Festival cannes 2009

Cannes 2009 Jury members from left, Italian actress Asia Argento, British Screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, South Korean director Lee Chang-Dong, French actress and President of the Jury Isabelle Huppert, Indian actress Sharmila Tagore III, American actress Robin Wright Penn, American director James Gray, Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Taiwanese actress Shu Qi.

2009 film festival Cannes started with a sign “up” by pixar animation California.It is widely believed that Cannes 2009 shall not be as illustrious as Cannes festival 2008 owing to global recession. Cannes is looking `Up' as festival turns lighter.Cannes france is very upbeat about their festival though and hope Cannes lions will roar this time around.Cannes hotel are full and are a scene of glamour and expensive French wines gulped by the rich and famous glitterati from all over the world.Cannes 2009 selection has to be from among 20 selected films.Among the actresses seen on the red carpet were dazzling and ravishing Aishwarya rai Bacchan from Bollywood India who has also acted with Steve Martin in The Pink Panther.Aishwarya rai photos were shown all over the media.
List of 20 films in competition at festival de cannes-Cannes:
Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) by Spain’s Pedro Almodovar
Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold, Britain
Un prophete by Jacques Audiard, France
Vincere by Marco Bellocchio, Italy
Bright Star by Jane Campion, New Zealand
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo by Isabel Coixet, Spain
A l’origine (In the Beginning) by Xavier Giannoli, France
Das weisse band by Michael Haneke, Germany
Taking Woodstock by Ang Lee, Taiwan-born
Looking for Eric by Ken Loach, Britain
Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever) by Lou Ye, China
Kinatay by Brillante Mendoza, Philippines
Enter the Void by Gaspar Noe, Argentina
Bak-Jwi (Thirst) by Park Chan-wook, South Korea
Les herbes folles by Alain Resnais, France
The Time That Remains by Elia Suleiman, Israel
Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino, U.S.
Vengeance by Johnnie To, China
Visage (Face) by Tsai Ming-liang, Malaysia
Antichrist by Lars von Trier, Denmark