LOS ANGELES, May 11 — A rundown of key events during the first week of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, which opens today.
Today:
Opening Ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival hosted by Laurent Lafitte.
Screening of Café Society by Woody Allen (Out of Competition - opening film)
Tomorrow:
Screening of Staying Vertical by Alain Guiraudie (In Competition)
Screening of Sieranevada by Cristi Puiu (In Competition)
Screening of Money Monster by Jodie Foster (Out of Competition)
Opening of the Un Certain Regard selection with Clash by Mohamed Diab
Opening of Directors’ Fortnight with Sweet Dreams by Marco Bellocchio
Golden Coach prize giving, won by Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki
Screening of Masculin Féminin by Jean-Luc Godard (Cannes Classics)
Screening of Valmont by Milos Forman (Cannes Classics)
Friday, May 13:
Screening of Slack Bay by Bruno Dumont (In Competition)
Screening of I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach (In Competition)
Screening of Train to Busan by Yeon Sang-Ho (Out of Competition)
Screening of Exile by Rithy Panh (Special Screenings)
Screening of The Dancer by Stéphanie DiGiusto (Un Certain Regard)
Screening of After Love by Joachim Lafosse (Directors’ Fortnight)
Saturday, May 14 :
Screening of The Handmaiden by Park Chan-Wook (In Competition)
Screening of Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade (In Competition)
Screening of The BFG by Steven Spielberg (Out of Competition)
Screening of Wrong Elements by Jonathan Littell (Special Screenings)
Screening of Like Crazy by Paolo Virzi (Directors’ Fortnight)
Screening of A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch (Cannes Classics)
Sunday, May 15 :
Screening of From the Land of the Moon by Nicole Garcia (In Competition)
Screening of American Honey by Andrea Arnold (In Competition)
Screening of The Nice Guys by Shane Black (Out of Competition)
Screening of Tour de France by Rachid Djaïdani (Directors’ Fortnight). — AFP-Relaxnews