The 69th annual Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to be held from 11 to 22 May 2016.[3] Australian director George Miller has been announced as the President of the Jury for the main competition.[4] French actor Laurent Lafitte has been announced as the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.[5] On 15 March it was announced that Japanese director Naomi Kawase would serve as the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury president.[6] American director Woody Allen's film Café Society has been selected to open the festival.[2][7]
Key
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Directorial debut feature; eligible for the Caméra d'Or |
| † |
Winner of the main award for best film in its section |
| The opening and closing films are screened during the opening and closing ceremonies respectively. |
Official selection
Competition
The films competing in the main competition section were announced at a press conference on 14 April 2016:[8][9] The Salesman, directed by Asghar Farhadi was added to the competition lineup on 22 April 2016.[10]
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| American Honey | American Honey | Andrea Arnold | United Kingdom, United States |
| Aquarius | Aquarius | Kleber Mendonça Filho | Brazil |
| Elle | Elle | Paul Verhoeven | France, Germany, Belgium |
| From the Land of the Moon | Mal de pierres | Nicole Garcia | France |
| Graduation | Bacalaureat | Cristian Mungiu | Romania, France |
| The Handmaiden | 아가씨 Agasshi | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| I, Daniel Blake | I, Daniel Blake | Ken Loach | United Kingdom, France |
| It's Only the End of the World | Juste la fin du monde | Xavier Dolan | Canada, France |
| Julieta | Julieta | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain |
| The Last Face | The Last Face | Sean Penn | United States |
| Loving | Loving | Jeff Nichols | United States, United Kingdom |
| Ma' Rosa | Ma' Rosa | Brillante Mendoza | Philippines |
| The Neon Demon | The Neon Demon | Nicolas Winding Refn | United States |
| Paterson | Paterson | Jim Jarmusch | United States |
| Personal Shopper | Personal Shopper | Olivier Assayas | France |
| The Salesman | فروشنده Forushande | Asghar Farhadi | Iran |
| Staying Vertical | Rester Vertical | Alain Guiraudie | France |
| Sieranevada | Sieranevada | Cristi Puiu | Romania, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia |
| Slack Bay | Ma Loute | Bruno Dumont | France, Germany |
| Toni Erdmann | Toni Erdmann | Maren Ade | Germany, Austria |
| The Unknown Girl | La Fille inconnue | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Belgium |
Un Certain Regard
The films competing in the Un Certain Regard section were announced at a press conference on 14 April 2016:[8][9] Clash, directed by Mohamed Diab, has been announced as the opening film for the Un Certain Regard section. Hell or High Water, directed by David Mackenzie was added to the Un Certain Regard lineup on 22 April 2016.[10]
Out of competition
The following films were selected to screen out of competition:[8][9][10]
- Midnight screenings
- Special screenings
Short films
Out of 5,008 entries, the following films were selected to compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.[12]
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| La Laine sur le dos | صوف على الظهر Souf alla al-dhahr | Lotfi Achour | Tunisia, France |
| Dreamlands | Dreamlands | Sarah Dunlop | United Kingdom |
| Timecode | Timecode | Juanjo Giménez | Spain |
| Imago | Imago | Raymond Gutierrez | Philippines |
| Mother | Madre | Simón Mesa Soto | Colombia |
| The Girl Who Danced with the Devil | A moça que dançou com o diabo | João Paulo Miranda Maria | Brazil |
| Après Suzanne | Après Suzanne | Félix Moati | France |
| 4:15 P.M. Sfarsitul Lumii | 4:15 PM The End of the World | Catalin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Sarga | Romania |
| The Silence | Il Silenzio | Farnoosh Samadi Frooshani, Ali Asgari | Italy |
| Fight on a Swedish Beach | Fight on a Swedish Beach | Simon Vahlne | Sweden |
Cinéfondation
The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools. The following 18 entries (14 fiction films and 4 animation films) were selected out of 2,300 submissions. More than one-third of the films selected represent schools participating in Cinéfondation for the first time. It is also the first time that a film representing Bosnian and Venezuelan film schools have been selected. More than half of the films selected were directed by women.[12]
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
School |
| In the Hills | In the Hills | Hamid Ahmadi | London Film School, UK |
| Submarine | Submarine | Mounia Akl | Columbia University School of the Arts, USA |
| The Noise of Licking | A nyalintás nesze | Andrasev Nadja | MOME, Hungary |
| All Rivers Run to the Sea | Toate fluviile curg în mare | Alexandru Badea | UNATC, Romania |
| Somewhere | Ailleurs | Mélody Boulissière | E.N.S.A.D., France |
| Gabber Lover | Gabber Lover | Anna Cazenave Cambet | La Fémis, France |
| The Alan Dimension | The Alan Dimension | Jac Clinch | NFTS, UK |
