The Standard

The famous Cannes Film Festival launches today, from May 11 to 22nd. We’re sure you’ll see all the glitzy red carpet photos in the fashion mags pretty soon… but we thought we’d just give you a heads-up of the films we’re checking out. Luckily, thanks to the internet, you can watch these trailers (and some of the festival action) online at Cannes 2011. 

Here’s a few flicks to keep top of mind.

(Pedro Almodovar’s La Piel Que Habito. See Trailer here)

(Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia. See trailer here)

(Nanni Moretti’s Habemus Papam. See trailer here)

(Julia Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty. See trailer here)

Overall, the films with all eyes on them are the ones in Competition. The full list is…

• The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodovar)

• L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close (dir. Bertrand Bonello)

• Hearat Shulayim (Footnote) (dir. Joseph Cedar)

• Pater (dir. Alain Cavalier)

• Bir Zamanlar Anadolu’da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

• Le gamin au vélo (dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)

• Le Havre (dir. Aki Kaurismäki)

• Hanezu no Tsuki (dir. Naomi Kawase)

• Sleeping Beauty (dir. Julia Leigh)

• Polisse (dir. Maïwenn)

• The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)

• La source des femmes (dir. Radu Mihaileanu)

• Ishimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) (dir. Takashi Miike)

• Habemus Papam (dir. Nanni Moretti)

• We Need to Talk about Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)

• Melancholia (dir. Lars Von Trier)

• Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)

We wish all the film in competition best of luck in the next few days. It’s a strong and diverse selection of film topics and directors. Let the screenings begin!