April 12, 2018
by Carla Hay
The Cannes Film Festival has announced the selection of feature films that will premiere at the 71st edition of the event, which will take place May 8 to May 19, 2018 in Cannes, France.
As previously reported, Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows” (starring Oscar-winning spouses Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz) will open the festival and be in competition for the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s highest prize. The festival also previously announced that “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (directed by Ron Howard) will premiere at the event and will be screening out of competition. “Solo: A Star Wars Story” is the origin story of popular “Star Wars” character Han Solo (played by Alden Ehrenreich).
Other films from acclaimed directors include Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” based on Ron Stallworth’s memoir that chronicled his journey of as an African-American police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. Lee co-wrote the screenplay of the film, whose producers include Lee and “Get Out” producers Jordan Peele and Jason Blum. “BlacKkKlansman” stars John David Washington as Stallworth, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier and Topher Grace. Also screening in competition will be Jean Luc Godard’s “Le Livre d’Image (The Image Book),” an exploration of the modern Arab world.
Notably absent from the lineup are films from streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. The lack of these types of films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival should come as no surprise, in light of the Cannes Film Festival’s announcement that films from streaming services will no longer be eligible to compete for the festival’s awards.
Here is the complete list of feature films that will premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival:
In Competition
| Film d’ouvertureAsghar FARHADI | TODOS LO SABEN
(EVERYBODY KNOWS) |
2h10 |
| *** | ||
| Stéphane BRIZÉ | AT WAR | 1h45 |
| Matteo GARRONE | DOGMAN | 2h |
| Jean-Luc GODARD | LE LIVRE D’IMAGE
(THE IMAGE BOOK) |
1h25 |
| Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI | NETEMO SAMETEMO (ASAKO I & II)
(ASAKO I & II) |
1h59 |
| Christophe HONORÉ | SORRY ANGEL | 2h12 |
| Eva HUSSON | GIRLS OF THE SUN | 2h |
| JIA Zhang-Ke | ASH IS PUREST WHITE | 2h21 |
| KORE-EDA Hirokazu | SHOPLIFTERS | 2h01 |
| Nadine LABAKI | CAPERNAUM | 2h |
| LEE Chang-Dong | BUH-NING
(BURNING) |
2h28 |
| Spike LEE | BLACKKKLANSMAN | 2h08 |
| David Robert MITCHELL | UNDER THE SILVER LAKE | 2h20 |
| Jafar PANAHI | THREE FACES | 1h40 |
| Pawel PAWLIKOWSKI | ZIMNA WOJNA
(COLD WAR) |
1h25 |
| Alice ROHRWACHER | LAZZARO FELICE | 2h |
| Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV | LETO | 2h |
| A.B SHAWKY | YOMEDDINE | 1st film – 2h16 |
Un Certain Regard
| Ali ABBASI | GRÄNS
(BORDER) |
1h41 |
| Meryem BENM’BAREK | SOFIA | 1st film – 1h20 |
| Andréa BESCOND
Eric METAYER |
LITTLE TICKLES | 1st film – 1h43 |
| BI Gan | LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT | 2h15 |
| Nandita DAS | MANTO | 1h50 |
| Antoine DESROSIÈRES | SEXTAPE | 1h38 |
| Lukas DHONT | GIRL | 1st film – 1h45 |
| Vanessa FILHO | ANGEL FACE | 1st film – 2h |
| Valeria GOLINO | EUFORIA | 2h |
| Gaya JIJI | MY FAVORITE FABRIC | 1st film – 1h36 |
| Wanuri KAHIU | RAFIKI
(FRIEND) |
1h22 |
| Etienne KALLOS | DIE STROPERS
(THE HARVESTERS) |
1st film – 1h42 |
| Ulrich KÖHLER | IN MY ROOM | 2h |
| Luis ORTEGA | EL ANGEL | 2h06 |
| Adilkhan YERZHANOV | THE GENTLE INDIFFERENCE OF THE WORLD | 1h39 |
Out of Competition
| Ron HOWARD | SOLO A STAR WARS STORY | |
| Gilles LELLOUCHE | LE GRAND BAIN
(SINK OR SWIM) |
1h57 |
Midnight Screenings
| Joe PENNA | ARCTIC | 1st film -1h37 |
| YOON Jong-Bin | GONGJAK
(THE SPY GONE NORTH) |
2h27 |
Special Screenings
| Aditya ASSARAT Wisit SASANATIENG Chulayarnon SRIPHOL Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL |
10 YEARS IN THAILAND | 1h32 |
| Nicolas CHAMPEAUX Gilles PORTE |
THE STATE AGAINST MANDELA AND THE OTHERS | 1h45 |
| Carlos DIEGUES | O GRANDE CIRCO MÍSTICO
(THE GREAT MYSTICAL CIRCUS) |
1h34 |
| Romain GOUPIL | LA TRAVERSÉE | 2h19 |
| Michel TOESCA | TO THE FOUR WINDS | 1h40 |
| WANG Bing | DEAD SOULS | 8h15 |
| Wim WENDERS | POPE FRANCIS – A MAN OF HIS WORD | 1h36 |