The likes of first-time comp contenders Kelly Reichardt, Ali Abbasi and Lucas Dhont are joining former Palme d’Or winners Ruben Östlund, Kore-eda Hirokazu, the Dardennes and Cristian Mungiu in the competition line-up for the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Among the major surprises we find Claire Denis returning to the comp for the first time in over three decades with her second film (Stars at Noon) to premiere this year (she was just at the Berlinale). We have a film by Jerzy Skolimowski in Eo – which was originally going by the title of Baltazar (and is said to be a contemporary interpretation of Au Hasard, Balthazar and was set to star Sophia Loren – this is yet to be confirmed). We have another Iranian helmer in the comp as well with Saeed Roustayi (who was at Venice with in 2019 with Just 6.5) brings his third feature film Leila’s Brothers to the comp.
We expect at least two to three additional features to be unveiled as early as next week to close out the 2022 comp. Remember that The Square was a late addition to the 2017 line-up and went onto win the Palme. Here are the 18 film selections (we included official stills).
Les Amandiers (The Almond Tree) – Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Armageddon Time – James Gray
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Boy From Heaven – Tarik Saleh
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Broker – Kore-eda Hirokazu
Frère et Sœur – Arnaud Desplechin
Close – Lucas Dhont
Crimes of the Future – David Cronenberg
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-Wook
Eo – Jerzy Skolimowski
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Holy Spider – Ali Abbasi
Leila’s Brothers – Saeed Roustaee
Nostalgia – Mario Martone
RMN – Cristian Mungiu
Showing Up – Kelly Reichardt
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Stars at Noon – Claire Denis
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Tchaïkovski’s Wife – Kirill Serebrennikov
Tori et Lokita – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund
