Rather than a crystal ball, it’s a time machine one would need to truly guess what films will be part of the selection of the 76th Cannes Film Festival (from 16 to 27 May), seven days from the Paris press conference for the Official Selection where Thierry Frémaux will climb into the ring (accompanied by new president Iris Knobloch – read the news) to unveil his picks.

(L'articolo continua qui sotto - Inf. pubblicitaria)

The teams of selectors on the Croisette indeed still have many films to watch and many contenders are still awaiting a response. However, beyond the titles previously announced (Jeanne du Barry [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] from France’s Maiwenn as opener – read the article –, Killers of the Flower Moon by American director Martin Scorsese – read the news – and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny by James Mangold), a few favourites stand out. We survey the main tendencies, rumours, probabilities and hypotheses on the horizon.

In official competition, jury president Ruben Östlund (news) could discover About Dry Grasses [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
scheda film] by Turkey’s Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Monster by Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, La Chimera [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Italy’s Alice Rohrwacher, The Old Oak [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by British director Ken Loach, Il sol dell’avvenire [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti, Fallen Leaves [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Finland’s Aki Kaurismäki, Club Zero [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Jessica Hausner
scheda film] by Austria’s Jessica Hausner, Poor Things [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Suzy Bemba
Q&A: Yorgos Lanthimos
scheda film] by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and, from the United States, The Holdovers by Alexander Payne, Asteroid City by Wes Anderson, May December by Todd Haynes and The Bikeriders by Jeff Nichols. Among other potential titles, the most likely are The New Boy by Australian filmmaker Warwick Thornton, Black Tea [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Mauritania’s Abderrahmane Sissako, Cerrar los ojos [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Spain’s Victor Erice and Enterre seus mortos by Brazil’s Marco Dutra. Argentina also features as an outsider, with Eureka [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Lisandro Alonso
scheda film] by Lisandro Alonso and Puan [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Benjamín Naishtat e María …
scheda film] from the duo Maria Alche-Benjamin Naishtat while a great mystery surrounds Io Capitano [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Italy’s Matteo Garrone. Finally, French films whose fate is traditionally decided only on the night before the press conference, Anatomy of a Fall [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Justine Triet
scheda film] by Justine Triet is a favourite, before The Beast [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Bertrand Bonello
scheda film] by Bertrand Bonello and Just The Two of Us [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Valérie Donzelli
scheda film] by Valérie Donzelli, and a small pack comprising Red Island [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Robin Campillo, Last Summer [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Catherine Breillat
scheda film] by Catherine Breillat, Along Came Love [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Katell Quillévéré
scheda film] by Katell Quillevéré and, as a wild card, Salem [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Jean-Bernard Marlin (a last minute candidate). However, it is possible that Thierry Frémaux will be tempted to do a bit of spring cleaning and upset part of the predictions for the race to the 2023 Palme d’Or. Story to be continued, especially as the code of silence seems to be better enforced than ever as the quality of this year’s edition is extremely promising.

