About program section: Competition for Palme D’or

Here is the list for Cannes In-Competition section. All these films… which one will win the golden Palm?!

• ANOTHER YEAR directed by Mike LEIGH
• BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
• COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
• DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS
• FAIR GAME directed by Doug LIMAN
• HORS LA LOI (OUTSIDE OF THE LAW) directed by Rachid BOUCHAREB
• LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI
• LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER (THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER) directed by Bertrand TAVERNIER
• LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
• OUTRAGE directed by Takeshi KITANO
• POETRY directed by LEE Chang-dong
• RIZHAO CHONGQING (CHONGQING BLUES) directed by WANG Xiaoshuai
• SCHASTYE MOE (MY JOY) directed by Sergei LOZNITSA
• SZELÍD TEREMTÉS – A FRANKENSTEIN TERV (TENDER SON – The Frankenstein Project) directed by Kornél MUNDRUCZÓ
• THE HOUSEMAID directed by IM Sangsoo
• TOURNÉE (ON TOUR) directed by Mathieu AMALRIC
• UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN
• UTOMLYONNYE SOLNTSEM 2: PREDSTOYANIE (THE EXODUS – Burnt by the sun 2) directed by Nikita MIKHALKOV

While this year’s Cannes competition line-up singled out a few new countries (Ukraine and Chad are vying for the Palme d’Or for the first time), one nation is almost absent. Doug Liman’s Fair Game is the only American film in competition, whereas the US had two works in the main category last year, four in 2008, and five the year before that.  — France24

This is great! And why would one make such comment? It’s not like American films HAVE to be in the section. ;p   (by the way, there are 2 Korean films! Take that!)

and the juries are:

Tim Burton as the principal jury

alone with … Kate Beckinsale? I wonder how she’s in this.

Highly anticipating what selection they will make!