Angelina, Madonna Do the Cannes-Cannes

Two Jolie-starring films will debut at film festival; Madonna set to chair an amfAR benefit

By Ken Baker Apr 23, 2008 2:31 PMTags
Angelina JoliePaul Morigi/WireImage.com

Angelina Jolie's ready to deliver twins in France next month.

But these babies will require a red carpet, not a wet nurse.

Two of the Oscar winner's films will debut at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.

Her 1920s kidnap thriller Changeling, directed by Clint Eastwood, is already building buzz to take home the top prize, the Palme d'Or.

Eastwood will compete against 19 directors, among them Steven Soderbergh, who will debut his twofer Che Guevara flick, Che, starring Benicio Del Toro and comprising two separate films, The Argentine and Guerilla, during the festival.

Out of competition, Jolie and Jack Black's animated adventure Kung Fu Panda will have its premiere.

Also premiering: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Woody Allen's new Spanish comedy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring real-life loves Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz.

This isn't Jolie's first Cannes outing, however—au contraire.

Last year, she and beau Brad Pitt got cozy as they debuted A Might Heart, and he premiered Ocean's 13.

And she's not the only Riviera-bound A-lister.

Madonna is also expected to appear at the south of France festival next month.

She's going to chair the amfAR charity dinner at the celebrated Moulin de Mougins restaurant. The Foundation for AIDS Research is one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to HIV/AIDS research, and all the profits from the dinner and a charity auction during the film festival will support its cause.

Here's the complete competitive lineup for the May 14-25 fest:

IN COMPETITION

  • 24 City, China, Jia Zhangke
  • Adoration, Canada, Atom Egoyan
  • Changeling, U.S., Clint Eastwood
  • Che (The Argentine, Guerrilla), Spain, Steven Soderbergh
  • Un Conte de noel, France, Arnaud Desplechin
  • Daydreams, Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  • Delta, Germany-Hungary, Kornel Mundruczo
  • Il Divo, Paolo Sorrentino, Italy
  • Gomorra, Italy, Matteo Garrone
  • La Frontiere de l'aube, France, Philippe Garrel
  • Leonera, Argentina-South Korea, Pablo Trapero
  • Linha de Passe, Brazil, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas
  • La Mujer sin cabeza, Argentina, Lucrecia Martel
  • My Magic, Singapore, Eric Khoo
  • The Palermo Shooting, Germany, Wim Wenders
  • Serbis, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
  • The Silence of Lorna, U.K.-France, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
  • Synecdoche, New York, U.S., Charlie Kaufman
  • Waltz ith Bashir, Israel, Ari Folman