The official lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was officially announced in Paris earlier today. Here's the line-up in full...
COMPETITION The Great Gatsby, dir: Baz Luhrmann (opening film) Only God Forgives, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn Borgman, dir: Alex Van Warmerdam The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), dir: Paolo Sorrentino Behind the Candelabra, dir: Steven Soderbergh Venus in Fur (La Venua a la Fourrure), dir: Roman Polanski Nebraska, dir: Alexander Payne Just 17 (Jeune & Jolie), dir: Francois Ozon Straw Shield (Wara No Tate), dir: Takashi Miike La Vie DAdele by Abdellatif KECHICHE Soshite Chichi Ni Naru by KORE-EDA Hirokazu Tian Zhu Ding by JIA Zhangke Grisgris by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN The Immigrant by James GRAY Le Passe by Asghar FARHADI Heli by Amat ESCALANTE Jimmy P. by Arnaud DESPLECHIN Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud DESPALLIERES Inside Llewyn Davis by Ethan COEN, Joel COEN Un Chateau En Italie by Valeria BRUNI-TEDESCHI Zulu, dir: Jérome Salle (
closing film)
UN CERTAIN REGARD The Bling Ring, dir: Sofia Coppola (opening film) Grand Central by Rebecca Zlotowski Sarah Prefere La Course by Chloé ROBICHAUD Anonymous by Mohammad RASOULOF La Jaula De Oro by Diego QUEMADA-DIEZ LImage Manquante by Rithy PANH Bends by Flora LAU LInconnu Du Lacby Alain GUIRAUDIE Mielle by Valeria GOLINO Aa I Lay Dying by James FRANCO Norte, Hangganang Kasaysayan by Lav DIAZ Les Salauds by Claire DENIS Fruitvale Station by Ryan COOGLER Death March by Adolfo ALIX JR. Omar by Hany ABU-ASSAD
OUT OF COMPETITION Blodd Ties by Guillaume CANET All Is Lost by J.C CHANDOR
SPECIAL SCREENINGS Otdat Konci by Taisia IGUMENTSEVA Seduced And Abandoned by James TOBACK Weekend Of A Champion by Roman POLANSKI Stop The Pounding Heart by Roberto MINERVINI Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight by Stephen FREARS Blind Detective by Johnnie TO Monsoon Shootout by Amit KUMAR
HOMAGE TO JERRY LEWIS Max Rose, dir Daniel NOAH Coming after months of speculation, the lineup was at last officially unveiled by the festival's artistic director Thierry Fremauand, and as expected will open with Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, twelve years after the Australian's Moulin Rouge! opened the 2001 festival. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Great Gatsby is set on the US East Coast in the 1920s, and sees DiCaprio attempt to win the affections of Daisy, his childhood sweetheart. Around 1,700 films were submitted to the prestigious 11-day event, and that was later whittled down to around 50. Half of the entries are in the race for the coveted Golden Palm and the other half will compete in a section called Un Certain Regard, which highlights new talent. One of the most famous festivals in the world, Cannes was first held after the Second World War, in 1946. The festival is famed for launching numerous film-makers into the international spotlight, such as Reservoir Dogs director Quentin Tarantino. Steven Spielberg will head the festival jury, and Amelie star Audrey Tautou will host the opening and closing ceremonies. Jerome Salle's film Zulu, starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, will bring proceedings to a close on May 26.