Films selected for the 52nd Critics’ Week in Cannes have been announced, including British film For Those in Peril and a special screening of David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

Opening film

  • Suzanne, Katell Quillévéré (France)’s portmanteau film
  • 3X3D, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, Edgar Pêra (Portugal)

Feature films competition

  • Salvo Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza (Italy/France)
  • The Lunchbox, Ritesh Batra (India/France/Germany)
  • For Those in Peril, Paul Wright (UK)
  • The Dismantlement, Sébastien Pilote (Canada)
  • Nos héros sont morts ce soir, David Perrault (France)
  • Los Dueños, Agustin Toscano & Ezequiel Radusky (Argentina)
  • The Major, Yury Bykov (Russia)

Short films competition

  • Vikingar, Magali Magistry (France/Iceland)
  • Agit Pop, Nicolas Pariser (France)
  • Pátio, Ali Muritiba (Brazil)
  • Come and Play, Daria Belova (Germany)
  • The Opportunist, David Lassiter (USA)
  • Pleasure, Ninja Thyberg (Sweden)
  • Océan, Emmanuel Laborie (France)
  • Tau Seru, Rodd Rathjen (India/Australia)
  • La lampe au beurre de Yak, HU Wei (France/China)
  • Breathe Me, HAN Eun-young (South Korea)

Special Screenings

  • Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, David Lowery (USA)
  • You and the Night, Yann Gonzalez (France)