The Cannes Film Festival will feature the premiere of the latest films from several Hollywood stars next month in the seaside town of Cannes. Competing for the Palme d'Or are Wes Anderson, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, and Wim Wenders. Festival director Thierry Frémaux announced the film selections for the 76th edition of the festival, which will take place from May 16 to 27, during a press conference on Thursday. Frémaux stated, "It is a competition that will bring together young filmmakers competing for the first time with veterans whose names and works we know."
Loach returns to the festival with the film "The Old Oak," which tells the story of Syrian refugees arriving in a former mining village in Britain, while Anderson is competing with his star-studded film "Asteroid City," set during a major event that interrupts a gathering of a cosmic group.
Other directors in the competition include American Haynes with the film "May December," starring Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, Italian Nanni Moretti with "Il Sol dell'Avvenire" (The Sun of the Future), German Wim Wenders with "Perfect Days," and Japanese Hirokazu Kore-eda with "Monster."
Among the female directors competing are French Catherine Breillat with "Last Summer," Austrian Jessica Hausner with "Club Zero," and Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania with "The Girls of Alia."
Organizers have already announced the opening film of the festival, which is the biopic "Jean du Berry" starring Johnny Depp; this marks Depp's first live-action film since his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard last year.
