Nicolas Winding Refn: Cannes Film Festival

Xavier Dolan Dept: Missing from the lineup, which was announced Thursday, is anything from Canada. Two upcoming dramas Tom at the Farm from Quebec wunderkind Xavier Dolan and Devil Knot, a ripped-from-the-headlines mystery directed by Cannes favourite Atom Egoyan were thought to be in line for selection, according to Montreal Gazette. It directed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, who was named best director at Cannes two years ago for the crime drama Drive, also starring Gosling and A new Coen Brothers film set in the world of 1960s folksingers, Steven Soderbergh biography of Liberace with Michael Douglas as the flamboyant pianist and a Roman Polanski picture about an actress who auditions for a part in a sadomasochistic play are among the movies in official competition at the 2013 Cannes film festival. The Canadian connection will rest on actor Ryan Gosling, the star of Only God Forgives, a crime thriller about a man hiding out in the world of Thai boxing who must now avenge the murder of his brother. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.