Previsions are all  the harder to make since the Directors' Fortnight (and its new general delegate - news) has chosen a wait-and-see attitude regarding invitations and rejections, with only small clues about its editorial line filtering through (more attention to direction than to topics). Critics' Week, meanwhile, is fully in tune with the game typical of the Croisette, where the final stretch is often a chance for the Official Selection to take its pick from the feature films appreciated by the parallel sections. A whole array of films therefore reverberates from one end of the Croisette to the other, including Omen [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Baloji
scheda film] from Belgian filmmaker of Congolese origins Baloji, animated film Robot Dreams [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Spain’s Pablo Berger, La Cocina by Mexico’s Alonso Ruizpalacios, Tiger Stripes [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Amanda Nell Eu
scheda film] by Malaisia’s Amanda Nell Eu, Los Colonos (The Settlers) [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Felipe Gálvez
scheda film] by Chilean director Felipe Gálvez, Nobody Likes Me by Czech filmmakers Tomás Weinreb and Petr Kazda (news), Xue Bao by Tibet’s Pema Tseden, MMXX [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Cristi Puiu
scheda film] by Romania’s Cristi Puiu, Heartless [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Brazilian directors Tião and Nara Normande, Solitude [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Ninna Pálmadóttir
scheda film] by Iceland’s Ninna Pálmadóttir, Some Rain Must Fall [+leggi anche:
recensione
scheda film] by Chinese director Qiu Yang and a film from fellow Chinese filmmaker Wei Shujun, Zé by Mongolia’s Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (aka Dulmaa), a film by Canada’s Caitlin Cronenberg and Drag by Canada’s Sophie Dupuis, Crossing [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Levan Akin
scheda film] by Sweden’s Levan Akin, (Ex)perience of Love [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Ann Sirot e Raphael Balboni
scheda film] by Belgian duo Ann Sirot - Raphaël Balboni, Ebba by Finnish-Swedish director Johanna Pyykkö, Handling the Unded [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Norway’s Thea Hvistendahl, Hesitation Wound [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Selman Nacar
scheda film] by Turkish filmmaker Selman Nacar, Banel & Adama [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
scheda film] by Senegalese-French director Ramata-Toulaye Sy, In Flames by Canadian-Pakistanese filmmaker Zarrar Kahn, Amanhã sera outro dia by Portugal’s Pedro Pinho and L’or et le monde by Portugal’s Ico Costa, The Devil’s Bath [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Veronika Franz, Severin Fi…
scheda film] by Austria’s Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, a film from American filmmaker Zia Anger, Lost Country [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Vladimir Perišić
scheda film] by Serbia’s Vladimir Perisic, Jepotá by Brazil’s Carlos Papá Guarani and Augusto Canani, La bella estate [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Italy’s Laura Luchetti and Basileia by Italy’s Isabella Torre, Who Do I Belong To [+leggi anche:
recensione
intervista: Meryam Joobeur
scheda film] by Tunisia’s Meryam Joobeur and Behind the Maountains [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Mohamed Ben Attia
scheda film] by Tunisia’s Mohamed Ben Attia.

Among potential French titles are Ama Gloria [+leggi anche:
recensione
intervista: Marie Amachoukeli
scheda film] by Marie Amachoukeli-Barsacq, Spirit of Ectasy [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Héléna Klotz
scheda film] by Helena Klotz, Borgo [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Stéphane Demoustier, Bitten [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Romain de Saint-Blanquat
scheda film] by Romain de Saint-Blanquat, Vincent Must Die [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Stéphan Castang
scheda film] by Stéphane Castang, A Wonderful Girl [+leggi anche:
recensione
scheda film] by Marie Garel-Weiss, Pendant ce temps sur la Terre [+leggi anche:
recensione
scheda film] by Jérémy Clapin, A Good Jewish Boy by Noé Debré, After the Fire [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Mehdi Fikri, Keeping Mum [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Emilie Brisavoine
scheda film] by Émilie Brisavoine, Toni [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film] by Nathan Ambrosioni and Sisterhood [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Nora El Hourch
scheda film] by Nora El Hourch. Other potential attractions: Party of Fools [+leggi anche:
recensione
scheda film] by Arnaud des Pallières, A Real Job [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Thomas Lilti
scheda film] by Thomas Lilti, A Difficult Year [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Olivier Nakache e Eric Tol…
scheda film] by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, Daaaaaali! [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Quentin Dupieux, Conan la Barbare by Bertrand Mandico, Le procès Goldman [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Cédric Kahn
scheda film] by Cédric Kahn, Le Règne animal [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Thomas Cailley
scheda film] by Thomas Cailley and Les Fainéants by Karim Dridi.

Finally, emerging among the possible documentary titles are Dahomey [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Mati Diop, Ricardo and Painting [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] by Barbet Schroeder, the documentary-fiction hybrid Four Daughters [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Kaouther Ben Hania
scheda film] by Tunisia’s Kaouther Ben Hania and Room 999 by Lubna Playoust.

The die is cast, and light will be shed on the gems of Cannes 2023 during the press conferences of April 13 (when Thierry Frémaux plans to reveal 80% of his Official Selection), 17 and 18.