Festival de Cannes Update: Additions to Selection Line-up

As expected, there are some film additions to the 71st Cannes Film Festival line-ups. Familiar names Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Lars von Trier will be in Cannes after all. Danish diretor von Trier returns after being banned for his inappropriate comments during a press conference for Melancholia in 2011 – though he will not be competing here. He won the Palme d’Or in 2000 for Dancer in the Dark. Meanwhile, Turkish filmmaker Ceylan is no stranger to the Rivierra, winning the Palme d’Or last time around with Winter Sleep in 2014. Take a look at he new entries and where they will fit:

COMPETITION
UN COUTEAU DANS LE CŒUR (KNIFE + HEART) – Yann Gonzalez
AYKA – Sergey Dvortsevoy
AHLAT AGACI (THE WILD PEAR TREE) – Nuri Bilge Ceylan

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OUT OF COMPETITION
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT – Lars von Trier

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UN CERTAIN REGARD
MUERE, MONSTRUO, MUERE (MEURS, MONSTRE, MEURS) – Alejandro Fadel
CHUVA E CANTORIA NA ALDEIA DOS MORTOS (THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS) – João Salaviza, Renée Nader Messora
DONBASS – Sergey Loznitsa

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SPECIAL SCREENING
ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE – Damian Nenow, Raul De La Fuente

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MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
WHITNEY – Kevin Macdonald
FAHRENHEIT 451 – Ramin Bahrani

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CLOSING FILM
THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE – Terry Gilliam

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