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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

2010 Cannes Film Festival

The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival, is scheduled to be held from May 12 to May 23, 2010.American film director Tim Burton will be the President of the Jury. It was announced on March 26, 2010, that Ridley Scott's film Robin Hood would open the festival. Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and Getty TV boycotted the press conference that announced the line-up for the festival, due to a row over access to the red carpet.

Jury

Tim Burton, American director (President)
Alberto Barbera, Italian cinematographer
Kate Beckinsale, English actress
Emmanuel Carrère, French author, screenwriter and director
Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
Alexandre Desplat, French composer
Victor Erice, Spanish director
Shekhar Kapur, Indian director
Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress




Festival line-up

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Opener Robin Hood Ridley Scott United States
Closer The Tree Julie Bertuccelli Australia



Films in competition

The following films will compete for the Palme d'Or.
English title Original title Director(s) Country
On Tour Tournée Mathieu Amalric France
Of Gods and Men Des hommes et des dieux Xavier Beauvois France
Outside the Law Hors-la-loi Rachid Bouchareb France
Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Mexico
A Screaming Man Un homme qui crie Mahamat-Saleh Haroun France
The Housemaid 하녀 Ha-nyeo Im Sang-soo South Korea
Certified Copy Copie conforme Abbas Kiarostami France
Outrage アウトレイジ Takeshi Kitano Japan
Poetry 시 Shi Lee Chang-dong South Korea
Another Year Mike Leigh United Kingdom
Fair Game Doug Liman United States
Route Irish Ken Loach United Kingdom
My Joy Счастье мое Sergei Loznitsa Ukraine
Our Life La nostra vita Daniele Luchetti Italy
Burnt by the Sun 2 Утомлённые солнцем 2 Nikita Mikhalkov Russia
Tender Son – The Frankenstein Project SZELÍD TEREMTÉS – A Frankenstein Terv Kornél Mundruczó Hungary
The Princess of Montpensier La princesse de Montpensier Bertrand Tavernier France
Chongqing Blues Rizhao Chongqing Wang Xiaoshuai China
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand



Un Certain Regard

English title Original title Director(s) Country
Adrienn Pál Pál Adrienn Ágnes Kocsis Hungary
Aurora Aurora Cristi Puiu Romania
Blue Valentine Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance United States
Chatroom Hideo Nakata Japan/ United Kingdom
The City Below Unter dir die Stadt Christoph Hochhäusler Germany
Socialism Film Socialisme Jean-Luc Godard France
Ha Ha Ha 하하하 Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Love, Imagined. Les amours imaginaires Xavier Dolan Canada
Life Above All Life Above All Oliver Schmitz South Africa
Los labios Iván Fund, Santiago Loza Argentina
October Octubre Daniel Vega Peru
Qu'est-il Arrive a Simon Werner? Fabrice Gobert France
Rebecca H. Lodge Kerrigan France
R U There David Verbeek Taiwan
The Strange Case of Angelica O estranho caso de Angélica Manoel de Oliveira Portugal
Tuesday, After Christmas Marţi, după Crăciun Radu Muntean Romania
Udaan Udaan Vikramaditya Motwane India


Films out of competition

The following films to be shown out of competition.
English title Original title Director(s) Country
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu Autobiografia Lui Nicolae Ceausescu Andrei Ujica Romania
Carlos Olivier Assayas France
Kaboom Gregg Araki United States
Black Heaven L'Autre Monde Gilles Marchand France
The Tree Julie Bertuccelli United States
Robin Hood Ridley Scott United States
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger Woody Allen United States
Tamara Drewe Stephen Frears United Kingdom
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone United States


Short films

The following films will compete for the Short Film Palme d'Or.
English title Original title Director(s) Country
Barking Island Chienne d'histoire Serge Avédikian France
First Aid Ezra rishona Yarden Karmin Israel
Station Estação Marcia Faria Brazil
Muscles Edward Housden Australia
Bathing Micky Micky bader Frida Kempff Sweden
To Swallow a Toad Jurģis Krāsons Latvia
Rosa Monica Lairana Argentina
Maya Pedro Pío Martín Pérez Cuba
Blocks Blokes Marialy Rivas Chile
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