Soderbergh, Polanski, Payne, and the Cns compete at 66 Cannes Film Festival

Steven Soderbergh's swan song will face off against the latest efforts by Roman Polanski, Asghar Farhadi, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, and the Coen brothers at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.

The lineup reveals which pictures will compete for the prestigious Palme d'Or, collected last year by Michael Haneke's Amour.

Soderbergh's Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra is joined in the Competition category by Joel and Ethan Coen's Inside Llewyn Davis, Takashi Miike's Straw Shield, Francois Ozon's Jeune et jolie, and James Gray's The Immigrant.

Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Tony winning production Venus in Fur is also in the running for the top prize, as is Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives, which once again features his Drive star Ryan Gosling.

Oscar winners Alexander Payne and Asghar Farhadi will unveil their follow-ups to The Descendants and A Separation respectively; Payne with Nebraska, and Farhadi with The Past.

Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, James Franco's As I Lay Dying, and Claire Denis' The Bastards are among the titles playing in the Un Certain Regard portion of the fest.

As previously announced, Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby will kick off proceedings on May 15. This year's Jury President is Steven Spielberg.

Competition

Behind the Candelabra, dir. Steven Soderbergh

Borgman, dir. Alex van Warmerdam

The Great Beauty, dir. Paolo Sorrentino

Grigris, dir. Mahamet Saleh-Haroun

Heli, dir. Amat Escalante

The Immigrant, dir. James Gray

Inside Llewyn Davis, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen

Jeune et jolie, dir. Francois Ozon

Jimmy P., dir. Arnaud Desplechin

La Vie d'Adele, dir. Abdellatif Kechiche

Like Father, Like Son, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

Michael Kohlhaas, dir. Arnaud des Pallieres

Nebraska, dir. Alexander Payne

Only God Forgives, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

The Past, dir. Asghar Farhadi

Straw Shield, dir. Takashi Miike

A Touch of Sin, dir. Jia Zhangke

Un chateau en Italie, dir. Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Venus in Fur, dir. Roman Polanski

Out of Competition

All Is Lost, dir. J.C. Chandor

Blood Ties, dir. Guillaume Canet

Un Certain Regard

The Bling Ring, dir. Sofia Coppola

Anonymous, dir. Mohammad Rasoulof

As I Lay Dying, dir. James Franco

The Bastards, dir. Claire Denis

Bends, dir. Flora Lau

Death March, dir. Adolfo Alix Jr.

Fruitvale, dir. Ryan Coogler

Grand Central, dir. Rebecca Zlotowski

La Jaula de Oro, dir. Diego Quemada-Diez

L'image manquante, dir. Rithy Panh

L'inconnu du lac, dir. Alain Guiraudie

Miele, dir. Valeria Golino

Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan, dir. Lav Diaz

Omar, dir. Hany Abu-Assad

Sarah prefere la course, dir. Chloe Robichaud

See the full lineup at Variety.

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