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Hollywood stars and cult directors announced for Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for its 75th edition with a mix of cult arthouse directors and Hollywood glamour.
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Canadian director David Cronenberg (C) acknowledges applause prior to receiving a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award on September 6, 2018 at the 75th Venice Film Festival. The director will make his return with a new movie at the Cannes Film Festival this year. (AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)
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he Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for its 75th edition on Thursday with a mix of cult arthouse directors and Hollywood glamour heading for the French Riviera in May.
Canadian horror maestro David Cronenberg and France's Claire Denis will compete among 18 films nominated for the top prize Palme d'Or, along with Russia's Kirill Serebrennikov who was recently allowed to leave Russia following a controversial travel ban.
Among the films playing out of competition will be a documentary about rock'n'roller Jerry Lee Lewis from Ethan Coen (one half of the Coen brothers), and Three Thousand Years of Longing from Mad Max creator George Miller, featuring Idris Elba as a djinn.
A bevy of stars are expected to hit the red carpet, not least for Cronenberg's sci-fi/horror cross-over Crimes of the Future starring Kristen Stewart, Lea Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen.
Denis returns with a thriller set in Central America -- Stars at Noon featuring Robert Pattinson, while US filmmaker James Gray is competing with Armageddon Time, a tale based on his New York adolescence featuring Anne Hathaway, Oscar Isaac, Cate Blanchett and Anthony Hopkins.
Elvis and Maverick
Two of the biggest spectacles had already been confirmed for the festival, which runs from May 17 to 28.
