2018 Cannes Film Festival Selections Revealed, Featuring Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard, More - Paste Sections Music Movies TV Comedy Games Books Food Drink Travel Tech NoiseTrade Video Newletter Netflix Amazon HBO Max Hulu Disney+ Paste Magazine Share Tweet Submit Pin NoiseTrade Video Newsletter Netflix Amazon HBO Max Hulu Disney+ Music Movies TV Comedy Games Books Food Drink Travel Tech NoiseTrade Video Newsletter Netflix Amazon HBO Max Hulu Disney+ 2018 Cannes Film Festival Selections Revealed, Featuring Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard, More By Mike Mudano | April 12, 2018 | 10:55am Image via Flore Maquin/Georges Pierre Movies News Cannes Film Festival Share Tweet Submit Pin The 2018 Cannes Film Festival has been the subject of a lot of buzz lately after the recent controversy banning films without French theatrical release dates (i.e., Netflix). Now, some positive buzz flows its way with the festival’s official lineup, which includes an interesting range of films from diverse filmmakers. In the in-competition selection, two American films made the cut. Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman starring Adam Driver will premiere at Cannes, along with David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake, starring Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough. Franco-Swiss auteur and film legend Jean-Luc Godard will premiere his Le Livre d’image (The Book of Images). The 87-year-old director was at Cannes four years ago with his 3D film Goodbye to Language. Japan has two in-competition titles with Cannes regular Hirokazu Koreeda’s Shoplifters and newbie Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Asako I & II. Korea’s Lee Chang-dong will return this year with his new thriller Burning after his 2010 Cannes screenplay winner Poetry. Academy Award winner Pawel Pawlikowski (Ida) will screen in competition for the first time with Cold War, a romantic black-and-white drama. The main competition will close with first-time Egyptian director A.B. Shawky with his leper film Yomeddine and Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov with his rock ‘n’ roll tale Summer. As previously announced, Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows, starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, will open the festival on May 8. Other notable mentions that are not competing for the Palme d’Ore include Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which we now know will have a two hour, 15 minute run time, and Wim Wenders’ Pope Francis – A Man of His Word. It will be interesting to see if the actual Pope shows up to walk the red carpet—Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux hinted that he would. Some interesting exclusions from the full lineup include Cannes favorite Xavier Dolan with the highly anticipated The Life and Death of John F. Donovan, which recently cut out Jessica Chastain’s character altogether, and another Cannes veteran, Jacques Audiard (Dheepan), with his English-language Western The Sisters Brothers, starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal. Another surprising snub was Lars Von Trier’s serial killer drama The House that Jack Built, starring Matt Dillon and Riley Keough. The Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron starrer from Cannes vet Harmony Korine, The Beach Bum, was also expected to hit the festival. Mike Leigh’s historical drama Peterloo, about a massacre of British unarmed protesters, was thought to be a shoo-in. Fremaux also suggested that some additions could be included in the full lineup in the coming days so stay tuned. Find the full lineup below. Competition Everybody Knows, Asghar Farhadi (opening-night film) At War, Stephane Brize Dogman, Matteo Garrone Le Livre d’image (The Book of Images), Jean-Luc Godard Asako I & II, Ryusuke Hamaguchi Sorry Angel, Christophe Honore Girls of the Sun, Eva Husson Ash is Purest White, Jia Zhangke Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda Burning, Lee Chang-dong Capernaum, Nadine Labaki BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee Under the Silver Lake, David Robert Mitchell Three Faces, Jafar Panahi Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski Happy, Lazzaro, Alice Rohrwacher Yomeddine, A.B. Shawky Summer, Kiril Serebrennikov Out of Competition Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ron Howard Le Grand Bain, Gilles Lellouche Un Certain Regard Border, Ali Abbasi Sofia, Benm’ Barek Little Tickles, Andrea Bescond and Eric Metayer Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bi Gan Manto, Nandita Das Sextape, Antoine Desrosieres Girl, Lukas Dhont Angel Face, Vanessa Filho Euphoria, Valeria Golino Friend, Wanuri Kahiu My Favorite Fabric, Gaya Jiji The Harvesters, Etienne Kallos In My Room, Ulrich Kohler El Angel, Luis Ortega The Gentle Indifference of the World, Adilkhan Yerzhanov Midnight Screenings Gongjak (The Spy Gone North), Yoon Jong-Bing Arctic, Joe Penna Special Screenings Pope Francis – A Man of His Word, Wim Wenders The State Against Mandela and the Others, Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte La Traversee, Romain Goupil To the Four Winds, Michel Toesca Les Ames Mortes (Dead Souls), Wang Bing O Grande Circo Mistico (Le Grand Cirque Mystique), Carlo Diegues 10 Years in Thailand, Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnon Sriphol and Apichatpong Weerasethakul Tags cannes film festival everybody knows jean-luc godard riley keough ron howard solo spike lee GET PASTE RIGHT IN YOUR INBOX The best music, movies, TV, books, comedy and more. 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