The festival also selected Claire Denis movies, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Kelly Reichardt. The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, who legally left his country, will also be in official competition in May.
Le Monde and AFP
The latest films by David Cronenberg, from James Gray, Dardenne Brothers or Ruben Östlund will be in the running in May for the Palme d’Or, announced, Thursday, April 14, the Delegate General of Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frigaux, at the presentation press conference.
In total, eighteen films were announced for the most prestigious cinema competitions in the world including three of the French: the French Claire Denis and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, and the American Kelly Reichardt.
The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, who legally left his country to settle in Berlin, will be in official competition with a historic film around the Tchaikovski composer. The director, for the third time in competition (Leto and Petrov fever), is also director and will open the Avignon Festival in July.