25/04/2023 - Catherine Corsini and Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire join the competition; Valérie Donzelli, Amat Escalante and Lisandro Alonso are in Cannes Premiere; Wei Shujun and Alex Lutz are in Un Certain Regard

As expected, the Official Selection of the 76^th Cannes Film Festival (16-27 May – see the news) has been topped off, but a much more copious selection of titles than expected has been unveiled, as 13 features have been added to the programme.

The race for the Palme d’Or now sees the involvement of France’s Catherine Corsini with Homecoming [+see also:
film review
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interview: Catherine Corsini
interview: Suzy Bemba
film profile] and her fellow countryman Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Hope Prize in Un Certain Regard in 2008 with Johnny Mad Dog [+see also:
trailer
film profile] and enjoying a Midnight Screening with A Prayer Before Dawn [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire
film profile] in 2017) with Black Flies, a US production starring Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan.

The Cannes Première line-up is enriched by Just the Two of Us [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Valérie Donzelli
film profile] by France’s Valérie Donzelli, Lost in the Night [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Amat Escalante
film profile] by Mexico’s Amat Escalante and Eureka [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Lisandro Alonso
film profile] by Argentinian helmer Lisandro Alonso.

Additions to the 17 titles previously announced for the Un Certain Regard selection (see the news) include Only the River Flows by China’s Wei Shujun (Striding into the Wind was in the Official Selection in 2020) and Une nuit [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] by France’s Alex Lutz, which will close the selection out of competition.

Out of competition, we have Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion [+see also:
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interview: Frédéric Tellier
film profile] by Frédéric Tellier.

Standing out among the Special Screenings are Marguerite's Theorem [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Anna Novion
film profile] by Anna Novion, the docufiction Little Girl Blue [+see also:
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interview: Mona Achache
film profile] by Mona Achache (starring Marion Cotillard), and Bread and Roses by Afghan director Sahra Mani.

As for the Midnight Screenings, they now include Hypnotic by US filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and Project Silence by South Korea’s Kim Tae-gon.

Finally, film buffs will also be able to savour Filles du feu, a short film helmed by Portugal’s Pedro Costa.

Here is the full list of films announced:

Competition

Firebrand [+see also:
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film profile] - Karim Aïnouz (UK/USA)
Asteroid City - Wes Anderson (USA)
Four Daughters [+see also:
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interview: Kaouther Ben Hania
film profile] - Kaouther Ben Hania (France/Tunisia/Germany)
About Dry Grasses [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
film profile] - Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey/France/Germany)
Last Summer [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Catherine Breillat
film profile] - Catherine Breillat (France)
Kidnapped [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Marco Bellocchio (Italy/France/Germany)
Homecoming [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Catherine Corsini
interview: Suzy Bemba
film profile] - Catherine Corsini (France)
The Zone of Interest [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Jonathan Glazer (UK/Poland/USA)
Club Zero [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Hausner
film profile] - Jessica Hausner (Austria/UK/Germany/France/Denmark)
May December - Todd Haynes (USA)
Fallen Leaves [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Aki Kaurismäki (Finland/Germany)
Monster - Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan)
The Old Oak [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Ken Loach (UK/France/Belgium)
Il sol dell’avvenire [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Nanni Moretti (Italy/France)
La Chimera [+see also:
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film profile] - Alice Rohrwacher (Italy/Switzerland/France)
Black Flies - Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (USA)
Banel & Adama [+see also:
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interview: Ramata-Toulaye Sy
film profile] - Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France/Senegal)
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant [+see also:
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film profile] - Tran Anh Hung (France/Belgium)
Anatomy of a Fall [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Justine Triet
film profile] - Justine Triet (France)
Youth (Spring) [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Wang Bing (Hong Kong/Luxembourg/Netherlands/China/France)
Perfect Days [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Wim Wenders (Germany/Japan)

