Full 2016 Cannes Film Festival Selection - Spielberg, Dolan, Dardennes

Every year, cinephiles wake up early to catch the announcement direct from France of the films playing at the Cannes Film Festival. For the 69th Cannes Film Festival taking place this May they've revealed a fantastic selection of films premiering. For 2016 they've programmed quite a few prominent returning filmmakers along with some exciting newcomers. Steven Spielberg's new adaptation The BFG will premiere Out-of-Competition, along with Shane Black's The Nice Guys and Jodie Foster's Money Monster. In the competition, they're showing new films from Andrea Arnold, the Dardennes Brothers, Xavier Dolan, Jim Jarmusch, Jeff Nichols, Park Chan-wook, Paul Verhoeven, and Nicolas Winding Refn. Full list found below.

Here's the complete selection of 2016 films directly from Cannes, including the director for easy reference.

COMPETITION (20 FILMS):

Toni Erdman - dir. Maren Ade

Julieta - dir. Pedro Almodovar

Personal Shopper - dir. Olivier Assayas

American Honey - dir. Andrea Arnold

The Unknown Girl - dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne

It's Only the End of the World - dir. Xavier Dolan

Slack Bay - dir. Bruno Dumont

Paterson - dir. Jim Jarmusch

Rester Vertical - dir. Alain Guiraudie

Aquarius - dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho

From the Land of the Moon - dir. Nicole Garcia

I, Daniel Blake - dir. Ken Loach

Ma'Rosa - dir. Brillante Mendoza

Bacalaureat - dir. Cristian Mungiu

Loving - dir. Jeff Nichols

The Handmaiden - dir. Park Chan-Wook

The Last Face - dir. Sean Penn

Sieranevada - dir. Cristi Puiu

Elle - dir. Paul Verhoeven

The Neon Demon - dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

OPENING NIGHT FILM:

Café Society - dir. Woody Allen

OUT OF COMPETITION (4 FILMS):

The BFG - dir. Steven Spielberg

Goksung - dir. Na Hong-Jin

Money Monster - dir. Jodie Foster

The Nice Guys - dir. Shane Black

UN CERTAIN REGARD (17 FILMS):

Varoonegi - dir. Behnam Behzadi

Apprentice - dir. Boo Junfeng

Voir du Pays - dirs. Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin

La Danseuse - dir. Stephanie di Giusto

Clash - dir. Mohamed Diab

La Tortue Rouge - dir. Michael Dubok de Wit

Fuchi Bi Tatsu - dir. Fukada Koji

Omar Shakhsiya - dir. Maha Haj

Me’Ever Laharim Vehagvaot - dir. Eran Kolirin

After The Storm - dir. Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Hymyileva Mies - dir. Juho Kuosmanen

La Large Noche de Francisco Sanctis - dirs. Francisco Marquez & Andrea Testa

Caini - dir. Bogdan Mirica

Pericle Il Nero - dir. Stefano Mordini

Captain Fantastic - dir. Matt Ross

The Transfiguration - dir. Michael O'Shea

Uchenik - dir. Kirill Serebrennikov

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS (2 FILMS):

Gimme Danger - dir. Jim Jarmusch

The Train to Busan - dir. Yeon Sang-Ho

SPECIAL SCREENINGS (4 FILMS):

L'ultima Spiaggia - dirs. Thanos Anastopoulous & Davide del Degan

A Chad Tragedy - dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

The Death of Louis XIV - dir. Albert Serra

Le Cancre - dir. Paul Vecchiali

That's the line-up for Cannes 2016, with possibly one or two more missing from the selection. Overall this is an outstanding selection of films this year - a huge amount of extremely talented filmmakers from all over the world presenting their latest work. I've been attending the Cannes Film Festival since 2009, and some years the selection isn't that great. This year seems to be a vintage year with many promising films and even more on the way in the sidebars (Directors' Fortnight, Critics' Week). I'm most looking forward to seeing the new films from Xavier Dolan, Andrea Arnold, Jeff Nichols, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Shane Black. As always - I'm excited to get back to the Croisette and start watching films in hopes that we're all floored by some unforgettable cinema. The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11th to May 22nd in Cannes, France.

1 DAVIDPD on Apr 14, 2016

2 bumboclot on Apr 14, 2016

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