A total of 21 films have been announced in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on the French Riviera on Tuesday 13 May.
Here is a list of the titles vying for the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded by this year's jury president Juliette Binoche and her eight fellow judges including Oscar winner Halle Berry and Succession star Jeremy Strong.
A Simple Accident by Jafar Panahi (Iran)
The repeatedly detained Iranian director, who has been banned from making films, asked organisers "not to say anything about his movie", which is his latest act of defiance.
The Phoenician Scheme by Wes Anderson (United States)
A typically madcap comedy-drama by the American director about a maverick businessman, with an A-list cast including Benicio del Toro, Scarlett Johansson, and Mia Threapleton, Kate Winslet's daughter.
Young Mothers by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)
The Belgian brothers, who have already won the Palme d'Or for best film twice, tell the story of five young mothers staying in a maternity home in their native Belgium.
Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski (Germany)
A drama that brings together four women from four different generations living on the same farm.
Alpha by Julia Ducournau (France)
Four years after winning the Palme d'Or with Titane, the French director presents a new film starring Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim about a young girl confronted with the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
Romería by Carla Simón (Spain)
The Spanish director returns to her traumatic childhood with a family journey of a young Catalan girl in Galicia who has lost her parents to AIDS.
Eagles of the Republic by Tarik Saleh (Sweden/Egypt)
On the brink of losing everything, Egypt's most adored actor accepts a role he can't refuse under pressure from the country's authorities.
The Mastermind by Kelly Reichardt (United States)
The story of an art heist set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the nascent women's liberation movement.
Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier (Norway)
A comedy-drama featuring a filmmaker trying to reconnect with his daughters from a director whose last feature, The Worst Person in the World, also premiered in competition at Cannes in 2021.
Dossier 137 by Dominik Moll (France)
An investigator at France's IGPN (Inspection Générale de la Police Nationale) agency, which investigates police abuses, probes an incident in which a police officer injures a young man during a protest.
The Secret Agent by Kleber Mendonça Filho (Brazil)
A political thriller set in the late 1970s, during the final years of Brazil's military dictatorship.
Fuori by Mario Martone (Italy)
A biopic about the Italian actor and writer Goliarda Sapienza by the Naples-born veteran director who has been a European arthouse favourite for more than 30 years.
The Last One by Hafsia Herzi (France)
The French actor and director adapts Fatima Daas's eponymous novel, telling the story of the youngest member of an Algerian immigrant family who gradually frees herself from her family and traditions.
Two Prosecutors by Sergejs Lozņica (Ukraine)
The maker of the 2018 Donbass documentary about the war in eastern Ukraine returns with a feature film set in the 1930s USSR during Stalin's purges.
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater (US)
A drama set in 1960 Paris about the making of Jean-Luc Godard's cinema classic Breathless.
Sirat by Oliver Laxe (Spain)
A "road movie of misfits, of people outside society", according to Cannes Festival director Thierry Frémaux.
The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus (South Africa)
Hermanus, who tackled apartheid-era brutality in the South African army in his 2022 film Moffie, tells the story of two young men in World War I who decide to record the lives, voices, and music of their American compatriots. Paul Mescal is among the stars.
Eddington by Ari Aster (US)
Aster, the new master of American horror whose previous credits include the Hereditary and Midsommar, has cast Joaquin Phoenix in this story about a small-town mayor in New Mexico during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Renoir by Chie Hayakawa (Japan)
A coming-of-age drama about resilience, the healing power of imagination, and a traumatised family struggling to reconnect.
Die My Love by Lynne Ramsay (Britain)
The director of We Need to Talk About Kevin will premiere this thriller about a young mother suffering from depression, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson.
Mother and Child by Saeed Roustayi (Iran)
Roustayi's last feature in Cannes three years ago, Leila's Brothers, saw him receive a prison sentence, but his new film has been hailed in state-controlled Iranian media.
The Cannes Film Festival runs from 13 to 24 May.
Source: AFP
