<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Cannes announced its competition. Japan is the only Asian country represented, and by two films: Kawase's Hanezu no tsuki and Miike's Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai. The latter will be the first 3D film in Cannes competition. (It's a remake of the Kobayashi film.)<div><br></div><div>It's a tough slate, including Almodovar, Malick von Trier and the Dardennes. </div><div><br></div><div>Markus</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, 'MS Reference Sans Serif'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; "><b style="font-weight: bold !important; ">OPENER</b><br>"Midnight in Paris," Spain-U.S., Woody Allen<br><br><b style="font-weight: bold !important; ">COMPETITION</b><br>"Drive," U.S., Nicolas Winding Refn<br>"Footnote," Israel, Joseph Cedar<br>"Hanezu no Tsuki," Japan, Naomi Kawase<br>"Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai," Japan, Takashi Miike<br>"The Kid With a Bike," Belgium-France-Italy, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne<br>"L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close)," FranceBertrand Bonello<br>"Le Havre," Finland-France-Germany, Aki Kaurismaki<br>"Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan<br>"Melancholia," Denmark-Sweden-France-Germany-Italy, Lars von Trier<br>"Michael," Austria, Markus Schleinzer<br>"Pater," France, Alain Cavalier<br>"Polisse," France, Maiwenn<br>"The Skin That I Inhabit," Spain, Pedro Almodovar<br>"Sleeping Beauty," Australia, Julia Leigh<br>"La Source des femmes," France-Belgium-Italy, Radu Mihaileanu<br>"This Must Be the Place," Italy-France-Ireland, Paolo Sorrentino<br>"The Tree of Life," U.S., Terrence Malick<br>"We Have a Pope," Italy-France, Nanni Moretti<br>"We Need to Talk About Kevin," U.K.-U.S., Lynne Ramsay<br><br><b style="font-weight: bold !important; ">UN CERTAIN REGARD</b><br>"Arirang," South Korea, Kim Ki-duk<br>"Bonsai," Chile, Cristian Jimenez<br>"The Day He Arrives," South Korea, Hong Sang-soo<br>"Halt auf freier Strecke," Germany, Andreas Dresen<br>"Hors Satan," France, Bruno Dumont<br>"The Hunter," France-Russia, Bakur Bakuradze<br>"Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro," France, Robert Guediguian<br>"L'exercice de l'Etat," France, Pierre Schoeller<br>"Loverboy," Romania-France-Serbia-Sweden, Catalin Mitulescu<br>"Martha Marcy May Marlene," U.S., Sean Durkin<br>"Miss Bala," Mexico, Gerardo Naranjo<br>"Restless," U.S., Gus Van Sant (opener)<br>"Oslo, August 31st," Norway, Joachim Trier<br>"Skoonheid," South Africa-France-Germany, Oliver Hermanus<br>"Tatsumi," Singapore, Eric Khoo<br>"Trabalhar cansa," Brazil, Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra<br>"Toomelah," Australia, Ivan Sen<br>"Where Do We Go Now?," France-Lebanon, Nadine Labaki<br>"The Yellow Sea," South Korea, Na Hong-jin<br><br><b style="font-weight: bold !important; ">OUT OF COMPETITION</b><br>"The Artist," France, Michel Hazanavicius<br>"The Beaver," U.S., Jodie Foster<br>"The Conquest," France, Xavier Durringer<br>"Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," U.S., Rob Marshall<br><br><b style="font-weight: bold !important; ">MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS</b><br>"Wu Xia," China, Peter Chan Ho-sun<br>"Days of Grace," Mexico, Everardo Gout<br><br><b style="font-weight: bold !important; ">SPECIAL SCREENINGS</b><br>"Labrador," Denmark, Frederikke Aspock<br>"Le Maitre des forges de l'enfer," Cambodia-France, Rithy Panh<br>"Michel Petrucciani," France-Germany-Italy, Michael Radford<br>"Tous au Larzac," France, Christian Rouaud</span></div></body></html>