17 new titles added to Cannes’ Official Selection

by Fabien Lemercier

21/04/2022 - Léonor Serraille, Albert Serra, and duo Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen are now in competition; Serge Bozon, Dominik Moll and Emmanuel Mouret get Cannes Premières

17 new titles added to Cannes’ Official Selection

Pacifiction by Albert Serra

As expected, the Official Selection of the 75th Cannes Film Festival (17-28 May) has been rounded off by an additional 17 feature films. There are now 21 movies in the running for the Palme d'Or (see the previous article), as three titles whose directors are in competition for the very first time have joined the race: Mother and Son [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Léonor Serraille
film profile] by France’s Léonor Serraille, Pacifiction [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Albert Serra
film profile] by Spaniard Albert Serra, and the Italian-Belgian production The Eight Mountains [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Felix van Groeningen & Char…
film profile] by Belgian duo Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen.

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The Cannes Première programme has been enriched by the presence of Diary of a Fleeting Affair [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emmanuel Mouret
film profile] by Emmanuel Mouret, Don Juan [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Serge Bozon
film profile] by Serge Bozon and The Night of the 12th [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Dominik Moll
film profile] by Dominik Moll.The 15 titles previously announced for the Un Certain Regard selection (see the news) are now joined by Harka [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by the USA’s Lotfy Nathan and three films helmed by female directors: More Than Ever [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by French-Iranian filmmaker Emily Atef, Mediterranean Fever [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Palestine’s Maha Haj and The Blue Caftan [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Morocco’s Maryam Touzani.

Also of note, out of competition, are The Innocent [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Louis Garrel, Rebel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fal…
film profile] by Belgian duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah as a Midnight Screening, and five films being shown as Special Screenings: the documentaries Mi pais imaginario by Chile’s Patricio Guzmán, and Riposte féministe [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marie Perennès and Simon De…
film profile] by French duo Marie Perennès and Simon Depardon, the animated feature Little Nicholas [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Amandine Fredon and Benjami…
film profile] by France’s Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre, the German feature debut The Vagabonds by Doroteya Droumeva and Remains of the Wind [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Portugal’s Tiago Guedes.

The only things remaining to be announced now are the opening film of Un Certain Regard and the movie that will have the honour of being the “Last Screening” during the closing ceremony. In addition, we still haven’t been informed of the make-up of the juries (in particular, that of the Official Competition, with its chair still shrouded in mystery).

Here is the complete list of the selected titles:

Competition

Holy Spider [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ali Abbasi
interview: Ali Abbasi
interview: Zar Amir Ebrahimi
film profile] - Ali Abbasi (Germany/Denmark/France/Sweden)
Forever Young [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
film profile] - Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (France/Italy)
Crimes of the Future [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - David Cronenberg (Canada/Greece/France)
Tori and Lokita [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Joely Mbundu
interview: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)
Stars at Noon [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Claire Denis (France)
Brother and Sister [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Arnaud Desplechin (France)
Close [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Eden Dambrine
interview: Lukas Dhont
interview: Lukas Dhont
film profile] - Lukas Dhont (Belgium/Netherlands/France)
Armaggedon Time - James Gray (USA)
Broker - Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan/South Korea)
Nostalgia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mario Martone
interview: Pierfrancesco Favino
film profile] - Mario Martone (Italy/France)
R.M.N [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Judith State
film profile] - Cristian Mungiu (Romania/France)
Triangle of Sadness [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Ruben Östlund
interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile] - Ruben Östlund (Sweden/UK/USA/France/Greece)
Decision to Leave - Park Chan-Wook (South Korea)
Showing Up - Kelly Reichardt (USA)
Leila's Brothers - Saeed Roustaee (Iran)
Boy from Heaven [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tarik Saleh
film profile] - Tarik Saleh (Sweden/France/Finland/Denmark/Morocco)
Tchaikovski's Wife [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia/France/Switzerland)
Pacifiction [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Albert Serra
film profile] - Albert Serra (France/Spain/Germany/Portugal)
Mother and Son [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Léonor Serraille
film profile] - Léonor Serraille (France)
EO [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland/Italy)
The Eight Mountains [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Felix van Groeningen & Char…
film profile] - Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix Van Groeningen (Belgium/France/Italy/UK)

Cannes Première

Irma Vep [+see also:
series review
interview: Olivier Assayas
series profile] - Olivier Assayas (USA/France) (series)
Exterior Night [+see also:
series review
trailer
interview: Marco Bellocchio
series profile] - Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
Nos frangins [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Rachid Bouchareb (France)
Don Juan [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Serge Bozon
film profile] - Serge Bozon (France/Belgium)
Dodo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Pános H Koútras
film profile] - Panos H Koutras (Greece/France/Belgium)
The Night of the 12th [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Dominik Moll
film profile] - Dominik Moll (France/Belgium)
Diary of a Fleeting Affair [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emmanuel Mouret
film profile] - Emmanuel Mouret (France)

Un Certain Regard

The Worst Ones [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Romane Gueret and Lise Akoka
film profile] - Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret (France)
Burning Days [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emin Alper
film profile] - Emin Alper (Turkey/France/Germany/Netherlands/Greece)
More Than Ever [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Emily Atef (France/Germany/Luxembourg/Norway)
Metronom [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alexandru Belc
film profile] - Alexandru Belc (Romania/France)
Return to Seoul [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Davy Chou
film profile] - Davy Chou (France/Germany/Belgium/Qatar/Cambodia)
Sick of Myself [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Kristine Kujath Thorp
interview: Kristoffer Borgli
film profile] - Kristoffer Borgli (Norway/Sweden)
Domingo y la niebla - Ariel Escalante Meza (Costa Rica/Qatar)
Mediterranean Fever [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Maha Haj (Palestine/Germany/France/Cyprus/Qatar)
Plan 75 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Chie Hayakawa
film profile] - Chie Hayakawa (Japan/France/Philippines)
War Pony - Riley Keough and Gina Gammell (USA)
Corsage [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Marie Kreutzer
interview: Marie Kreutzer
film profile] - Marie Kreutzer (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)
Butterfly Vision [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Maksym Nakonechnyi
film profile] - Maksym Nakonechnyi (Ukraine/Czech Republic/Croatia/Sweden)
Harka [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Lotfy Nathan (France/Luxembourg/Tunisia/Belgium/Germany/USA)
Godland [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Elliott Crosset Hove
interview: Hlynur Pálmason
film profile] - Hlynur Pálmason (Denmark/Iceland/France/Sweden)
Rodéo [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Lola Quivoron and Julie Ledru
film profile] - Lola Quivoron (France)
Joyland - Saim Sadiq (Pakistan)
The Silent Twins [+see also:
film review
interview: Agnieszka Smoczynska
film profile] - Agnieszka Smoczynska (Poland/USA/UK)
The Blue Caftan [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Maryam Touzani (France/Morocco/Denmark/Belgium)
The Stranger - Thomas M Wright (Australia)

Out of competition

Final Cut [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Michel Hazanavicius
film profile] - Michel Hazanavicius (France) (opening film)
Mascarade [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Nicolas Bedos
film profile] - Nicolas Bedos (France)
The Innocent [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Louis Garrel (France)
Novembre [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Cédric Jimenez (France)
Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski (USA)
Elvis - Baz Luhrmann (USA)
Three Thousand Years of Longing - George Miller (Australia/USA)

Midnight Screenings

Smoking Causes Coughing [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] - Quentin Dupieux (France)
Rebel [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fal…
film profile] - Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah (Belgium/Luxembourg/France)
Hunt - Lee Jung-Jae (South Korea)
Moonage Daydream - Brett Morgen (USA)