Competitors include Almodovar, Ceylan, Dardennes, Kawase, Kaurismaki, Malick, Miike, Ramsay and more.

Cannes organisers unveiled the official selection this morning in Paris.

As previously reported, Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris will open the festival.

For sidebar selections, Critics Week will be announced on Monday, and Directors Fortnight on Tuesday.

CANNES COMPETITION 2011

Midnight in Paris, dir. Woody Allen [opening film, out of competition]

The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito), dir. Pedro Almodovar

House of Tolerance (L’apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close), dir. Bertrand Bonello

Pater, dir. Alain Cavalier

Footnote (Hearat Shulayim), dir. Joseph Cedar

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadolu ), dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan

The Kid With A Bike (Le Gamin Au Velo), dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Le Havre, dir. Aki Kaurismaki

Hanezu No Tsuki, dir. Naomi Kawase

Sleeping Beauty, dir. Julia Leigh

Polisse, dir. Maiwenn

The Tree of Life, dir. Terrence Malick

The Source (La Source des Femmes), dir. Radu Mihaileanu

Hara-kiri: Death Of A Samurai (Ichimei), dir. Takashi Miike

We Have a Pope (Habemus Papum), dir. Nanni Moretti

We Need to Talk About Kevin, dir. Lynne Ramsay

Michael, dir. Markus Schleinzer

This Must Be The Place, dir. Paolo Sorrentino

Melancholia, dir. Lars Von Trier

Drive, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

The Conquest (La Conquete), dir. Xavier Durringer

The Beaver, dir. Jodie Foster

The Artist, dir. Michel Hazanavicius

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, dir. Rob Marshall

 

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Restless, dir. Gus Van Sant [opening film]

The Hunter, dir. Bakur Bakuradze

Halt auf Freier Strecke, dir. Andreas Dresen

Hors Satan, dir. Bruno Dumont

Martha Marcy May Marlene, dir. Sean Durkin

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges Du Kilimandjaro), dir. Robert Guediguian

Skoonheid, dir. Oliver Hermanus

The Day He Arrives, dir. Hong Sang-soo

Bonsai, dir. Cristian Jimenez

Tatsumi, dir. Eric Khoo

Arirang, dir. Kim Ki-duk

Where Do We Go Now? (Et Maintenant On Va Ou?), dir. Nadine Labaki

Loverboy, dir. Catalin Mitulescu

Yellow Sea, dir. Na Hong-jin

Miss Bala, dir. Gerardo Naranjo

Hard Labor (Trabalhar Cansa), dirs. Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra

The Minister (L’exercice de l’etat), dir. Pierre Schoeller

Toomelah, dir. Ivan Sen

Oslo, August 31st, dir. Joachim Trier

 

MIDNIGHT
Wu Xia, dir. Chan Peter Ho-Sun

Days of Grace (Dias De Gracia), dir. Everardo Gout

 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Labrador, dir. Frederikke Aspock

Le Maitre Des Forges De L’Enfer, dir. Rithy Panh

Michel Petrucciani, dir. Michael Radford

Tous Au Larzac, dir. Christian Rouaud

 

CANNES CLASSICS

Puzzle Of A Downfall Child, dir. Jerry Schatzberg [opening film]

A Clockwork Orange, dir. Stanley Kubrick [special event screening, restored version]