From May 16 through 27, 2012, 20 French films and majority co-productions will be presented in the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection.
Feature Films in Competion:
De rouille et d’os by Jacques Audiard
Holy Motors by Léos Carax
Vous n’avez encore rien vu by Alain Resnais
Love by Michael Haneke (majority French co-production)
On the Road by Walter Salles (majority French co-production)
Closing Film:
Thérèse Desqueyroux by Claude Miller
Special Screenings:
Les Invisibles by Sébastien Lifshitz
Journal de France by Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon
Une journée particulière by Gilles Jabob, Samuel Faure (65th Anniversary)
Un Certain Regard
:
Confession of a Child of the Century by Sylvie Verheyde
Le Grand soir by Benoît Délepine and Gustave Kervern
Trois mondes by Catherine Corsini
A perdre la raison by Joaquim Lafosse (majority French co-production)
God's Horses by Nabil Ayouch (majority French co-production)
Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan (majority French co-production)
The Pirogue by Moussa Touré (majority French co-production)
Meanwhile, in the Short Film Competition Section, Ce chemin devant moi by Mohamed Bourokba, alias Hamé, is among the contenders.