Cannes Festival 2022: The competition films in pictures

Cannes Film Festival opens next week for it’s 75^th edition, with Virginia Efira kicking things off as Mistress of Ceremonies and Vincent Lindon heading up a gender-balanced jury of film dignitaries from all over the world.

From David Cronenberg to Park Chan-wook, Kelly Reichardt to Claire Denis, auteurs lead at this year’s festival in what promises to be a glittering lineup. We have put together a roundup in pictures of all 21 of the films entering in the competition. Here’s a peek at what’s in store.

Armageddon Time James Gray – United States

Boy from Heaven Tarik Saleh – Sweden

Broker (브로커) Hirokazu Kore-eda – South Korea

Brother and Sister (Frère et sœur) Arnaud Desplechin – France

Close Lukas Dhont – Belgium, Netherlands, France

Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg – Canada, Greece, France

Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심) Park Chan-wook – South Korea

The Eight Mountains (Le otto montagne) Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen – Italy, Belgium

Eo Jerzy Skolimowski – Italy, Poland

Forever Young (Les Amandiers) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – France

Holy Spider (Les Nuits de Mashhad) Ali Abbasi – France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark

Leila’s Brothers (برادران لیلا) Saeed Roustayi – Iran

Mother and Son (Un petit frère) Léonor Serraille – France

Nostalgia Mario Martone – Italy

Pacifiction (Tourment sur les îles) Albert Serra – France, Spain, Portugal, Germany

RMN Cristian Mungiu – Romania, France

Showing Up Kelly Reichardt – United States

The Stars at Noon Claire Denis – United States, France

Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Жена Чайковского) Kirill Serebrennikov – Russia, France

Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne – Belgium, France

Triangle of Sadness (Ruben Östlund) – Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, France, Greece

The editorial unit

Read reviews and interviews from our Cannes Film Festival 2022 coverage here.

For further information about the event visit the Cannes Film Festival website here.