Although the official line up is not announced until tomorrow, Montreal daily La Presse today reported that Denys Arcand's Les Invasions Barbares will be in official competition at Cannes this year.

While the Cannes press office is keeping quiet until tomorrow, if the news is correct it would mark the first Quebecois film in competition since Jean-Claude Lauzon's Leolo in 1992.

Arcand's film is a follow up to his 1986 film, The Decline Of The American Empire. Arcand's last film in competition was 1989's Jesus Of Montreal.

In other Franco-Canadian news, La Presse also notes that 20h17 Rue Darling by Bernard Emond will screen in Critics' Week.

The official announcement of the Critics' Week line up is to come this Thursday.