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Film about sheep wins Cannes 'Un Certain Regard'

Ahead of the Palm D’or on Sunday night, the Cannes jury have awarded a secondary prize – Un Certain Regard – to an Icelandic film about sheep. Rams

24/05/2015

France

Cannes Film Festival: Macebeth with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard is the final competition entry

Michael Fassbender and French actress Marion Cotillard star in the final competition entry in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. They play the leads

23/05/2015

France

Cannes Day 10: Un Certain Regard

23/05/2015

France

Valley of Death and The Assassins hope for Cannes glory

Movie fans in Cannes were shown the last two films battling it out to receive the Palm D’or on Sunday night. French film Valley of Death sees Gerard

23/05/2015

France

Mixed reaction to French plans to force supermarkets to donate unsold food

There has been a mixed reaction to moves by France to crack down on food waste. The French National Assembly has voted to prevent large supermarkets

22/05/2015

Sport

French Open 2015: Nadal handed tough draw

Spain’s Rafael Nadal could face world number one Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals of the French Open after Friday’s draw handed him the toughest

22/05/2015

France

Paris pickpocket protest forces closure of Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been forced to close because of a worker walkout over crime around the famous landmark. Those protesting say there has

22/05/2015

Culture news

Pizzica a centuries old musical tradition with a message for the modern

Italian musician and songwriter Antonio Castrignano has been making people dance from southern Italy to France in a series of performances that marry

21/05/2015

Sport

PSG become world's best-paid sports team

Manchester City stars are no longer the best paid in world sport, according to new figures released on Wednesday. The results of

20/05/2015

Cinema

'Nahid' the latest Iranian film making waves at Cannes

Following the success of the Academy Award winning Iranian film ‘A Separation’ the latest Iranian realist movie making waves at the Cannes Film

20/05/2015

France

Germanwings crash: remains of all victims identified

All of the human remains found at the Germanwings crash site in the French Alps have now been identified, according to the prosecutor in the case. It

19/05/2015

France

French teachers strike over reforms

Teachers in France went on strike on Tuesday and demonstrated against planned reforms. The country’s 840,000 teachers oppose to the plans, the unions

19/05/2015

France

France's Front National under fire for police acquittal tweets

19/05/2015

France

Charlie Hebdo, for richer, for poorer?

The coming departure of Charlie Hebdo’s surviving cartoonist Renald Luzier casts a further shadow over the satirical magazine, adding to doubts about

19/05/2015

Cinema

Hair raising story of Palestinian women trapped in a beauty parlor

Presented at The International Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival ‘Dégradé’ by the Palestinian twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser is set in a hair

19/05/2015

France

'Dheepan' by Jacques Audiard wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival

The French director's tale of Sri Lankan war refugees as they try to settle in France takes the top prize at Cannes.

19/05/2015

France

Cartoonist Luz quits Charlie Hebdo

One of the few cartoonists to survive an Islamist militant attack on France’s Charlie Hebdo journal is leaving the publication, saying he can no

19/05/2015

France

Lawyers call for case review in France's biggest rogue trader scandal

Lawyers for convicted French “rogue trader” Jerôme Kerviel have asked for his case to go before the Court of Revision after what they claim is new

19/05/2015

France

Cannes mid-way point: A gritty French drama and a Pixar comedy hit the red carpet

It's the halfway point in Cannes, and the red carpet is showing no signs of wear and tear as another team of hopefuls make their way up the scarlet staircase.

18/05/2015

France

Families angered by court decision in 2005 teen riot deaths

A French court has cleared two police officers accused of contributing to the deaths of two teenagers in a Paris suburb almost ten years ago, a case which sparked major riots.

18/05/2015

France

French police cleared in teen riot deaths

Almost ten years on, a French court has cleared two police officers over the deaths of two teenagers in a Paris suburb in 2005, a case which sparked

18/05/2015

France

Ghetto youth set France ablaze, autumn 2005

The electricity substation in Clichy-sous-Bois, which is known as a ‘cité’, was as far as the teens got. Police said they chased them following a

18/05/2015

Sport

Hunt maintains perfect start to 2015 Cliff Diving World Series

Reigning champion Gary Hunt made it two wins from two in this season’s Red Bull cliff diving series. Having won April’s season opener in Colombia the

18/05/2015

France

France clears police in 2005 riots deaths

A French court has cleared two police officers over the death of two young men in a Paris suburb in 2005, a case which led to the country's worst riots in decades.

18/05/2015

Culture news

Is capitalism killing art?

Electro and indie music festival “Les Nuits Sonores” in Lyon, France, has become a showcase for emerging music trends as well as being one of

18/05/2015

Cinema

Son of Saul is a front-runner at Cannes

Having a film selected to compete at the Cannes Film Festival is quite an achievement. Having your first film selected is even more so. “Son of Saul”

18/05/2015