Scarlett Johansson is set to star on-screen and behind the camera at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers said Thursday as they unveiled the line-up of movies that will compete for honours on the French Riviera.

Little-known French director Amelie Bonnin was given the honour of opening the festival with her debut Leave One Day. “It’s the first time that a debut film will open the Cannes Festival,” Fremaux said. France’s Juliette Binoche, who has won acting honours at Cannes, Berlin and the Oscars, will chair the jury judging the in-competition features.

Final Reckoning” and Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” will debut at an out-of-competition event, while Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” is up for the Palme d’or award.