Cannes do.

By Alison Willmore on 04/23/2009

The competition line-up for this year's Cannes Film Festival has been announced! A fair amount of Euro provocateurs -- Lars von Trier, Gaspar Noé, Michael Haneke -- and France in general, and only two American films, the expected Tarantino and the unexpected Ang Lee comedy, which hopefully has more to it than its trailer would indicate.

New films from Jane Campion and Pedro Almodóvar and Ken Loach, plus Park Chan-wook's vampire drama (left), whee! Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" will screen out of competition, as will Alejandro Amenabar's "Agora," with Sam Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" as a Midnight Screening.

In Competition

        "Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion

        "Spring Fever," China-France, Lou Ye

        "Antichrist," Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier

        "Enter the Void," France, Gaspar Noé

        "Face," France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang

        "Les herbes folles," France-Italy, Alain Resnais

        "In the Beginning," France, Xavier Giannoli

        "A Prophet," France, Jacques Audiard

        "The White Ribbon," Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke

        "Vengeance," Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To

        "The Time That Remains," Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman

        "Vincere," Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio

        "Kinatay," Philippines, Brillante Mendoza

        "Thirst," South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook

        "Broken Embraces," Spain, Pedro Almodóvar

        "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," Spain, Isabel Coixet

        "Fish Tank," U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold

        "Looking for Eric," U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach

        "Inglourious Basterds," U.S., Quentin Tarantino

        "Taking Woodstock," U.S., Ang Lee

Out of Competition

        "Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (Opening Film)

        "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan Kounen (Closing Film)

       "Agora," Alejandro Amenábar

       "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," Terry Gilliam

       "L'armée du crime" (The Army of Crime), Robert Guédiguian

Un Certain Regard

       "Mother," Bong Joon-Ho

       "Irene," Alain Cavalier

       "Precious," Lee Daniels

       "Demain, dès l'aube," Denis Dercourt

       "À Deriva" (Adrift), Heitor Dhalia

       "Kasi az gorbehaye irani khabar nadareh" (Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats), Bahman Ghobadi

      "Los Viajes del Viento" (The Journey of the Wind), Ciro Guerra

      "Le Père de mes enfants" (The Father of My Children), Mia Hansen-Løve

      "Amintiri din Epoca de Au" (Tales From The Golden Age), Hanno Höfer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru

      "Skazka pro temnotu" (Tale in the Darkness), Nikolay Khomeriki

      "Kuki Ningyo" (Air Doll), Hirokazu Kore-eda

      "Kynodontas" (Dogtooth), Yorgos Lanthimos

      "Tzar," Pavel Lungin

      "Independencia" (Independence), Raya Martin

      "Politist, adjectiv," Corneliu Porumboiu

      "Nang Mai" (Nymph), Pen-ek Ratanaruang

      "Morrer Como Homem" (To Die Like a Man), João Pedro Rodrigues

      "Eyes Wide Open," Haim Tabakman

      "Samson and Delilah," Warwick Thornton

      "The Silent Army," Jean Van de Velde

Midnight Screenings

       "Panique au village" (A Town Called Panic), Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar

       "Drag Me to Hell," Sam Raimi

       "Ne te retourne pas" (Don't Come Back), Marina de Van

Special Screenings

       "My Neighbor, My Killer," Anne Aghion

       "Manila," Adolfo Alix, Jr., Raya Martin

       "Min Ye," Souleymane Cisse

       "L'épine dans le coeur," Michel Gondry

       "Petition," Zhao Liang

       "Kalat Hayam" (Jaffa), Keren Yedaya