Wes Anderson, Ken Loach among contenders for Cannes Film Festival's top prize

are among those in the running for the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or at Saturday's closing ceremony, with 21 films in competition for the top prize.

The closing movie this year will be Pixar's "Elemental", an animated feature about a city where the four elements live together, featuring the voices of Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie. Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, one of only nine directors who has won the Palme d'Or twice, for "Triangle of Sadness" in 2022 and 2017's "The Square", is this year'sHe has promised there would be no leaks from his jury, whose members include actors Paul Dano and Brie Larson , and French director Julia Ducournau.

Of the directors competing, Loach is the only one with two top prizes under his belt, while four - Wenders,

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