| Trash | Poubelle | Alexandre Gilmet | INSAS, Belgium |
| Fine | Dobro | Marta Hernaiz Pidal | film.factory, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| The Guilt, Probably | La culpa probablemente | Michael Labarca | Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela |
| The Reasons in the World | Las razones del mundo | Ernesto Martínez Bucio | CCC, Mexico |
| 1 Kilogram | 1 Kilogram | Park Young-Ju | K-ARTS, South Korea |
| Aram | Aram | Fereshteh Parnian | Lumière University Lyon 2, France |
| Nest | Gudh | Saurav Rai | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, India |
| The Sleeping Saint | La santa che dorme | Laura Samani | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| Whatever The Weather | bei Wind und Wetter | Remo Scherrer | Hochschule Luzern - Design & Kunst, Switzerland |
| Anna | Anna | Or Sinai | Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Israel |
| Business | Business | Malena Vain | Universidad del Cine, Argentina |
Parallel sections
International Critics' Week
The full selection for the International Critics' Week section was announced on 18 April 2016, at the section's website.[13][14] In Bed with Victoria, directed by Justine Triet was selected as the opening film for the International Critics' Week section, while the short films Bonne Figure, directed by Sandrine Kiberlain, En Moi, directed by Laetitia Casta, and Kitty, directed by Chloë Sevigny were selected as its closing films.[14]
- Feature films
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Album * | Albüm | Mehmet Can Mertoğlu | Turkey, France, Romania |
| Diamond Island | Diamond Island | Davy Chou | Cambodia, France |
| Raw * | Grave | Julia Ducournau | France, Belgium |
| Mimosas | Las Mimosas | Oliver Laxe | Spain, France, Morocco, Qatar |
| One Week and a Day * | שבוע ויום Shavua ve yom | Asaph Polonsky | Israel |
| Tramontane * | ربيع Rabi'h | Vatche Boulghourjian | Lebanon, France |
| A Yellow Bird * | A Yellow Bird | K. Rajagopal | Singapore, France |
- Special screenings
- Short films
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Arnie | 阿尼 Arnie | Rina B. Tsou | Taiwan, Philippines |
| Ascension | Ascensão | Pedro Peralta | Portugal |
| Campo de Viboras | Campo de Víboras | Cristèle Alves Meira | Portugal |
| Delusion Is Redemption to Those in Distress | O Delírio é A Redenção Dos Aflitos | Filipe Fernandes | Brazil |
| L’Enfance D’Un Chef | L'enfance d'un chef | Antoine de Bary | France |
| Limbo | Limbo | Konstantina Kotzamani | Greece |
| Oh What a Wonderful Feeling | Oh What a Wonderful Feeling | François Jaros | Canada |
| Prenjak | Prenjak | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia |
| The Virgin Soldier | Le Soldat vierge | Erwan Le Duc | France |
| Superbia | Superbia | Luca Tóth | Hungary |
Directors' Fortnight
The full selection for the Directors' Fortnight section was announced on 19 April 2016, at the section's website.[15][16] Sweet Dreams, directed by Marco Bellocchio was selected as the opening film for the Directors' Fortnight section and Dog Eat Dog, directed by Paul Schrader was selected as the closing film for the Directors' Fortnight section.
- Feature films
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Divines * | Divines | Houda Benyamina | France |
| Dog Eat Dog (closing film) | Dog Eat Dog | Paul Schrader | United States |
| After Love | L'Economie du Couple | Joachim Lafosse | France, Belgium |
| The Aquatic Effect | L’Effet aquatique | Sólveig Anspach | France, Iceland |
| Sweet Dreams (opening film) | Fai bei sogni | Marco Bellocchio | Italy, France |
| Fiore | Fiore | Claudio Giovannesi | Italy, France |
| Like Crazy | La pazza gioia | Paolo Virzì | Italy, France |
| My Life as a Zucchini * | Ma vie de courgette | Claude Barras | Switzerland, France |
| Mean Dreams | Mean Dreams | Nathan Morlando | Canada |
| Mercenaire * | Mercenaire | Sacha Wolff | France |
| Neruda | Neruda | Pablo Larraín | Chile, Argentina, France, Spain |
| Endless Poetry | Poesía sin fin | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Chile, Japan, France |
| Psycho Raman | Raman Raghav 2.0 | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| Risk | Risk | Laura Poitras | United States, Germany |
| Tour de France | Tour de France | Rachid Djaïdani | France |
| Two Lovers and a Bear | Two Lovers and a Bear | Kim Nguyen | Canada |
| Les Vies de Thérèse | Les Vies de Thérèse | Sébastien Lifshitz | France |
| Wolf and Sheep * | گرگ و گوسفند Gorg o goosfand | Shahrbanoo Sadat | Denmark, Afghanistan |
- Short films
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Abigail | Abigail | Isabel Penoni, Valentina Homem | Brazil |
| Chasse Royale | Chasse Royale | Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka | France |
| Decorado | Decorado | Alberto Vázquez | Spain |
| Habat Shel Hakala | Habat shel hakala | Tamar Rudoy | Israel |
| Happy End | Happy End | Jan Saska | Czech Republic |
| Hitchhiker | Hitchhiker | Jero Yun | |
| Import | Import | Ena Sendijarevic | Netherlands |
| Kindil El Bahr | قنديل البحر Kindil El Bahr | Damien Ounouri | Algeria |
| Léthé | Léthé | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia |
