Below is a list of films selected for Cannes Official Selection, Critics Week and Directors Fortnight originating from or mostly filmed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East (or from filmmakers originating from these regions but based elsewhere) with sales agents and nationalities of co-production partners where known.
COMPETITION:
Caught By The Tides, dir: Jia Zhang-Ke (China) [PICTURED ABOVE]
Int’l sales: MK2 Films
All We Imagine As Light, dir: Payal Kapadia (France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg)
Int’l sales: Luxbox
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, dir: Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)
Int’l sales: Films Boutique
UN CERTAIN REGARD:
Black Dog, dir: Guan Hu (China)
Int’l sales: Playtime
My Sunshine, dir: Hiroshi Okuyama (Japan, France)
Int’l sales: Charades
Norah, dir: Tawfik Alzaidi (Saudi Arabia)
Int’l sales: Cercamon, TwentyOne Entertainment
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, dir: Rungano Nyoni (US, UK, Ireland)
Int’l sales: A24
Santosh, dir: Sandhya Suri (India, France, UK, Germany)
Int’l sales: MK2 Films
The Shameless, dir: Konstantin Bojanov (Switzerland, France, Bulgaria, Taiwan)
Int’l sales: Urban Sales
Viet And Nam, dir: Truong Minh Quý (Vietnam, Philippines, France, Singapore, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, US)
Int’l sales: Pyramide International
The Village Next To Paradise, dir: Mo Harawe (Somalia, Austria, Germany, France)
Int’l sales: Totem Films
OUT OF COMPETITION:
She’s Got No Name, dir: Peter Ho-Sun Chan (China)
Int’l sales: Moebius Entertainment
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS:
I, The Executioner, dir: Ryoo Seung Wan (Korea)
Int’l sales: CJ ENM
Twilight Of The Warrior: Walled In, dir: Soi Cheang (Hong Kong, China)
Int’l sales: Media Asia
SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
An Unfinished Film, dir: Lou Ye (China)
Int’l sales: Coproduction Office
CANNES PREMIERE:
Everybody Loves Touda, dir: Nabil Ayouch (France, Morocco, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway)
Int’l sales: MK2 Films
Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot, dir: Rithy Panh (France, Cambodia)
Int’l sales: Playtime
CRITICS WEEK:
Ghost Trail, dir: Jonathan Millet (France, Germany, Belgium)
Int’l sales: MK2 Films
OPENING FILM
Across The Sea, dir: Saïd Hamich Benlarbi (France, Morocco, Belgium, Qatar)
Contact: Barney Production
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Blue Sun Palace, dir: Constance Tsang (US)
Int’l sales: Charades, WME (North America)
The Brink Of Dreams, dirs: Nada Riyadh, Ayman El Amir (Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia)
Contact: Felucca Films
Locust, dir: KEFF (Taiwan, France, US)
Int’l sales: MK2 Films
DIRECTORS FORTNIGHT:
Desert Of Namibia, dir: Yôko Yamanaka (Japan)
Int’l sales: Happinet Phantom Studios
East Of Noon, dir: Hala Elkoussy (Netherlands, Egypt, Qatar)
Contact: VRIZA
Ghost Cat Anzu, dirs: Yôko Kuno, Nobuhiro Yamashita (Japan)
Int’l sales: Charades
Mongrel, dirs: Chiang Wei Liang, You Qiao Yin (Taiwan, Singapore, France)
Int’l sales: Alpha Violet
Sister Midnight, dir: Karan Kandhari (UK, Sweden)
Int’l sales: Protagonist Pictures
To A Land Unknown, dir: Mahdi Fleifel (UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Greece, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine)
Int’l sales: Salaud Morisset
ACID:
In Retreat, dir: Maisam Ali (India, France)
Contact: Varsha Productions, Barycenter Films, Salt For Sugar Films