The Official Selection in Festival de Cannes 2009

The Official Selection in Festival de Cannes 2009 is dedicated to the memory of Wouter Barendrecht (1965 - 2009).
Opening Film : Pete DOCTER - UP - Out of Comp.- 1h44

THE COMPÉTITION :

Pedro ALMODÓVAR - LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (Broken Embraces) - 2h09
Andrea ARNOLD - FISH TANK - 2h04
Jacques AUDIARD - UN PROPHÈTE - 2h30
Marco BELLOCCHIO - VINCERE - 2h08
Jane CAMPION - BRIGHT STAR - 2h00
Isabel COIXET - MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO -1h44
Xavier GIANNOLI - A L’ORIGINE - 2h30
Michael HANEKE - DAS WEISSE BAND (The White Ribbon) - 2h24
Ang LEE - TAKING WOODSTOCK -2h00
Ken LOACH - LOOKING FOR ERIC - 1h56
LOU Ye - CHUN FENG CHEN ZUI DE YE WAN (Spring Fever) - 1h55
Brillante MENDOZA - KINATAY - 1h40
Gaspar NOE - ENTER THE VOID - 2h30
PARK Chan-Wook - BAK-JWI - (Thirst) - 2h13
Alain RESNAIS - LES HERBES FOLLES (Wild grass) - 1h36
Elia SULEIMAN - THE TIME THAT REMAINS - 1h49
Quentin TARANTINO - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS - 2h40
Johnnie TO - VENGEANCE - 1h48
TSAI Ming-liang - VISAGE (face)- 2h18
Lars VON TRIER - ANTICHRIST - 1h44
Closing Film : Jan KOUNEN - COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY - Out of Comp. - 2h00

UN CERTAIN REGARD

BONG Joon Ho - MOTHER - 2h10
Alain CAVALIER - IRENE -1h23
Lee DANIELS - PRECIOUS - 1h49
Denis DERCOURT - DEMAIN DES L'AUBE - 1h36
Heitor DHALIA - À DERIVA (Adrift)- 1h43
Bahman GHOBADI - KASI AZ GORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH (Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats)- 1h30
Ciro GUERRA - LOS VIAJES DEL VIENTO (Les Voyages Du Vent) - 1h57
Mia HANSEN-LOVE - LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS - 2h00
Hanno HÖFER, Razvan MARCULESCU, Cristian MUNGIU, Constantin POPESCU, Ioana URICARU:
AMINTIRI DIN EPOCA DE AUR (Tales from The Golden Age) - 2h18
Nikolay KHOMERIKI - SKAZKA PRO TEMNOTU (Tale In The Darkness)- 1h12
HIrokazu KORE-EDA - KUKI NINGYO (Air Doll)- 2h05
Yorgos LANTHIMOS - KYNODONTAS (Dogtooth) - 1h36
Pavel LOUNGUINE - TZAR (Le Tsar) - 1h56
Raya MARTIN - INDEPENDENCIA - (Independence) - 1h17
Corneliu PORUMBOIU - POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Policier, Adjectif) - 1h55
Pen-Ek RATANARUANG - NANG MAI (Nymph)- 1h49
João Pedro RODRIGUES - MORRER COMO UM HOMEM (Mourir Comme Un Homme) - 2h13
Haim TABAKMAN - EYES WIDE OPEN - 1er film -1h31
Warwick THORNTON - SAMSON AND DELILAH - 1er film - 1h41
Jean VAN DE VELDE - THE SILENT ARMY - 1h32

OUT OF COMPETITION:
Alejandro AMENABAR - AGORA - 2h21
Terry GILLIAM - THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS - 2h02
Robert GUÉDIGUIAN - L'ARMÉE DU CRIME (The Army of crime) - 2h19

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS :

Stéphane AUBIER, Vincent PATAR - A TOWN CALLED PANIC -1st film - 1h16

Sam RAIMI - DRAG ME TO HELL - 1h39

Marina de VAN - NE TE RETOURNE PAS (Don't look back) - 1h50

SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

Anne AGHION - MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER - 1h20
Adolfo ALIX, JR., Raya MARTIN - MANILA -1h30
Souleymane CISSE - MIN YE - 2h15
Michel GONDRY- L'EPINE DANS LE COEUR (The thorn in the heart) - 1h26
Zhao LIANG - PETITION - 2h04
Eduardo VALENTE - NO MEU LUGAR (Eye of the storm) - 1st film - 1h53
Keren YEDAYA - JAFFA - 1h44

Tribute to Fanny Ardant

Fanny ARDANT - CENDRES ET SANG (Ashes and blood) -1st film - 1h45

Lee Chang-Dong presents

Ounie LECOMTE - UNE VIE TOUTE NEUVE (A brand new life) - 1st film - 1h32

THE SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION

Mark ALBISTON, Louis SUTHERLAND - THE SIX DOLLAR FIFTY MAN-15' New Zealand
Daniel BORGMAN - LARSOG PETER-15' Denmark
Alex BRENDEMÜHL - RUMBO A PEOR-12' Spain
Jochem DE VRIES - MISSEN -12' The Netherlands
Jean-Christophe LIE - L'HOMME A LA GORDINI-10' France
Goran ODVORCIC - CIAO MAMA-10' Croatia
Laila PAKALNINA - KLUSUMS-14' Latvia
João SALAVIZA - ARENA-15' Portugal
Emma SULLIVAN - AFTER TOMORROW-15’United Kingdom

Source: Festival de Cannes news letter -4