79th Cannes Film Festival Lineup - In Progress

Post will be In Progress until all films are listed with info at the official site, which usually happens one or two weeks before Festival opening day.

Not sure if it was only me but got so confused with the press conference that even changed the language to see if it was me not understanding French (lol); unfortunately it was the same in English.

Anyway have read most articles in industry reliable press but will wait for official announcement at their site as wish to confirm that my spontaneous impression is right as seems there are films missing in each sections and if right, surely will be announced later.

Nevertheless, the Competition seems to be complete as-of-today has twenty-one (21) films.  Still one film could be added as maximum allowed is 22.  Industry press is claiming that contractual issues are making Paper Tiger by James Gray to not be in festival but festival organizers hope to add film, no festival section is mentioned. After all lets recall Fremaux said that 95% of the selection was announced today

Most of the films in competition are expected but my biggest surprise is to have three films from Spain: Alomodovar, Sorogoyen and los Javis! Haven't seen a single film from los Javis but watched the most visually intriguing and incredibly well edited Almodovar interview with los Javis directing and hosting the interview, so expectation has been risen. By-the-way, is the first time ever that Spain has three films in competition.

Every single year I hope the official selection and specially the competition is not a window for American movies and instead become a window to great world cinema. This year is a reality as eschews USA in favor of the best cinema of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Great!

According to Fremaux a total of 2,541 feature films were submitted from 141 countries which he says reflect a kind of quantitative vitality. He also mentioned that there is a high number of female directors in competition but read somewhere that not in the Official Selection as the percentage is down, will do follow up about this subject and modify this paragraph accordingly.

There is no surprise to find the large amount of films in French as not only French directors have films in the official selection but also many non-French directors have films not-in-their-native language but in French. Most notable are Léa Seydoux and Catherine Deneuve as each has two films in the competition,; but there are other names that will light the red carpet like Renate Reinsve, Marion Cotillard, Sebastian Stan, Isabelle Huppert, Sandra Hüller, Virginie Efira, Javier Bardem, Andy Garcia, Rami Malek, Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Cécile de France, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Kristen Stewart, Leïla Bekhti, Pierre Niney, Vincent Cassel, Gilles Lellouche, Penelope Cruz, Mélanie Thierry, Léa Drucker, and many more.

Just a reminder, Barbra Streisand and Peter Jackson will be receive an honorary Palme d'Or in recognition of their life's work.

The Official Selection

Competition

Amarga Navidad (Bitter Christmas), Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
Coward, Lukas Dhont, Belgium, France and Netherlands
Das geträumte Abenteuer (The Dreamed Adventure), Valeska Grisebach, Germany, France, Bulgaria and Austria
El Ser Querido (The Beloved), Rodrigo Sororgoyen, Spain and France
Fatherland, Pawel Palikowski, Italy, Poland, Germany and France
Fjord, Cristian Mungiu, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France and Romania
Garance, Jeanne Herry, France
Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer, Austria, Germany and France
箱の中の羊 Hako no Naka no Hitsuji ( Sheep in The Box), Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
Histoires de la Nuit (The Birthday Party), Léa Mysius, France
Histoires parallèles (Parallel Tales), Asghar Farhadi, France, Belgium, USA, and Italy
호프 Hope, Na Hong-jin, South Korea
La Bola Negra (The Black Ball), Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (los Javi), Spain and France
La vie d'une femme (Life of A Woman), Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, France and Belgium
L'Inconnue (The Unknown), Arthur Harari, France
Minotaur, Andrei Zvyagintsev, France, Germany and Latvia
Moulin, László Nemes, France
ナギダイアリー Nagi Notes, Koji Fukada, Japan
Notre Salut, Emmanuel Marre, Belgium and France
Soudain (All of the Sudden), Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Japan, France, Belgium and Germany
The Man I Love, Ira Sachs, USA

International Jury
President: Park Chan-Wook, director, screenwriter and producer, South Korea

Out of Competition

Opening Film: La Vénus électrique (The Electric Kiss), Pierre Salvador, France and Belgium
Diamond, Andy Garcia, USA
Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn, USA and Denmark
Karma, Guillaume Canet, France
L'Abandon, Vincent Garenq, France
La Bataille De Gaulle: L'âge de fer (De Gaulle: Tiltin Iron - Part 1), Antonin Baudry, France
L’Objet du délit, Agnès Jaoui, France

Cannes Premiere
A section introduced to highlight new works by established filmmakers who have previously been in competition.

