Cannes 2015 (Line-Up Revealed)

[Foggy]

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/complet...stival-lineup/

The 2015 Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced this morning and it's quite impressive as it includes several titles I'd be rushing to line up for, which makes my not going for the second year in a row all the more frustrating.

Titles I'd be most excited to see including the new Jacques Audiard movie Dheepan, the new film from Yorgos Lanthimos The Lobster and Denis Villeneuve's Sicario. Matteo Garrone's The Tale of Tales is obviously an exciting title as are Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, Carol from Todd Haynes and Youth from Paolo Sorrentino.

Gus Van Sant will arrive on the Croisette with The Sea of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey, Pixar will arrive with Inside Out, Woody Allen's Irrational Man will screen and we already knew Mad Max: Fury Road would screen.

I won't lie, seeing the lineup had me considering looking at the bank statement to see if I could somehow make it work, but hopefully the Toronto Film Festival is just as exciting as this line-up. Give it a peek below and stay tuned as I'm sure trailers and first looks at all of these films will be arriving soon.

The 2015 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 13-24.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

• The Assassin (dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien)
• Carol (dir. Todd Haynes)
• Dheepan (dir. Jacques Audiard)
• The Lobster (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)
• Louder than Bombs (dir. Joachim Trier)
• Macbeth (dir. Justin Kurzel)
• Marguerite et Julien (dir. Valerie Donzelli)
• Mia Madre (dir. Nanni Moretti)
• Mountains May Depart (dir. Jia Zhangke)
• My King (dir. Maiwenn)
• Our Little Sister (dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda)
• The Sea of Trees (dir. Gus Van Sant)
• Sicario (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
• A Simple Man (dir. Stephane Brize)
• Son of Saul (dir. Laszlo Nemes)
• The Tale of Tales (dir. Matteo Garrone)
• Youth (dir. Paolo Sorrentino)
• Cronic (dir. Michel Franco)
• The Valley of Love (dir. Guillaume Nicloux)

UN CERTAIN REGARD

• The Chosen Ones (dir. David Pablos)
• Fly Away Solo (dir. Neeraj Ghaywan)
• The Fourth Direction (dir. Gurvinder Singh)
• The High Sun (dir. Dalibor Matanic)
• I Am A Soldier (dir. Laurent Lariviere)
• Journey To The Shore (dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
• Madonna (dir. Shin Suwon)
• Maryland (dir. Alice Winocour)
• Nahid (dir. Ida Panahandeh)
• One Floor Below (dir. Radu Muntean)
• The Other Side (dir. Roberto Minervini)
• Rams (dir. Grimur Hakonarson)
• The Shameless (dir. Oh Seung-Uk)
• The Treasure (dir. Corneliu Porumboiu)
• "Alias Maria," (dir. Jose Luis Rugeles Gracia)
• Taklub (dir. Brillante Mendoza)
• Lamb (dir. Yared Zeleke)
• Cemetery of Splendor (dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
• AN (dir. Naomi Kawase)

OUT OF COMPETITION

• Inside Out (dir. Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen)
• The Little Prince (dir. Mark Osbourne)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (dir. George Miller)
• Standing Tall (dir. Emmanuelle Bercot)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

• Amnesia (dir. Barbet Schroeder)
• Asphalt (dir. Seamuel Benchetrit)
• A Tale Of Love & Darkness (dir. Natalie Portman)
• Hayored Lema'ala (dir. Elad Keidan)
• Irrational Man (dir. Woody Allen)
• Panama (dir. Pavle Vuckovic)
• Oka (dir. Souleymane Cisse)
• Don't Tell me the Boy Was Mad (dir. Robert Guediguian)

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

• Amy (dir. Asif Kapadia)
• Office (dir. Hong Won-Chan)
• Love (dir. Gaspar Noe)

CANNES CLASSICS

• Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

[SimBelm]

My most anticipated, Gomes' Arabian Nights and Weerasethakul's Love in Khon Kaen, weren't announced (yet?), but I'm really excited for The Assassin, The Lobster, and Youth.

[TheGentlemanBat]

Apart from Denis Villeneuve & George Miller's new films and a few ones that pique my curiosity (like Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Journey To The Shore" as well as Natalie Portman's 1st feature-length), I must confess I'm not over-excited by this year's selection but there's also quite a lot of foreign directors I don't know so we'll see...

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by TheGentlemanBat

Apart from Denis Villeneuve & George Miller's new films and a few ones that pique my curiosity (like Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Journey To The Shore" as well as Natalie Portman's 1st feature-length), I must confess I'm not over-excited by this year's selection but there's also quite a lot of foreign directors I don't know so we'll see...

To be fair, it's usually more interesting to see Cannes play out when their are more unknown stuff. Things usually get buried if there are too many high profile stuff and the less chance something is uncovered.

[Visco.]

Still haven't even seen Winter Sleep from last year so we'll see how long it takes me to get around to these.

Hopefully before I'm 50.

[TheGentlemanBat]

Originally Posted by Foggy

To be fair, it's usually more interesting to see Cannes play out when their are more unknown stuff. Things usually get buried if there are too many high profile stuff and the less chance something is uncovered.

