Cannes Film Festival announces lineup of films for 2021

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its Official Selection lineup for the 2021 event which will run from July 6-17 on the Riviera. After having to cancel the 2020 festival because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Cannes is determined to win back its place as the world’s No. 1 cinema event with an impressive lineup that includes big Hollywood names. Festival President, Pierre Lescure and General Delegate, Thierry Frémaux made the presentation of 61 titles on Thursday in Paris, 24 of which are in Competition (four of those are directed by women). Many of the names are familiar including Jacques Audiard, François Ozon, Asghar Farhadi and Nanni Moretti. Among the US filmmakers, there is Wes Anderson and The French Dispatch as expected, along with Sean Penn whose drama Flag Day stars Dylan Penn, Katheryn Winnick, Josh Brolin and Eddie Marsan. There’s also an as-yet unrevealed US studio movie to be screened on the beach while a new section, Cannes Premières, has been created and will feature new works from Andrea Arnold, Hong Sang-soo and Arnaud Desplechin. COMPETITION Annette, dir: Leos Carax (opening night film) Flag Day, dir: Sean Penn Tout S’est Bien Passé, dir: François Ozon A Hero, dir: Asghar Farhadi Tre Piani, dir: Nanni Moretti Titane, dir: Julia Ducournau The French Dispatch, dir: Wes Anderson Red Rocket, dir: Sean Baker Petrov’s Flu, dir: Kirill Serebrennikov France, dir: Bruno Dumont Nitram, dir: Justin Kurzel Memoria, dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Les Olympiades, dir: Jacques Audiard Benedetta, dir: Paul Verhoeven La Fracture, dir: Catherine Corsini The Restless, dir: Joachim Lafosse Lingui, dir: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun The Worst Person In The World, dir: Joachim Trier Bergman Island, dir: Mia Hansen-Love Drive My Car, dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Ahed’s Knee, dir: Nadav Lapid Casablanca Beats, dir: Nabil Ayouch Compartment No. 6, dir: Juho Kuosmanen The Story Of My Wife, dir: Ildiko Enyedi OUT OF COMPETITION De Son Vivant, dir: Emmanuelle Bercot Stillwater, dir: Tom McCarthy The Velvet Underground, dir: Todd Haynes Bac Nord, dir: Cédric Jiminez Aline, dir: Valérie Lemercier Emergency Declaration, dir: Han Jae-Rim CANNES PREMIERE Hold Me Tight, Mathieu Amalric (France) Cow, Andrea Arnold (U.K.) Love Songs for Tough Guys, Samuel Benchetrit (France) Deception, Arnaud Desplechin (France) Jane Par Charlotte, Charlotte Gainsbourg (France) In Front of Your Face, Hong Sang-soo (Korea) Mothering Sunday, Eva Husson (France) Evolution, Kornél Mundruczo (Hungary) Val, Ting Poo, Leo Scott (USA) JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone (USA) SPECIAL SCREENINGS Mariner of the Mountains, Karim Ainouz (Brazil) Black Notebooks, Shlomi Elkabetz (Israel) Babi Yar. Context, Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine) H6, Yé Yé (France) The Year of the Everlasting Storm, Jafar Panahi (Iran), Anthony Chen (Singapore), Malik Vitthal (USA), Laura Poitras (USA), Dominga Sotomayor (Chile), David Lowery (USA), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)