Entertainment

22 Films Competing

By CBSNews.com staff CBSNews.com staff

April 23, 1998 / 2:47 PM EDT / CBS

Organizers of the Cannes Film Festival have released the names of 22 films entered in the May 13-24 competition. Starting May 4, CBS.com will provide complete coverage of the event.

The films are listed by nationality; eight films are being shown out of the competition.

1. Corazon Iluminado (Heart Alight), Hector Babenco, Argentina
2. Dance Me To My Song, Rolf de Heer, Australia
3. The General, John Boorman. Britain
4. Velvet Goldmine, Todd Haynes, Britain
5. My Name Is Joe, Ken Loach, Britain
6. La Vendedora de Rosas (The Flower Vendor), Victor Gaviria, Colombia
7. Les Idiots, (The Idiots), Lars Von Trier, Denmark
8. Festen, (Family Party), Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark
9. Ceux Qui M'aiment Prendront Le Train, (Those Who Love Me Will Take the Train). Patrice Chereau, France
10. L'ecole De La Chair,(The School of Flesh), by Benoit Jacquot. France
11. La Classe De Neige, (Ski School), Claude Miller. France
12. La Vie Reve Des Anges, (Life Loved by Angels), Erick Zonca, France
13. Mia Eoniotita Ke Mia Mera (The Eternity of a Day), Theo Angelopoulos,Greece
14. Aprile, Nanni Moretti, Italy
15. La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful), Roberto Benigni, Italy
16. Khroustaliov, Ma Voiture! (Khroustaliov, My Car!), Alexei Guerman, Russia
17. Les fleurs de Shangai, (The Flowers of Shanghai), Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan
18. The Hole, Tsai Ming-Liang, Taiwan
19. Illuminata,John Turturro, USA
20. Henry Foo,l Hal Hartley, USA
21. Claire Dolan, Lodge Kerrigan, USA
22. Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, Terry Gilliam, USA

Films out of competition

Kanzo Sensei,Shohei Imamura, Japan
Inquietude,Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal
Tango,Carlos Saura, Spain
Goodbye Lover, Roland Joffe, USA
Blues Brothers 2000,John Landis, USA
Dark City, Alex Proyas, USA
Primary Colors, Mike Nichols, USA, (opening film)
Godzilla, Roland Emmerich, USA, (closing film)