2016 Cannes Film Festival: Critics’ Week Films Announced; Chloe Sevigny Short Closes

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The 55th La Semaine de la Critique (Critics’ Week) of the Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its films, including a trio of shorts directed by actresses as the Closing Film; Chloë Sevigny’s Kitty, Laetitia Casta’s En Moi and Sandrine Kiberlain’s Smile.

The Jury President this year is Valérie Donzelli and her jury includes Alice Winocour, Nadav Lapid, David Robert Mitchell and Santiago Mitre. La Semaine de la Critique hands out the Grand Prix Nespresso and the Prix Révélation France 4 for feature films and the Prix Découverte Leica Cine to one of the shorts in competition. In addition, five of the seven features in competition is also eligible for the Camera d’Or – the festival prize for best first film.

Critics’ Week (which runs May 12-20) continues to round out the festival, whose Official Selection was revealed last week. The Directors’ Fortnight will be announced tomorrow.

Here is the full list of films below:

OPENING NIGHT FILM
In Bed With Victoria, dir: Justine Triet (France)

CLOSING (SHORT) FILMS
Bonne figure (Smile), dir: Sandrine Kiberlain (France)
En Moi, dir: Laetitia Casta (France)
Kitty, dir: Chloë Sevigny (U.S.)

COMPETITION
Albüm, dir: Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey)*
Diamond Island, dir: Davy Chou (Cambodia/France)
Raw, dir: Julia Ducournau (France)*
Mimosas, dir: Oliver Laxe (France)
One Week And A Day, dir: Asaph Polonsky (Israel)*
Tramontane, dir: Vatche Boulghourjian (Lebanon)*
A Yellow Bird, dir: K. Rajagopal (Singapore)*

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Happy Times Will Come Soon, dir: Alessandro Comodin (Italy)
Apnée, dir: Jean-Christophe Meurisse (France)*

* denotes a first film and is eligible for the Camera d’Or

SHORT AND MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS IN COMPETITION
Arnie, dir: Rina B. Tsou (Taiwan, Philippines)
Ascensão, dir: Pedro Peralta (Portugal)
Campo De Viboras, dir: Cristèle Alves Meira (Portugal)
Delusion Is Redemption Tto Those In Distress, dir: Fellipe Fernandes (Brazil)
L’Enfance D’Un Chef, dir: Antoine de Bary (France)
Limbo, dir: Konstantina Kotzamani (Greece)
Oh What A Wonderful Feeling, dir: François Jaros (Canada)
Prenjak, dir: Wregas Bhanuteja (Indonesia)
Le Soldat Vierge, dir: Erwan Le Duc (France)
Superbia, dir: Luca Tóth (Hungary)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS (SHORTS)
From The Diary Of A Wedding Photographer, dir: Nadav Lapid (Israel)
Los Pasos Del Agua, dir: César Augusto Acevedo (Colombia)

Here is the announcement: