CANNES 2005

FILMS IN COMPETITION:

The 20 films from 13 nations competing in the 58th Cannes Film Festival, starting May 11 and running through the 22nd. Films are listed according to country (in alphabetical order):

Canada:
David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
Atom Egoyan, Where the Truth Lies

China:
Johnny To, Election
Xiaoshuai Wang, Shanghai Dreams

Belgium:
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenner, L'Enfant (The Child)

Denmark:
Lars von Trier, Manderlay

France:
Dominik Moll, Lemming (festival opener)
Michael Haneke, Austrian, Cache (Hidden)
Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, Peindre ou Faire l'Amour (Paint Or Make Love)

Germany:
Wim Wenders, Don't Come Knockin

Israel:
Amos Gitai, Free Zone

Iraq (Kurdistan):
Hiner Saleem, Kilometer Zero

This film broaches the difficult subject of Kurdish-Arab relations in Iraq, and marks a first for an Iraqi director at Cannes.

Italy:
Marco Tullio Giordana, Quando Sei Nato Non Puoi Piu Nasconderti (Once You Are Born)

Japan:
Masahiro Kobayashi, Bashing

Mexico:
Carlos Reygadas, Batalla en el Cielo (Battle in Heaven)

Taiwan:
Hsiao-Hsien Hou, The Best of our Times

United States:
Jim Jarmusch, Broken Flowers
Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (The directing debut by Tommy Lee Jones.)
Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, Sin City
Gus Van Sant, Last Days

ALSO:

Movies by two U.S. directors beloved by the French will be among those presented out of competition: Woody Allen's Match Point and George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith.

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