Cannes Film Festival 2016: Jodie Foster, Nicolas Winding Refn and Sean Penn to appear

The complete line-up of films screening at the 69th Cannes Film Festival was announced by the event's president Pierre Lescure and general delegate Thierry Frémaux in a press conference this morning (14 April). And this year, the roster consists of some serious A-listers when it comes to the world of filmmaking from Jodie Foster to Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling.

The festival will begin on the 11 May, opening with Woody Allen's upcoming romantic comedy-drama Café Society starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. The movie tells the story of a young man who moves to Hollywood in the hopes of pursuing a career in the film industry, however, soon after he arrives, he falls in love and becomes immersed in the café culture of the 1930s-era.

No stranger to Cannes, but making her directorial debut this time, will be Foster who is presenting her new Wall Street thriller Money Monste, starring Hollywood heavyweights George Clooney and Julia Roberts. The film will have its cinematic international release a few days after the festival has finished.

Penn's directed movie The Last Face with Charlize Theron and Javier Bardem will be in competition at the event, alongside Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon starring Elle Fanning, as well as Xavier Dolan's It's Only The End Of The World featuring Léa Seydoux. Films from British directors Andrea Arnold and Ken Loach are also up for the Palme d'Or at the event.

The BFG official trailer — Steven Spielberg's hotly anticipated The BFG will be shown out of competition, as will Ryan Gosling's The Nice Guys Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Films worth noting in the out-of-competition section of the festival include Steven Spielberg's eagerly anticipated adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG, which stars Oscar-winner Mark Rylance as the titular giant. Gosling and Russell Crowe's The Nice Guys will also be screened as part of this category.

Other stars expected to show their faces at the festival given that their films are being presented include Riley Keough, Shia LaBeouf, Marion Cotillard, Joel Edgerton and Adam Driver. Keanu Reeves, Jack O'Connell and Michael Shannon and are also assumed to be making an appearance.

This year's Palme d'Or jury will be presided over by Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller. Cannes Film Festival 2016 will run until the 22 May.

See below for the entire list of films being shown at the prestigious event: