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British director Mike Leigh will return to this year's Cannes Film Festival to compete for the event's top prize with his latest offering, Another Year.US director Doug Liman makes his Cannes debut with Fair Game, alongside Abbas Kiarostami and Takeshi Kitano.
Woody Allen and Oliver Stone's latest movies will be premiered at the May event, out of competition.
Benicio Del Toro and Kate Beckinsale are joining the festival jury, which is headed by Tim Burton.
Between them, they will decide the film which will take home the prestigious Palme d'Or prize.
Leigh has previously won the award twice, for Naked in 1993 and then Secrets and Lies three years later.
The Oscar-nominated director's latest movie stars Jim Broadbent and Imelda Staunton.
Last year, The White Ribbon by Austrian director Michael Haneke was announced as the winner.
A total of 16 directors will compete for this year's honour, including South Korea's Lee Chang-dong and France's Bertrand Tavernier and Xavier Beauvois.
Oliver Stone will showcase Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the sequel to his 1987 hit, which once again reunites Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen, alongside younger stars Shia LaBeouf and Carey Mulligan.
Woody Allen's British-set film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts, will also receive its premiere.
The Queen director Stephen Frears returns with Tamara Drewe, based on the comic strip and graphic novel of the same name.
Gemma Arteton stars in the movie, which will be screening out of competition.
The festival is the most prestigious event in the film calendar after the Oscars, and attracts more than 33,000 people to the French town each year.This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.