At noon on April 13 local time, Cannes Film Festival Chairman Iris Nobloch and Artistic Director Thierry Fumao held a press conference in Paris, announcing the 76th Cannes Film Festival, including the main competition. item list. The documentary "Youth" by Chinese director Wang Bing was shortlisted for the main competition, and will be joined by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Aki Kaurismaki, Ken Loach, Marco Bellocchio, Wim Wenders, Todd New works by directors such as Hines, Chen Yingxiong, Nanni Moretti, Nuri Bilge Ceylon, Wes Anderson, etc. are competing for the Palme d'Or.

"Youth" stills

The 55-year-old director Wang Bing is good at documentaries. He has filmed "Tiexi District", "Three Sisters", "Crazy Love" and "Fang Xiuying". Both his previous works "He Fengming" and "Dead Soul" have appeared at the Cannes Film Festival as screened works, but this is the first time that he has been shortlisted for the main competition. The new work "Youth" focuses on a group of young people who came to Shanghai from Yunnan to work. This is the first time in four years that a Chinese-language film has been shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes. The previous film was Diao Yinan's "The Gathering at Southern Station".

As usual, this year's Cannes main competition is full of famous directors. In addition to Wang Bing's "Youth", it also includes Wes Anderson's "Asteroid City", Aki Kaurismaki's "Dead Leaves", Kore-eda's "Monster", Nanni Moretti's " Future Sun, Dead Grass by Nuri Bilge Ceylon, Last Summer by Catherine Brea, Fondue by Chen Yingxiong, May December by Todd Haynes , Ken Loach's "Old Oak", Wim Wenders' "Perfect Day" and other 19 films. According to the practice of Cannes, the possibility of adding shortlisted films will not be ruled out in the next few weeks.

"Monster" poster

It is also worth mentioning that, starring Zhou Dongyu, Liu Haoran, and Qu Chuxiao, Singaporean director Chen Zheyi's new work "Burning Winter" was shortlisted for a focus unit second only to the main competition.

Stills of Burning Winter

Swedish director Ruben Östlund will be the chairman of the jury for this year's main competition. "The Square" and "Triangle of Tragedy" directed by him have won the Palme d'Or, Cannes' highest honor, twice in 2017 and 2022 respectively.

This year's opening film is "The Countess of Du Barry", directed and starred by French filmmaker McWen, and starring Johnny Depp. The works that will appear in Cannes as screening films include "Raiders of the Lost Ark 5", "Killers of the Flower Moon" by Martin Scorsese and the Apple streaming platform, Spanish director Almodovar's short film about gay cowboys "Weird" Lifestyle, etc. Takeshi Kitano's new film "First" was shortlisted for the premiere unit.

【Films Shortlisted in the Main Competition】

"Society Zero" Director: Jessica Hausner (Austria)

Asteroid City Director: Wes Anderson (USA)

Places of Interest Director: Jonathan Glazer (UK)

Dead Leaves Director: Aki Kaurismaki (Finland)

The Daughters of Olefa Director: Kassel Ben Haniye (Tunisia)

"The Anatomy of Death from a Fall" Director: Justin Triet (France)

"Monster" Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu (Japan)

The Sun of the Future Director: Nanni Moretti (Italy)

Chimera Director: Alicia Rohrwacher (Italy)

Dead Grass Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

Last Summer Director: Catherine Brea (France)

"French Fondue" Director: Chen Yingxiong (France)

"Kidnapped" Director: Marco Bellocchio (Italy)

"May and December" Director: Todd Haynes (USA)

The Instigator Director: Karim Ennoz (Brazil)

The Old Oak Director: Ken Loach (UK)

"Perfect Day" Director: Wim Wenders (Germany)

"Bernell and Adama" (first film) Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France)

"Youth" Director: Wang Bing (China)