At long last! Premiering out of competition will be, as expected, "Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull," as well as Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and everyone's favorite "Kung Fu Panda." The closing night film may still be the already announced "What Just Happened?" from Barry Levinson — or maybe not — and the opening night film has yet to be announced.
Some of the goodies down below — Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut "Synecdoche, New York," the one American film many had called ahead of time; Clint Eastwood's Changeling"; Steven Soderbergh's "Che," which, given talk that the director wanted either both "Guerrilla" and "The Argentine" at the festival or neither, is presumably both; and new films from the Dardennes, Desplechin and Wenders. "Waltz with Bashir" is animated, "Gomorra" is a contemporary mob dram and "Serbis" is the first Philippine film in competition in 25 years.
IN COMPETITION
UC MAYMUN Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, TurkeyLE SILENCE DE LORNA
Director: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, BelgiumUN CONTE DE NOEL
Director: Arnaud Desplechin, FranceCHANGELING
Director: Clint Eastwood, U.S.ADORATION
Director: Atom Egoyan, CanadaWALTZ WITH BASHIR
Director: Ari Folman, IsraelLA FRONTIERE DE L'AUBE
Director: Philippe Garrel, FranceGOMORRA
Director: Matteo Garrone, Italy24 CITY
Director: Jia Zhangke, ChinaSYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Director: Charlie Kaufman, U.S.MY MAGIC
Director: Eric Khoo, SingaporeLA MUJER SIN CABEZA
Director: Lucrecia Martel, ArgentinaSERBIS
Director: Brillante Mendoza, PhilippinesDELTA
Director: Kornel Mundruczo, HungaryLINHA DE PASSE
Director: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, BrazilCHE
Director: Steven Soderbergh, U.S.IL DIVO
Director: Paolo Sorrentino, ItalyLEONERA
Director: Pablo Trapero, ArgentinaTHE PALERMO SHOOTING
Director: Wim Wenders, Germany
[Photo: "Changeling," Universal Pictures, 2008]
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