| The festival will open on May 13 with the screening of
Mike Nichols' Primary Colors (out of competition) and close on May 24 with
Godzilla by Roland Emmerich - also out of competition.
Among the films in competition, eleven of the filmmakers are screening at the festival for the first time and one is presenting a first film (Erick Zonca, France). Sixteen countries are represented (both in and out of competition): France (with 4 films), USA (9), Denmark (2), UK (2), Taiwan (2), Italy (2), and one film from Argentina, Australia, Colombia, Spain, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Russia and Portugal. Among the habitués to Cannes, there are two previous Palme d'Or winners: Shohei Imamura and Roland Joffe, four Grand Jury Prize winners: Theo Angelopoulos, Carlos Saura, Lars Von Trier and Ken Loach, and one Camera d'Or winner: John Turturro. |