It was originally considered it might end up being a weak lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, but before today it was already shaping up to be one of the more impressive lineups I’ve seen in the last few years and today it just got better.
Jim Jarmusch‘s Only Lovers Left Alive starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston as centuries old vampires in love has been added to the Competition lineup. The film co-stars John Hurt, Mia Wasikowska and Anton Yelchin and with Jarmusch at the helm should prove to be the anti-vampire film compared to all the fang films we’ve seen storming the multiplex as of late.
The new addition to the Competition lineup brings the number of films competing for this year’s Palme d’Or to a round 20 and you can check out the complete Cannes lineup that has been announced so far right here.
Additional titles added include Claude Lanzmann‘s Le Dernier des Injustes in the Out of Competition selection and three films have been added to the Un Certain Regard lineup including My Sweet Pepperland from Hiner Saleem, Tore Tanzt from first time director Katrin Gebbe and Wakolda from Lucia Puenzo.
The fest runs from May 15-26 and I will be in town for all but one of those days thanks in large part to the generous contributions of the RopeofSilicon readership.
