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)