Four winners of the Palma d’Or and some of the biggest names in world auteur cinema will compete for the awards of the 75th edition of the Dog Festival, which returns to its dates in May (from 17 to 28) after the suspension of 2020 and the exceptional edition of last year that had to be made in July on the occasion of the Covid-19 pandemic . The president of the Festival, Pierre Lescureand the Delegate General, Thierry Fremauxhave announced the selected titles in an edition that has broken the record of films presented (2,200) and that will practically mean a return to the usual figures of the most important festival in the world, with a forecast of 35,000 accredited professionals and journalists (in the years the average prepandemic was 40,000).
Cannes will celebrate its 75th anniversary with a special gala on May 24 and with an edition that once again plays a balance between the big names in acting cinema and the presence of big stars such as Tom Cruise -who will receive a tribute and present ‘Top Gun Maverickin a special session – or the long-awaited biopic ofElvis Presley which has been directed by the Australian Baz Luhrmann. You can also see out of competition ‘Three thousand years of rising‘, the new film by George MillerDirector of ‘Mad Max‘. The opening film will be ‘Z (like Z)‘, from French Michel Hazanavicious -winner ofOscar per ‘The artist‘-, defined by Thierry Fremaux as “a zombie comedy,” and starring Berenice Bejo i Romain Duris.
Ruben Ostlund, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Cristian Mungiu and the brothers Dardenne are the four directors who have already won the Palme d’Or and could once again win the coveted award. In the official competitive section, they are accompanied by other established authors such as David Cronenbergwhich will present ‘Crimes of the future‘, with a stellar cast led by Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart i Léa SeydouxThe James Graywho directed ‘Armaggedon time‘with Anthony Hopkins i Anne Hathaway. There will also be the latest Korean work Park Chan Wookthe French Arnaud Desplechinthe Italian Mario Martone or Polish Jerzy Skolimovski. Of the films announced this Thursday, there are only three films directed by women: ‘almond trees‘, from Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi‘Star at noon‘, from Claire Dennis i ‘Showing up‘, from the American Kelly Reichardt. Out of competition are also two films dedicated to rock stars: ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: trouble in mind‘, which he has conducted solo Ethan Coen without his brother Joeli ‘Moonage daydream‘, a movie of board tomorrow on David Bowie.
Tot i que hi havia forts rumors d’una presència notable de produccions espanyoles a l’edició d’enguany de Canes, en la roda de premsa d’aquest dijous no s’ha anunciat cap títol de producció espanyola o catalana. ‘Bora bora‘, the last movie of’Albert Serrastarring sergi lopez i Benoit Magimel, is not, at the moment, in the official programming of the contest. The decision is not yet final because the festival officials have assured that next week some new titles will be added, among which could still be Serra’s film or that of Rodrigo Sorogoyen, another of the Spanish directors who sounded strong to be in Cannes. They could also be at the festival, in this case in the programming of the parallel sections of the Fifteen Directors i la Critics’ Week to be announced in the coming days, ‘La maternal‘, the second film of Pillar Dovecote after ‘the girls‘; ‘Cork‘, the movie of Mikel Gurrea shot inAlt Emporda i ‘Water‘, the debut of the Valencian Elena Lopez Rivera.