PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Among Official Selection For 64th Festival de Cannes

The Official Selection and the Juries of the 64th Cannes Film festival were announced Thursday, April 14th during the press conference held by Gilles Jacob and Thierry Frémaux at the Grand Hôtel in Paris.

Opening Film

Woody ALLEN – MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Out of Competition)

Competition

Pedro ALMODÓVAR – LA PIEL QUE HABITO
Bertrand BONELLO – L’APOLLONIDE – SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE
Alain CAVALIER – PATER
Joseph CEDAR – HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote)
Nuri Bilge CEYLAN – BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (Once upon a time in Anatolia)
Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE – LE GAMIN AU VÉLO
Aki KAURISMÄKI – LE HAVRE
Naomi KAWASE – HANEZU NO TSUKI
Julia LEIGH – SLEEPING BEAUTY – 1st film
MAÏWENN – POLISSE
Terrence MALICK – THE TREE OF LIFE
Radu MIHAILEANU – LA SOURCE DES FEMMES
Takashi MIIKE – ICHIMEI (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï)
Nanni MORETTI – HABEMUS PAPAM
Lynne RAMSAY – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Markus SCHLEINZER – MICHAEL – 1st film
Paolo SORRENTINO  – THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
Lars VON TRIER – MELANCHOLIA
Nicolas WINDING – REFN DRIVE

Un Certain Regard

Gus VAN SANT RESTLESS – Opening Film 
Bakur BAKURADZE – THE HUNTER
Andreas DRESEN – HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE
Bruno DUMONT – HORS SATAN
Sean DURKIN – MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE – 1st film
Robert GUÉDIGUIAN – LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO
Oliver HERMANUS – SKOONHEID
HONG Sangsoo – THE DAY HE ARRIVES
Cristián JIMÉNEZ – BONSÁI (Bonsaï)
Eric KHOO – TATSUMI
KIM Ki-duk – ARIRANG
Nadine LABAKI – ET MAINTENANT ON VA OÚ ?
Catalin MITULESCU – LOVERBOY
NA Hong-jin – YELLOW SEA
Gerardo NARANJO – MISS BALA
Juliana ROJAS, Marco DUTRA – TRABALHAR CANSA – 1st film
Pierre SCHOELLER – L’EXERCICE DE L’ETAT
Ivan SEN – TOOMELAH
Joachim TRIER – OSLO, AUGUST 31ST

Out of Competition

Xavier DURRINGER – LA CONQUÊTE
Jodie FOSTER – THE BEAVER
Michel HAZANAVICIUS – THE ARTIST
Rob MARSHALL – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

Midnight Screenings

CHAN Peter Ho-Sun – WU XIA
Everardo GOUT – DIAS DE GRACIA – 1st film

Special Screenings

Frederikke ASPÖCK – LABRADOR – 1st film
Rithy PANH – LE MAÎTRE DES FORGES DE L’ENFER
Michael RADFORD – MICHEL PETRUCCIANI
Christian ROUAUD – TOUS AU LARZAC

The 64^th Festival de Cannes is to take place Wednesday May 11th to Sunday 22nd May 2011.