Cannes 2022!

Cannes Film Festival this year is very special as film world started to breath out from the pandemic which halted progress of Entertainment Industry.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has shortlisted six films which will be screened at the 10-day film festival, which starts on May 17.

The lineup includes R. Madhavan’s Rocketry – The Nambi Effect (Hindi, English, Tamil), Godavari (Marathi), Alpha Beta Gamma (Hindi), Boomba Ride (Mishing), Dhuin (Hindi, Marathi) and Tree Full of Parrots (Malayalam).

CANNES 2022 OFFICIAL SELECTION

COMPETITION
*Les Amandiers, Dir: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
*Holy Spider, Dir: Ali Abbasi
*Crimes Of The Future, Dir: David Cronenberg
*Stars At Noon, Dir: Claire Denis
*Frère Et Soeur, Dir: Arnaud Desplechin
*Tori And Lokita, Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
*Armageddon Time, Dir: James Gray
*Close, Dir: Lukas Dhont
*Broker, Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
*RMN, Dir: Cristian Mungiu
*Triangle Of Sadness, Dir: Ruben Ostlund
*Showing Up, Dir: Kelly Reichardt
*Decision To Leave, Dir: Park Chan-wook
*Nostalgia, dir: Mario Martone
*Tchaikovski’s Wife, Dir:Kirill Serebrennikov
* Boy From Heaven, Dir: Tarik Saleh
*Leila’s Brothers, Dir: Saeed Roustaee
*Eo, Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski

UN CERTAIN REGARD
*Les Pires, Directors: Lisa Akoka, Romane Gueret
*Burning Days, Dir: Emin Alper
*Metronom, Dir: Alexandru Belc
All The People I’ll Never Be, Dir: Davy Chou
*Sick Of Myself, Dir: Kristoffer Borgli
*Domingo And The Mist, Dir: Ariel Escalante Meza
*Plan 75, Dir: Hayakawa Chie
*Beast, Directors: Riley Keough, Gina Gammell
*Corsage, Dir: Marie Kreutzer
*Butterfly Vision, Dir: Maksim Nakonechnyi
*The Silent Twins, Dir: Agnieszka Smocynska
*The Stranger, Dir: Thomas M Wright
*Joyland, Dir: Saim Sadiq
*Rodeo, Dir: Lola Quivoron
Godland, Dir: Hlynur Palmason

CANNES PREMIERE
*Nos Frangins, Dir: Rachid Bouchareb
*Nightfall, Dir: Marco Bellocchio
*Dodo, Dir: Panos H Koutras
*Irma Vep (series), Dir: Olivier Assayas

OUT OF COMPETITION
*Z (Comme Z), Dir: Michel Hazanavicius
*Top Gun: Maverick, Dir: Joseph Kosinski
*Elvis, Dir: Baz Luhrmann
*Novembre, Dir: Cédric Jimenez
*Three Thousand Years Of Longing, Dir: George Miller
*Mascarade, Dir: Nicolas Bedos

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
*Hunt, Dir: Lee Jung-Jae
*Moonage Daydream, Dir: Brett Morgen
*Fumer Fait Tousser, Dir: Quentin Dupieux

The restored version of master filmmaker G Aravindan’s all-time malayalam classic Thampu (The Circus Tent) will be showcased at this year’s Cannes Classic section.

Film Heritage Foundation of India has restored Aravindan’s film in collaboration with Martin Scorsese Foundation and Cineteca di Bologna.

Among those reportedly walking the red carpet are Actor Akshay kumar,music Director A. R. Rahman, Actors R Madhavan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nayanthara, Tamannaah Bhatia, Director Shekhar Kapur, CBFC Chief Prasoon Joshi, Ricky Kej and more.

Actor Deepika Padukone will serve one of the Cannes award jury members.

India is the official ‘country of honour’ at the Cannes Film Market. This is the first time the honour has been given to any country in the history of the film festival.

Article by

CJ Rajkumar

Author/ Cinematographer