2008 Cannes Lineup Announced

2008_Cannes_Film_Festival_posterThe Juries and Official Selections of the 61st annual Cannes Film Festival have been announced.

Sean Penn will head the Feature Film Jury, which also includes Sergio Castellitto, Natalie Portman,  Alfonso Cuaron, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Alexandra Maria Lara and Rachid Bouchareb.

 

The 19 films competing for the Palmes D’Or are:

ÜÇ MAYMUN (THREE MONKEYS) – (director Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

LE SILENCE DE LORNA (dir. Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne)

UN CONTE DE NOËL (dir Arnaud Desplechin)

CHANGELING (dir Clint Eastwood)

ADORATION (dir Atom Egoyan)

WALTZ WITH BASHIR (dir Ari Folman)

LA FRONTIÈRE DE L’AUBE (dir Philippe Garrel)

GOMORRA (Gomorrah) (dir Matteo Garrone)

24 CITY (dir Jia Zhangke)

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (dir Charlie Kaufman)

MY MAGIC (dir Eric Khoo)

LA MUJER SIN CABEZA (dir Lucrecia Martel)

SERBIS (dir Brillante Mendoza)

DELTA (dir Kornel Mundruczo)

LINHA DE PASSE (dir Daniela Thomas, Walter Salles)

CHE (dir Steven Soderbergh)

IL DIVO (dir Paolo Sorrentino)

LEONERA (dir Pablo Trapero)

THE PALERMO SHOOTING (dir Wim Wenders)

More information on the 2008 Cannes Film Festival here.

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