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the 18 films in competition revealed

Thierry Frémaux and Pierre Lescure, for whom this will be the last festival, at 76, unveiled the 18 films in competition for the Palme d’Or, during the presentation press conference. From July, it is indeed a woman who takes over the presidency of the Festival, Iris Knobloch, the former president of Warner Bros France. The German was elected for a three-term term on March 23.

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The latest films by David Cronenberg, James Gray, the Dardenne brothers and even Ruben Östlund will be in the running.

This year, two major events will attract the attention of the public: the preview of the biopic “Elvis” by the Australian Baz Luhrman but above all the return to the Croisette by Tom Cruise who will come for the preview of “Top Gun : Maverick” directed by Joseph Kosinski on May 18.



The last time the American star came to Cannes was exactly 30 years ago, on May 18, 1992 for “Distant Horizons” by Ron Howard. A prize will be awarded to him for his entire career.

The pass of three for the Russian Kirill Serebrennikov

The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, who left his country legally, presents a historical film around the composer Tchaikovsky.

File photo of Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, before a court hearing in Moscow, Russia.

The director, for the third time in competition (“Leto”, “Petrov’s Fever”), is also a director and will open the Avignon Festival in July after having recently left Russia to settle in Berlin.

List of the 18 films in competition for the Palme d’Or:
-Holy Spider d’Ali Abbasi.
-Les Amandiers by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.
-Crimes of the Future de David Cronenberg
-Tori and Lokita by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
-Stars at Noon de Claire Denis.
-Brother and sister of Arnaud Desplechin.
-Close de Lukas Dhont.
-Armageddon Time de James Gray.
-Broker de Hirokazu Kore-eda.
-Nostalgia de Mario Martone.
-RMN by Cristian Mungiu.
-Triangle of Sadness de Ruben Ostlund.
-Decision to Leave de Park Chan-wook.
-Showing up de Kelly Reichardt.
-Leila’s brothers by Saeed Roustaee.
-Boy from heaven de Tarik Saleh.
-La Femme de Tchaikovsky de Kirill Serebrennikov.
-Hi-han (Eo) de Jerzy Skolimowski.

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