Cannes 2019

Three years after I, Daniel Blake took the highest accolade at Cannes, veteran director Ken Loach returns to the Festival with regular collaborators Paul Laverty and Rebecca O’Brien to premiere UK/Belgium/French co-production Sorry We Missed You in competition. Also competing for the Palme d’Or is UK/Austrian/German co-pro Little Joe (pictured above) from Austrian director Jessica Hausner.

Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy) will present his new documentary Diego Maradona about legendary footballer Diego Armando Maradona out of competition, alongside director Dexter Fletcher’s much-anticipated film Rocketman which stars Taron Egerton as celebrated icon Elton John.

Please scroll down for the full list of UK films and co-pros announced so far

COMPETITION

Little Joe - dir. Jessica Hausner
(UK/Austria/Germany) WP

Sorry We Missed You – dir. Ken Loach
(UK/Belgium/France) WP

OUT OF COMPETITION

Diego Maradona – dir. Asif Kapadia 
(UK) WP

Rocketman – dir. Dexter Fletcher
(UK/USA) WP

SPECIAL SCREENINGS in official selection

For Sama – dirs. Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
(UK) - EP

SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Anna – dir. Dekel Berenson
(Ukraine/Israel/UK) WP

CINÉFONDATION

Solar Plexus – dir. David McShane
(UK) IP

Roadkill - dir. Leszek Mozga 
(UK) WP

CRITICS’ WEEK – Short

Naptha – dir. Moin Hussain
(UK) IP

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT

First Love (Hatsukoi) – dir. Takashi Miike
(Japan/UK) WP

Wounds - dir. Babak Anvari
(USA/UK) EP

DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT – Shorts

Two Sisters Who Are Not Sisters (Deux Sœurs Qui Ne Sont Pas Sœurs) – dir. Beatrice Gibson
(UK/Denmark) 

Olla – dir. Ariane Labed
(France/UK) WP

CANNES CLASSICS

The Shining - dir. Stanley Kubrick
(USA/UK) 1980

Moulin Rouge - dir. John Huston
(UK) 1952

Key

WP = World premiere
IP = International premiere
EP= European premiere