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David Cronenberg and Guy Madden are among the high-profile Canadians returning to this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which opens May 14.
Cronenberg, known for sci-fi and horror films dating back to the 1970s, will compete for the main prize. The ShroudShot in Toronto about a haunted widow played by Vincent Castle.
A widower invents a device that allows people to monitor their dead loved ones in their burials, and when his wife’s grave is desecrated one night, he sets out to track down the culprits. Is.
“It’s a huge honor to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, but to return for the seventh time is incredibly humbling,” Cronenberg said in a statement. “I look forward to sharing this film with the world on such a prestigious stage.”
81-year-olds whose work includes Videodrome, Naked lunch And A history of violencemaking its final appearance at Cannes with 2022. Future crimes.
Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg talks about why he couldn’t make his latest film in Toronto, the shutdown of Netflix, the death of movie theaters, and how he once almost directed a Star Wars movie. What was done?
The Shroud It was produced in part by Martin Katz for Prospero Pictures, whose founder and president Martin Katz called it “a brave and human film, fitting for our times.”
Cronenberg will compete against the likes of Yorgos Lanthimos for the Palme d’Or (Poor things, lobster), who will debut Kindly pleaseand George Miller’s Mad Max Turn off Furiosa.
Francis Ford Coppola, known for. Apocalypse Now And God father trilogy, will debut. Megalopolis Starring Adam Driver, his first film in over a decade and one of the most anticipated events of the year.
Another interesting entry is that of Ali Abbasi. ApprenticeA biographical drama about Donald Trump’s real estate career in New York in the 1970s and 80s.
The official selection for the 77th edition of the festival was announced at a press conference in Paris on Thursday.
A dark Canadian comedy about the G7 screens outside the main competition
A trio of Winnipeg directors, Guy Madden, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, co-directed Rumors, which will be out of competition at Cannes. The dark comedy is about world leaders who meet at the G7 and get lost in the jungle trying to write a joint statement. The trio previously worked together in 2017. Green mist.
Star Wars Director George Lucas will attend this year’s festival to receive an honorary Palme d’Or, while Kevin Costner will present his new western. Horizon, an American Saga.
Montreal filmmaker Xavier Dolan, whose film Mother Winner of the 2014 Cannes Jury Prize, will chair the festival’s jury. Uncertain passages section, which presents films with unusual styles and unconventional storylines.
Dolan wrote, directed, produced and starred in his first feature film, I killed my mother.at age 19, and received Canada’s nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. His film in 2010 Heart beats Screening in Uncertain passages When he was only 21 years old.
“I am humbled and delighted to return as president of Cannes. Uncertain passages Jury,” Dolan said in a statement. “More than making the films themselves, discovering the work of talented filmmakers has always been central to my personal and professional journey.”
will head the Cannes main competition jury. Barbie Director Greta Gerwig.
The film festival will continue from May 14 to May 25.
