This morning in Paris the official selection for the 66th edition of the Cannes Festival was announced during a press conference at the UGC theater.

There’s a strong French contingent this year, among others Francois Ozon and Roman Polanski, who will present “Venus in Fur” starring his spouse Emmanuelle Seigner as well as Matthieu Amalric. Actually Polanski claims the film to be Polish based on where the financing comes from. Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”) cast Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”) and shot his latest film in Paris.

That said, Americans have a strong showing this year, from the Coen Brothers who wil be going down the red carpet accompanied by Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake for “Inside Llewyn Davis.” James Gray will take Marion Cotillard and Joaquim Phoenix for the highly anticipated “The Immigrant.” Steven Soderberg, at first unwilling to participate in this year’s festival, finally agreed to compete for the Palme D’Or for his film “Behind the candelabra, the Liberace biopic. In fact, Soderberg announced that this film would be his last one. “Candelabra” stars Michael Douglas and Matt Damon.

Also appearing this year is Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Only God Forgives,” starring Ryan Gosling as a kamikaze boxer in Bangkok, and financed mostly by French financiers, and Takeshi Miike’s “Shield of Straw,” a film that’s also highly anticipated. While Miike is one of Cannes’ favorite sons, he is not a prolific filmmaker and so a Takeshi Miike year could be a great year in Cannes.

Screen Comment will be in Cannes again this year so make sure to visit the site regularly.

Here is the breakdown:

IN COMPETITION
Opening Film
Baz LUHRMANN THE GREAT GATSBY (H.C.) 1h45

Valeria BRUNI-TEDESCHI UN CHÂTEAU EN ITALIE 1h44

Ethan COEN, Joel COEN INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS 1h45

Arnaud DESPALLIÈRES MICHAEL KOHLHAAS 2h05

Arnaud DESPLECHIN JIMMY P. (PSYCHOTHERAPY OF A PLAINS INDIAN) 2h

Amat ESCALANTE HELI 1h45

Asghar FARHADI LE PASSÉ (THE PAST) 2h10

James GRAY THE IMMIGRANT 2h

Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN GRIGRIS 1h40

JIA Zhangke TIAN ZHU DING
(A TOUCH OF SIN) 2h15

KORE-EDA Hirokazu SOSHITE CHICHI NI NARU
(LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON) 2h

Abdellatif KECHICHE LA VIE D’ADЀLE 3h07

Takashi MIIKE WARA NO TATE
(SHIELD OF STRAW) 2h05

François OZON JEUNE ET JOLIE 1h30

Alexander PAYNE NEBRASKA 1h50

Roman POLANSKI LA VÉNUS À LA FOURRURE 1h30

Steven SODERBERGH BEHIND THE CANDELABRA 1h58 (pictured)

Paolo SORRENTINO LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
(THE GREAT BEAUTY) 2h30

Alex VAN WARMERDAM BORGMAN 1h58

Nicolas WINDING REFN ONLY GOD FORGIVES 1h30

Closing Film

Jérôme SALLE ZULU (H.C.) 1h50

UN CERTAIN REGARD
Opening Film

Sofia COPPOLA THE BLING RING 1h30

Hany ABU-ASSAD OMAR 1h37

Adolfo ALIX JR. DEATH MARCH 1h45

Ryan COOGLER FRUITVALE STATION 1st film 1h30

Claire DENIS LES SALAUDS 2h

Lav DIAZ NORTE, HANGGANAN NG KASAYSAYAN
(NORTE, THE END OF HISTORY) 4h

James FRANCO AS I LAY DYING 2h

Valeria GOLINO MIELE 1stf ilm 1h36

Alain GUIRAUDIE L’INCONNU DU LAC 1h32

Flora LAU BENDS 1st film 1h32

Rithy PANH L’IMAGE MANQUANTE 1h30

Diego QUEMADA-DIEZ LA JAULA DE ORO 1st film 1h42

Mohammad RASOULOF ANONYMOUS 2h14

Chloé ROBICHAUD SARAH PRÉFÈRE LA COURSE
(SARAH WOULD RATHER RUN)
1st film 1h34

Rebecca ZLOTOWSKI GRAND CENTRAL 1h35

OUT OF COMPETITION

J.C CHANDOR ALL IS LOST 1h45

Guillaume CANET BLOOD TIES 2h24

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

Amit KUMAR MONSOON SHOOTOUT 1st film 1h22

Johnnie TO BLIND DETECTIVE 2h07

JERRY LEWIS TRIBUTE

Daniel NOAH MAX ROSE 1h26

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Stephen FREARS MUHAMMAD ALI’S GREATEST FIGHT 1h37

Roberto MINERVINI STOP THE POUNDING HEART 1h38

Roman POLANSKI WEEK END OF A CHAMPION 1h20

James TOBACK SEDUCED AND ABANDONED 1h35

Cinéfondation :
Taisia IGUMENTSEVA OTDAT KONCI 1st film
(BITE THE DUST) 1h41

GALA SCREENING, TRIBUTE TO INDIA

Anurag KASHYAP, Dibakar BANERJEE,
Zoya AKHTAR, Karan JOHAR BOMBAY TALKIES 1h55