Well, I just didn't have time to put together my Cannes 2012 *black films* predictions list yesterday as I said I would; but if I did, I can say with certainty that Lee Daniels' The Paperboy was guaranteed to be on that very short list; as well as Senegalese filmmaker, Moussa Touré’s 3rd feature film in 20 years, La Pirogue (The Pirogue), which I profiled on this site many months ago, and will profile again with today's news.
Both films are on the cut.
As for the others that would have also been on my predictions list (like Andrew Dosunmu's latest Ma'George, and possibly Carl Franklin's adaptation of Rudolpho Amaya's Bless me Ultima, which has been at some stage of development for the last year and a half), none made the final list of selections, whether in competition or out.
In fact, as is usually the case every year, there's very little representation from the African Diaspora.
As Sergio noted in a previous post on the festival, Benh Zeitlin's Sundance 2012 Film Festival award winner Beasts Of The Southern Wild made the cut in the Un Certain Regard section.
And French/Moroccan/Tunisian director Nabil Ayouch rounds out the list of Diaspora entries, with his feature film Les Chevaux De Dieu (God's Horses).
But I'm going to give the list a proper scrubbing and make sure that there aren't any titles/filmmakers I didn't immediately identify. And I'll profile them if my search is fruitful.
Of course there's the film market and short film corner, where more *black films* will likelt be found, and as I get info on those, I'll share here.
Sadly, S&A won't be at Cannes this year (we were there last year, as MsWOO provided coverage); it's too expensive a trip to justify, given how few films/filmmakers from the Diaspora are in the lineup each year.
Not that we're not interested in seeing ALL kinds of films, but this is a black cinema blog, and that's our focus. And did I mention the costs???
Here's the full official selection list announced this morning:
COMPETITION
| Opening Film | ||
| Wes ANDERSON | MOONRISE KINGDOM | 1h35 |
| *** | ||
| Jacques AUDIARD | DE ROUILLE ET D'OS | 1h55 |
| Leos CARAX | HOLY MOTORS | 1h50 |
| David CRONENBERG | COSMOPOLIS | 1h45 |
| Lee DANIELS | THE PAPERBOY | 1h41 |
| Andrew DOMINIK | KILLING THEM SOFTLY | 1h40 |
| Matteo GARRONE | REALITY | 1h50 |
| Michael HANEKE |
AMOUR (LOVE) |
2h06 |
| John HILLCOAT | LAWLESS | 1h55 |
| HONG Sangsoo |
DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH (IN ANOTHER COUNTRY) |
1h28 |
| IM Sang-soo |
DO-NUI MAT (THE TASTE OF MONEY) |
1h53 |
| Abba KIAROSTAMI | LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE | 1h49 |
| Ken LOACH | THE ANGELS' SHARE | 1h46 |
| Sergei LOZNITSA |
IM NEBEL (IN THE FOG) |
2h07 |
| Cristian MUNGIU | BEYOND THE HILLS | 2h35 |
| Yousry NASRALLAH |
BAAD EL MAWKEAA (AFTER THE BATTLE) |
1h56 |
| Jeff NICHOLS | MUD | 2h15 |
| Alain RESNAIS | VOUS N'AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU | 1h55 |
| Carlos REYGADAS | POST TENEBRAS LUX | 1h40 |
| Walter SALLES |
ON THE ROAD (SUR LA ROUTE) |
2h20 |
| Ulrich SEIDL |
PARADIES : Liebe (PARADISE : Love) |
2h00 |
| Thomas VINTERBERG |
JAGTEN (THE HUNT) |
1h46 |
| *** | ||
| Film for the Closing Ceremony | ||
| Claude MILLER | THÉRÈSE DESQUEYROUX (Out of Comp.) | 1h50 |
UN CERTAIN REGARD
| Ashim AHLUWALIA | MISS LOVELY First film | 1h50 |
| Juan Andrés ARANGO | LA PLAYA First film | 1h30 |
|
Nabil AYOUCH |
LES CHEVAUX DE DIEU (GOD'S HORSES) |
1h55 |
| Catherine CORSINI | TROIS MONDE | 1h40 |
| Brandon CRONENBERG | ANTIVIRAL First film | 1h50 |
|
Benicio DEL TORO, Pablo TRAPERO, Julio MEDEM, Elia SULEIMAN, Juan Carlos TABIO, Gaspard NOÉ et Laurent CANTET |
7 DIAS EN LA HABANA | 2h05 |
|
Benoit DELÉPINE, Gustave KERVERN |
LE GRAND SOIR | 1h32 |
| Xavier DOLAN | LAURENCE ANYWAYS | 2h41 |
| Michel FRANCO | DESPUÉS DE LUCIA | 1h33 |
| Joachim LAFOSSE | AIMER À PERDRE LA RAISON | 1h54 |
| Darezhan OMIRBAYEV | STUDENT | 1h30 |
| Moussa TOURE |
LA PIROGUE (THE PIROGUE) |
1h27 |
| Pablo TRAPERO |
ELEFANTE BLANCO (WHITE ELEPHANT) |
2h00 |
| Sylvie VERHEYDE | CONFESSION OF A CHILD OF THE CENTURY | 2h05 |
| Koji WAKAMATSU | 11.25 THE DAY HE CHOSE HIS OWN FATE | 2h00 |
| YOU Le | MYSTERY | 1h30 |
| Benh ZEITLIN | BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD First film | 1h32 |
OUT OF COMPETITION
| Bernardo BERTOLUCCI |
IO E TE (ME AND YOU) |
1h37 |
| Eric DARNELLE, Tom MCGRATH |
MADAGASCAR 3, EUROPE'S MOST WANTED |
1h30 |
| Philip KAUFMAN | HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN | 2h34 |
| Midnight Screenings | ||
| Dario ARGENTO | DARIO ARGENTO'S DRACULA | 1h46 |
| Takashi MIIKE | AI TO MAKOTO | 2h14 |
| 65th Birthday | ||
| Gilles Jacob and Samuel Faure | UNE JOURNÉE PARTICULIÈRE | 53' |
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
| Fatih AKIN |
DER MÜLL IM GARTEN EDEN (POLLUTING PARADISE) |
1h25 |
| Laurent BOUZEREAU | ROMAN POLANSKI : A FILM MEMOIR | 1h34 |
|
Ken BURNS, |
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE | 2h00 |
| Sébastien LIFSHITZ | LES INVISIBLES | 1h55 |
|
Claudine NOUGARET, Raymond DEPARDON |
JOURNAL DE FRANCE | 1h40 |
|
Nelson PEREIRA DOS SANTOS |
A MUSICA SEGUNDO TOM JOBIM | 1h30 |
| Gonzalo TOBAL | VILLEGAS First film | 1h36 |
|
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL |
MEKONG HOTEL | 1h01 |
