Cannes 2021: Festival adds new names to lineup

The Cannes Film Festival has rounded out its Official Selection lineup, adding the animated feature Where is Anne Frank from Oscar-nominated Israeli director Ari Folman, best known for Waltz With Bashir.

In an announcement made Thursday, Gaspar Noe’s Vortex was also added to the new Cannes Premier sidebar, with Yohan Manco’s Mes Freres Et Moi joining the Un Certain Regard competition program, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The list of the festival’s midnight screenings trebled, with Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu’s Tralala and Supremes by Audrey Estrougo.

Meanwhile, new special screenings will include Andrew Muscato’s Bill Murray’s Party: New World, The Cradle of a Civilisation, alongside Neomie Ferlant’s Mi iubta Mon amour, Maxime Roy’s Les Heroiques and Wen Shipei’s Are You Lonesome Tonight?