Films in competition in Cannes 2008

Sun bathers enjoy the weather in front of luxury boats moored in the Bay of Cannes as the 61st Cannes Film Festival continues May 15, 2008.

REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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Cannes film festival, the world's largest, opened on Wednesday.

Following is a list of films in the main competition for the coveted Palme d'Or award this year. Hundreds of other films will be showing out of competition.

* Blindness -- Fernando Meirelles (Brazil)

* Entre les murs (Between the Walls) -- Laurent Cantet (France)

* Two Lovers -- James Gray (United States)

* Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys) -- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

* Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) -- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)

* Un conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) -- Arnaud Desplechin (France)

* The Changeling -- Clint Eastwood (United States)

* Adoration -- Atom Egoyan (Canada/Egypt)

* Waltz with Bashir -- Ari Folman (Israel)

* La frontiere de l'aube (The Frontier of Dawn) -- Philippe Garrel (France)

* Gomorra (Gomorrah) -- Matteo Garrone (Italy)

* 24 City -- Jia Zhangke (China)

* Synecdoche, New York -- Charlie Kaufmann (United States)

* My Magic -- Eric Khoo (Singapore)

* La Mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman) -- Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)

* Serbis - Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)

* Delta - Kornel Mundruczo (Hungary)

* Linha de Passe (Line of Passage) - Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas (Brazil)

* Che -- Steven Soderbergh (United States)

* Il Divo -- Paolo Sorrentino (Italy)

* Leonera -- Pablo Trapero (Argentina)

* The Palermo Shooting -- Wim Wenders (Germany)

Sourace: Reuters