The 2012 Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week and promises a larger contingent of US films on it’s slate than previous years. Whether this is a good thing is for you to decide.
Cannes Film Festival: Where Are The Women Directors?
“For the 2012 edition, as with the 2010 edition, there are NO FEMALE DIRECTED FILMS in competition, and in the 64 years of the Festival only one woman — Jane Campion — has been awarded the Palme D’Or.”
CANNES OFFICIAL SELECTION
COMPETITION; OPENING & CLOSING NIGHT FILMS:
Day One: Wednesday, May 16
“Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson (opening night film)
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Day Two: Thursday, May 17
“Rust and Bone,” Jacques Audiard
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“Baad el mawkeaa,” Yousry Nasrallah
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Day Three: Friday, May 18
“Reality,” Matteo Garrone
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“Paradies: Liebe,” Ulrich Seidl
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Day Four: Saturday, May 19
“Lawless,” John Hillcoat
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“Beyond the Hills,” Cristian Mungiu
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Day Five: Sunday, May 20
“Amour,” Michael Haneke
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“Jagten” (“The Hunt”), Thomas Vinterberg
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Day Six: Monday, May 21
“You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet,” Alain Resnais
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“Like Someone in Love,” Abbas Kiarostami
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“In Another Country,” Hong Sang-soo
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Day Seven: Tuesday, May 22
“Killing Them Softly,” Andrew Dominik
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“The Angels’ Share,” Ken Loach
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Day Eight: Wednesday, May 23
“On the Road,” Walter Salles
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“Holy Motors,” Leos Carax
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Day Nine: Thursday, May 24
“The Paperboy,” Lee Daniels
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“Post tenebras lux,” Carlos Reygadas
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Day Ten: Friday, May 25
“Cosmopolis,” David Cronenberg
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“In the Fog,” Sergei Loznitsa
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Day Eleven: Saturday, May 26
“Mud,” Jeff Nichols
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“The Taste of Money,” Im Sang-soo
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Day Twelve: Sunday, May 27
“Therese Desqueyroux,” Claude Miller (closing night film)
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