Nominees for Cannes Palme d’Or jell

A total of 19 films will battle it out for the prestigious Palme d’Or at 2017 Cannes Film Festival in France.

Here is part of the lineup:

• ‘Wonderstruck’, Todd Haynes
• ‘Jupiter’s Moon’, Kornél Mundruczó
• You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay
• ‘Good Time’, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie
• ‘Loveless’, Andrey Zvyagintsev
• ‘The Meyerowitz Stories’, Noah Baumbach
• ‘In the Fade’, Fatih Akin
• 'Okja', Bong Joon-ho
• ‘The Beguiled’, Sofia Coppola
• 'Rodin', Jacques Doillon

Cannes aims to draw attention and raise the profile of films, with the goal of contributing towards the development of cinema.

The festival’s official selection serves to highlight the diversity of cinematic creation through its different sections, each of which having its own distinct identity.

The 70th edition of Cannes Film Festival will wrap up May 28, 2017 in the French city of Cannes.

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