE ROUGE (RED TURTLE) |
1st film |
| FUKADA Kôji (Japan) | FUCHI NI TATSU (HARMONIUM) |
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| Maha HAJ (Israel) | OMOR SHAKHSIYA (PERSONAL AFFAIRS) |
1st film |
| Eran KOLIRIN (Israel) | ME’EVER LAHARIM VEHAGVAOT (BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS) |
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| KORE-EDA Hirokazu (Japan) | AFTER THE STORM | |
| Juho KUOSMANEN (Finland) | HYMYILEVÄ MIES (THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI) |
1st film |
| Francisco MÁRQUEZ, Andrea TESTA (Argentina) | LA LARGA NOCHE DE FRANCISCO SANCTIS (FRANCISCO SANCTIS’S LONG NIGHT) |
1st film |
| Bogdan MIRICA (Romania) | CAINI (DOGS) |
1st film |
| Stefano MORDINI (Italy) | PERICLE IL NERO | |
| Michael O’SHEA (USA) | THE TRANSFIGURATION | 1st film |
| Matt ROSS (USA) | CAPTAIN FANTASTIC | |
| Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV (Russia) | UCHENIK (THE STUDENT) |
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Out of Competition
| Shane BLACK (USA) | THE NICE GUYS | |
| Jodie FOSTER (USA) | MONEY MONSTER | |
| NA Hong-Jin (South Korea) | GOKSUNG | |
| Steven SPIELBERG (USA) | DISNEY’S THE BFG | |
Midnight Screenings
| Jim JARMUSCH (USA) | GIMME DANGER | |
| YEON Sang-Ho (South Korea) | BU-SAN-HAENG (TRAIN TO BUSAN) |
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Special Screenings
| Thanos ANASTOPOULOS (Greece) Davide DEL DEGAN (Italy) |
L’ULTIMA SPIAGGIA (THE LAST RESORT) |
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| Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN (Chad) | HISSEIN HABRÉ, UNE TRAGÉDIE TCHADIENNE (HISSEIN HABRÉ, A CHADIAN TRAGEDY) |
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| Rithy PANH (Cambodia) | EXIL | |
| Albert SERRA (Spain) | LA MORT DE LOUIS XIV (LAST DAYS OF LOUIS XIV) |
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| Paul VECCHIALI (France) | LE CANCRE |
