Linzi Wilson
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2020 OFFICIAL SELECTION
So, we all know that the 73rd Annual Festival de Cannes is cancelled this year. However, there is still an Official Selection line up.
The list was announced by Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux on Wednesday 3rd June and broadcast live from UGC Normandie in Paris. The 56 selected films will boast Cannes 2020 branding and have the support of organisation when they are either screened at other film festivals or, released in cinemas.
Here is the Official Selection for the 2020 edition of the Cannes International Film Festival:
DIRECTORS SELECTED BEFORE AT CANNES
| THE FRENCH DISPATCH | Wes Anderson | USA | 1H 43M |
| ÉTÉ 85 | François Ozon | France | 1H 40M |
| ASA GA KURU (True Mothers) | Naomi Kawase | Japan | 2H 20M |
| LOVERS ROCK | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom | 1H 08M |
| MANGROVE | Steve McQueen | United Kingdom | 2H 04M |
| DRUK (Another Round) | Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | 1H 55M |
| ADN (DNA) | Maïwenn | France / Algeria | 1H 30M |
| LAST WORDS | Jonathan Nossiter | USA | 2H 06M |
| HEAVEN: TO THE LAND OF HAPPINESS | IM Sang-Soo | South Korea | 1H 40M |
| EL OLVIDO QUE SEREMOS (Forgotten we’ll be) | Fernando Trueba | Spain | 2H 16M |
| PENINSULA | YEON Sang-Ho | South Korea | 1H 54M |
| IN THE DUSK (Au crépuscule) | Sharunas BARTAS | Lituania | 2H 06M |
| DES HOMMES (Home Front) | Lucas BELVAUX | Belgium | 1H 40M |
| THE REAL THING | Kôji Fukada | Japan | 3H 48M |
NEWCOMERS
| PASSION SIMPLE | Danielle Arbid | Lebanon | 1H 36M |
| A GOOD MAN | Marie Castille Mention-Schaar | France | 1H 47M |
| LES CHOSES QU’ON DIT, LES CHOSES QU’ON FAIT | Emmanuel Mouret | France | 2H |
| SOUAD | Ayten Amin | Egypt | 1H 30M |
| LIMBO | Ben Sharrock | United Kingdom | 1H 53M |
| ROUGE (Red Soil) | Farid Bentoumi | France | 1H 26M |
| SWEAT | Magnus Von Horn | Poland | 1H 40M |
| TEDDY | Ludovic and Zoran Boukherma | France | 1H 28M |
| FEBRUARY (Février) | Kamen Kalev | Bulgaria | 2H 05M |
| AMMONITE | Francis Lee | United Kingdom | 2H |
| UN MÉDECIN DE NUIT | Elie Wajeman | France | 1H 40M |
| ENFANT TERRIBLE | Oskar Roehler | Germany | 2H 14M |
| NADIA, BUTTERFLY | Pascal Plante | Canada | 1H 46M |
| HERE WE ARE | Nir Bergman | Israel | 1H 34M |
AN OMNIBUS FILM
| SEPTET: THE STORY OF HONG KONG | Ann Hui, Johnnie TO, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo-Ping et Patrick Tam | Hong Kong | 1H 53M |
THE FIRST FEATURES
| FALLING | Viggo Mortensen | USA | 1H 52M |
| PLEASURE | Ninja Thyberg | Sweden | 1H 45M |
| SLALOM | Charlène Favier | France | 1H 32M |
| CASA DE ANTIGUIDADES (Memory House) | Joao Paulo Miranda Maria | Brazil | 1H 27M |
| BROKEN KEYS (Fausse note) | Jimmy Keyrouz | Lebanon | 1H 30M |
| IBRAHIM | Samir Guesmi | France | 1H 20M |
| BEGINNING (Au commencement) | Dea Kulumbegashvili | Georgia | 2H |
| GAGARINE | Fanny Liatard et Jérémy Trouilh | France | 1H 35M |
| 16 PRINTEMPS | Suzanne Lindon | France | 1H 13M |
| VAURIEN | Peter Dourountzis | France | 1H 35M |
| GARÇON CHIFFON | Nicolas Maury | France | 1H 48M |
| SI LE VENT TOMBE (Should the Wind Fall) | Nora Martirosyan | Armenia | 1H 40M |
| JOHN AND THE HOLE | Pascual Sisto | Spain | 1H 38M |
| STRIDING INTO THE WIND (Courir au gré du vent) | WEI Shujun | China | 2H 36M |
| THE DEATH OF CINEMA AND MY FATHER TOO (La Mort du cinéma et de mon père aussi) | Dani Rosenberg | Israel | 1H 40M |
DOCUMENTARY
| EN ROUTE POUR LE MILLIARD (Downstream to Kinshasa) | Dieudo Hamadi | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1H 30M |
| THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS | Michael Dweck et Gregory Kershaw | USA | 1H 24M |
| 9 JOURS A RAQQA | Xavier de Lauzanne | France | 1H 30M |
COMEDY
| ANTOINETTE DANS LES CÉVENNES | Caroline Vignal | France | 1H 35M |
| LES DEUX ALFRED | Bruno Podalydès | France | 1H 30M |
| UN TRIOMPHE (The big hit) | Emmanuel Courcol | France | 1H 40M |
| L’ORIGINE DU MONDE | Laurent Lafitte | France | – |
| LE DISCOURS | Laurent Tirard | France | 1H 27M |
ANIMATION
| AYA TO MAJO (Earwig and the Witch) | Gorô Miyazaki | Japan | 1H 22M |
| FLEE | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | Denmark | 1H 30M |
| JOSEP | Aurel | France | – |
| SOUL | Pete Docter | USA | 1H 30M |