El Partido (The Match), Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco, Argentina (documentary)
Heimsuchung (Visitation), Volker Schlöndorff, Germany
黒牢城 Kokurojo, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan
La troisième nuit (The Third Night), Daniel Auteuil, France
Propeller One-Way Night Coach, John Travolta, USA

Special Screenings
Features documentaries and unique projects.

Avedon, Ron Howard, USA (documentary)
Cantona, David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas, UK (documentary)
John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh, USA (documentary) 
L'Affaire Marie-Claire, Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller, France
Les Survivants du Che, Christophe Dimitri Réveille, France (documentary - 1st Film)
Les Matins Merveilleux, Avril Besson, France (1st Film)
تمرین‌هایی برای یک انقلاب Rehearsals for a Revolution, Pegah Ahangarani, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and Iran (1st Film)

Midnight Screenings
Traditionally reserved for genre-leaning, high-energy titles.

Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux, France and USA
군체) Gunche (Colony), Yeon Sang-ho, South Korea
Jim Queen, Nicolas Athané and Marco Ngyuen, France (animation, 1st film)
Roma Elastica, Bertrand Mandico, Italy and France
Sanguine, Marion Le Coroller, France and Belgium

Un Certain Regard
Dedicated to original works and emerging talent from around the world. Up to April 9th there are 15 Films in this section.

Opening Film: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun, USA
Ben'Imana (Children of God), Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Rwanda, Côte d'Ivoire and Senegal (1st Film)
Club Kid, Jordan Firstman, USA (1st Film) 
Congo Boy, Rafiki Fariala, Central African Republic, Congo and France 
El Deshielo (The Meltdown), Manuela Martelli, Argentina, France, and Chile
Les Éléphants dans la brume, Abinash Bikram Shah, Germany, France, Brazil, and Nepal (1st Film)
Everytime, Sandra Wollner, Austria and Germany
I’ll Be Gone in June, Katharina Rivilis, Germany and Switzerland (1st Film)
La Más Dulce, Laïla Marrakchi, France, Spain, Morocco and Belgium
Le Corset,  Louis Clichy, France and Belgium (animation)  
Quelques mots d'amour, Rudi Rosenberg, France
Siempre Soy Tu Animal Materno (I Am Always Your Maternal Animal), Valentina Maurel, France and Costa Rica
すべて真夜中の恋人たち Subete Mayonaka no Koibito-tachi (All The Lovers In The Night), Yukiko Sode, Japan
Uļa, Viesturs Kairišs, Latvia, Poland, Letonia, and Estonia
بالأمس لم تنم العين Yesterday The Eye Didn’t Sleep, Rakan Mayasi, Lebanon, Palestine and Belgium 

Un Certain Regard Jury
President:

Camera d'Or
Created in 1978 by Gilles Jacob, who was then the General Delegate. Is organized by the Association Française du Festival International du Film with the collaboration of the National Federation of Cinema and Audiovisual Industries and the French Association of Film Critics.

It is awarded to the best first feature film presented in the Official Selection (Competition, Out of Competition and Un Certain Regard), in the Semaine de la Critique or in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs). It is designed to encourage young creation and it's a catalyst for the career of filmmakers as it offers a unique, international showcase. In accordance with the tradition, the jury consists of French representatives of the industry and two guest along with the President which this year is .
Camera d'Or Jury
President:

Short Films

Competition

CINEF Selection

Short Films and CINEF Jury
President:

Immersive Competition

Cannes Classics

Cinéma de la Plage

Golden Globes Documentary Prize

The Press Conference Video