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61st Cannes Film Festival films announced

by kavita | April 23, 2008 at 05:40 am

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61st Cannes Film festival (May 14- May 25) has unveiled a list of 19 films, competing for the top honour Palme d'Or , under a jury headed by Sean Penn, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor. No Indian film features in this category, though there are films from China and Singapore. Top directors Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh and Wim Wenders will compete against some very new faces from across the world, announced Cannes organisers Wednesday, April 23, 2008, according to India EU Film Initiative.

In the competitive section renowned directors such as Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne with "Le Silence de Lorna," Arnaud Desplechin with "Un Conte de Noel," Clint Eastwood with "The Changeling," (pictured above, Angelina Jolie) Walter Salles with "Linha de Passe," Wim Wenders with "The Palermo Shooting" and Steven Soderbergh with "Che" will compete against each other.

On the other hand filmmaker Charlie Kaufman will screen "Synechdoche, New York" for the top honour for the very first time.

Philippe Garrel with "Les Frontieres de L'Aube" starring his son Louis will be featured in the Competition section.

The other directors battling for the Palme d'Or are Canada's Armenian-born Atom Egoyan, Brazil's Walter Salles, China's Jia Zhangke, Israeli Ari Folman, Pablo Trapero of Argentina and Nuri Bilge Ceylan of Turkey.

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Kiran Raheja

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at 07:14 on April 23rd, 2008

kavita, as usual, great story for film buffs. It's a great line up at Cannes this year but pity there's no Indian film.

Richard Drewmore

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at 07:25 on April 23rd, 2008

kavita, good stuff. Would love to know more about 'Che'. If you happen to see a good review of this film please file it.

Richard Drewmore

at 07:26 on April 23rd, 2008

Cannes this year looks good! Would love to know more about 'Che'. If you happen to see a good review of this film please file it.

Jarrett Martineau

at 07:35 on April 23rd, 2008

kavita, thanks for this post, however, I would ask that you use our Highlight tool to quote this text from its original source: http://www.iefilmi.com/content/61st-cannes-films-announced

Thanks.