After much uncertainty and plenty of rumours, the line-up for the hotly anticipated 2021 Cannes Film Festival has been unveiled by head honcho Thierry Frémaux. After being forced to cancel their 2020 edition due to Covid-19, Cannes are back with a bang, bringing a bumper crop of regulars and newcomers to the Croisette in July – two months later than the festival’s normal slot.

It was no surprise to hear Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch would be making their bow at the festival, having been delayed from the previous year alongside Leos Carax’s musical Annette, which was announced as the opening film in April. Frémaux confirmed that they invited all accepted films from the 2020 edition to this year’s festival, and have formed a new section called ‘Cannes Premieres’ in order to free up space in Un Certain Regard for new filmmakers.

The lucky folks who make it to France amid travel restrictions and vaccine uncertainly can expect to see new films by Sean Baker, Julia Ducornau and Apichatpong Weerasethakul playing in competition, as well as the long-awaited Bergman Island from Mia Hansen-Løve. There are also new films from Cannes regulars François Ozon, Bruno Dumont and Hong Sang-soo.

As if that wasn’t enough, the line-ups for Director’s Fortnight and Critic’s Week will be announced later, and in typical Cannes fashion, Frémaux has promised a few surprise additions in the weeks to come. Check out the full line-up below and let us know what you’re excited to see @lwlies.

Official Competition

Ha’berech (Le Genou D’ahed / Ahed’s Knee) (Nadav Lapid)
Haut Et Fort (Casablanca Beats) (Nabil Ayouch)
Hytti Nro 6 (Compartment No.6) (Juho Kuosmanen)
Julie (En 12 Chapitres) (The Worst Person In The World) (Joachim Trier)
La Fracture (Catherine Corsini)
Les Intranquilles (The Restless) (Joachim Lafosse)
Les Olympiades (Paris 13th District) (Jacques Audiard)
Lingui (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
Memoria (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Nitram (Justin Kurzel)
Par Un Demi Clair Matin (Bruno Dumont)
Petrov’s Flu (Kirill Serebrennikov)
Red Rocket (Sean Baker)
The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson)
Titane (Julia Ducournau)
Tre Piani (Nanni Moretti)
Tout S’est Bien Passé (François Ozon)
Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
Un Héros (A Hero) (Asghar Farhadi)
Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Love)
Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven)
A Feleségem Története (L’histoire De Ma Femme / The Story Of My Wife) (Ildikó Enyedi)
Annette (Leos Carax)
Flag Day (Sean Penn)

Un Certain Regard

Un Monde (Laura Wandel)
After Yang (Kogonada)
Lamb (Valdimar Jóhannsson)
Bonne Mère (Hafsia Herzi)
Noche De Fuego (Tatiana Huezo)
Commitment Hasan (Hasan Semih Kaplanoglu)
The Innocents (Eskil Vogt)
Noche De Fuego (Tatiana Huezo)
Freda (Gessica Généus)
Moneyboys (C.B Yi )
Blue Bayou (Justin Chon)
Delo (House Arrest) (Alexey German Jr.)
La Civil (Teodora Ana Mihai)

Premieres

Cow (Andrea Arnold)
Cette Musique Ne Joue Pour Personne (Love Songs for Tough Guys) (Samuel Benchetrit)
Tromperie (Deception) (Arnaud Desplechin)
Evolution (Kornél Mundruczo)
Serre-moi Fort (Hold Me Tight) (Mathieu Amalric)
In Front of Your Face (Hong Sang-soo)
Mothering Sunday (Eva Husson)

Out of Competition

Aline (Aline, the Voice of Love) (Valérie Lemercier)
Stillwater (Tom McCarthy)
The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes)
Emergency Declaration (Han Jae-rim)
De Son Vivant (Emmanuelle Bercot)
Bac Nord (Cédric Jimenez)

Special Screenings

Jane Par Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg)
JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass (Oliver Stone)
O Marinheiro Das Montanhas (Le Marin Des Montagnes/mariner Of The Mountains) (Karim Aïnouz)
Cahiers Noirs (Black Notebooks) (Shlomi Elkabetz)
H6 (Yé Yé)

Midnight Screenings

Oranges Sanguines (Bloody Oranges) (Jean-Christophe Meurisse)

The Cannes Film Festival begins on 6 July and runs until 17 July, 2012