10 Most Anticipated Films At Cannes 2016

2. The BFG

Playing: Out Of Competition

What Is It: Steven Spielberg meets Roald Dahl, brought to you by Disney? Yes please. After Lincoln's plight and spying on bridges, the master is returning to the big budget spectacle game, bringing along Mark Rylance and an ecclectic cast (Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader and Jemaine Clement).

Why It Should Be Great: There's always one big blockbuster that plays at Cannes and most of the time you can expect them to bring more than just Hollywood glitz to the Croisette - last year's was Mad Max: Fury Road, a real treat - but there's more to The BFG than just trust in the organisers.

It's the one of Dahl's stories that most feels like it belongs on the big screen, and from what we've seen so far Spielberg's really captured that unique design and sense of scale - just look at Mark Rylance as as the titular character. Add that the director's on a real roll at the moment, able to jump through a diverse range of projects with nary an slip-up (bodes well for Indy 5, that), and this is very promising.

When's It Out Elsewhere: 1st July (US), 22nd July (UK)