Cannes Film Festival 2013 LineUp

This year’s Cannes Film Festival 2013 runs from 15th May to 26th May, opening with Baz Luhrmann’s opulent adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mullgan. South African crime thriller Zulu starring Orlando Bloom and Forrest Whittaker will close the festival.

The glittering line up of film competing for the top prize of Palme D’Or include new films from directors Nicolas Windin Refn, Steven Sodenbergh, Roman Polanski, Alexander Payne and controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike. Highlights to be shown elsewhere in the festival include Sophia Coppola’s The Bling Ring and James Franco’s directorial effort As I lay Dying.

Steven Spielberg is head of this year’s jury and the full list of films to be shown in competition below:

In Competition:

Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn
Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam
La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino
Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh
La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski
Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne
Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon
La Vie d’Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche
Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke
Grisgris, dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant, dir James Gray
Heli, dir Amat Escalante
Le Passe, dir Asghar Farhadi
Michael Kohlhaas, dir Arnaud Despallieres
Inside Llewyn Davis, dir Ethan and Joel Coen
Un Chateau en Italie, dir Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
Un Certain Regard 
The Bling Ring, dir Sofia Coppola
L’Inconnu Du La, dir Alain Guiraudie
Bends, dir Flora Lau
L’Image Manquante, dir Rithy Panh
La Jaula De Oro, dir Diego Quemada-Diez
Anonymous, dir Mohammad Rasoulof
Sarah Préfère La Course, dir Chloé Robichaud
Grand Central, dir Rebecca Zlotowski
Fruitvale Statio, dir Ryan Coogler
Les Salauds, dir Claire Denis
Norte, Hangganan Ng Kasaysayan, dir Lav Diaz
As I Lay Dying, dir James Franco
Miele, dir Valeria Golino
Omar, dir Hany Abu-Assad
Death March, dir Adolfo Alix Jr
Cinefondation 
Special Screenings
Weekend Of A Champion, dir Roman Polanski
Seduced And Abandoned, dir James Toback
Otdat Konci, dir Taisia Igumentseva
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, dir Stephen Frears
Stop The Pounding Heart, dir Robero Minervini
Midnight Screenings
Monsoon Shootout, dir Amit Kumar
Blind Detective, dir Johnnie To
Homage To Jerry Lewis
Max Rose, dir Daniel Noah
Out Of Competiton 
All Is Lost by J.C Chandor
Blood Ties by Guillaume Canet
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