Following the unveiling of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival line-up, the Critics’ Week sidebar has now revealed their slate. As usual, there are a lot of discoveries to be had, with six of main selection being first features and four sophomore effort. Notably, Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher) will screen his new short From the Diary of a Wedding Photographer while Chloë Sevigny will premiere her new film Kitty. Check out the full line-up, along with the trailer for the Un Certain Regard title Apprentice.
FEATURE FILMS IN COMPETITION
ALBÜM Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)
DIAMOND ISLAND Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
RAW (GRAVE) Julia Ducournau (France)
MIMOSAS Oliver Laxe (Spain)
ONE WEEK AND A DAY (SHAVUA VE YOM) Asaph Polonsky (Israel)
TRAMONTANE Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)
A YELLOW BIRD K. Rajagopal (Singapore)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
OPENING FILM
IN BED WITH VICTORIA (VICTORIA) Justine Triet (France)
CLOSING FILMS
SMILE (BONNE FIGURE) Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
EN MOI Laetitia Casta (France)
KITTY Chloë Sevigny (USA)
50+5 SCREENINGS
LOS PASOS DEL AGUA César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia)
FROM THE DIARY OF A WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER (MYOMANO SHEL TZALAM HATONOT) Nadav Lapid (Israel)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
I TEMPI FELICI VERRANNO PRESTO (HAPPY TIMES WILL COME SOON) Alessandro Comodin (Italy)
APNÉE Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France)
SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION
ARNIE Rina B. Tsou (Taiwan/Philippines)
ASCENSÃO Pedro Peralta (Portugal)
CAMPO DE VÍBORAS Cristèle Alves Meira (Portugal)
DELUSION IS REDEMPTION TO THOSE IN DISTRESS Fellipe Fernandes (Brazil)
L’ENFANCE D’UN CHEF Antoine de Bary (France)
LIMBO Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece)
OH WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING François Jaros (Canada)
PRENJAK Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia)
LE SOLDAT VIERGE Erwan Le Duc (France)
SUPERBIA Luca Tóth (Hungary)