'Asteroid City'

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‘Asteroid City’

The Official Selection of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival has been announced.

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The selection includes films by Wes Anderson, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Wim Wenders, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes and Steve McQueen.

As previously announced, Maiwenn’s Jeanne du Barry, starring the director opposite Johnny Depp, will open the festival on May 16.

The festival’s longtime director Thierry Frémaux revealed the Official Selection at a press conference at the UGC Normandie theatre in Paris today alongside incoming festival president Iris Knobloch.

Two-time Palme d’Or-winning Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund will preside over the jury that will vote on the festival’s top prizes in the international competition.

Previously announced titles were Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flowers Moon, Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny and Pedro Almodovar’s Strange Way Of Life.

The 76th edition of the festival will run May 16-27.

Official Selection 2023

Competition

  • A Brighter Tomorrow, Nanni Moretti
  • About Dry Grasses, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Anatomy Of A Fall, Justine Triet
  • Asteroid City, Wes Anderson
  • Banel Et Adama, Ramata-Toulaye Sy
  • Club Zero, Jessica Hausner
  • Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismaki
  • Firebrand, Karim Aïnouz
  • Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania
  • Jeunesse, Wang Bing
  • Kidnapped, Marco Bellocchio
  • La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher
  • La Passion De Dodin Bouffant, Tran Anh Hung
  • Last Summer, Catherine Breillat
  • May December, Todd Haynes
  • Monster, Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • The Old Oak, Ken Loach
  • Perfect Days, Wim Wenders
  • The Zone Of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Out Of Competition

  • Cobweb, Kim Jee-Woon
  • The Idol, Sam Levinson
  • Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, James Mangold
  • Jeanne du Barry, Maiwenn (opening film)
  • Killers Of The Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese

Midnight Screenings

  • Acide, Just Philippot
  • Kennedy, Anurag Kashyap
  • Omar La Fraise, Elias Belkeddar

Cannes Premiere

  • Bonnard, Pierre And Marthe, Martin Provost
  • Cerrar Los Ojos (Fermer Les Yeux), Victor Erice
  • Kubi, Takeshi Kitano
  • Le Temps D’aimer, Katell Quillévéré

Special Screenings

  • Le Bruit Du Temps, Anselm Kiefer, Wim Wenders
  • Man In Black, Wang Bing
  • Occupied City, Steve McQueen
  • Pictures Of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonça Filho

Un Certain Regard

  • The Breaking Ice, Anthony Chen
  • The Buriti Flower, João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
  • The Delinquents, Rodrigo Moreno
  • Goodbye Julia, Mohamed Kordofani
  • Hopeless, Kim Chang-hoon
  • How To Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker
  • If Only I Could Hibernate, Zoljargal Purevdash
  • Le Regne Animal, Thomas Cailley (UCR opening film)
  • Les Meutes, Kamal Lazraq
  • The Mother Of All Lies, Asmae El Moudir
  • The New Boy, Warwick Thornton
  • Omen, Baloji Tshiani
  • Rien À Perdre, Delphine Deloget
  • Rosalie, Stephanie di Giusto
  • The Settlers, Felipe Gálvez
  • Simple Comme Sylvain, Monia Chokri
  • Terrestrial Verses, Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami

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