| Listening to Beethoven | Listening to Beethoven | Garri Bardine | Russia |
| Zvir | Zvir | Miroslav Sikavica | Croatia |
ACID
ACID, an association of French and foreign film directors, demonstrates its support for nine films each year, seeking to provide support from filmmakers to other filmmakers.[17][18] The full ACID selection was announced on 19 April 2016, at the section's website.[19]
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Isola | Isola | Fabianny Deschamps | France |
| La Jeune Fille sans mains | La Jeune Fille sans mains | Sébastien Laudenbach | France |
| Madame B, histoire d'une nord-coréenne | Madame B, histoire d'une nord-coréenne | Jero Yun | France, South Korea |
| Le Parc | Le Parc | Damien Manivel | France |
| Sac la mort | Sac la mort | Emmanuel Parraud | France |
| Swagger | Swagger | Olivier Babinet | France |
| Tombé du ciel | Tombé du ciel | Wissam Charaf | France, Lebanon |
| Le Voyage au Groenland | Le Voyage au Groenland | Sébastien Betbeder | France |
| Willy 1er | Willy 1er | Ludovic Boukherma, Zoran Boukherma, Marielle Gautier, Hugo P. Thomas | France |
Cannes Classics
The full line-up for the Cannes Classics section was announced on 20 April 2016.[20]
- Restorations
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Sorcerer (1977) | William Friedkin | United States |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) | Signore & signori | Pietro Germi | Italy, France |
| A Man and a Woman (1966) | Un homme et une femme | Claude Lelouch | France |
| News Items (1983) | Faits divers | Raymond Depardon | France |
| Hospital (1970) | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
| Farrebique (1946) | Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons | Georges Rouquier | France |
| The Last Chance (1945) | Die letzte Chance | Leopold Lindtberg | Switzerland |
| Valley of Peace (1956) | Dolina miru | France Štiglic | Yugoslavia |
| Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963) | Ikarie XB-1 | Jindřich Polák | Czechoslovakia |
| The Day Shall Dawn (1959) | Jago hua savera | Aaejay Kardar | Pakistan |
| Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) | Memorias del subdesarrollo | Tomás Gutiérrez Alea | Cuba |
| Santi-Vina (1954) | Santi-Vina | Thavi Na Bangchang | Thailand |
| Love (1971) | Szerelem | Károly Makk | Hungary |
| Howards End (1992) | James Ivory | United Kingdom, Japan, United States |
| Decalogue V and Decalogue VI (1990) | Dekalog, pięć and Dekalog, sześć | Krzysztof Kieślowski | Poland |
| Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (1945) | 桃太郎 海の神兵 Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei | Mitsuyo Seo | Japan |
| One-Eyed Jacks (1961) | Marlon Brando | United States |
| Solaris (1972) | Солярис Solyaris | Andrei Tarkovsky | Soviet Union |
| Ugetsu (1953) | 雨月物語 Ugetsu monogatari | Kenji Mizoguchi | Japan |
| Pepper Candy aka Sweet and Sour (1963) | Dragées au poivre | Jacques Baratier | France, Italy |
| Valmont (1989) | Miloš Forman | France, United States |
| Lady Killer (1937) | Gueule d’amour | Jean Grémillon | France, Germany |
| Masculin Féminin (1966) | Masculin féminin: 15 faits précis | Jean-Luc Godard | France, Sweden |
| Indochine (1992) | Régis Wargnier | France |
| Adieu Bonaparte (1985) | وداعاً بونابرت Weda'an Bonaparte | Youssef Chahine | Egypt, France |
| The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) | Roger Corman | United States |
| Rendezvous in July (1949) | Rendez-vous de juillet | Jacques Becker | France |
| Planet of the Vampires (1965) | Terrore nello spazio | Mario Bava | Italy, Spain |
| Time to Die (1966) | Tiempo de morir | Arturo Ripstein | Mexico |
- Documentaries
| English title |
Original title |
Director(s) |
Production country |
| Journey to the Heart of French Cinema[21] | Voyage à travers le cinéma français | Bertrand Tavernier | France |
| The Cinema Travelers * | Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya | India |
| The Family Whistle * | Michele Russo | Italy, United States |
| Cinema Novo | Eryk Rocha | Brazil |
| Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey * | Sally Sussman | United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Turkey |
| Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens | United States |
| Gentleman Rissient | Benoît Jacquot, Pascal Mérigeau, Guy Seligmann | France |
| Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond * | Pierre Filmon | France |
| Women Who Run Hollywood | Et la femme créa Hollywood | Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | France |
| Bernadette Lafont, and God Created the Free Woman | Bernadette Lafont et Dieu créa la femme libre | Esther Hoffenberg | France |
Juries
Main competition
Un Certain Regard
Cinéfondation and short films
Caméra d'or
- Catherine Corsini, French film director and actress (President)[25]
- Jean-Christophe Berjon, French film critic
- Alexander Rodnyansky, Ukranian film producer
- Isabelle Frilley, French CEO of Titra Film
- Jean-Marie Dreujou, French cinematographer
International Critics' Week
L'Œil d'or
Queer Palm
References
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