Thierry Fremaux unveiled the Cannes Festival Official Selection in Paris on Thursday.
21 competition titles are lined up including a very strong presence of  American films (5) and such longtime festival friends returning to cannes: Joel and Ethan Coen's, Quentin Tarantino's, Gus van Sant, Emir Kusturica, Wong Kar Wai....

Opening film:

WONG Kar Wai MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS 1h51

Fatih AKIN AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE 2h02

Catherine BREILLAT UNE VIEILLE MAÎTRESSE 1h50

Joel & Ethan COEN NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN 2h02

David FINCHER ZODIAC 2h36

James GRAY WE OWN THE NIGHT 1h45

Christophe HONORÉ LES CHANSONS D’AMOUR 1h40

Naomi KAWASE MOGARI NO MORI (The Mourning Forest) 1h37

KIM Ki Duk BREATH 1h20

Emir KUSTURICA PROMISE ME THIS 2h10

LEE Chang-dong SECRET SUNSHINE 2h30

Cristian MUNGIU 4 LUNI, 3 SAPTAMINI SI 2 ZILE 1h53

(4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days)

Raphaël NADJARI TEHILIM 1h45

Carlos REYGADAS STELLET LICHT 2h22

Marjane SATRAPI, PERSEPOLIS 1st Film 1h30

Vincent PARONNAUD

Julian SCHNABEL LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON 1h52

Ulrich SEIDL IMPORT EXPORT 2h16

Alexander SOKOUROV ALEXANDRA 1h32

Quentin TARANTINO DEATH PROOF 1h50

Béla TARR THE MAN FROM LONDON 2h12

Gus VAN SANT PARANOID PARK 1h25

Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV IZGNANIE (The Banishment) 2h30

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Closing film:

Denys ARCAND L’ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES (Out of Competition) 1h51