Cannes lineup announced (HWT)

By Nancy Tartaglione

Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, announced the lineup for this year's event at a press conference in Paris on Thursday morning. As already confirmed by the festival, and tipped by Wiretap in March, Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood" will have opening night duties while Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" has scored an out-of-competition berth.

There are 16 competition titles for the moment, although Fremaux said he would be adding more films in the coming days. The better-known filmmakers making return appearances in the competition include Mike Leigh ("Another Year"), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Biutiful"), Bertrand Tavernier ("La Princesse De Montpensier"), Abbas Kiarostami ("Copie Conforme") and Takeshi Kitano ("Outrage").

Doug Liman has scored a spot for "Fair Game" about former CIA agent Valerie Plame and starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. Fremaux noted that he was especially pleased to have the film in the selection.

Also making the jump to the main competition is wunderkind Xavier Dolan ("Les Amours Imaginaires") who last year swept Directors' Fortnight with his "I Killed My Mother."

Along with "Wall Street," Stephen Frears is showing "Tamara Drewe" out of competition while Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" will also screen.

Midnight screenings include Gregg Araki's "Kaboom" and special screenings include the directorial debut of Diego Luna ("Abel") and a film from yet another Fiennes family member, Sophie, with "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow."

On the main jury, Tim Burton will be joined by Kate Beckinsale, Benicio Del Toro, Shekhar Kapur, Victor Erice, Emmanuel Carrere, Alberto Barbera and Giovanna Mezzogiorno.

See below for a full list of the official selection.

COMPETITION

Tournee, dir: Mathieu Amalric
Des Hommes Et Des Dieux, dir: Xavier Beauvois
Hors La Loi, dir: Rachid Bouchareb
Biutiful, dir: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Un Homme Qui Crie, dir: Mahamat Saleh Haroun
Housemaid, dir: Im Sang-soo
Copie Conforme, dir: Abbas Kiarostami
Outrage, dir: Takeshi Kitano
Poetry, dir: Lee Chang-dong
Another Year, dir: Mike Leigh
Fair Game, dir: Doug Liman
You. My Joy, dir: Sergei Loznitsa
La Nostra Vita, dir: Daniele Luchetti
Utomlyonnye Solntsem 2, dir: Nikita Mikhalkov
La Princesse De Montpensier, dir: Bertrand Tavernier
Loong Boonmee Raleuk Chaat, dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

OUT OF COMPETITION

You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, dir: Woody Allen
Tamara Drewe, dir: Stephen Frears
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, dir: Oliver Stone

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

Kaboom, dir: Gregg Araki
L'Autre Monde, dir: Gilles Marchand

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Inside Job, dir: Charles Ferguson
Over Cities Grass Will Grow, dir: Sophie Fiennes
Nostalgia De La Luz, dir: Patrizio Guzman
Draquila, L� Italaia Che Trema, dir Sabina Guzzanti
Chantrapas, dir: Otar Iosseliani
Abel, dir: Diego Luna

UN CERTAIN REGARD

Blue Valentine, dir: Derek Cianfrance
O Estranho Caso De Angelica, dir: Manoel De Oliveira
Les Amous Imaginaires, dir: Xavier Dolan
Los Labios, dir: Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza
Qu'Est-Il Arrive A Simon Werner?, dir: Fabrice Gobert
Film Socialisme, dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Unter Dir Die Stadt, dir: Christophe Hochhausler
Rebecca H., dir: Lodge Kerrigan
Pal Adrienn, dir: Agnes Kocsis
Udaan, dir: Vikramaditya Motwane
Marti, Dupa Craciun, dir: Radu Muntean
Chatroom, dir: Hideo Nakata
Aurora, dir: Cristi Puiu
Ha Ha Ha, dir: Hong Sangsoo
Life Above All, dir: Oliver Schmitz
Octubre, dir: Daniel Vega
R U There, dir: David Verbeek
Rizhao Chongqing, dir: Xiaoshuai Wang