Wes Anderson, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes and Wim Wenders are among the directors who will compete for the top prize at next month's Cannes Film Festival, where a spate of Hollywood stars will also premiere their latest works on the famed Croisette waterfront.At a press conference on Thursday, festival directo
Wes Anderson, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes and Wim Wenders are among the directors who will compete for the top prize at next month's Cannes Film Festival, where a spate of Hollywood stars will also premiere their latest works on the famed Croisette waterfront.
Nineteen films will vie for the festival's coveted Palme d'Or prize, of which six are directed by women. Loach returns to the festival with"The Old Oak", about Syrian refugees arriving in a former mining village in Britain, while Anderson brings his star-studded"Asteroid City", in which major events disrupt a junior stargazer convention.
Women directors in competition include France's Catherine Breillat with"L’Ete Dernier", Austrian Jessica Hausner with “Club Zero” and Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania with “Les Filles D’Olfa”.
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