2017 Cannes Film Festival Line-Up

So the Cannes Film Festival is taking place from 17 (today) to 28 May 2017.
And the competition for the Palme d'Or this year is absolutely dumbfounding, just look at some of these names:

Michael Haneke - Happy End
Yorgos Lanthimos - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Bong Joon Ho - Okja
Noah Baumbach - The Meyerowitz Stories
Andrey Zvyagintsev - Loveless
Ruben Östlund - The Square
Lynne Ramsay - You Were Never Really Here
Todd Haynes - Wonderstruck
Sofia Coppola - The Beguiled
Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie - Good Time
François Ozon - L'Amant Double
Kornél Mundruczó - Jupiter's Moon
Sergey Loznitsa - A Gentle Creature
Naomi Kawase - Radiance
Sang-soo Hong - The Day After
Michel Hazanavicius - Redoubtable
Jacques Doillon - Rodin
Robin Campillo - 120 Beats Per Minute
Fatih Akin - In the Fade

I've never been this hyped for a Cannes line-up, and I can't wait to see who wins.

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Too bad I have to go to school and don't have the money to go to France.

My eldest sister is going to it with her kids who live over that way. Looking forward to photos.

I'm so jelly

Me Too. And the grand prix although the noise would probably cause me to have a melt down.

Am I the only person who hasn't seen a single one of these movies?

I would think that no one here has seen any of them.

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Well no, and that's because they haven't been released yet. Cannes Festival handpicks then previews what is supposed to be the best films of the year.
I was pointing out how high the competition must be for the Palme d'Or, since the vast majority of these directors are great, some I would even consider excellent.

Phew. Good to know.

Anxious to hear the reactions to the new Lynne Ramsey movie. Haven't read the book but it sound like she's going for her Taxi Driver.

I'm also looking forward to Yorgos Lanthimos' new movie. I'm thinking I'll either love it or hate it as those were my reactions to The Lobster and Dogtooth, respectively.

Did you ever see Ramsey's ratcatcher? IIRC, I enjoyed it though I remember no details.

You hate Dogtooth?

Hearing great things about both of these.

You Were Never Really Here, in particular.

Cannes Winners:

In Competition
Palme d'Or – The Square by Ruben Östlund
Grand Prix – 120 Beats per Minute by Robin Campillo
Best Director – Sofia Coppola for The Beguiled
Best Screenplay:
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou for The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here
Best Actress – Diane Kruger for In the Fade
Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix for You Were Never Really Here
Jury Prize – Loveless by Andrey Zvyagintsev
70th Anniversary Prize – Nicole Kidman

Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Award — A Man of Integrity by Mohammad Rasoulof
Un Certain Regard Jury Prize — April's Daughter by Michel Franco
Un Certain Regard Award for Best Director — Taylor Sheridan for Wind River
Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance — Jasmine Trinca for Fortunata
The Poetry of Cinema Award — Barbara by Mathieu Amalric

Cinéfondation
First Prize – Paul Is Here by Valentina Maurel
Second Prize – Animal by Bahman and Bahram Ark
Third Prize – Two Youths Died by Tommaso Usberti

Golden Camera
Caméra d'Or – Montparnasse Bienvenue by Léonor Sérraille

Short Films
Short Film Palme d'Or – A Gentle Night by Qiu Yang
Special Mention – The Ceiling by Teppo Airaksinen

Impression seems to be that this was a "minor" lineup but I'm still looking forward to ten or so of them. The fact that The Beguiled was so well received probably has me the most interested because the Don Siegel version is one of my favorite movies