2013 Cannes Film Festival Full Lineup

This is the first really important announcement about next year's Oscar season. And this year Cannes could really play a big role in the upcoming awards race with films from Sofia Coppola, Baz Luhrmann, Alexander Payne, the Coen Bros., Roman Polanski, Stephen Frears, Sofia Coppola, Asghar Farhadi, as well as the Sundance Hit Fruitvale Station (recently and unfortunately renamed by Harvey and Co.). I am particularly excited by Nebraska, and Only God Forgives from Nicholas Winding Refn (although I'm pretty sure it won't be an Oscar contenders). The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 15th to May 26th, and The Awards Psychic will be updating you all on the buzz from the fest as we get a glimpse at early Oscar contenders. Meanwhile, continue to follow the Best of the Emmys series, and look next week for Tony Nomination Predictions as well as the nominations themselves. This May, Cannes will be on the plate, as well as Emmy coverage officially launching, and a new summer series: Top 100 Television Shows Since 2000. So stay tuned!!

Opening film (out of competition):
The Great Gatsby – Baz Luhrmann

Closing film
Zulu – Jérôme Salle

Competition:
Only God Forgives – Nicolas Winding Refn
Inside Llewyn Davis – Ethan & Joel Coen
Borgman – Alex Van Warmerdam
Venus in Fur – Roman Polanski
Nebraska – Alexander Payne
Jeune et jolie – François Ozon
La grande bellezza (The Great Beauty) – Paolo Sorrentino
Behind The Candelabra – Steven Soderbergh
Wara No Tate (Shield of Straw) – Takashi Miike
La vie d’Adèle – Abdellatif Kechiche
Soshite Chich Ni Naru (Like Father, Like Son) - Hirokazu Kore-eda
Tian Zhy Ding – Zhangke Jia
Grisgris – Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
The Immigrant – James Gray
Le Passé – Asghar Farhadi
Heli – Amat Escalante
Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) – Arnaud Desplechin
Michael Kohlhaas – Arnaud des Pallières
Un Château en Italie – Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Out of competition:

All Is Lost – J.C Chandor
Blood Ties – Guillaume Canet

Special screenings:
Otdat Konci – Taisia Igumentseva
Seduced and Abandoned – James Toback
Week of a Champion – Roman Polanski
Stop the Pounding Heart – Roberto Minervini
Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight – Stephen Frears
Max Rose – Daniel Noa

Midnight screenings:
Blind Detective – Johnnie To
Monsoon Shootout – Amit Kumar

Un Certain Regard:
Grand Central – Rebecca Zlotowski
Sarah préfère la course – Chloé Robichaud
Anonymous – Mohammad Rasoulof
La jaula de oro – Diego Quemada-Díez
L’image manquante – Rithy Panh
Bends – Flora Lau
L’inconnu du lac – Alain Guiraudie
Miele – Valeria Golino
As I lay dying – James Franco
Norte, Hangganan ng kasaysayan – Lav Diaz
Les salauds – Claire Denis
Fruitvale Station – Ryan Coogler
Death March – Adolfo Alix Jr.
Omar – Hany Abu-Assad