Cannes 2016 lineup: From Cafe Society to The BFG – the full list of films showing at this year's festival
Cannes 2016 will run from 11-22 May
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Your support makes all the difference.The 69th Cannes Film Festival will take place this month with an exciting line-up showcasing a mix of anticipated films from across the world.
Read more of our Cannes 2016 coverage
The annual festival premieres a large range of films across a selection of categories; some are played in competition - the majority of which battle for the coveted Palme d'Or - while others are premiered in the Out Of Competition category.
The film set to open this year's festival in the latter category is Woody Allen's Café Society, which stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart and Blake Lively. Joining the film is Jodie Foster's Money Monster, Steven Spielberg's The BFG and Ryan Gosling-Russell Crowe comedy The Nice Guys from Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang director Shane Black.
The In Competition category includes a varied list of films from notable British, American and international directors. The category, to be judged by a jury presided by the Mad Max director George Miller, includes the new films from Andrea Arnold (American Honey), Pedro Almodóvar (Julieta), Nicolas Winding Refn (The Neon Demon) and the Dardenne Brothers (La Fille Inconnue).
All films will compete alongside Jim Jarmusch's Paterson, Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake and Loving, the next film from Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols.
American filmmaker Jarmusch's Gimme Danger will also be shown at the festival, earning itself a Midnight Screening.
In line for the Un Certain Regard category is Apprentice (Boo Junfeng), The Transfiguration (Michael O'shea) and Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross.)
Cannes 2016 will run from 11-22 May. You can find a full list of the official selection below.
In Competition:
Toni Erdmann, Maren Ade
Julieta, Pedro Almodóvar
American Honey, Andrea Arnold
Personal Shopper, Olivier Assayas
La Fille Inconnue, Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne
Juste La Fin Du Monde, Xavier Dolan
Ma Loute, Bruno Dumont
Paterson, Jim Jarmusch
Rester Vertical, Alain Guiraudie
Aquarius, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Mal De Pierres, Nicole Garcia
I, Daniel Blake, Ken Loach
Ma’ Rosa, Brillante Mendoza
Bacalaureat, Cristian Mungiu
Loving, Jeff Nichols
The Handmaiden (Agassi), Park Chan-Wook
The Last Face, Sean Penn
Sieranevada, Cristi Puiu
Elle, Paul Verhoeven
The Neon Demon, Nicolas Winding Refn
Out Of Competition:
Café Society, Woody Allen (opening film)
The BFG, Steven Spielberg
Goksung, Na Hong-Jin
Money Monster, Jodie Foster
The Nice Guys, Shane Black
Un Certain Regard:
Varoonegi, Behnam Behzadi
Apprentice, Boo Junfeng
Voir Du Pays, Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin
La Danseuse, Stéphanie Di Giusto
Eshtebak, Mohamed Diab
La Tortue Rouge, Michael Dudok De Wit
Fuchi Ni Tatsu, Fukada Kôji
Omor Shakhsiya, Maha Haj
Me’ever Laharim Vehagvaot, Eran Kolirin
After The Storm, Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Hymyilevä Mies, Juho Kuosmanen
La Larga Noche De Francisco Sanctis, Francisco Márquez & Andrea Testa
Caini, Bogdan Mirica
Pericle Il Nero, Stefano Mordini
The Transfiguration, Michael O’shea
Captain Fantastic, Matt Ross
Uchenik, Kirill Serebrennikov
Midnight Screenings:
Gimme Danger, Jim Jarmusch
Bu-San-Haeng, Yeon Sang-Ho
Special Screenings:
L’Ultima Spiaggia, Thanos Anastopoulos & Davide Del Degan
Hissein Habré, Une Tragédie Tchadienne, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
La Mort De Louis XIV, Albert Serra
Le Cancre, Paul Vecchiali
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