Cannes Film Festival 2016 will be absent from Japanese and Chinese films

The organizing committee of the Cannes International Film Festival, France has just announced the list of 20 films selected to compete for the "Golden Palm" award.

Presidents of the 68th Cannes Film Festival jury, American filmmakers Joel Coen (right) and Ethan Coen (second from left), pose for a photo with jury members at the opening ceremony. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

One of the surprising points of this film event is that Japanese and Chinese films were not entered into the competition category. Meanwhile, the Philippines and South Korea were honored to represent Asia when they were selected in the official category to compete with familiar names.

For the Philippines, this is the third time young director Brillante Mendoza has been invited to the Cannes Film Festival after winning the best film editor award for “Kinatay” in 2009. This year's competition film at Cannes is “Ma'Rosa.”

As for Korean director Park Chan Wook, he won the Grand Jury Prize in 2004 with the film “Old Boy.” This time, Park presents his recently completed work “Agassi.”

The 2016 Cannes Film Festival organizers paid special attention to Romanian cinema with two filmmakers, Cristi Puiu (Sieranevada) and Cristian Mungiu (Bacalaureat). While Puiu is not yet widely known to the public, Mungiu won the "Palme d'Or" in 2007 with the film with the strange name "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days."

The 69th Cannes Film Festival, which will take place from May 11 to 22, will also attract attention with works such as "I, Daniel Bake" by British director Ken Loach; "La fille inconnue - the nameless daughter" by the "pair" of brothers Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

The question is, after two Palme d'Or awards, will these two Belgian filmmakers be on the golden panel of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival this time?

On the French cinema side, there are 3 films selected in the official category, which are "Personal Shopper" by Olivier Assyas, "Mal de Pierre" by Nicole Garcia and "Ma loute" by Bruno Dumont./.

According to VIETNAM+