Several Sundance titles feature in the competition line-up at this year's Deauville Festival of American Cinema (September 1-10), including Ben Younger's Boiler Room, Miguel Arteta's Chuck And Buck and Karyn Kusama's Girlfight.
Other Sundance titles in the nine-strong line-up include Rob Schmidt's Crime And Punishment In Suburbia, Brad Anderson's Happy Accidents, Raymond de Fellita's Two Family House and Maggie Greenwald's Songcatcher.
Also competing for the Grand Prize and the Jury Prize are Adam and Kipp Marcus' Let It Know and Christopher Nolan's Memento.
Irish director Neil Jordan will chair the competition jury which also includes Francois Ozon and Arturo Ripstein, actors Vincent Perez, Marie Trintignant, Samuel Le Bihan, Guillaume Canet, Tcheky Karyo and Clotilde Courau, author Philippe Labro and screenwriter Daniele Thompson.
The festival will open with the European premiere of Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man.
Guests expected to attend the event include Susan Sarandon, Clint Eastwood and Samuel L. Jackson - who will all be honoured by special tributes - along with Harrison Ford, Tim Robbins, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Lopez, Mira Sorvino, James Garner, William Friedkin, Barry Levinson, Nick Nolte and Edward Norton among others.
Full Deauville line-up:
Competition:
Boiler Room
Dir: Ben Younger
French distributor: Metropolitan Fimexport
Chuck And Buck
Dir: Miguel Arteta
French distributor: CCI
Crime And Punishment In Suburbia
Dir: Rob Schmidt
French distributor: Opening Distribution
Girlfight
Dir: Karyn Kusama
French distributor: Diaphana Distribution
Happy Accidents
Dir: Brad Anderson
International sales: Celluloid Dreams
Let It Know
Dir: Adam and Kipp Marcus
French distribution: Caro-Line
Memento
Dir: Christopher Nolan
International sales: StudioCanal
Songcatcher
Dir: Maggie Greenwald
International sales: United Artists
Two Family House
Dir: Raymond de Fellita
International sales: Lions Gate
Premieres:
Hollow Man (Opening film)
Dir: Paul Verhoeven
Brother
Dir: Takeshi Kitano
Center Stage
Dir: Nicholas Hytner
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dir: Ang Lee
High Fidelity
Dir: Stephen Frears
Keeping The Faith
Dir: Edward Norton
Liberty Heights
Dir: Barry Levinson
Rules Of Engagement
Dir: William Friedkin
Scary Movie
Dir: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Shaft
Dir: John Singleton
Space Cowboys
Dir: Clint Eastwood
Titus
Dir: Julie Taymor
U-571
Dir: Jonathan Mostow
Under Suspicion
Dir: Stephen Hopkins
What Lies Beneath
Dir: Robert Zemeckis
Woman On Top
Dir: Fina Torres
Panorama:
Animal Factory
Dir: Steve Buscemi
Endurance (documentary)
Dir: Leslie Woodhead
Famous
Dir: Griffin Dunne
George Washington
Dir: David Gordon Green
Requiem For A Dream
Dir: Darren Aronofsky
RKO 281
Dir: Benjamin Ross
State And Main
Dir: David Mamet
Steal This Movie
Dir: Robert Greenwald
Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her
Dir: Rodrigo Garcia
Timecode
Dir: Mike Figgis
Trixie
Dir: Alan Rudolph
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