FACTBOX: Films in competition in Cannes 2008

LONDON (Reuters) - Cannes film festival, the world's largest, opens on Wednesday.

Following is a list of films in the main competition for the coveted Palme d'Or award this year. Hundreds of other films will be showing out of competition.

* Blindness -- Fernando Meirelles (Brazil)

* Entre les murs (Between the Walls) -- Laurent Cantet (France)

* Two Lovers -- James Gray (United States)

* Uc Maymun (Three Monkeys) -- Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)

* Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) -- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)

* Un conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) -- Arnaud Desplechin (France)

* The Changeling -- Clint Eastwood (United States)

* Adoration -- Atom Egoyan (Canada/Egypt)

* Waltz with Bashir -- Ari Folman (Israel)

* La frontiere de l'aube (The Frontier of Dawn) -- Philippe Garrel (France)

* Gomorra (Gomorrah) -- Matteo Garrone (Italy)

* 24 City -- Jia Zhangke (China)

* Synecdoche, New York -- Charlie Kaufmann (United States)

* My Magic -- Eric Khoo (Singapore)