Yeah, you're maybe right. Otherwise, the names of the members of the jury (which, for reminder, will be presided by Jane Campion) have been announced a few hours ago :

Sophie Marceau
Sienna Miller
Rossy de Palma
Rokia Traoré
Xavier Dolan
Jake Gyllenhaal (yeah !)
Guillermo del Toro (double yeah ! )

[Blumacaw]

deGrisogono €4,500

Every year, the Swiss brand throws a party mid film festival at the exclusive Hotel du Cap Eden Roc. Amongst all the high-octane glamour of Cannes, it's always a highlight.

Last year was no exception - in one corner stood Leonardo di Caprio, supping champagne, surrounded by his customary clique of beautiful ladies, in the other Sharon Stone showing the youngsters how to go about dressing for a party in a backless red dress, split to the thigh.

[AaronJ]

I want to see Macbeth like I want to breath. That could be freakin' awesome.

[SimBelm]

Originally Posted by SimBelm

My most anticipated, Gomes' Arabian Nights and Weerasethakul's Love in Khon Kaen, weren't announced (yet?), but I'm really excited for The Assassin, The Lobster, and Youth.

These two have since been added to the Directors' Fortnight and Un Certain Regard lineups so I'm really looking forward to the Cannes feedback now. Gaspar Noe's Love is also having a Midnight Screening.

[Foggy]

Updated the OP with the new announcements.

[MrBlonde]

I need The Lobster in my life so badly. I have yet to watch Alps, but Dogtooth is one of the best films of the decade so far.

[TJS_Blu]

Posted on Tumblr the other day:

[Scottie]

At Cannes Film Festival, ‘Dheepan’ Wins Palme d’Or

CANNES, France — The 68th Cannes Film Festival came to a surprising close on Sunday night when the Palme d’Or was awarded to “Dheepan,” Jacques Audiard’s tense drama about three Sri Lankan refugees struggling to assimilate in a violent French ghetto only to end up in a pastoral British backyard. The movie was well received by critics if far from a passionate favorite.

The Grand Prize, in effect the Palme runner-up, went to the widely praised Hungarian movie “Son of Saul,” a first feature from Laszlo Nemes. Set almost entirely in Auschwitz-Birkenau, it follows a Sonderkommando, one of those Jewish prisoners who were forced to help run the Nazi extermination camps, as he attempts to bury a child and locate a rabbi to recite a funeral prayer.

The Jury Prize went to “The Lobster,” an absurdist comedy from the Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, about a world in which people who remain unmated are turned into animals. The Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-Hsien won best director for “The Assassin,” a glorious martial arts film.

The French actor Lambert Wilson again served as the host for the awards, which took place in the grand Lumière Theater in the festival’s headquarters and this year included dance and musical numbers that gave the ceremony a distinctly Oscar-ized feel. The American filmmaking brothers Joel and Ethan Coen presided over a main competition jury that included the Mexican director Guillermo del Toro and the Malian singer Rokia Traoré.

The Caméra d’Or, for best first feature, went to “La Tierra y la Sombra,” from the Colombian director César Augusto Acevedo; the film was shown in a parallel section and was inexplicably preceded by a performance of “I Ain’t Got Nobody” sung by a tuneless John C. Reilly. Mr. Wilson followed this by singing “Happy Birthday” to Mr. Reilly. After another musical number, the trailblazing French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who will turn 87 on Saturday and whose films include classics like “Cléo From 5 to 7,” received a much-deserved honorary Palme d’Or.

The Mexican director Michel Franco won the screenwriting award for the English-language drama “Chronic,” about a nurse (Tim Roth) who draws intense emotional and psychological sustenance from his terminally ill patients. In another surprise, Rooney Mara, one of the stars with Cate Blanchett of “Carol,” Todd Haynes’s much-admired lesbian romance, shared the best actress award with Emmanuelle Bercot for “Mon Roi,” a less-loved melodrama from the French director Maïwenn about a woman recovering from a skiing accident and a terrible marriage.

Vincent Lindon won best actor as a middle-age factory worker who, after being laid off, ends up taking a job as a security guard in the French film “The Measure of a Man,” directed by Stéphane Brizé.

Un Certain Regard, a section that showcases younger filmmakers and somewhat riskier work than in the main slate, was won by “Rams,” a moving comedy turned tragedy from the Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson that centers on two sheep-herding brothers who break their 40-year silence when their herds descend into crisis.

The Palme for the best short film was given to “Waves ’98,” from the Lebanese director Ely Dagher.

Information about other winners is at festival-cannes.fr.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/mo...-dor.html?_r=5

[LegacyCosts]

Really looking forward to Sicario but I have quite the wait in front of me.

[spectre08]

I read they showed Love in 3D.

I'm just picturing Gaspar Noe and Benoit Debie in 3D

mmmmmmmmm

[Foggy]

Films I'm looking forward to seeing then:

The Assassin
Carol
Dheepan
The Lobster
Macbeth
Sicario
The Tale of Tales
Inside Out
Amy
Green Room

[AaronJ]

What I'm looking forward to:

1st Tier:

The Assassin
Carol
Macbeth
The Lobster
Amy

2nd Tier:

Sicario
Tale of Tales
Son of Saul
Irrational Man
Mustang

And I'm sure I'm forgetting some, or just haven't read enough about others.