Cannes 2009 festival selection announced

Festival de Cannes poster

The selection of films vying for the coveted Palme d’Or for the 62nd Cannes Film festival:

Ken Loach – Looking for Eric (UK)
Lars von Trier – Anti-Christ (DK)
Pedro Almodovar – Broken Embraces (ES)
Michael Haneke – Le ruban blanc – The White Tape (AT)
Marco Bellocchio – Vincere (IT)
Isabel Coixet – Map of the Sound of Tokio (SP)
Brillante Mendoza – Kinakay (PH)
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds(US)
Ang Lee – Taking Woodstock (US)
Jane Campion – Bright Star (AU)
Tsai Ming-liang – Faces (TW)
Johnnie To – Vengeance (HK)
Elia Suleiman – The Time That Remains (PS)
Xavier Giannoli – A l’origine (FR)
Andrea Arnold – Fish tank (UK)
Alain Resnais – Les herbes folles (FR)
Jacques Audiard – Un prophète (FR)
Lou Ye – Spring fever (CN)
Gaspar Noé – Soudain le vide (FR)