The Line-up of this year's Cannes Film Festival Announced in Paris
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World cinema heavyweights including China's Jia Zhangke, Italy's Paolo Sorrentino and American Gus Van Sant are set to compete for the leading prizes at next month's Cannes Film Festival.

The announcmenet of the Cannes line-up also includes appearances from a number of A-list celebrities including Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett.

A total of 17 films will be competing at the festival, which include Jia's "Mountains May Depart," Sorrentino's "Youth" - a film about age starring Michael Caine - and Van Sant's "The Sea of Trees."

Also in the lineup are films by Italy's Nanni Moretti, France's Jacques Audiard, Taiwan director Hou Hsiao-Hsien and American Todd Haynes, whose entry "Carol" is a 1950s-set love story between two women.

It stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.

This year's Cannes Film Festival will be opened with a film from French director Emmanuelle Bercot.

Screening of "La Tete Haute" will be the first time in some 25-years that Cannes has opened with a film directed by a woman.

This year's Cannes Film Festival is slated to run from May 13th to the 24th.

Author： 　　　Source：CRI　　　 Editor：Yang Fan