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Taisia Igumentseva will direct the drama potentially funded by a Russian state subsidy as the tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over into the film industry

Taisia Igumentseva, a 25-year-old director who won a student film-making award at Cannes in 2012, has been announced as the director of a new film documenting the struggles in Crimea as the region was recently annexed by Russia.

The film was announced by producer Anatoly Sivushov, who somewhat distanced the film from the political disputes by saying "we would like to tell a story of real people, to focus primarily on the human angle". Igumentseva meanwhile said that "this topic has concerned millions of people for a long time, and I think that it is very current and presents a big opportunity for creative activity".

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★★★☆☆The only Russian film to appear at Cannes this year, Taisia Igumentseva's debut feature Bite the Dust (2013) confounded critics typically more accustomed to the solemn social realism of post-Soviet cinema. However, behind the film's synthetic veneer of slapstick comedy lies a pertinent message about the apathy that blights contemporary Russian values. An apocalyptic black comedy, Igumentseva's Bite the Dust plays out in sardonic Eastern European fashion. In a sleepy northern village, a small community waste away the days drinking homemade moonshine, carving wooden deities and tending to the village's cow.

Cannes has announced the lineup for the Official Competition and Un Certain Regard section, as well as special screenings, for the 66th edition of the festival.

Competition

Opening Night: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)

Behind the Candelabra (Steven Soderbergh)

Borgman (Alex Van Warmerdam)

Un Chateau en Italie (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi)

The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)

Grisgris (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)

Heli (Amat Escalante)

The Immigrant (James Gray)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel & Ethan Coen)

Jeune et Jolie (François Ozon)

Jimmy P. (Arnaud Desplechin)

Like Father, Like Son (Hirozaku Koreeda)

The Life of Adele (Abdellatif Kechiche)

Michael Kohlhaas (Arnaud Despallieres)

Nebraska (Alexander Payne)

Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn)

The Past (Asghar Farhadi)

Straw Shield (Takashi Miike)

Tian Zhu Dang (Jia Zhangke)

Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski)

Closing Night: Zulu (Jérome Salle)

Un Certain Regard

Anonymous (Mohammad Rasoulof)

As I Lay Dying (James Franco)

Bastards (Claire Denis)

Bends (Flora Lau)

The Bling Ring (Sofia Coppola...

The full lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and three of my most anticipated films (Only God Forgives, Inside Llewyn Davis and Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra) are all set to compete for the Palme d’Or. Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will open this year’s festival and Roman Polanski, Alexander Payne and François Ozon are also in the hunt for the top honours. Take a look at the lineup below:

In Competition (Jury chair: Steven Spielberg)

Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn

Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam

La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino

Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh

La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski

Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne

Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon

La Vie d’Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche

Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike

Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke

Grisgris,...

Cannes Film Festival announces 2013 Lineup. There were 1,858 submissions this year, according to festival chief Thierry Frémaux. Some titles will be added in the coming weeks: In Competition Opening Film Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby (H.C.) *** Valeria Bruni-tedeschi Un CHÂTEAU En Italie Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Inside Llewyn Davis Arnaud des PALLIÈRES Michael Kohlhaas Arnaud Desplechin Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian) Amat Escalante Heli Asghar Farhadi Le PASSÉ (The Past) James Gray The Immigrant Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Grigris Jia Zhangke Tian Zhu Ding (A Touch Of Sin) Kore-eda Hirokazu Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (Like Father, Like Son) Abdellatif Kechiche La Vie D’ADЀLE (Blue Is The Warmest Color) Takashi Miike Wara No Tate (Shield Of Straw) François Ozon Jeune Et Jolie (Young And Beautiful) Alexander Payne Nebraska Roman Polanski La VÉNUS À La Fourrure Steven Soderbergh Behind The Candelabra Paolo Sorrentino La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) Alex Van Warmerdam...

The full list of films at this year's Cannes film festival

Opening night film: The Great Gatsby, dir Baz Luhrmann

Closing night film: Zulu, dir Jérôme Salle

In competition

Jury chair: Steven Spielberg

Only God Forgives, dir Nicolas Winding Refn

Inside Llewyn Davis, dir Ethan and Joel Coen

Borgman, dir Alex Can Warmerdam

La Grande Bellezza, dir Paulo Sorrentino

Behind the Candelabra, dir Steven Soderbergh

La Venus a la Fourrure, dir Roman Polanski

Nebraska, dir Alexander Payne

Jeune et Jolie, dir François Ozon

La Vie d'Adele, dir Abdellatif Kechiche

Wara No Tate, dir Takashi Miike

Soshite Chichi Ni Naru, dir Kore-Eda Hirokazu

Tian Zhu Ding, dir Jia Zhangke

Grisgris, dir Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

The Immigrant, dir James Gray

Heli, dir Amat Escalante

Le Passe, dir Asghar Farhadi

Michael Kohlhaas, dir Arnaud Despallieres

Un Chateau en Italie, dir Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Un Certain Regard

Jury chair: Thomas Vinterberg

The Bling Ring, dir Sofia Coppola

L'Inconnu Du La,...

