Film lovers are already gearing up for the Cannes Film Festival, that runs from May 11 to 21. The festival, which opens with Woody Allen’s Café Society, promises a strong line-up this year. The Competition includes Pedro Almodovar’s Julieta, Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne’s The Unknown Girl, Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only The End of the World, Cristian Mungiu’s Bacalaureat, Sean Penn’s The Last Face and Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon. The official selection includes Steven Spielberg’s The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant), Jodie Foster’s Money Monster and Jim Jarmusch — who actually has two features at Cannes —Paterson in Competition and Gimme Danger in a Midnight Screening. The Asian features in official selection include Park Chan-Wook’s The Handmaiden, Brillante Mendoza’s Ma’Rosa, Kore-eda Hirokazu’s After the Storm and Rithy Panh’s Exile.

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