Cannes Film Festival line-up announced

This year's event includes a screening of Woddy Allen's new movie, plus a small sci-fi yarn from some bloke called George Lucas.

Apr 19 2005

The 2005 Cannes Film Festival line-up has been announced, with Jim Jarmusch, Robert Rodriguez, Atom Egoyan and Tommy Lee Jones all battling it out for the coveted Palme d'Or.

Festival favourites Wim Wenders and Lars von Trier will also be in competition this year, the former with 'Don't Come a Knockin', about an ageing cowboy movie star, and the latter with 'Manderlay', the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2003's 'Dogville'.

Artistic director Thierry Fremaux also announced that Dominik Moll's 'Lemming' will open the event, while Woody Allen's 'Match Point' and 'Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith' will also screen, although neither will be in competition.

The festival jury meanwhile (led by Emir Kusturica), has yet to be named in full, with an announcement expected sometime next week.

'Last year we wanted to present the imporance of documentary cinema and animation,' explained Fremeaux. 'This year, there is a return to a certain classicism.'

The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 11-22, and rest assured Time Out will be there to cover it in full, with daily updates appearing on the site.

Full list of films 'In Competition'

'Bashing' – Masahiro Kobayashi
'Battle in the Sky' – Carlos Reygadas
'The Best of our Times' – Hou Hsiao-Hsien
'Broken Flowers' – Jim Jarmusch
'Cache' – Michael Haneke
'Don’t Come Knockin' – Wim Wenders
'Election' – Johnny To
'L'Enfant' – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
'Free Zone' – Amos Gitai
'A History of Violence' – David Cronenberg
'Kilometre Zero' – Hiner Saleem
'Last Days' – Gus Van Sant
'Lemming' – Dominik Moll
'Manderlay' – Lars Von Trier
'Quando Sei Nato Non Puoi Piu' – Marco Tullio Giordana
'Peindre ou Faire L'Amour' – Arnaud and Jean Marie Larrieu
'Shanghai Dreams' – Wang Xiaoshuai
'Sin City' – Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada' – Tommy Lee Jones
'Where the Truth Lies' – Atom Egoyan