The films competing at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
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00:00 So it looks like we have a lot to look forward to this year, Eve.
00:02 We certainly do. Harrison Ford in the fifth and final installment of Indiana Jones
00:08 and the Dial of Destiny, which is from director James Mangold.
00:12 Harrison Ford is 80 and for some scenes they've used de-aging technology
00:16 to make him look younger. So we're looking forward to that.
00:19 We've also got Martin Scorsese's film Killers of the Flower Moon
00:23 with Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.
00:25 So we're hoping to see them on the red carpet this year.
00:28 And we also, interestingly, have Johnny Depp speaking in French in the opening film,
00:33 a period drama which is called Jean de Barry, where he plays Louis XV,
00:38 opposite French actress Mai Wen, who also directs it.
00:42 It looks sumptuous. Take a look.
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01:25 It looks totally fabulous. We'll see how Johnny Depp gets on with his French accent,
01:33 playing a French king. And the choice of this film is certain to raise a few eyebrows,
01:38 given Depp's recent very public legal spat with his ex-wife, Amber Heard.
01:42 Mai Wen is also in the spotlight in recent weeks, following the release of a police report
01:47 that she's being sued by a French journalist for assault, which she denies.
01:51 And the Cannes selection is always a bit like a menu with too many options.
01:54 There are the tried and tested things that you know are likely to be good,
01:57 some things you've never, ever heard of, that you have no idea what they are,
02:01 and one or two that will surprise you.
02:03 Also, speaking of a menu with too many options, today around 60 films were announced.
02:08 I mean, it's so many to go through and to try and decide which is going to be good.
02:11 Some of the ones that stand out on paper are Todd Haynes' May/December,
02:15 starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, and Wes Anderson's Asteroid City.
02:20 It looks to be the director's typically quirky, star-studded type film,
02:26 with Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Steve Carell and Tilda Swinton.
02:29 Take a look at that.
02:31 # Last train... #
02:35 Junior star gazers and space cadets.
02:37 Each year, we celebrate Asteroid Day, commemorating September 23rd, 3007 BC,
02:43 when the arid plains meteorite made Earth impact.
02:45 # Be-de-de-de-bum-bum, it's San Fernando. #
02:49 What about regulars? Are a lot of filmmakers returning to Cannes this year?
02:55 There are so many regulars returning.
02:57 Sometimes it does look a bit like the same old names that are at the Cannes Film Festival.
03:02 There's Japanese director Hirokazu Kurada. He's back in Cannes with Monster.
03:06 In the past, he's actually won the festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or.
03:11 Two-time Palme d'Or winner Ken Loach is back with a film called The Old Oak.
03:15 It's a socially relevant drama, like all of his films, set in Wales.
03:19 The focus is Syrian refugees.
03:21 Another former Palme d'Or winner is Nani Moretti.
03:24 He returns to the Quosette. He's one of three Italians in the competition this year.
03:30 There's also Palme d'Or winners, the Turkish director Nuri Bilge Selin
03:34 and the German director that we all know, Wim Wenders.
03:38 But there are some new names, as always.
03:40 Cult British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer.
03:43 He makes his Cannes competition debut with a film that's called Zone of Interest.
03:47 And there will be Oscar winner Steve McQueen.
03:50 He'll return to Cannes with his new film, which is called Occupied City.
03:53 And it's a look at his adopted homeland of Amsterdam.
03:56 Meanwhile, there are six female directors in the competition. That's a record, isn't it?
04:00 It's not quite a record. There have been, in recent years, only been a couple.
04:04 And it obviously gets lots of criticism every single year.
04:07 One of them is Australian director Jessica Hausner,
04:12 whose sci-fi feature Little Joe screened in competition in 2019.
04:16 Her film is called Club Zero.
04:18 There's another director called Kauta Benhania.
04:21 She is from Tunisia.
04:23 And there's a film from Senegalese filmmaker called Ramata Sy.
04:29 So we'll be looking forward to seeing those films.
04:31 A high-profile red carpet, though, out of the competition will be Sam Levinson's The Idol.
04:36 It's a TV series for HBO with Lily Rosedep and the Canadian pop star The Weeknd.
04:42 So that looks very interesting.
04:44 More announcements will surely come in the coming days ahead of the festival, which begins on the 16th of May.
04:49 The two-time Palme d'Or winner Ruben Ostland is this year's competition jury president.
04:56 So he always has very crazy films at the festival.
05:00 So we'll be interested to see what he chooses as the top, his top picks this year.
05:03 And the Culture team will obviously be there every day to cover it for you, our viewers.
05:07 OK, we're looking forward to it.
05:09 Thanks for summing that all up. Not an easy job.
05:11 I appreciate it. Eve Jackson from our Culture team.