Cannes 2009 Lineup

By Fiona | Apr 23, 2009 | Cannes Film Festival (0) Comment

The official lineup for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will run from May 13 to 24, 2009, has been unveiled and it promises to be one of the best line-ups in years, on paper, at least.

We’ve got four Palme D’or winners – Quentin Tarentino, Ken Loach, Jane Campion, Lars von Trier and a number of returning vets – Pedro Almodovar, Alain Resnais, Marco Bellocchio and Tsai Ming-liang.

Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week will be fully announced Friday in Paris.

Here’s the list:

OPENER
“Up,” U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

CLOSER
“Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky,” France, Jan Kounen – Out of Competition

IN COMPETITION
“Bright Star,” Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
“Spring Fever,” (“Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan”) China-France, Lou Ye
“Antichrist,” Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
“Enter the Void,” France, Gaspar Noe
“Face,” (“Visage”) France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
“Wild grass,” (“Les Herbes folles”) France-Italy, Alain Resnais
“In the Beginning,” (“A L’origine”) France, Xavier Giannoli
“A Prophet,” (“Un Prophete”) France, Jacques Audiard
“The White Ribbon,” (“Das Weisse Band”) Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
“Vengeance,” Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
“The Time That Remains,” Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
“Vincere,” Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
“Kinatay,” Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
“Thirst,” (“Bak-Jwi”) South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
“Broken Embraces,” (Los Abrazos Rotos) Spain, Pedro Almodovar
“Map of the Sounds of Tokyo,” Spain, Isabel Coixet
“Fish Tank,” U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
“Looking for Eric,” U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
“Inglourious Basterds,” U.S., Quentin Tarantino
“Taking Woodstock,” U.S., Ang Lee

OUT OF COMPETITION
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
“The Army of Crime,” France, Robert Guediguian
“Agora,” Spain, Alejandro Amenabar

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
“A Town Called Panic,” Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
“Ne te retourne pas,” France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
“Drag Me to Hell,” U.S., Sam Raimi

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
“Petition,” China, Zhao Liang
“L’epine dans le coeur,” France, Michel Gondry
“Min ye,” France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
“Jaffa,” Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
“Manila,” Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
“My Neighbor, My Killer,” U.S., Anne Aghion

UN CERTAIN REGARD

“Samson & Delilah,” Australia, Warwick Thornton
“Adrift,” Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
“The Wind Journeys,” Colombia, Ciro Guerra
“Demain des l’aube,” France, Denis Dercourt
“Irene,” France, Alain Cavalier
“Air Doll,” Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
“Independance,” Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
“Le Pere de mes enfants,” France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
“Dogtooth,” Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
“Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats,” Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
“Eyes Wide Open,” Israel, Haim Tabakman
“Mother,” South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
“The Silent Army,” Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
“To Die Like a Man,” Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
“Police, Adjective,” Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
“Tales from the Golden Age,” Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
“Tale in the Darkness,” Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
“Tzar,” Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
“Nymph,” Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
“Precious,” U.S., Lee Daniels