Cannes Film Festival Highlights
Heath Ledger's Last Film To Screen at the World's Oldest Film Fest
Apr 26, 2009
Heath Ledger died before completing the film and was replaced by Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp who shared his role of a circus performer.
Quentin Tarantino and Ang Lee will present their latest films, bouyed by top name onscreen talents. Brad Pitt leads an the star cast in Tarantino’s WWII drama Inglorious Basterds, while Liev Schreiber and Emile Hirsch will star in the period piece Taking Woodstock for Lee.
European directors dominate this year’s lineup, featuring a return to filmaking for Lars von Trier as he presents Antichrist. Also of note are Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, Isabel Coixet's Map of the Sounds of Tokyo and Italian Marco Bellocchio's Vincere.
Sam Raimi is one of the few US filmmakers presenting, with Drag Me To Hell. It was previously announced that Disney’s 3-D adventure Up will open the festival on May 13th, the first time an animated film has had that honour. The festival closes May 24 with Jan Kounen's Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky.
Cannes is the world's best known film festival, and has launced the films, careers and reputations of countless stars, directors and producers.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
OPENER
Up, U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
CLOSER
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, France, Jan Kounen
IN COMPETITION
Bright Star, Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
Spring Fever, China-France, Lou Ye
Antichrist, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
Enter the Void, France, Gaspar Noe
Face, France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
Les Herbes folles, France-Italy, Alain Resnais
In the Beginning, France, Xavier Giannoli
A Prophet, France, Jacques Audiard
The White Ribbon, Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
Vengeance, Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
The Time That Remains, Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
Vincere, Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
Kinatay, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
Thirst, South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
Broken Embraces, Spain, Pedro Almodovar
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo, Spain, Isabel Coixet
Fish Tank, U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
Looking for Eric, U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
Inglourious Basterds, U.S., Quentin Tarantino
Taking Woodstock, U.S., Ang Lee
OUT OF COMPETITION
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
The Army of Crime, France, Robert Guediguian
Agora, Spain, Alejandro Amenabar
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
A Town Called Panic, Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Ne te retourne pas France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
Drag Me to Hell, U.S., Sam Raimi
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Petition,China, Zhao Liang
L'epine dans le coeur, France, Michel Gondry
Min ye, France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
Jaffa, Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
Manila, Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
My Neighbor, My Killer, U.S., Anne Aghion
UN CERTAIN REGARD
Samson & Delilah, Australia, Warwick Thornton
Adrift, Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
The Wind Journeys, Colombia, Ciro Guerra
Demain des l'aube, France, Denis Dercourt
Irene, France, Alain Cavalier
Independance, Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
Le Pere de mes enfants, France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
Dogtooth, Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
Nobody Knows About the Persian Cats, Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
Eyes Wide Open, Israel, Haim Tabakman
Mother, South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
The Silent Army, Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
To Die Like a Man, Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Police, Adjective, Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
Tales from the Golden Age, Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
Tale in the Darkness, Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
Tzar,Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
Nymph, Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
Precious, U.S., Lee Daniels
FEATURE FILM JURY
Isabelle Huppert (president), actress, France
Asia Argento, actress, director, screenwriter, Italy
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director, screenwriter, actor, Turkey
Lee Chang-dong, director, author, screenwriter, South Korea
James Gray, director, screenwriter, U.S.
Hanif Kureishi, author, screenwriter, U.K.
Shu Qi, actress, Taiwan
Robin Wright Penn, actress, U.S.
LA CINEFONDATION AND SHORT FILM JURY
John Boorman (president), director, author, producer, U.K.
Bertrand Bonello, director, France
Ferid Boughedir, director, Tunisia
Leonor Silveira, actress, Portugal
Zhang Ziyi, actress, China
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