23/04/2009

Diversity is the order of the day for the 20 features in the Un Certain Regard section, which is part of the official selection for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24), unveiled today in Paris.

Eight European features have been selected, with pride of place going to Romania with two titles (Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective and the collective work Tales From The Golden Age) and France with three (by Alain Cavalier, Denis Dercourt and Mia Hansen-Love).

Portugal also puts in an appearance with João Pedro Rodrigues’ To Die Like A Man, Greece with Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth and Holland with Jean Van de Velde’s The Silent Army.

It should be noted that this year’s official selection includes no German films whatsoever, while the Un Certain Regard section promises a fascinating cinematic feast, with further films by Korea’s Bong Joon-ho, Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Russia’s Pavel Lounguine and Australia’s Warwick Thornton.

Un Certain Regard line-up

Denis Dercourt - Demain dès l'aube... [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Denis Dercourt
film profile] (France)
Mia Hansen-Love - Father of My Children [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mia Hansen-Løve
film profile] (France)
Alain Cavalier - Irène (France)
Corneliu Porumboiu - Police, Adjective [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Corneliu Porumboiu
film profile] (Romania)
Iona Uricaru, Hanno Hoanfer, Razvan Marculescu, Constantin Popescu and Cristian Mungiu - Tales From The Golden Age [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] (Romania)
João Pedro Rodrigues - To Die Like A Man (Portugal)
Yorgos Lanthimos - Dogtooth [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Yorgos Lanthimos
film profile] (Greece)
Jean Van de Velde - The Silent Army [+see also:
film review
film profile] (Netherlands)
Nicolay Khomeriki - Tales in the Darkness (Russia)
Pavel Lounguine - Tzar (Russia)
Haim Tabakman - Eyes Wide Open (Israel)
Bahman Ghobadi - Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats (Iran)
Bong Joon-ho - Mother (Korea)
Hirokazu Kore-Eda - Air Doll (Japan)
Pen-ek Ratanaruang - Nymph (Thailand)
Raya Martin - Independence (Philippines)
Warwick Thornton - Samson and Delilah (Australia)
Lee Daniels - Precious (US)
Heitor Dhalia - Adrift (Brazil)
Ciro Guerra - The Wind Journeys (Colombia)

(Translated from French)