Out of Competition

Jeanne du Barry [+see also:
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film profile] - Maïwenn (France/Belgium/UK) (opening film)
Strange Way of Life - Pedro Almodóvar (Spain) (short film)
Filles du feu - Pedro Costa (Portugal) (short film)
Cobweb - Kim Jee-woon (South Korea)
The Idol - Sam Levinson (USA) (series)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - James Mangold (USA)
Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese (USA)
Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Frédéric Tellier
film profile] - Frédéric Tellier (France)
Elemental - Peter Sohn (USA) (final screening/closing film)

Cannes Première

Eureka [+see also:
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interview: Lisandro Alonso
film profile] - Lisandro Alonso (France/Germany/Mexico/Portugal/Argentina)
Just the Two of Us [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Valérie Donzelli
film profile] - Valérie Donzelli (France)
Close Your Eyes [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Víctor Erice (Spain)
Lost in the Night [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Amat Escalante
film profile] - Amat Escalante (Mexico/Germany/Netherlands)
Kubi - Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Martin Provost
film profile] - Martin Provost (France)
Along Came Love [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Katell Quillévéré
film profile] - Katell Quillévéré (France)

Special Screenings

Little Girl Blue [+see also:
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interview: Mona Achache
film profile] - Mona Achache (France)
Occupied City [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Steve McQueen (Netherlands/USA/UK)
Marguerite's Theorem [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Anna Novion
film profile] - Anna Novion (France)
Pictures of Ghosts - Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)
Man in Black [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Wang Bing (France/USA/UK)
Anselm (Das Rauschen der Zeit) [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Wim Wenders (Germany)
Bread and Roses - Sahra Mani (USA)

Midnight Screenings

The King of Algiers [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Elias Belkeddar
film profile] - Elias Belkeddar (France)
Kennedy - Anurag Kashyap (India)
Project Silence - Kim Tae-gon (South Korea)
Acid [+see also:
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film profile] - Just Philippot (France/Belgium)
Hypnotic - Robert Rodriguez (USA)

Un Certain Regard

Le Règne Animal [+see also:
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interview: Thomas Cailley
film profile] - Thomas Cailley (France) (opening film)
Terrestrial Verses - Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami (Iran)
The Breaking Ice - Anthony Chen (China)
Simple comme Sylvain [+see also:
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interview: Monia Chokri
film profile] - Monia Chokri (Canada/France)
Rien à perdre [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Delphine Deloget
film profile] - Delphine Deloget (France)
Rosalie [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Stéphanie di Giusto (France)
The Mother of All Lies - Asmae El Moudir (Morocco/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Egypt)
Los colonos [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Felipe Gálvez
film profile] - Felipe Gálvez (Chile/Argentina/UK/Taiwan/France/Denmark/Sweden/Germany)
Hopeless - Kim Chang-hoon (South Korea)
Goodbye Julia [+see also:
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interview: Mohamed Kordofani
film profile] - Mohamed Kordofani (Sudan/Egypt/Germany/France/Saudi Arabia/Sweden)
Hounds [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Kamal Lazraq
film profile] - Kamal Lazraq (France/Morocco/Belgium/Qatar)
How to Have Sex [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Molly Manning Walker
film profile] - Molly Manning Walker (UK)
The Delinquents [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Rodrigo Moreno
film profile] - Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina/Luxembourg/Chile/Brazil)
If Only I Could Hibernate [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Zoljargal Purevdash
film profile] - Zoljargal Purevdash (Mongolia/France)
The Buriti Flower [+see also:
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trailer
interview: João Salaviza and Renée Nad…
film profile] - João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora (Portugal/Brazil)
The New Boy - Warwick Thornton (Australia)
Omen [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Baloji
film profile] - Baloji Tshiani (Belgium/DR Congo/Netherlands/Germany/South Africa)
Only the River Flows - Wei Shujun (China)
Une nuit [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Alex Lutz (France) (closing film, out of competition)

(Translated from French)