New films by Wes Anderson and Alice Rohrwacher compete for Palme d’Or at Cannes

Harrison Ford in a scene from Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (Lucasfilm Ltd/AP)

New films by Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Todd Haynes and Wim Wenders will compete for the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted top honour, the Palme d’Or, as will a record number of films directed by women.

Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux and president Iris Knobloch, who took over the post last year from Pierre Lescure, announced a lineup heavy on big-name international auteurs, along with some new faces, in a press conference on Thursday in Paris.