By Travis Johnson
Ahead of their official program launch on July 5, the Melbourne International Film Festival have announced the films they have selected from this year’s Cannes festival.
30 works from the world’s premiere film showcase have been selected, with highlights including Nicolas Winding Refn’s fashion-horror The Neon Demon; The Handmaiden, Park Chan-wook’s adaptation of the sapphic thriller, Fingersmith; and two offerings from Jim Jarmusch: the Stooges doco, Gimme Danger, and the Adam Driver-starring Paterson.
Also on offer are new films from Pedro Almodovar, Olivier Assayas, and,for the first time in too long, Paul Verhoeven.
Here’s the full list:
After the Storm, Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Album Dir. Mehmet Can Mertoglu
Apprentice, Dir. Boo Junfeng
Aquarius, Dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
Beyond the Mountains and Hills, Dir. Eran Kolirin
Captain Fantastic, Dir. Matt Ross
Clash, Dir. Mohamed Diab
Diamond Island, Dir. Davy Chou
Elle, Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Gimme Danger, Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Graduation, Dir. Cristian Mungiu
Harmonium, Dir. Kôji Fukada
Julieta, Dir. Pedro Almódovar
Mercenary, Dir. Sacha Wolff
Mimosas, Dir. Olivier Laxe
My Life as a Courgette, Dir. Claude Barras
Paterson, Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Personal Shopper, Dir. Olivier Assayas
Sieranevada, Dir. Cristi Puiu
Slack Bay, Dir. Bruno Dumont
Staying Vertical, Dir. Alain Guiraudie
The Death of Louis XIV, Dir. Albert Serra
The Handmaiden, Dir. Park Chan-wook
The Happiest Day in the Life if Olli Maki, Dir. Juho Kuosmanen
The Neon Demon, Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
The Red Turtle, Dir. Michael Dudok de Wit
The Salesman, Dir. Asghar Farhadi
The Unknown Girl, Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Toni Erdmann, Dir. Maren Ade
Train to Busan, Dir. Yeon Sang-ho
For more info, make the MIFF Official Site your destination.
