Cult Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg will join US director James Gray and Russia's Kirill Serebrennikov in competition at the 75th anniversary edition of the Cannes Film Festival, the organisers announced Thursday, reports AFP.
They announced 18 of the films that will compete for the Palme d'Or at the festival from May 17 to 28, which will also feature past winners the Dardenne brothers from Belgium, and Sweden's Ruben Ostlund.
Cronenberg's sci-fi/horror cross-over "Crimes of the Future" will bring some glamour to the red carpet in the form of Viggo Mortensen, Kristen Stewart and Lea Seydoux.
Serebrennikov was unable to attend Cannes last year when his film "Petrov's Flu" was in competition due to a controversial court case that banned him from leaving Russia.
He has relocated to Germany since the ban was lifted earlier this year and returns to Cannes with "Tchaikovsky's Wife" about the private life of the famous composer.
