Cannes 08: Cannes Film Festival announces lineup

The 61st Cannes Film Festival announced their full lineup this afternoon. Among the films making it into a more streamlined competition are TWO films by Steven Soderburgh ("The Argentine" and "Guerrilla"), Clint Eastwood's latest drama "The Changeling" (starring Angelina Jolie) and also entries by Cannes favorites Atom Egoyan, The Dardenne Brothers and Wim Wenders.

Also making the competition lineup for the 1st time is Singaporean director Eric Khoo ("My Magic") and the animation film "Waltz With Bashir" by Ari Folman about the 1982 invasion of Lebanon by Isreal (oh yes, it's animated! Could it be this year's Persepolis?).

As rumored, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kung Fu Panda and the Woody Allen film Vicky Christina Barcelona (starring Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson) will all be playng out of competition (but bringing some serious star power to the Croisette!).

If you want to read a full report, check out the article Variety reported today.

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Posted by Stevie on April 23, 2008 5:03:00 AM EDT #