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CANNES 2007 Selection

Attention now turns to Cannes contenders

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With the Berlinale having just closed its doors and all the attention of film industry professionals now turning to the 60th Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27, 2007), the press is making its predictions, or trying to at least, reading into the mind of artistic director Thierry Frémaux.

However, one thing is for sure: the list of titles vying for Cannes selection has never been as lengthy, both in terms of French films and international features. A quick but non-exhaustive list follows.

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Potential competition titles feature Olivier Assayas’s Boarding Gate, Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsien’s Ballon rouge (two Margo films productions, see article) and Claude Miller’s Un secret [+see also:
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(news), as well as Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park (article), Emir Kusturica’s Promise Me This [+see also:
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, Denys Arcand’s Age of Ignorance, Wong Kar Wai’s My Blueberry Nights, Todd HaynesI'm Not There, Francis Ford Coppola’s Youth Without Youth, the Coen brothersNo Country For Old Men, Woody Allen’s Cassandra's Dream (article), Paul HaggisIn the Valley of Elah, Michael Moore’s Sicko and directing duo Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse.

Other potential films include Turkish/German filmmaker Fatih Akin’s Auf der anderen Seite des Lebens (lit “On the Other Side of Life”), Michael Winterbottom’s A Mighty Heart, Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light, Austrian helmer Hans Weingartner’s Free Rainer (see news), Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (article), Alexandre Sokourov’s Alexandra, Andrzej Wajda’s Katyn (see news), Volker Schlöndorff’s Ulzhan, Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely and, last but not least, if they will be ready in time, Michael Haneke’s remake of Funny Games, Hungarian director Bela Tarr’s The Man From London (article) and David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises.

French productions will battle for places in the various festival sections. Speculation surrounds Marjane Satrapi’s animated film Persépolis (article), Nicolas Philibert’s documentary Back to Normandie, Eric Rohmer’s Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon [+see also:
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(news), Gaël Morel’s Après Lui [+see also:
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(Nicolas Klotz’s news), La question humaine (article) which could get selected in Directors’ Fortnight, Damien Odoul’s L'Histoire de Richard O. (news), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s Actrice (news), Catherine Breillat’s Vellini [+see also:
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, Noémie Lvosky’s L’ami de Fred Astaire [+see also:
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(article), Manuel Poirier’s La maison (article) and Erick Zonca’s Julia (news).

The army of outsiders includes Nadir Mokneche’s Délice Paloma (article), Arnaud des Pallières’ Le Parc (news), Mia Hansen-Löve’s Tout est pardonné (news), Christine Carrière’s Darling, Jalil Lespert’s 24 mesures (article), Michelange Quay’s Mange, ceci est mon corps and Serge Bozon’s La France (news).

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(Translated from French)

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