With only a few days to go before the official announcement of the films selected for the acclaimed Cannes Film Festival, several titles are already emerging as possible candidates for the prestigious Palme d’Or competition. Among the European films are Bitter Christmas (Amarga Navidad) by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain), Fjord by Cristian Mungiu (Romania), Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski (Poland), Out of This World by Albert Serra (Spain), Coward by Lukas Dhont (Belgium), Minotaur by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia), and The Beloved (El ser querido) by Rodrigo Sorogoyen (Spain).

From Asia, notable titles include Hope by Na Hong-jin (South Korea), Soudain (All of a Sudden) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Japan), Sheep in the Box / Look Back by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Japan), and Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo by Takashi Miike (Japan).