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CANNES 2010 Official Selection

Seven Europeans to vie for Palme d’Or

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The official selection for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23), unveiled at midday today in Paris by delegate general Thierry Frémaux, offers a surprising showcase. For the moment, there are 16 titles in competition, with a few places remaining for films racing against the clock in post-production.

The list of Palme d’Or contenders is a mix of major names in world cinema (including two former Cannes winners Mike Leigh and Abbas Kiarostami, other prize-winning directors like Takeshis Kitano, Alejandro González Inárritu, Bertrand Tavernier, Rachid Bouchareb, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Xavier Beauvois and Nikita Mikhalkov, and Daniele Luchetti, who returns to the competition) and five competition newcomers: Doug Liman, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Im Sang-soo, Matthieu Amalric and Sergei Loznitsa.

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In a panorama that is very much representative of the diversity of international cinema, Europe dominates the list of hopefuls with seven films by three French directors (Tavernier, Beauvois and Amalric), a Brit (Leigh), an Italian (Luchetti) and two Eastern European filmmakers: Ukrainia's Loznitsa and Russian filmmaker Mikhalkov.

Asia has five directors in the line-up with two Koreans, one Japanese, a Thai and an Iranian. Africa also has some surprise hopefuls with Bouchareb representing Algeria and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun from Chad.

Latin America will be counting on Mexico’s Inárritu, while the United States is for the moment represented by Liman alone (while we wait for the remaining titles to be chosen).

The out-of-competition line-up looks particularly attractive with films by Woody Allen (who refused a place in competition), Oliver Stone and Stephen Frears. There will be Midnight Screenings of features by Gregg Araki and French director Gilles Marchand, and Special Screenings of features by Italy’s Sabina Guzzanti and Georgia’s Otar Iosseliani.

Official Selection

Competition
Another Year [+see also:
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- Mike Leigh (UK)
Biutiful - Alejandro González Inárritu (ES/MX)
Outside the Law [+see also:
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- Rachid Bouchareb (FR/BE/DZ)
La Princesse de Montpensier [+see also:
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- Bertrand Tavernier (FR)
Poetry - Lee Chang-dong (KR)
The Housemaid - Im Sang-soo (KR)
Outrage - Takeshi Kitano (JP)
The Certified Copy [+see also:
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- Abbas Kiarostami (IT/FR/IR)
Tournée [+see also:
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- Matthieu Amalric (FR)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives [+see also:
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- Apichatpong Weerasethakul (ES/TH/DE/UK/FR)
Of Gods and Men [+see also:
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- Xavier Beauvois (FR)
La Nostra Vita [+see also:
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- Daniele Luchetti (IT/FR)
A Screming Man - Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (FR/BE)
You: My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa (UA/DE)
Burnt by the Sun 2 - Nikita Mikhalkov (DE/FR/RU)
Fair Game - Doug Liman (US)
Tender Son - The Frankestein Project [+see also:
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- Kornél Mundruczó (HU/DE/AT)
Chongqing Blues - Wang Xiaoshuaï

Out of Competition
Robin Hood - Ridley Scott (opening film - US)
Tamara Drewe [+see also:
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- Stephen Frears (UK)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger [+see also:
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- Woody Allen (UK/ES)
Carlos [+see also:
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- Olivier Assayas
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps - Oliver Stone (US)
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu - Andrei Ujică (RO)

Midnight Screenings
Kaboom - Gregg Araki (US)
Black Heaven [+see also:
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- Gilles Marchand (FR)

Special Screenings
Nostalgia For Light - Patricio Guzman (FR)
Draquila [+see also:
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- Sabina Guzzanti (IT)
Abel - Diego Luna (MX)
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson (US)
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow [+see also:
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- Sophie Fiennes (NL)
5 x Favela por nós mesmos - Manaira Carneiro, Wagner Novais, Rodrigo Felha, Cacau Amaral, Luciano Vidigal, Cadu Barcelos, Luciana Bezerra (BR)
Chantrapas - Otar Iosseliani (FR)
Countdown to Zero - Lucy Walker (US)

Selección Cinéfondation
Cooked - Jens Blank - NFTS (UK)
The Fifth Column - Vatche Boulghourjian - NYU (US)
Anywhere Out of the World - Vincent Cardona - La fémis (FR)
Iceland - Gilles Coulier - Université Sint-Lukas (BE)
Frozen Land - Kim Tae-yong - Université de Sejong (KS)
I Already Am Everything I Want to Have - Dane Komljen - FDU (RS)
The Painting Sellers - Juho Kuosmanen - Université Aalto (FI)
Los minutos, las horas - Janaína Marques Ribeiro - EICTV (CU)
Miramare - Michaela Müller - ALU (HR)
El juego - Benjamin Naishtat - Le Fresnoy (FR)
Thanks, Fine - Mátyás Prikler - FTF-VŠMU (SK)
Here I Am - Bálint Szimler - SzFE (HU)
Shelley - Andrew Wesman - Université Harvard (US)

Competition Short films
Serge Avédikian - Chienne d’histoire (FR)
Yarden Carmin - First Aid (IL)
Marcia Faria - Estaçao (BR)
Edward Houdsen - Muscles (AU)
Frida Kempf - Micky Bader (SE)
Jurgis Krasons - To Swallow a Toad (LV)
Monica Lairana - Rosa (AR)
Pedro Pío Martin Pérez - Maya (CU)
Marialy Rivas - Blokes (CL)

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