Cannes 2019. Critics' Week Lineup

The lineup for the 2019 Cannes Critics’ Week (La Semaine de la Critique) has been announced.

OPENING FILM

Litigante (Franco Lolli)

COMPETITION

Abou Leila (Amin Sidi-Boumédiène)

Land Of Ashes (Sofía Quirós Ubeda)

A White, White Day (Hlynur Pálmason)

I Lost My Body (Jérémy Clapin)

Our Mothers (César Díaz)

The Unknown Saint (Alaa Eddine Aljem)

Vivarium (Lorcan Finnegan)

SPECIAL FEATURE SCREENINGS

Heroes Don’t Die (Aude Léa Rapin)

Tu mérites un amour (Hafsia Herzi)

SPECIAL SHORT SCREENINGS

Demonic (Pia Borg)

Naptha (Moin Hussain)

Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You (Brandon Cronenberg)

Invisible Hero (Cristèle Alves Meira)

Tenzo (Katsuya Tomita)

SHORT & MEDIUM LENGTH

Party Day (Sofia Bost)

The Trap (Nada Riyadh)

Ikki illa meint (Andrias Høgenni)

Journey Through a Body (Camille Degeye)

Community Gardens (Vytautas Katkus)

Lucía en el limbo (Valentina Maurel)

The Manila Lover (Johanna Pyykkö)

Tuesday From 8 To 6 (Cecilia de Arce)

She Runs (Qiu Yang)

The Last Trip To The Sea 
(Adi Voicu)

CLOSING FILM

Dwelling In The Fuchun Mountains (Xiaogang Gu)

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