CANNES 2010

Just reposting this from Indiewire. Here are the official, In Competition films for this year's Cannes Film Festival:

“Tournee”
directed by Mathieu Amalric

“Des Hommes et des Dieux”
directed by Xavier Beauvois

”Biutiful”
directed by Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu

”Hors la loi”
directed by Rachid Bouchareb

“Un Homme Qui Crie” (A Screaming Man)
directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

“Housemaid”
directed by Im Sangsoo

”Copie Conforme” (The Certified Copy)
directed by Abbas Kiarostami

”Outrage”
directed by Takeshi Kitano

”Poetry”
directed by Lee Chang-dong

”Another Year”
directed by Mike Leigh

”Fair Game”
directed by Doug Liman

“You, My Joy”
directed by Sergei Loznitsa

“La Nostra Vita”
directed by Daniele Luchetti

“Utomlyonnye Solntsem 2”
directed by Nikita Mikhalkov

”La Princesse de Montpensier”“
directed by Bertrand Tavernier

”Loong Boonmee Raleuk Chaat” (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives)
directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

It's a pretty good list but still disappointing. Where's Tree of Life? I was really hoping it will open here. There were also a lot of talk going around that Wong Kar Wai's Ip Man biopic had a pretty good shot at unveiling here. Also, no Brillante Mendoza or Raya Martin or Lav Diaz? I was hoping after the last couple of years, the Philippines' presence at Cannes would be more felt now. I guess not. Well, some sites are reporting that 4-6 films will still be announced in the next couple of days so here's hoping that Wong Kar Wai is still busy editing his would eventually be ready film and that someone from the Philippines could still squeeze in. I am pretty excited for some of the films I highlighted though, and I shall blog about them as soon as I have more substantial notes about them. Better yet, when I get to see them, which is hard, considering the kinds of videos we get released here everyday. It'd be interesting how Inarritu does without his former partner and I'm betting Weerasethakul would win one of the big ones.