Cannes 2022 Official Selection: Korean Wave Rolls On, Strong Middle East Presence & A Rare Film From Pakistan
This year’s Cannes official selection has something for everyone – leading arthouse auteurs and former Palme d’Or winners; new talents and discoveries; US studio movies including Top Gun: Maverick, and many other films that will pepper the red carpet with big stars. It feels like a return to business as usual for Cannes after two years of disruption and contingency plans. In a shorter newsletter this week (thanks to crippling jetlag and the Easter holidays), Streamlined is taking a look at the films in the selection from outside Europe and the Americas. So far, the official line-up has 47 titles, compared to more than 80 last year, but Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux says more will be announced soon.
CANNES 2022 OFFICIAL SELECTION:
As expected, South Korea will feature prominently at this year’s Cannes film festival, and not just through Korean filmmakers, although leading Korean director Park Chan-wook has secured a competition slot for Decision To Leave, and Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae has his directorial debut, Hunt, in Midnight Screenings.
In addition to these two titles, Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda has his first Korean-language film, Broker, in competition, while All The People I’ll Never Be, which Cambodian-French director Davy Chou filmed in Korea, has been selected for Un Certain Regard.
