A selection of hand-picked films will be vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or, the award for Best Film that has been presented ever since the festival began in 1946.
Notable entries from this year's 'Official Selection' include Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language, magical-realist fantasy Lost River (Ryan Gosling's directorial debut) and true-life sports drama Foxcatcher.
Past Palme d’Or winners have included Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, the Coen brothers' Barton Fink and Michael Moore' controversial documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.
In order to qualify for the Palme d'Or, films must have been produced in the 12 months prior to the festival and not shown in any worldwide context, including online. They can then be considered for the 'Competition' section.
Cannes Film Festival 2014 Official Selection
Competition (eligible for the Palme d'Or):
Winter Sleep - Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Clouds Of Sils Maria - Olivier Assayas
Saint Laurent - Bertrand Bonello
Maps To The Stars - David Cronenberg
Two Days, One Night - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Mommy - Xavier Dolan
The Captive - Atom Egoyan
Goodbye To Language - Jean-Luc Godard
The Search - Michel Hazanavicius
Jimmy's Hall - Ken Loach
The Homesman - Tommy Lee Jones
Futatsume No Mado - Naomi Kawase
Mr Turner - Mike Leigh
Foxcatcher - Bennett Miller
Leviathan - Andrey Zvyaginstev
Wild Tales - Damian Szifron
Le Meraviglie - Alice Rohrwacher
Timbuktu - Abderrahmane Sissako
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Un Certain Regard (presents debuts and experimental efforts that qualify for other prizes):
Party Girl - Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, and Samuel Theis
Jauja - Lisandro Alonso
La Chambre Bleue - Mathieu Amalric
L'Incompresa - Asia Argento
Lost River - Ryan Gosling
Amour Fou - Jessica Hausner
Titli - Kanu Behl
Charlie's Country - Rolf de Heer
Bird People - Pascale Ferran
Eleanor Rigby - Ned Benson
Snow In Paradise - Andrew Hulme
A Girl At My Door - July Jung
White God – Kornel Mundruczo
Xenia - Panos Koutras
Run - Philippe Lacôte
Hermosa Juventud - Jaime Rosales
Turist - Ruben Ostlund
The Salt Of The Earth - Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Out of Competition (films the committee wants to recognise but do not fit exact criteria):
How To Train Your Dragon 2 - Dean DeBlois
Coming Home - Zhang Yimou
Grace Of Monaco – Oliver Dahan
In The Name Of My Daughter – Andre Techine
Midnight Screenings:
The Target - Chang
The Salvation - Kristian Levring
The Rover - David Michöd
Special Screenings:
Eau Argentée - Mohammed Ossama
Maidan - Sergei Loznitsa
Red Army - Polsky Gabe
Caricaturistes: Fantassins De La Démocratie - Stéphanie Valloatto
Bridges Of Sarajevo - by Aida Begic, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Jean-Luc Godard, Kamen Kalev, Isild Le Besco, Sergei Loznitsa, Vincenzo Marra, Ursula Meier, Vladimir Perisic, Cristi Puiu, Marc Recha, Angela Schanelec, Teresa Villaverde
Of Men And War – Laurent Becue-Renard
The Owners – Adikhan Yerzhanov
Les Gens Du Monde – Yves Jeuland
Geronimo – Tony Gatlif
El Ardor – Pablo Fendrik
Cinefondation (exclusively for film students):
Home Sweet Home – Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet, Stephane Paccolat
Last Trip Home – Han Fengyu
Thunderbirds – Lea Mysius
Moonless Summer – Stefan Ivancic
Sourdough – Fulvio Risuleo
Niagara – Chie Hayakawa
Oh Lucy! – Atsuko Hirayanagi
Our Blood – Max Chan
Provincia – Gyorgy Mor Karpati
Skunk – Annie Silverstein
Breath – Kwon Hyun-ju
Stone Cars – Reinaldo Marcus Green
The Aftermath Of The Inauguration Of The Public Toilet At Kilometer 375 – Omar El Zohairy
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs
The Visit – Inbar Horesh
A Radiant Life – Meryll Hardt
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