CANNES, April 11 — Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola will return to the Cannes Film Festival with his long-awaited epic Megalopolis, 45 years after his Palme d’Or for Apocalypse Now, organisers said today, announcing a line-up that includes major names of world cinema.

The 77th edition of the festival on the French Cote d’Azur, considered the most prestigious in the film industry, runs from May 14 to 25.