The Official Selection of films for the Cannes Film Festival 2015 is finally out. The festival will be opening with French film LA TÊTE HAUTE directed by actress Emmanuelle Bercot. Like earlier years this year too Anurag Kashyap’s camp has an entry to the festival. Masaan, directed by an ex-Anurag AD Neeraj Ghaywan, will be screening in the UN CERTAIN REGARD category. This is first feature and has been produced by has been produced by Manish Mundra, Macassar Productions, Phantom Films, Sikhya Entertainment, Arte France Cinema and Pathe productions. It stars Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal. Another Indian film Chauthi Koot directed by Gurvinder Singh.

 

 

Opening Film
Director	Films	Length
Emmanuelle BERCOT	LA TÊTE HAUTE (STANDING TALL) Out of Competition	2h00
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Jacques AUDIARD	DHEEPAN (TEMPORARY TITLE)	1h49
Stéphane BRIZÉ	LA LOI DU MARCHÉ (THE MEASURE OF A MAN )	1h32
Valérie DONZELLI	MARGUERITE ET JULIEN (MARGUERITE AND JULIEN)	1h50
Matteo GARRONE	IL RACCONTO DEI RACCONTI (TALE OF TALES)	2h05
Todd HAYNES	CAROL	1h58
HOU Hsiao Hsien	NIE YINNIANG (THE ASSASSIN)	2h00
JIA Zhang-Ke	SHAN HE GU REN (MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART)	2h00
KORE-EDA Hirokazu	UMIMACHI DIARY (OUR LITTLE SISTER)	2h08
Justin KURZEL	MACBETH	1h53
Yorgos LANTHIMOS	THE LOBSTER	1h58
MAÏWENN	MON ROI	2h10
Nanni MORETTI	MIA MADRE	1h42
László NEMES	SAUL FIA (SON OF SAUL) 1st film	1h47
Paolo SORRENTINO	YOUTH	1h58
Joachim TRIER	LOUDER THAN BOMBS	1h45
Gus VAN SANT	THE SEA OF TREES	1h50
Denis VILLENEUVE	SICARIO	2h01

 

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Neeraj GHAYWAN	MASAAN 1st film	1h43
Grímur HÁKONARSON	HRÚTAR (RAMS)	1h30
KUROSAWA Kiyoshi	KISHIBE NO TABI (JOURNEY TO THE SHORE)	2h08
Laurent LARIVIÈRE	JE SUIS UN SOLDAT (I AM A SOLDIER) 1st film	1h36
Dalibor MATANIC	ZVIZDAN (THE HIGH SUN)	2h03
Roberto MINERVINI	THE OTHER SIDE	1h30
Radu MUNTEAN	UN ETAJ MAI JOS (ONE FLOOR BELOW)	1h33
OH Seung-Uk	MU-ROE-HAN (THE SHAMELESS)	1h58
David PABLOS	LAS ELEGIDAS (THE CHOSEN ONES)	1h45
Ida PANAHANDEH	NAHID	1h44
Corneliu PORUMBOIU	COMOARA (THE TREASURE)	1h30
Gurvinder SINGH	CHAUTHI KOOT (THE FOURTH DIRECTION)	1h55
SHIN Suwon	MADONNA	2h01
Alice WINOCOUR	MARYLAND	1h40

 

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

 

 

Woody ALLEN	IRRATIONAL MAN	1h36
Pete DOCTER	INSIDE OUT	1h42
George MILLER	MAD MAX : FURY ROAD	2h00
Mark OSBORNE	THE LITTLE PRINCE	1h48

 

 

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

 

 

HONG Won-Chan	O PISEU (OFFICE) 1st film	1h49
Asif KAPADIA	AMY	2h07

 

 

 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

 

 

Samuel BENCHETRIT	ASPHALTE	1h40
Souleymane CISSE	OKA	1h50
Elad KEIDAN	HAYORED LEMA’ALA 1st film	1h45
Natalie PORTMAN	SIPUR AL AHAVA VE CHOSHECH (A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS) 1st film	1h35
Barbet SCHROEDER	AMNESIA	1h36
Pavle VUCKOVIC	PANAMA 1st film	1h45

 

 

 

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