A thriller pitting Australian star Guy Pearce against Hollywood heart-throb Robert Pattinson will premiere at Cannes alongside the latest effort from Rolf de Heer.
The premiere of the thriller has secured Animal Kingdom creator David Michod his first invitation to the prestigious international film festival, where The Rover will screen out of competition.
"David Michod has created an extraordinary film," Roadshow Films Managing Directed Joel Pearlman said in a statement on Thursday.
"We congratulate him, the producers, cast and crew on this incredible achievement."
Michod will be joined on the red carpet in Cannes by Pearce and Pattinson, best known for the Twilight movies but also recently showing his dramatic skills in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis.
In his fourth visit to Cannes, de Heer will be showing the David Gulpilil collaboration Charlie's Country in Un Certain Regard, where he won the Special Jury Prize for Ten Canoes in 2006.
"As a great celebration of cinema, the Cannes Film Festival has historically been a wonderful launching pad into the world market for films I've directed," de Heer said in a statement.
"I'm consequently very pleased that Charlie's Country has been selected, because it means the film will be seen."
The Cannes Film Festival runs from May 14 to 25 and opens with Grace of Monaco, starring Nicole Kidman.
New Zealand director Jane Campion is heading the jury.
