Cannes 2012 Lineup to Feature Dueling Films Starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart

The 2012 Cannes Film Festival lineup will be featuring films starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.  Pattinson’s ”Cosmopolis” based on the Don De Lilo classic and directed by David Cronenberg will be competing with Stewart’s Jack Kerouac adaptation of “On the Road” directed by Walter Salles.   Other American films in competition are Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, the opening night choice, and the début film of Brandon Cronenberg (David Cronenberg’s son) “Antiviral”.  Michael Haneke,  Claude Miller, Lee Daniels, Leo Carax, Abbas Kiarostami and Ken Loach also will be presenting new films.  This year, Italian director Nanni Moretti (The Son’s Room) will lead the Jury for the main competition, while Tim Roth is presiding over the Un Certain Regard Jury.  The 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival runs from 16 May to 27 May 2012.

Here is the full slate:

In Competition

Amour, Michael Haneke

The Angels’ Share, Ken Loach

Baad el mawkeaa, Yousry Nasrallah

Beyond The Hills, Cristian Mungiu

Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg

Holy Motors, Leos Carax



The Hunt, Thomas Vinterberg

Killing Them Softly, Andrew Dominik



In Another Country, Hong Sang-soo

In the Fog, Sergei Loznitsa

Lawless, John Hillcoat


Like Someone in Love, Abbas Kiarostami

Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson (opening night film)

Mud, Jeff Nichols

On the Road, Walter Salles



The Paperboy, Lee Daniels

Paradies: Liebe, Ulrich Seidl

Post Tenebras Lux, Carlos Reygadas


Reality, Matteo Garrone


Rust And Bone, Jacques Audiard

Taste Of Money, Im Sang-soo

You Haven’t Seen Anything Yet, Alain Resnais
Closing Night Film

Therese Desqueyroux, Claude Miller

Out of Competition

Hemingway & Gellhorn, Philip Kaufman

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon

Me And You, Bernardo Bertolucci

Un Certain Regard

7 Days in Havana, Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Juan Carlos Tabio, Gaspar Noe, Laurent Cantet



11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate, Koji Wakamatsu

Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg


Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin



Confession Of A Child Of The Century, Sylvie Verheyde



Despues De Lucia, Michel Franco

La Pirogue, Moussa Toure

La Playa, Juan Andres Arango


Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan



Le Grand Soir, Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern

Les Chevaux De Dieu, Nabil Ayouch

Loving Without Reason, Joachim Lafosse

Miss Lovely, Ashim Ahluwalia

Mystery, Lou Ye



Student, Darezhan Omirbayev

Trois Mondes, Catherine Corsini



White Elephant, Pablo Trapero

Midnight Screenings

Dracula 3D, Dario Argento

The Legend Of Love & Sincerity, Takashi Miike

Special Screenings

A Musica Segundo Tom Jobim, Nelson Pereira Dos Santos



The Central Park Five, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon

Der Mull Im Garten Eden, Fatih Akin


Journal De France, Claudine Nougaret, Raymond Depardon



Les Invisibles, Sebastien Lifshitz

Mekong Hotel, Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir, Laurent Bouzereau

Villegas, Gonzalo Tobal