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CANNES 2016 Official Selection

The Salesman joins the Cannes competition

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- Asghar Farhadi is in the running for the Palme d'Or; David Mackenzie is in Un Certain Regard; Richet has a midnight screening; Littell, Dridi and Leprince-Ringuet have special screenings

The Salesman joins the Cannes competition
The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi

As announced eight days ago by General Delegate Thierry Frémaux, six additional features have earned a place in the official selection of the 69th Cannes Film Festival (11-22 May 2016 – read the article). Standing out among them, Asghar Farhadi is entering the competition for the Palme d'Or (the number of contenders for which now stands at 21) for the second time, after The Past [+see also:
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in 2013 (which earned Bérénice Bejo the Best Actress Award). The Salesman [+see also:
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, the seventh feature by the Iranian filmmaker, who also has such titles as About Elly (winner of the Best Director Award at Berlin in 2009) and A Separation (Golden Bear at the 2011 Berlinale and the 2012 Oscar for Best Foreign-language Film) under his belt, was co-produced by Paris-based outfit Memento, which is also in charge of its international sales.

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The Un Certain Regard selection, which will be opened by Clash [+see also:
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by Egypt’s Mohamed Diab, has seen the addition of an 18th title: the US production Hell or High Water by British director David Mackenzie (who already took part in Un Certain Regard in 2013 with Young Adam, and has been selected in competition at Berlin twice – in 2005 and 2007).

Among the special screenings we see the addition of Chouf [+see also:
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 by Karim Dridi (read the news), the documentary Wrong Elements [+see also:
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by US novelist Jonathan Littell and the directorial feature debut by actor Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet: Fool Moon [+see also:
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. Lastly, the English-language French production Blood Father [+see also:
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by Jean-François Richet, toplined by Mel Gibson, will get a midnight screening.

The new selected films:

Competition:

The Salesman [+see also:
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 - Asghar Farhadi (Iran/France)

Un Certain Regard:

Hell or High Water - David Mackenzie (United States)

Special Screenings:

Chouf [+see also:
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trailer
film profile
]
 - Karim Dridi (France)
Wrong Elements [+see also:
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trailer
film profile
]
 - Jonathan Littell (France/Belgium/Germany)
Fool Moon [+see also:
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]
 - Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet (France)

Midnight Screenings:

Blood Father [+see also:
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 - Jean-François Richet (France)

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(Translated from French)

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