The Cannes Film Festival has added a handful of films to its official selection just days ahead of the 78th festival, which kicks off on Tuesday. Among the last-minute entries is Eugene Jarecki‘s Julian Assange documentary feature, The Six Billion Dollar Man, which will receive a special screening.
The Six Billion Dollar Man had been set to screen at Sundance this year, but was pulled weeks before the festival with Jarecki saying he needed to incorporate “significant recent and unexpected developments” into the film before releasing it.
Resurrection, a sci-fi detective movie from Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night), is a late addition to this year’s competition. The film, starring Jackson Yee (Better Days) and Shu Qi (The Assassin), is being shopped at the Cannes market by Les Films du Losange.
Other 11th-hour additions were Martin Bourboulon’s 13 jours, 13 nuits, which will play Out Of Competition, and Ma Fere by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret, which will screen as a Cannes Premiere.
The 78th Cannes Film Festival runs May 13-24.
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