The Offcial Selection 2021 For The 74th Festival de Cannes Has Been Announced

The 74th Festival de Cannes is just around the corner and last Thursday Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux have presented the Official Selection for Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premières, and Special Screenings. On July 6 the festival will open with the screening of Annette directed by Leos Carax.

24 films from international directions will take part in the battle for the Palme d'or, including the long awaited The French Dispatch by Wes Andersen, the veteran François Ozon's Tout S'est Bien Passé, Sean Penn's Flag Day, Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta, Nanni Moretti's Tre Piani and others. Here's the full list of the Official Selection 2021 for Competition:

ANNETTE Leos CARAX (France)

A FELESÉGEM TÖRTÉNETE (THE STORY OF MY WIFE) Ildikó ENYEDI (Hungary)

BENEDETTA Paul VERHOEVEN (Netherlands)

BERGMAN ISLAND Mia HANSEN-LOVE (France)

DRIVE MY CAR Ryusuke HAMAGUCHI (Japan)

FLAG DAY Sean PENN (USA)

HA'BERECH (AHED’S KNEE) Nadav LAPID (Israel)

CASABLANCA BEATS Nabil AYOUCH (Morocco)

HYTTI NRO 6 (COMPARTMENT NO.6) Juho KUOSMANEN (Finland)

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD Joachim TRIER (Norway)

LA FRACTURE Catherine CORSINI (France)

THE RESTLESS Joachim LAFOSSE (Belgium)

PARIS 13TH DISTRICT Jacques AUDIARD (France)

LINGUI Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN (Chad)

MEMORIA Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL (Thaïland)

NITRAM Justin KURZEL (Australia)

FRANCE Bruno DUMONT (France)

PETROV’S FLU Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV (Russia)

RED ROCKET Sean BAKER (USA)

THE FRENCH DISPATCH Wes ANDERSON (USA)

TITANE Julia DUCOURNAU (France)

TRE PIANI Nanni MORETTI (Italy)

TOUT S’EST BIEN PASSÉ François OZON (France)

A HEROS Asghar FARHADI (Iran)

Click here for the complete Official Selection 2021.

Missed in 2020, the Festival de Cannes 2021 will take place on July 6 -17 instead of a traditional May but it is better to have it a couple of months later than not to have it at all. Judy Foster, an American actress, director and producer, will be a special guest at the Opening ceremony at the Palais des Festivals and will receive an Honorable Palme d'or in recognition of a brilliant artistic journey, and a unique personality with a modest yet strong commitment to some of the major issues of our time.

Source: www.festival-cannes.com