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The latest film by Israeli director Ari Folman  will open the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes International Film Festival next month, organizers said April 19.

Folman’s film “The Congress” will be screened May 16. His anti-war film “Waltz with Bashir” was selected to compete for the top Palme d’Or prize at Cannes in 2008 and was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film in 2009.

Adapted from the sci-fi novel “The Futurological Congress” by Polish author Stanislaw Lem, Folman’s new film is described as part animation and part live-action and stars Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Jon Hamm, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston and Frances Fisher.

“Waltz with Bashir,” an animated documentary, told the story of Folman’s bid to unlock his repressed memories of his presence at the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres of Palestinian refugees by an Israeli-backed Christian militia.

The Cannes Film Festival runs May 15 to 26. — ynetnews.com