PARIS — Organizers announced the official selection of films for this year, calling up Cannes perennials like Joel and Ethan Coen, David Lynch and Japan’s Shohei Imamura.
Among the 23 selected films are four films by American directors. There were also four French films, two Italian and three Japanese as well as the first film from Bosnia: “No Man’s Land,” by Danis Tanovic. Twelve countries are represented in the official selection, but Canada and Britain are notably absent.
The 23 movies in competition at the 54th Cannes Film Festival as announced Thursday, listed by nationality, followed by special out-of-competition showings. Festival runs May 9-20.
In competition:
“Moulin Rouge,” Baz Luhrmann, Australia (opening film)
“Mulholland Drive,” David Lynch, United States
“The Pledge,” Sean Penn, United States
“The Man Who Wasn’t There,” Joel Coen, United States
“Shrek,” Andrew Adamson and Victoria Jenson, United States
“Taurus,” Alexander Sokourov, Russia
“Je Rentre a la Maison,” Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal
“The Son’s Room,” Nanni Moretti, Italy
“Eloge de l’Amour,” Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland
“La Repetition,” Catherine Corsini, France
“La Chambre des Officiers,” Francois Dupeyron, France
“Roberto Succo,” Cedric Kahn, France
“Va Savoir!” Jacques Rivette, France
“Desert Moon,” Shinji Aoyama, Japan
“The Pianist,” Michael Haneke, Austria
“Millennium Mambo,” Hsiao-hsien Hou, Taiwan
“Warm Water Under a Red Bridge,” Shohei Imamura, Japan
“Distance,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
“Kandahar,” Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iran
“Il Mestiere delle Armi,” Ermanno Olmi, Italy
“Pau and His Brother,” Marc Recha, Spain
“No Man’s Land,” Danis Tanovic, Bosnia
“What Time is it Over There?” Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan
Out of competition:
“Les Ames Fortes,” Raoul Ruiz, France (closing film)
“Apocalypse Now,” Francis Ford Coppola, United States
“CQ,” Roman Coppola, United States
“Human Nature,” Michel Gondry, France
“Avalon,” Mamoru Oshii, Japan
“The Center of the World,” Wayne Wang, Hong Kong
