The Cannes International Film Festival previews new films and documentaries of all genres from countries around the world. This year, the festival takes place from May 16 to May 27, 2012. The President of the Jury for this year’s festival is the Italian film director Nanni Moretti.
Cannes Film Festival 2012 Selection:
- Amour (LOVE) directed by Michael Haneke
- BAAD EL MAWKEAA (AFTER THE BATTLE) directed by Yousry NASRALLAH
- COSMOPOLIS directed by David CRONENBERG
- DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH (IN ANOTHER COUNTRY) directed by HONG Sangsoo
- DE ROUILLE ET D’OS (RUST AND BONE) directed by Jacques AUDIARDDO-NUI MAT (THE TASTE OF MONEY) directed by IM Sang-Soo
- DUPÃ DEALURI (BEYOND THE HILLS) directed by Cristian MUNGIU
- HOLY MOTORS directed by Leos CARAX
- JAGTEN (THE HUNT) directed by Thomas VINTERBERG
- KILLING THEM SOFTLY directed by Andrew DOMINIK
- LAWLESS directed by John HILLCOAT
- LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
- MOONRISE KINGDOM directed by Wes ANDERSON
- MUD directed by Jeff NICHOLS
- ON THE ROAD directed by Walter SALLES
- PARADIES: LIEBE (PARADISE: LOVE) directed by Ulrich SEIDL
- POST TENEBRAS LUX directed by Carlos REYGADAS
- REALITY directed by Matteo GARRONE
- THE ANGELS’ SHARE directed by Ken LOACH
- THE PAPERBOY directed by Lee DANIELS
- V TUMANE (IN THE FOG) directed by Sergei LOZNITSA
- VOUS N’AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU (YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET!) directed by Alain RESNAIS
Excerpt from an article from the Washington Post:
CANNES, FRANCE — It’s rare for veterans of the Cannes Film Festival to be genuinely excited about a star sighting — famous movie actors being as common as preternaturally well-behaved tiny dogs on the city’s famed Croisette, where most of the festival’s hurly-burly takes place.
But it’s always special when Bill Murray shows up — probably because he says yes so rarely to the myriad filmmakers who approach him for their movies. He was in Cannes on Wednesday for the world premiere of “Moonrise Kingdom,” a precocious coming-of-age love story that launched the festival and marked Murray’s sixth collaboration with Wes Anderson.
“It’s an honor to be asked back,” Murray said of Anderson’s continued use of his services. He was speaking at a packed news conference after a morning screening of the film, which received warm if not rapturous applause when it ended. (“Moonrise Kingdom” opens in theaters June 1.)
“I guess we’ve proven to each other that we’re going to work hard,” Murray continued, explaining why he and Anderson have chemistry (Murray is a notorious naysayer when it comes to accepting scripts). “These are what we call ‘art films.’ I don’t know if you know what those are. They’re films where you work very, very long hours for no money. That’s all we get, is this trip to Cannes. There’s no money involved. . . . But fortunately, we’ve saved from other jobs we’ve worked on so we can work with Wes over and over again.”
From the Cannes Film Festival 2011:
- In Competition:
- Un Certain Regard:
- Out of Competition
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