Did The 2012 Cannes Competition Lineup Just Get Leaked?

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• Reini Urban | April 12, 2012 2:42 PMReply

  Not bad list, better than the real list probably. But the omission of sure Haneke's Amour and the third Andersson clearly makes for a good joke. Master is not ready, but who knows.
  The real list currently has for sure 4 free slots at this time.

• Maria | April 4, 2012 1:44 PMReply

  The film I'm most looking forward to is Canadian Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways. Go Dolan!!! I hope both he and Melvil Poupaud, the protagonist, win the main prizes.

• Isold | April 3, 2012 2:32 PMReply

  Are they sure they want to program all of those women directors?

• Maria | April 4, 2012 10:49 AM

  Indeed, all men, aside from Valérie Donzelli...

• BD | April 3, 2012 10:22 AMReply

  No Rust and Bone, No Amour, No One The Road.... hmmmm :/

• James | April 3, 2012 5:18 AMReply

  You had me at ELEFANTE BIANCO. Very excited by the prospect of STOKER too.

• Sarah | April 3, 2012 2:28 AMReply

  If this was supposed to be a list of films in competition, then it's definitely a fake. Unless they have suddenly decided to make Moonrise Kingdom a competition film and not just the opener.

• Sue | April 2, 2012 9:35 PMReply

  They have me at Paul Thomas Anderson. Hope this list is legit. 2012 looks like a great year for movies.

• Chris138 | April 2, 2012 7:40 PMReply

  Premiering two Malick films in a row at Cannes sounds too good to be true, so this list is probably bogus.

• Bobby D | April 2, 2012 6:40 PMReply

  Wow what an enormous list of great filmmakers--Terence Malick, PT Anderson, Wes Anderson, David Cronenberg, Jacques Audiard...looking forward to this line up!

• AS | April 2, 2012 5:38 PMReply

  I hope this isn't real. Apart from The Master, Cosmopolis and The Place Beyond the Pines, this is a pretty boring list.

• AS | April 3, 2012 10:30 AM

  I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of Asian cinema so most of those directors do not interest me. It's not like I'm close minded, I always watch whatever the most buzzed about Japanese film or Korean film is, I just have yet to be impressed. And I like Wes Anderson, and I'll see Moonrise Kingdom, but I'm not so thrilled about him tackling another kids movie. I'll take The Life Aquatic or The Royal Tenenbaums any day.

• Huffy | April 3, 2012 5:42 AM

  You either have narrow taste or need to watch more movies. Manoel de Oliveira, Hong Sang-soo, Shion Sono, Jacques Audiard, Wes Anderson, Roy Andersson, Park Chan-wook, Koji Wakamatsu...the amount of big names and great directors here is astounding. Tons of diversity too.

• Ted | April 2, 2012 5:02 PMReply

  I thought the Malick film producers already said that "The Burial" isn't the name of the film, in which case it's hard to imagine he decided to adopt the title. Plus, Haneke is obviously going to Cannes. Every film of his post-1997 (with the exception of the English-languaged Funny Games remake) has premiered at Cannes. This list seems obviously fake.

• paul | April 2, 2012 4:00 PMReply

  If Roy, Wes, and PT Anderson all have films in the competition, I am going again this year.

• Thomasi | April 2, 2012 3:56 PMReply

  How could this list be real? Shane Carruth's "Upstream Color" isn't on it.

• Mel | April 2, 2012 3:52 PMReply

  Things don't just "get" leaked.
  
  So what gives?

• Aaron | April 2, 2012 3:48 PMReply

  I'd be surprised if this were real. I've been hearing that PTA's movie might not even be called "The Master" anymore. Also, there's no way Haneke won't be in the competition...he's a Cannes staple.

• Leonardo | April 2, 2012 8:32 PM

  IT still sounds great the list, but yeahit's weird that Haneke isn't on the list, maybe he is still editing the movie?

• jimbo | April 2, 2012 3:40 PMReply

  this is not an accurate list.