Jury president Spike Lee, proper, seems through the awards ceremony for the 74th worldwide movie competition, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (AP Photograph/Vadim Ghirda)
PARIS --
Movies by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d'Or at a Cannes Movie Pageant set to unspool in opposition to the backdrop of the struggle in Ukraine.
Cannes movie competition artist director Thierry Fremaux and president Pierre Lescure introduced the lineup to this 12 months's competition, Cannes' seventy fifth, in a press convention Thursday in Paris. After cancelling the 2020 occasion and internet hosting a barely scaled down 2021 version, the French Riviera competition is trying to reclaim its pre-pandemic attract with some 35,000 accredited attendees anticipated subsequent month.
The 18 movies introduced in Cannes' prestigious competitors lineup function new works by a number of former Palme winners, together with Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (“Dealer”), Swedish social satirist Ruben Ostlund (“Triangle of Unhappiness”) and Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (“Tori and Lokita”).
Additionally in competitors: Cronenberg's “Crimes of the Future,” starring Lea Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Viggo Mortensen; Kelly Reichardt's “Displaying Up,” which reunites her with “Wendy and Lucy” star Michelle Williams; Chan-wook's Korean thriller thriller “Determination to Go away”; and French filmmaker Claire Denis' “Stars at Midday” with Margaret Qualley.
The seventy fifth anniversary of the French Riviera movie extravaganza “is occurring in particular circumstances: the pandemic, the struggle in Ukraine, a world that has modified and can preserve altering,” Fremaux mentioned.
The most important Hollywood splashes anticipated at Cannes had already been introduced, together with a screening of “High Gun: Maverick,” which might be accompanied by a tribute to star Tom Cruise. The “High Gun” sequel will play out of competitors, as will Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks.
Organizers will announce the jury at a later date.
Cannes' worldwide village of flag-waving pavilions yearly hosts greater than 80 nations from around the globe. However organizers earlier mentioned no Russian delegations could be welcome on the this 12 months due to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Russian director, Kirill Serebrennikov, who lately fled Russia for Berlin after a number of years banned from journey, will premiere his newest movie, about composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky
As common, a lot of the administrators within the competitors are males. Solely three of the 18 movies competing for the Palme d'Or had been directed by girls. Final 12 months, Julia Ducournau turned solely the second lady in Cannes historical past to win the highest prize, for her movie “Titane,” the body-horror thriller.
The competition will open on Might 17 with the premiere of the zombie comedy “Closing Minimize,” by “The Artist” director Michel Hazanvicius. The movie had earlier been scheduled to debut in January on the Sundance Movie Pageant however was pulled when the competition shifted to a digital version amid a virus surge.
Ethan Coen will debut his first function with out his brother, Joel, within the out-of-competition documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Bother in Thoughts.” Different highlights embody George Miller's first movie since 2015's “Mad Max: Fury Highway”: “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” a fantasy romance with Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. And Brett Morgan will premiere “Moonage Daydream,” a David Bowie documentary.
As has been the case since 2017, no Netflix movies are in competitors at Cannes. The streamer and the competition have been an deadlock as a result of nation's inflexible windowing guidelines. As soon as a movie performs in cinemas in France, it may't stream for 15 months. Earlier this 12 months, although, Netflix signed a three-year settlement with French movie guilds to spend a minimal of $45 million financing French and European movies to play theatrically in France.
The Cannes Movie Pageant runs Might 17-28.
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