2012 Cannes Film Fest Opens Today

The 65th Cannes Film Festival starts today. Ever since its creation, the Festival de Cannes has remained faithful to its founding purpose: to draw attention to and raise the profile of films with the aim of contributing towards the development of cinema, boosting the film industry worldwide and celebrating cinema at an international level.

Twenty-two films will be in competition this year. Some of the films competing this year are:

Cosmopolis - Starring Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame, as a Wall Street wiz who embarks on a trippy journey through Manhattanâ€”and through his own jagged psyche.

On The Road - Starring Kristen Stewart (Twilight) in the big-screen version of the famed Jack Kerouac novel, often hailed as an essential entry in the Beat Generation canon.

Lawless - Starring Shia Lebeof, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke in the true-to-life Prohibition-era crime drama as three bootlegging brothers against corrupt law-enforcement officials out to take them down.

Amour (Love) - Starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva

Hemingway & Gellhorn - Starring Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman as the writer and reporter who fall in love amidst the Spanish Civil War.

Mud - Starring Matthew McConaughey as a fugitive on the run from bounty hunters, and on a quest to reunite with this true love, played by Reese Witherspoon.

The complete list can be found here.