Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup

Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen and Jodie Foster among the big American names screening their latest work in Cannes.

Unveiling its official selection in Paris, the Cannes Film Festival set the stage for an epic clash between the powers of good (including Steven Spielberg’s big friendly giant, “The BFG,” and Shane Black’s “Nice Guys”) and evil (“Money Monster” and “The Neon Demon”)“Paterson” and Iggy Pop docu “Gimme Danger.”

among its English-language fare, which also includes new films from
Jeff Nichols, Sean Penn and Jim Jarmusch — the latter bringing both bus-driver drama

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While paparazzi will have plenty of American stars to distract them on the red carpet — ranging from Shia LaBeouf (who headlines British director Andrea Arnold’s “American Honey”) to a double helping of Kristen Stewart (appearing in both “Personal Shopper” and the previously announced opening night film, Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society”) — the 49 titles unveiled on Thursday represent 28 countries in all, including an especially strong showing for Romania (with two films in competition, past Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu’s “Baccalaureat” and Cristi Puiu’s “Sierra-Nevada,” and debut “Dogs” in Un Certain Regard) and France.
The Cannes Film Festival runs May 11-22.

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“Cafe Society” (Woody Allen). The director’s until-recently-untitled 1930s romance, which divides its time between Hollywood and the Bronx, stars Kristen Stewart, Bruce Willis and Jesse Eisenberg. His first feature to be shot in digital, “Cafe Society” was lensed by “Apocalypse Now” d.p. Vittorio Storaro and will be released later this year by Amazon Studios (rather than the director’s usual distributor, Sony Pictures Classics). Allen was at Cannes just last year with “Irrational Man.”
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