Cannes 2016: the line-up

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)