The Official Selection for the 66th Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled and noticeable absentees in the list of 19 Main Comp films and the Un Certain Regard section include Terrence Malick, Ari Folman’s The Congress, Catherine Breillat’s Abuse of Weakness, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Michael Rowe’s Manto Acuifero, Tsai Ming-Liang’s Diary of a Young Boy, Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye To Language 3D, Serge Bozon’s Tip Top, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves, Corneliu Porumboiu’s Nine Minute Interval, Michel & Vicky Franco’s In the Eyes and not surprisingly, a film which might have become a colony instead in Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Dau. All of these may trickle into the Directors’ Fortnight section, or might join Steve McQueen on the Lido in Venice.

In the Main Comp selection plenty that were targeted as likely candidates were included, and while we were thinking this was the year of the U.

The 66th Cannes Film Festival has announced its official lineup.

Ryan Gosling's Only God Forgives, his reunion with Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, will have its world premiere in competition at next month's prestigious festival, while new films from Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra), Alexander Payne (Nebraska) and the Coen Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis) will also be in the running for the Palme d'Or prize.

Emma Watson's The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, will play in the 'Un Certain Regard' alongside James Franco's directorial offering As I Lay Dying.

Celebs including Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Mila Kunis and Matt Damon are expected to head to the south of France to promote their new films.

The full list of films screening at the 66th Cannes Film Festival, which runs from May 15 to May 26, is below:

Opening night film

The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann)

In Competition...

With less than a month to go before the festival kicks off out in France, the official line-up has finally been unveiled for this year’s 66th Cannes Film Festival.

The festival is, of course, one of the most prominent events of the year for the industry, with a handful of films launching their status as strong awards contenders out on the Croisette.

Last year, it was Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Michael Haneke’s Amour, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild. The year before that, it was Michael Hazanavicius’ The Artist, Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris.

This year, Baz Luhrmann’s highly anticipated The Great Gatsby has been chosen as the Opening Night Film for Cannes, following its theatrical release in the Us the previous weekend. And bookending...

The official lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was officially announced in Paris earlier today.

Here’s the line-up in full…

Competition

The Great Gatsby, dir: Baz Luhrmann (opening film)

Only God Forgives, dir: Nicolas Winding Refn

Borgman, dir: Alex Van Warmerdam

The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza), dir: Paolo Sorrentino

Behind the Candelabra, dir: Steven Soderbergh

Venus in Fur (La Venua a la Fourrure), dir: Roman Polanski

Nebraska, dir: Alexander Payne

Just 17 (Jeune & Jolie), dir: Francois Ozon

Straw Shield (Wara No Tate), dir: Takashi Miike

La Vie D’Adele by Abdellatif Kechiche

Soshite Chichi Ni Naru by Kore-eda Hirokazu

Tian Zhu Ding by Jia Zhangke

Grisgris by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

The Immigrant by James Gray

Le Passe by Asghar Farhadi

Heli by Amat Escalante

Jimmy P. by Arnaud Desplechin

Michael Kohlhaas by Arnaud Despallieres

Inside Llewyn Davis by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Un Chateau En Italie by Valeria Bruni-tedeschi

Zulu,...

66th Cannes Film Festival announced its complete lineup today. The selection includes two Indian Films: “Bombay Talkies” by Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar and “Monsoon Shootout” by Amit Kumar. Actor Nandita Das is on the Cinefondation jury.

Here is the complete lineup:-

In Competition

Opening Film

Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby (H.C.) 1h45

***

Valeria Bruni-tedeschi Un CHÂTEAU En Italie 1h44

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Inside Llewyn Davis 1h45

Arnaud DESPALLIÈRES Michael Kohlhaas 2h05

Arnaud Desplechin Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian) 2h

Amat Escalante Heli 1h45

Asghar Farhadi Le PASSÉ (The Past) 2h10

James Gray The Immigrant 2h

Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Grigris 1h40

Jia Zhangke Tian Zhu Ding

(A Touch Of Sin) 2h15

Kore-eda Hirokazu Soshite Chichi Ni Naru

(Like Father, Like Son) 2h

Abdellatif Kechiche La Vie D’ADЀLE 3h07

Takashi Miike Wara No Tate

(Shield Of Straw) 2h05

François Ozon Jeune Et Jolie...

This morning the official 2013 Cannes Film Festival line-up was announced from Paris, France. The committee saw 1,858 films submitted this year and while additional titles will continue to be announced, this morning we got the full Competition and Un Certain Regard lineup and it looks amazing so far. Among the films announced In Competition so far, many were expected including Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra, Roman Polanski's Venus in Fur, Asghar Farhadi's The Past and Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis. Additionally James Gray's once titled Lowlife starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner will play, but under the name The Immigrant and Takashi Miike's cop thriller Wara No Tate (Straw Shield) has also made the competition list. However, the biggest "surprise" is the inclusion of Alexander Payne's black-and-white film Nebraska, which is sure to be a big attention getter,...