Previously in Cannes news
The Coen Bros led Jury and the Lineups for Competition and Un Certain Regard
While the competition & un certain regard films are the "star headliners" as it were, they aren't always the ones that garner the most critical buzz or sales or what not. So let's look at what's coming in the Director's Fortnight sidebar. While this section is non competitive, the films are eligible for the Camera D'Or prize if they are among the first films in a director's career, though that's tough to win since they're competing with first films in other sections, too. The last few winners of this prize were: Beasts of the Southern Wild (Oscar nominee Best Picture), Ilo Ilo (Oscar submission Best Foreign Film) and France's Party Girl.
Opening Film
In the Shadow of Women
In the Shadow of Women (France) dir: Philippe Garrel.
A romantic drama about documentary filmmakers in Paris
Closing Film
Dope (US) dir: Rick Famuyiwa
This action comedy about high school hip-hop fans who get caught up in a drug deal gone wrong was a huge hit at Sundance (our quick take). It has supposedly been edited since then, which would probably only strengthen it. It's very funny but a bit bloated.
The Rest of the Lineup is after the jump
Allende, mi abuelo Allende (Chile | Mexico) dir: Marcia Tambutti
DEBUT. Eligible for the Camera d'Or. A portrait of the director's grandfather Salvador Allende, his public and private selves
Arabian Nights (Portugal) dir: Miguel Gomes
Previously discussed in our "We Can't Wait" series
The Brand New Testament (Luxembourg | France | Belgium) dir: Jaco Van Dormael
The director of Nobody returns with a religious satire about God's accidentally leaked apocalypse plans. With Yolande Moreau & Catherine Deneuve.
The Cowboys (France) dir: Thomas Bidegain
DEBUT. Eligible for the Camera d'Or. The screenwriter of Rust & Bone make his directing debut about a father and son searching for a missing family member.
Embrace of the Serpent
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia | Venezuela | Argentina) dir: Ciro Guerra
This is about a cross cultural friendship between two scientists and an shaman in the Amazon.
Fatima (France) dir: Philippe Faucon
The eponymous character is a Moroccan woman who can't communicate with her French daughters.
My Golden Years (France) dir: Arnaud Desplechin
Mathieu Amalric reprises his role from Desplechin’s My Sex Life … or How I Got Into an Argument
Green Room
Green Room (US) dir: Jeremy Saulnier
The Blue Ruin director returns with a drama about punk rockers fighting neo-Nazis. With Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Patrick Stewart, Alia Shawkat, and more.
The Here After (France | Poland | Sweden) dir: Magnus von Horn
22 year old baby-faced Swedish musician Ulrick Munther stars as a young man just completing his sentence for murder
Much Loved (Morocco | France) dir: Nabil Ayouch
The director of Horses of God returns with a drama about prostitutes in Marrackech
Mustang (France) dir: Deniz Gamze Erguven
DEBUT. Eligible for Camera d'OR. This one is about teenage sisters trying to break free from their family
Peace to Us in Our Dreams (Lithuania | France) dir: Sharunas Bartas
A drama about a family weekend gone wrong.
A Perfect Day (Spain) dir: Fernando Leon de Aranoa
The Mondays in the Sun director is delivering hisfirst English language film. Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins and Olga Kurylenko star and it's set during a cease-fire in the Balkans
Songs My Brothers Taught Me (US) dir: Chloe Zhao
DEBUT eligible for Camera d'Or (also played Sundance). Life in a South Dakota Indian reservation.
Special Screening
This is arguably not even the weirdest image from the trailer
Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld (Japan) dir: Takashi Miike
The crazy prolific and just plain crazy director is back with a vampire thriller. Expect lots of gore.
Anything you're most curious about out there?