The following films will be shown at Cannes Film Festival 2011, competing for accolades and recommendations from jurists and journalists:
- BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA) directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
- DRIVE directed by Nicolas WINDING REFN
- HABEMUS PAPAM directed by Nanni MORETTI
- HANEZU NO TSUKI (HANEZU) directed by Naomi KAWASE
- HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote) directed by Joseph CEDAR
- ICHIMEI (HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI) directed by Takashi MIIKE
- L’APOLLONIDE – SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE (HOUSE OF TOLERANCE) directed by Bertrand BONELLO
- LA PIEL QUE HABITO (THE SKIN I LIVE IN) directed by Pedro ALMODÓVAR
- LA SOURCE DES FEMMES (THE SOURCE) directed by Radu MIHAILEANU
- LE GAMIN AU VÉLO (THE KID WITH A BIKE) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
- LE HAVRE directed by Aki KAURISMÄKI
- MELANCHOLIA directed by Lars VON TRIER
- MICHAEL directed by Markus SCHLEINZER
- PATER directed by Alain CAVALIER
- POLISSE (POLISS) directed by MAÏWENN
- SLEEPING BEAUTY directed by Julia LEIGH
- THE ARTIST directed by Michel HAZANAVICIUS
- THE TREE OF LIFE directed by Terrence MALICK
- THIS MUST BE THE PLACE directed by Paolo SORRENTINO
- WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN directed by Lynne RAMSAY
Thierry Frémaux, Director of the Institut Lumière de Lyon and the Delegate General of the Cannes Film Festival 2011, said of the excitement for this year’s celebration of the big screen:
“Between Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris at the opening of the festival and The Beloved by Christophe Honore closing, Cannes will deploy its charm, its mysteries and traditions: fifty films in the Official Selection, dozens of guests every day, hundreds of screenings, thousands of film-buffs. The Carnival of Animals too, by Camille Saint-Saens.”
Twenty films will compete for “Un Certain Regard” in addition to seven special screenings, sixteen films presented by the Cinefoundation and nine short films.
