Seven features selected; French special screenings will bookend the event (May 12-20).

The lineup for the 50th anniversary running of Critics Week was announced Monday evening on the event’s website. In total, there are seven features in the main section with 10 short- or medium-length films (including one that may have the longest title of any film in the history of Cannes – see below) and four special screenings.

Valérie Donzelli’s La Guerre Est Déclarée will open Critics Week while Katia Lewcowicz’s Pourquoi Tu Pleures? is the closing night film, thereby bookending the event with two French pictures. Tarnation director Jonathan Caouette’s Walk Away Renée has a special screening and Eva Ionesco’s My Little Princess is the 50th anniversary special screening.

A mix of nationalities and first and second-timers make up the main competition. There are four first films (eligible for the Camera d’Or – as are Princess and Pourquoi above) with one French film and one Franco-Bulgarian co-production. Meanwhile, Hagar Ben Asher’s The Slut is from Israel/Germany while Sauna On Moon hails from China’s Zou Peng (see full list below). Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols is in the mix with Take Shelter, a film for which Sony has English-speaking rights.

Critics Week runs from May 12-20.

Features

Las Acacias, dir: Pablo Giorgelli (Argentina, Spain)*

Ave, dir: Konstantin Bojanov (Bulgaria, France)*

17 Filles, dirs: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin (France)

Sauna On Moon, dir: Zou Peng (China)

The Slut, dir: Hagar Ben Asher (Israel, Germany)*

Snowtown, dir: Justin Kurzel (Australia)*

Take Shelter, dir: Jeff Nichols (US)

Short and Medium-Length Films

Alexis Ivanovitch Vous Etes Mon Héros, dir :Guillaume Gouix (France)

Black Moon, dir: by Amie Siegel (US)

Blue, dir: Stephan Kang (New Zealand)

Boy, dir: Topaz Adizes (US)

Bul-Myul-Ui-Sa-Na-Ie, dir: Moon Byoung-gon (Korea)

Dimanches, dir: Valérie Rosier (Belgium)

In Front Of The House, dir: Lee Tae-ho (Korea)

La Inviolabilidad Del Domicilio Se Basa En El Hombre Que Aparece Empunando Un Hacha En La Puerta De Su Casa, dir : Alex Piperno (Uruguay, Argentina)

Junior, dir: Julia Ducournau (France)

Permanencias, dir: Ricardo Alves Junior (Brazil)

Special Screenings

La Guerre Est Déclarée, dir : Valérie Donzelli (France – Opening Night Film)

Pourquoi Tu Pleures?, dir: Katia Lewcowicz (France – Closing Night Film)*

Walk Away Renée, dir: by Jonathan Caouette – (US, France, Belgium)

My Little Princess, dir: Eva Ionesco (France – 50th Anniversary Screening)*

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