The latest films from Andrea Arnold and Ken Loach, both backed by the BFI Film Fund, are among the 20-film competition line-up at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Their films join new work from directors including Xavier Dolan, Jim Jarmusch, Paul Verhoeven, Nicolas Winding Refn, Sean Penn, Pedro Almodovar and the Dardennes brothers.
Her first film since 2010’s Wuthering Heights, Arnold’s American Honey stars Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf in the story of a teenage girl who joins a travelling magazine sales crew on a road trip across the American midwest. The film features cinematography by Arnold’s celebrated regular DP, Robbie Ryan.
Loach’s latest is I, Daniel Blake, which focuses on a 59-year-old joiner living in the north-east of England who seeks the help of the British state for the first time when he falls ill. It’s based on a screenplay by frequent Loach collaborator Paul Laverty, who penned their 2006 Palme d’or winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
The festival will be held from 11 to 22 May 2016, beginning with an opening night screening of Woody Allen’s Café Society. Unusually there will be no closing film named in advance – the festival will close with a screening of whatever film wins the Palme d’or.
UPDATE – The festival’s Directors’ Fortnight sidebar has also now been announced, with Marco Bellochio’s new film Sweet Dreams to open and Paul Schrader’s Dog Eat Dog to close. The section also includes new work by Pablo Larraín, Joachim Lafosse and Alejandro Jodorowsky. The full line-up has been added below.
Opening night
Café Society — Woody Allen
In competition
Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade
Julieta – Pedro Almodovar
American Honey – Andrea Arnold
The Unknown Lady – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Personal Shopper – Olivier Assayas
It’s Only the End of the World – Xavier Dolan
Ma loute – Bruno Dumont
Paterson – Jim Jarmusch
Rester Vertical – Alain Guiraudie
Aquarius – Kleber Mendonca Filho
Mal de Pierres – Nicole Garcia
I, Daniel Blake – Ken Loach
Ma’Rosa – Brilliante Mendoza
Loving – Jeff Nichols
Bacalaureat – Cristian Mungiu
Agassi – Park Chan-Wook
The Last Face – Sean Penn
Sieranevada – Cristi Puiu
Elle – Paul Verhoeven
The Neon Demon – Nicolas Winding Refn
Out of competition
The BFG – Steven Spielberg
Money Monster – Jodie Foster
The Nice Guys – Shane Black
Gok Sung – Na Hong-Jin
Un Certain Regard
Varoonegi – Behnam Behzadi
Apprentice – Boo Junfeng
Voir du pays – Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin
La Danseuse – Stephanie Di Giusto
Clash – Mohamed Diab
La Tortue rouge – Michael Dubok de Wit
Fuchi Bi Tatsu – Fukada Koji
Omar Shakhsiya – Maha Haj
Me’Ever Laharim Vehagvaot – Eran Kolirin
After the Storm – Kore-Eda Hirokazu
Hymyileva Mies – Juho Kuosmanen
La large noche de Francisco Sanctis – Francisco Marquez & Andrea Testa
Caini – Bogdan Mirica
Pericle Il Nero – Stefano Mordini
The Transfiguration – Michael O’Shea
Captain Fantastic – Matt Ross
Midnight screenings
Gimme Danger – Jim Jarmusch
The Train to Busan – Yeon Sang-Ho
Special screenings
A Chad Tragedy – Mahamat-Saleh Aroun
The Death of Louis XIV – Albert Serra
L’ultima spiaggia – Thanos Anastopolous and Davide Del Degan
Le Cancre – Paul Vecchiali
Exil – Rithy Panh
Directors’ Fortnight
Sweet Dreams – Marco Bellocchio (opening night film)
L’Economie du couple – Joachim Lafosse
The Aquatic Effect – Sólveig Anspach
Like Crazy – Paolo Virzi
Mercenaire – Sacha Wolff
My Life as a Courgette – Claude Barras
Neruda – Pablo Larraín
Raman Raghav 2.0 – Anurag Kashyap
Tour de France – Rachid Djaidani
Risk – Laura Poitras
Two Lovers and a Bear – Kim Nguyen
Therese – Sébastien Lifshitz
Wolf and Sheep – Shahrbanoo Sadat
Mean Dreams – Nathan Morlando
Endless Poetry – Alejandro Jodorowsky
Fiore – Claudio Giovannesi
Divines – Houda Benyamina
Dog Eat Dog – Paul Schrader (closing night film)
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