Cannes 2013 line-up unveiled

Do the Cannes Cannes Cannes! If you’ll pardon us the weak Moulin Rouge! reference, we’ll get to the point. The line-up for this year’s Cannes Film Festival has been revealed and there’s some pretty strong contenders in there. Barring The Bling Ring, obviously.

Leonardo DiCaprio starrer The Great Gatsby is opening the festival, most likely because it will bring in its A-list cast; while Zulu, which stars Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, is closing. The Bling Ring is kicking off Un Certain Regard, nestled with such films as Anonymous, The Bastards, and Fruitvale.

Palm D’Or contenders include The Immigrant, Nicolas Winding Refn’s gritty Thai boxing drama Only God Forgives and Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra. Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star as Liberace and his lover respectively. If Cannes 2013 wasn’t shaping up to be prestigious/severely cool enough, Steven Spielberg is heading up the jury this year. Squee!

Here’s the Cannes 2013 list in its entirety for your delectation:

OPENER

The Great Gatsby

IN COMPETITION

Behind the Candelabra
Borgman
The Great Beauty
Grigris
Heli
The Immigrant
Inside Llewyn Davis
Jeune et jolie
Jimmy P.
La Vie d’Adele
Like Father, Like Son
Michael Kohlhaas
Nebraska
Only God Forgives
The Past
Straw Shield
A Touch of Sin
Un chateau en Italie
Venus in Fur

OUT OF COMPETITION

All is Lost
Blood Ties

UN CERTAIN REGARD

OPENER – The Bling Ring
Anonymous
The Bastards
Bends
Death March
Fruitvale
Grand Central
La Jaula de Oro
L’image manquante
L’inconnu du lac
Miele
Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan
Omar
Sarah prefere la course

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

Blind Detective
Monsoon Shootout

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Bombay Talkies
Max Rose
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight
Otdat konci
Stop the Pounding Heart
Week End of a Champion

CLOSER

Zulu

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