Cannes Festival line-up announced

It's almost that time of the year again. The line-up for the upcoming Cannes Festival was announced yesterday. The selection in an interesting one, with a combination of confirmed and upcoming directing talent.

In competition
Pedro Almodovar - Volver (ES)
Nanni Moretti - The Caiman (IT)
Paolo Sorrentino - L'amico di famiglia (IT)
Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley (GB)
Nicole Garcia - Charlie Said (FR)
Bruno Dumont - Flanders (FR)
Xavier Giannoli - I Did It My Way (FR)
Rachid Bouchareb - Days of Glory (DZ)
Lucas Belvaux - The Weakest Is Always Right (BE)
Sofia Coppola - Marie-Antoinette (US)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Babel (MX)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Iklimler (TR)
Pedro Costa - Juventude em Marcha (PT)
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth (MX)
Aki Kaurismaki - Lights in the Dusk (FI)
Andrea Arnold - Red Road (GB)
Richard Kelly - Southland Tales (US)
Richard Linklater - Fast Food Nation (US)
Lou Ye - Summer Palace (CN)

Out of competition

Opening: Ron Howard - The Da Vinci Code (US)
Closing: Tony Gatlif - Transylvania (FR)

Special screenings:
Brett Ratner - X-Men 3: The Last Stand (US)
Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick - Over the Hedge (US)
Paul Greengrass - United 93 (UK)

Midnight screenings:
John Cameron Mitchell - Shortbus (US)
Johnnie To - Election 2 (HK)
Su Chao-pin - Guisi (TW)