The official selection of movies to be shown at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival has finally been unveiled. In the festival that will be kicked off on May 13 and wrapped on May 24, a total of 52 films will be featured from four categories, In Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, and Special Screenings.
Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces", Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" and Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" are listed among the 20 In Competition movies. They will be up against Jane Campion's "Bright Star", Ken Loach's "Looking for Eric", Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon", Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" and Park Chan-wook's "Thirst" among others.
Terry Gilliam-directed drama fantasy starring Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and the late Heath Ledger, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", has been included in the Out of Competition line-up. In the meantime, Sam Raimi's horror "Drag Me to Hell" enters the Midnight Screenings list.
Opening the annual fest held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in France on May 13 will be Pete Docter and Bob Peterson-directed animation "Up", while closing the fest is Jan Kounen's "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky".
The detailed line-up for the festival was outed by the fest duo Gilles Jacob and Fremaux at a news conference Thursday, April 23, in Paris. On the occasion, Jacob also revealed plans to post the first five minutes of all films on Festival de Cannes site. "We hope that Internet users, leaving their consoles and GameBoys behind, will be tempted to rush into the closest movie theater to discover the rest," he explained.
Opening Night Film: "Up", Pete Docter
In Competition:
 |   Fireflies Owl City |
 | Empire State of Mind Jay-Z |
 | 3 Britney Spears |
 | Bad Romance Lady GaGa |
 | Party in the U.S.A Miley Cyrus |
 | Down Jay Sean |
 | Meet Me Halfway Black Eyed Peas |
 | Whatcha Say Jason Derulo |
 | Tik Tok Ke$ha |
 | Paparazzi Lady GaGa |
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