David Cronenberg returning to Cannes film competition

David Cronenberg and Guy Maddin are among the high-profile Canadians returning to this year's Cannes Film Festival.Canadian film director David Cronenberg waves as he leaves the hotel at a film festival in San Sebastian, northern Spain, in 2022. Cronenberg's latest film The Shrouds will premiere at next month's Cannes Film Festival. David Cronenberg and Guy Maddin are among the high-profile Canadians returning to this year's Cannes Film Festival, which begins May 14.

Cronenberg, known for sci-fi and horror films going all the way back to the 1970s, will compete for the main prize with, a horror flick about a grieving widower played by Vincent Cassel, who builds a device to help people connect with the dead. "Being selected for the Cannes Film Festival is an immense honour, but to return for the seventh time is incredibly humbling," Cronenberg said in a statement. "I look forward to sharing this film with the world on such a prestigious stage."Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg talks about why he couldn’t make his latest movie in Toronto, getting shut down by Netflix, the death of cinemas, and that one time he almost directed a Star Wars movie.

Kevin Maimann is a senior writer for CBC News based in Edmonton. He has covered a wide range of topics for publications including VICE, Toronto Star, Xtra Magazine and the Edmonton Journal. You can reach Kevin by email at kevin.maimann@cbc.ca.

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