France's côte d'azur becomes the focal point for the world of glamour and fashion in May, where business rubs shoulders with the stars of the silver screen. This is Cannes and this year the film festival celebrates its 65th anniversary.
Marilyn Monroe, who sang arguably one of the most famous renditions of 'Happy Birthday', adorns the official poster for the gathering.
This year's official selection jury is chaired by the Italian director Nanni Moretti, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2001 for 'The Son's Room'. He will be joined by eight other personalities who will judge the films in competition and decide on where the seven awards will go.
Zeitlin’s Beasts wins Camera d’Or Director Benh Zeitlin has won the Camera d’Or – Golden Camera prize – at the Cannes Film Festival. His film Beasts Of The Southern Wild is set and filmed…
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Cannes: Antiviral by Cronenberg son Horror flick Antiviral, competing at Cannes, was directed by Brandon Cronenberg, son of the more famous David. David Cronenberg, who was on the red carpet…
Farhadi – self-censorship ‘real danger’ for Iranian filmmakers At the 65th Cannes Festival, Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi was, once again, the centre of attention, this time for his next film project. The European…
Cannes: Pete Doherty’s Confession Former Libertines frontman Pete Doherty makes his big screen debut at Cannes, in the 19th century period drama Confession of a Child of the Century, which has…
Madagascar gang go wild in Cannes Europe’s Most Wanted, part three of the wildly successful Madagascar trilogy is screening out of competition at Cannes. Hollywood A-lister Ben Stiller –…
Cannes Film Festival preparations – nocomment Last minute preparations were underway on Wednesday May 16 in Cannes before the official kick off of the 65th Cannes Film Festival.
Where are the women at Cannes? Cannes is no stranger to drama – both on screen and off. And while the 65th edition of the film festival opens later, celebrations have been marred by a row…
