The 21 films in competition at Cannes

This year’s Cannes Film Festival has 21 films in competition, including movies from four past winners of the top prize, the Palme d’Or. Winners will be announced on 28 May. Here are some of the oferings:

Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg returns to his body horror roots with a tale starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux and Kristen Stewart – about people indulging in revolting surgical alterations for artistic and sexual pleasure.

Triangle of Sadness

The king of cringe, Sweden’s Ruben Ostlund, puts two models and a cleaning lady on a desert island with a group of billionaires. Tchaikovsky’s Wife

The enfant terrible of Russian film and theatre, Kirill Serebrennikov, barred from travelling to Cannes for two previous nominations is now in exile and should be present for his latest.

Armageddon Time

By James Gray, this one is based on his adolescence in 1980s New York and a school governed by Donald Trump’s father, starring Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins.

Broker

Japan’s Hirokazu Koreeda won the Palme d’Or in 2018 with Shoplifters. His latest is about people dropping off infants in “baby boxes” to be looked after by other families. Decision to Leave

Park Chan-woo, the South Korean master, brings his unique stylings to the familiar trope of a detective falling for the prime suspect in a murder investigation.

Showing Up

By Kelly Reichardt – a small-town artist tries to overcome distractions. Lokita

By Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. About two African teenagers exiled in Belgium. –