The Cannes Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 60th edition, which will run from May 16-27, 2007. Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's black & white 2D animated film, PERSEPOLIS, made the list of 20 films in competition, which includes films from such renown filmmakers as Kim Ki-duk (BREATH), David Fincher (ZODIAC), Quentin Tarantino (DEATH PROOF) and Gus Van Sant (PARANOID PARK). Based on Iranian author Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel autobiographies, the tale is the true story of a precocious girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic revolution. 2.4.7. Films' Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault are producers, with Kathleen Kennedy exec producing the co-production with France 3 Cinema.
Tarantino's version of DEATH PROOF will be a longer cut than what was shown in U.S. theaters as part of GRINDHOUSE. As for visual effects at Cannes, Oscar winning BARBARIAN INVASIONS director Denis Arcand's THE AGE OF DARKNESS has been selected as the closing night film and features visual effects by Hybride Technologies.
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