Here are the 22 films competing for the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on 14-25 May and some of the films showing out of competition.

In competition

Megalopolis:  Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, this self-funded epic -- a Roman drama transplanted to modern-day New York starring Adam Driver -- has been in the works for more than 40 years.  

The Apprentice:  A biopic about Donald Trump’s formative years from an award-winning Iranian director Ali Abbasi is bound to grab attention. It stars Sebastian Stan and rocker Tommy Lee, alongside Jeremy Strong.

Kinds of Kindness: Three short stories in one, this is the latest team-up between the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, also starring Willem Defoe and Margaret Qualley.

The Shrouds: The horror maestro David Cronenberg’s latest supernatural drama is about a man who builds a device to connect with his dead wife. It stars Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger.

 Oh, Canada: The iconic writer-director Paul Schrader has been on a roll lately with a string of dramas about obsessive and dangerous men. He reunites with his “American Gigolo” star Richard Gere for the story of a dying man reflecting on his past mistakes.

Emilia Perez: Quite the synopsis -- a musical about a Mexican cartel boss undergoing a sex change to escape the authorities, with pop superstar Selena Gomez in a supporting role in Jacques Audiard’s project.  

The Substance: An unlikely comeback vehicle for Demi Moore -- an ultra-violent horror film from the French director of 2017’s “Revenge” that will “leave a lot of blood on the screen”, according to festival director Thierry Fremaux.

The Most Precious of Cargoes: The first animation in competition since 2008’s “Waltz With Bashir” is the tale of a twin thrown to safety from a death train transporting his Jewish parents to Auschwitz, from the director Michel Hazanavicius of the Oscar-winning “The Artist”.

Limonov: The exiled Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov tackles the bizarre true life of dissident poet Eduard Limonov, who fled the Soviet Union but returned to found a new Bolshevik Party after the Cold War.

Parthenope: Another love letter to his native Naples from Paolo Sorrentino, the Oscar-winning director of “The Great Beauty” and Netflix series “The Young Pope”.

Bird: The celebrated British auteur Andrea Arnold returns with a coming-of-age tale set in an English suburb, starring Barry Keoghan (Saltburn).

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Imprisoned for criticising Iran’s government and barred from leaving the country, director Mohammad Rasoulof has already faced pressure to pull his latest film from the Cannes line-up.  

Anora: A darling of the US indie scene for his portraits of marginalised characters in “The Florida Project” and “Red Rocket”, Sean Baker returns with a “romantic adventure” starring Mikey Madison.

The Girl with the Needle: Directed by Magnus von Horn, the film based on the story of a Danish serial killer who helped poor women kill their unwanted children in the early 20th century.

Motel Destino: An erotic comedy-thriller from the Brazilian director of Henry VIII drama “Firebrand”, which competed in Cannes last year.

 Grand Tour:  Directed by Miguel Gomes, the story of a British colonial officer in Burma who flees his wedding but is pursued by his bride.

Marcello Mio: The fictional tale of a woman who starts impersonating her father, the late Italian screen icon Marcello Mastroianni. It features French icon Catherine Deneuve.

Caught by the Tides:  One of China’s most celebrated auteurs Jia Zhang-Ke offers a view of the country “we are not necessarily used to seeing”, according to Fremaux.

 All We Imagine As Light:  Directed by Payal Kapadia, the first Indian entry in 30 years tells the intimate stories of a Mumbai nurse and her roommate.

Beating Hearts: The French actor-director Gilles Lellouche adapts an Irish novel, “Jackie Loves Johnser OK?”, with Francois Civil and Adele Exarchopoulos.

Wild Diamond:  A debut film of Agathe Riedinger is about a young French girl seeking fame on reality TV.

Three Kilometres to the End of the World: A surprise last-minute entry about a gay teenager ostracised by his village community in Romania.

Out of competition

Here is a selection of the films playing in the “Out of Competition” and “Special Screenings” sections of the festival.

“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” directed by George Miller, “Horizon, An American Saga” by Kevin Costner, “Lula” by Oliver Stone, “She’s Got No Name” by Peter Ho-Sun, “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre de la Patelliere and Matthieu Delaporte, “Rumours” by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin, “Ernest Cole, Lost and Found” by Raoul Peck and “The Invasion” by Sergei Loznitsa.