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UPDATE, WRITETHRU: The Official Selection for the 69th Cannes Film Festival was unveiled this morning at Paris’ UGC Normandie cinema on the Champs-Elysées (where a mini-protest against

reforms to national labor laws kicked off the proceedings). Chief Thierry Frémaux revealed his picks for next month’s event alongside President Pierre Lescure, in his sophomore outing with

the fest, after a long run of speculation in what is potentially a jam-packed year. One big change this year is that there will be no Closing Night film. Rather, the winner of the Palme d’Or

will be shown in the final slot. As expected, in the Out of Competition lineup are Steven Spielberg with _The BFG_, Jodie Foster’s _Money Monster_ and Shane Black’s _The Nice Guys_. In

competition, Jeff Nichols’ _Loving_, Nicolas Winding Refn’s _The Neon Demon_, Pedro Almodóvar’s _Julieta_ and Sean Penn’s _The Last Face_ are all in as are Paul Verhoeven, the Dardenne

brothers, Xavier Dolan, Andrea Arnold and Olivier Assayas. Woody Allen’s _Café Society_ opens the fest on May 11. Analysis coming; in the meantime, check out the full list below: OPENING

NIGHT FILM WATCH ON DEADLINE _Cafe Society_ – directed by Woody Allen COMPETITION _Toni Erdmann_ – directed by Maren Ade _Julieta_ – directed by Pedro Almodóvar _American Honey_– directed by

Andrea Arnold _The Unknown Girl_– directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne _Personal Shopper_– directed by Olivier Assayas _It’s Only The End Of The World_ – directed by Xavier Dolan _Ma

Loute_ – directed by Bruno Dumont _Paterson_ – directed by Jim Jarmusch _Rester Vertical_– directed by Alain Guiraudie _Aquarius_– directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho _Mal de Pierres_ –

directed by Nicole Garcia _I, Daniel Blake_– directed by Ken Loach _Ma’Rosa_ – directed by Brilliante Mendoza _Loving_– directed by Jeff Nichols _Bacalaureat_ – directed by Cristian Mungiu

_Agassi_– directed by Park Chan-Wook _The Last Face_ – directed by Sean Penn _Sieranevada_ – directed by Cristi Puiu _Elle_ – directed by Paul Verhoeven _The Neon Demon_ – directed by

Nicolas Winding Refn UN CERTAIN REGARD _Varoonegi_ – directed by Behnam Behzadi _Apprentice_– directed by Boo Junfeng _Voir Du Pays_ – directed by Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin _La

Danseuse_– directed by Stephanie Di Giusto _Clash_– directed by Mohamed Diab _La Tortue Roug_e- directed by Michael Dubok de Wit _Fuchi Bi Tatsu_ – directed by Fukada Koji _Omar Shakhsiya_ –

directed by Maha Haj _Me’Ever Laharim Vehagvaot_ – directed by Eran Kolirin _After The Storm_– directed by Kore-Eda Hirokazu _Hymyileva Mies_– directed by Juho Kuosmanen _La Large Noche de

Francisco Sanctis_– directed by Francisco Marquez & Andrea Testa _Caini_ – directed by Bogdan Mirica _Pericle Il Nero_– directed by Stefano Mordini _The Transfiguration_– directed by

Michael O’Shea _Captain Fantastic_– directed by Matt Ross _Uchenik_ – directed by Kirill Serebrennikov OUTSIDE COMPETITION _The BFG_– directed by Steven Spielberg _Money Monster_– directed

by Jodie Foster _The Nice Guys_– directed by Shane Black _Gok Sung_– directed by Na Hong-Jin MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS _Gimme Danger_ – directed by Jim Jarmusch _The Train to Busan_ – directed by

Yeon Sang-Ho _A Chad Tragedy_ – directed by  Mahamat-Saleh Aroun _The Death of Louis XIV_ – directed by Albert Serra _L’Ultima Spiaggia_ – directed by Thanos Anastopolous and Davide Del

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