19/04/2018 - Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Yann Gonzalez and Sergey Dvortsevoy are all now in the race for the Palme d’Or. Lars von Trier will feature out of competition, while Terry Gilliam will close the festival

As predicted, the Official Selection list for the 71st Cannes Film Festival (running 8 to 19 May) has been finalised today. The original 18 contenders for the Palme d’Or (article) have now become 21. Entering the race are Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan (He was awarded the Palme d’Or in 2014, having won the Grand Prize twice, and Best Director once, this being his 6th appearance in competition at Cannes) with The Wild Pear Tree [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Maury
interview: Yann Gonzalez
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interview: Sergey Dvortsevoy
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As it turns out, Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier will return to the Croisette, having been barred from the competition in 2011, but he will feature out of competition to unveil his film, The House That Jack Built [+see also:
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There are now 18 films selected for the Un Certain Regard section (news) instead of the original 15, with the addition of Donbass [+see also:
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Cannes’ Official Selection has been made ever richer by the European production The Man Who Killed Don Quixote [+see also:
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interview: Raul de la Fuente
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The full list of Official Selection films is as follows:

Competition

Everybody Knows [+see also:
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The Wild Pear Tree [+see also:
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film profile] – Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey/France)
At War [+see also:
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interview: Stéphane Brizé
film profile] - Stéphane Brizé (France)
Ayka [+see also:
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interview: Sergey Dvortsevoy
film profile] - Sergey Dvortsevoy (Russia/Germany/Poland)
Dogman [+see also:
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interview: Matteo Garrone
film profile] - Matteo Garrone (Italy/France)
The Image Book [+see also:
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Knife+ Heart [+see also:
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interview: Nicolas Maury
interview: Yann Gonzalez
film profile] - Yann Gonzalez (France)
Asako I & II [+see also:
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Sorry Angel [+see also:
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Q&A: Christophe Honoré
film profile] - Christophe Honoré (France)
Girls of the Sun [+see also:
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interview: Eva Husson
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Ash is Purest White [+see also:
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Shoplifters - Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)
Capernaum [+see also:
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Burning - Lee Chang-Dong (South Korea)
Blackkklansman - Spike Lee (US)
Under the Silver Lake - David Robert Mitchell (US)
Three Faces - Jafar Panahi (Iran)
Cold War [+see also:
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Q&A: Pawel Pawlikowski
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Happy As Lazzaro [+see also:
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interview: Alice Rohrwacher
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Yomeddine [+see also:
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interview: A.B. Shawky, Dina Emam
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Summer [+see also:
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interview: Ilya Stewart
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Un Certain Regard

Donbass [+see also:
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interview: Sergei Loznitsa
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Border [+see also:
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interview: Ali Abbasi
film profile] - Ali Abbasi (Sweden/Denmark)
Sofia [+see also:
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interview: Meryem Benm'Barek
film profile] - Meryem Benm'Barek (France/Qatar)
Little Tickles [+see also:
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film profile] - Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer (France)
Long Day's Journey into Night [+see also:
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film profile] - Bi Gan (France/China)
Manto - Nandita Das (India)
Sextape [+see also:
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interview: Antoine Desrosières
film profile] - Antoine Desrosières (France)
Girl [+see also:
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interview: Lukas Dhont
film profile] - Lukas Dhont (Belgium/Netherlands)
Murder Me, Monster [+see also:
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Angel Face [+see also:
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film profile] - Vanessa Filho (France)
Euphoria [+see also:
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making of
film profile] - Valeria Golino (Italy)
Rafiki [+see also:
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interview: Wanuri Kahiu
film profile] - Wanuri Kahiu (South Africa/Kenya/France/Netherlands/Germany/Norway)
My Favourite Fabric [+see also:
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film profile] - Gaya Jiji (France/Germany/Turkey)
The Harvesters [+see also:
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interview: Etienne Kallos
film profile] - Etienne Kallos (France/Greece/Poland/South Africa)
In My Room [+see also:
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interview: Ulrich Köhler
film profile] - Ulrich Köhler (Germany/Italy)
The Angel [+see also:
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film profile] - Luis Ortega (Argentina/Spain)
The Dead and The Others [+see also:
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film profile] - João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora (Portugal/Brazil)
The Gentle Indifference of the World [+see also:
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interview: Adilkhan Yerzhanov
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Out of Competition

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote [+see also:
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interview: Terry Gilliam
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Solo: A Star Wars Story - Ron Howard (US)
Le Grand Bain [+see also:
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film profile] - Gilles Lellouche (France/Belgium)
The House That Jack Built [+see also:
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interview: Lars von Trier
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Special Screenings

10 Years in Thailand - Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
The State Against Mandela and the Others [+see also:
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The Great Mystical Circus [+see also:
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La Traversée [+see also:
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Another Day of Life [+see also:
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interview: Raul de la Fuente
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To The Four Winds [+see also:
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Dead Souls [+see also:
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Pope Francis - A Man of His Word [+see also:
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Midnight Screenings

Fahrenheit 451 - Ramin Bahrani (US)
Whitney [+see also:
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Arctic [+see also:
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The Spy Gone North - Yoon Jong-Bing (South Korea)

(Translated from French)