The Cannes Film Festival is the most important event in the film calendar besides the Oscars, and over 33,000 people travel to France each year to take part in it.
Wim Wenders' The Palermo Shooting and Steven Soderbergh's four-hour long epic about the Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara will also be shown.
The Cannes Film Festival runs from 14-25 May and this year’s event will mark the 61st time the event has been staged.
Quentin Tarantino will be appearing for certain and Penelope Cruz, Woody Allen, Benicio Del Toro are expected to attend.
Hollywood actor Sean Penn is head of this year's jury, which also contains actress Natalie Portman and former Harry Potter director Alfonso Cuaron and they will have to decide which film is awarded the Palme d'Or prize.
