The following 16 films have been chosen to compete for the Golden Palm, the top prize at the 63rd Cannes film festival, which runs May 12 - 23. Organizers said several more films are expected to be added in the coming days, DPA reported.
- Mathieu Amalric, Tournee (Turned), France
- Xavier Beauvois, Des Hommes et des Dieux (Men and Gods), France
- Rachid Bouchareb, Hors la Loi (Outlawed), Algeria
- Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Biutiful, Mexico
- Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Un Homme qui Crie (A Screaming Man), Chad
- Im Sangsoo, Housemaid, Korea
- Abbas Kiarostami, Copie Conforme (Authentic Copy), Iran
- Takeshi Kitano, Outrage, Japan
- Lee Chang-dong, Poetry, Korea
- Mike Leigh, Another Year, Britain
- Doug Liman, Fair Game, United States
- Sergei Loznitsa, You.My Joy, Ukraine
- Daniele Luchetti, La Nostra Vita (Our Life), Italy
- Nikita Mikhalkov, Utomlyonnye Solntsem 2 (Burnt by the Sun), Russia
- Bertrand Tavernier, La Princesse de Montpensier (The Princess of Montpensier), France
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Loong Boonmee Raleuk Chaat (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall his Past Lives), Thailand