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Cate Blanchett heads up a starry female-dominated jury at the 71st Cannes film festival

In a year when the #MeToo movement has dominated the headlines, Festival director Thierry Fremaux said he was conscious of gender balance in the organisation of the festival.

18/04/2018

Cinema

Italian film director Vittorio Taviani dies at 88

Alongside his brother Paolo, Taviani made more than 20 films including "Padre Padrone", which took top honors at the 1977 Cannes film festival and Docudrama Caesar Must Die won the Golden Bear prize at the Berlin Film Festival in 2012.

15/04/2018

France

Full Cannes Film Festival lineup announced

All eyes are on Paris as the lineup of the 71st Cannes Film Festival is being unveiled during a live press conference from the Champs-Elysees.

12/04/2018

France

No Netflix films at the Canne Film Festival in May

It's after organisers banned the streaming platform's films from competition for its refusal to release them in cinemas.

12/04/2018

France

Spanish language film to open Cannes Film Festival 2018

"Everybody Knows" starring Hollywood couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem will make its world premiere at the 71st Cannes Film Festival next month.

05/04/2018

World News

Cannes film festival bans red carpet selfies

The prestigious film festival in southern France has also banned movies from streaming service Netflix

04/04/2018

Cinema

Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' re-released

Warner Bros says the re-release is a close to Kubrick's original vision as possible with no digital tricks or remastered effects

03/04/2018

Cinema

68th Berlinale programme announced

This year's Berlinale film festival will be a platform for debating the "MeToo" movement highlighting sexual harassment against women

07/02/2018

World News

Cate Blanchett to head Cannes Film Festival jury

Blanchett is also one of 300 women behind the Time’s Up initiative, a Hollywood campaign to tackle sexual harrassment in the workplace.

04/01/2018

Cinema

Europeans united in cinema

'The Square' cleans the slate at the European Film Awards, "Europe's Oscars".

11/12/2017

Cinema

European Film Award: the nominees

Find out who the contenders are for the top prizes in Europe's answer to the Oscars.

06/12/2017

Kazakhstan

Borat actor pledges to pay mankini tourist fines

Sacha Baron Cohen intervenes after incident in Kazakh capital

21/11/2017

Cinema

Shahira Fahmy relives her Cannes fairytale

Cannes is a factory of dreams, and sometimes they come true. This was the case for Shahira Fahmy, an Egyptian architect.

22/06/2017

Cinema

'Patti Cake$': Jersey girl turned rapper

The movie got a standing ovation at its latest screening in Cannes.

30/05/2017

Living

Best dressed in Cannes

The best looks at Cannes Film Festival 2017

30/05/2017

Cinema

Cannes 2017: the winners

Jury president Pedro Almodóvar handed out the top prize at the Cannes film festival to Swedish satire ‘The Square’ by Ruben Östlund, calling it a rich and “completely contemporary” tale about “the dic

29/05/2017

Cinema

Cannes Palme D'or

29/05/2017

France

"The Square" wins Palme d'Or

Swedish art satrire, "The Square" wins top prize as Cannes Film Festival

28/05/2017

France

Ruben Ostlund's The Square wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes

28/05/2017

France

Cannes first two prizes awarded

28/05/2017