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Cannes 2011: the contenders in pictures

Cannes Competition Films: Director Woody Allen during the filming of 'Midnight in Paris'
Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris is the festival opener. Here is the great man himself on set with two of his stars, Carla Bruni and Owen Wilson Photograph: Dereck Jones/FilmMagic
Cannes Competition Films: Hara Kiri -Death of a Samurai
Ebizo Ichikawa in Takashi Miike's Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, a 3D contender in the main competition Photograph: PR
Cannes Competition Films: Italian film maker Nanni Moretti
Italy's former Palme D'Or winner Nanni Moretti is in the running for the big prize again for Habemus Papam Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images
Cannes Competition Films: Lars Von Trier speaks during a press conference
Danish director Lars von Trier brings Melancholia to the competition Photograph: Francois Mori/AP
Cannes Competition Films: Melancholia film still with Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst in Melancholia Photograph: PR
Cannes Competition Films: Sean Penn from Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be The Place
Sean Penn shows an interesting new look in Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be The Place Photograph: PR
Cannes Competition Films: The Tree of Life featuring Brad Pitt
Terrence Malick's long-awaited The Tree of Life, featuring Brad Pitt, gets the nod for the main competition Photograph: PR
Cannes Competition Films: Tilda Swinton as Eva in We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton stars in the British Palme D'Or contender Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin Photograph: Nicole Rivelli/PR
Cannes Competition Films: A still from Yellow Sea by NA Hong-jin
Na Hong-jin's The Yellow Sea is part of the selection for the festival's Un Certain Regard sidebar Photograph: PR
Cannes Competition Films: Miss Bala showing at the Cannes competition 2011
As is Gerardo Naranjo's Miss Bala Photograph: Eniac Mart nez Ulloa/PR
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