Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival is held annually at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. Cannes Film Festival is one of the world's oldest influential and prestigious film festivals, founded in 1946.
Cannes Film Festival Turns 60 with Stars, Stunts and Surprises
Cannes celebrated 60 years in style this spring with stars like Clooney, Pitt, Jolie and DiCaprio. Jerry Seinfeld’s stunt creating a "buzz" on Thursday and an impromptu midnight concert on Saturday by U2 proved that you never know what’s going to happen in Cannes!
French triumph at Cannes but flop at Eurovision
France triumphs at Cannes as Palme d'or goes to French film "Entre les murs" (The Class). But no such luck at Eurovision Song contest as Sébastien Tellier finishes 19th.
French Classroom Drama Wins Top Prize at Cannes Film Festival
Laurent Cantet's Entre les Mers in first French film in more than 20 years to walk away with Palme d'Or
As 'indy' Mania Sweeps Cannes, Harrison Ford Resigns Himself to a Critical Lashing
Back after 19 years, Jones film premieres at festival Spielberg says action is 'old school', not digital
Cannes Toasts Birth of a British Star
Rebecca Hall, daughter of Sir Peter, steps into the limelight as Woody Allen's newest heroine
Blindness
4 stars Cannes film festival
Depp Set to Play Poisoned Russian Exile Litvinenko
Johnny Depp is lined up to play murdered Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in the film of a book that still has no ending, his widow told reporters at the Cannes film festival yesterday.
Cannes 2007: Death Proof
High octane schlock that fails to roar...By Peter Bradshaw
Cannes Preview for His Dark Materials Adaptation
Cannes preview for His Dark Materials adaptation - Director plays down books' anti-religion theme
Moore Defies Us Ban Threat
Director tells Cannes festival that government action against film about healthcare would be 'insane'.
Singer Jones Takes Lead in Cannes Opener
Film festival gets under way with tale of heartbroken part-time waitress.
A Film About Watching Films for Cannes
Hollywood's favourite subject has always been itself, but now the Cannes film festival has come up with a new twist on cinematic self-obsession - a film about going to the cinema.
Director Hailed at Cannes Faces Five-year Film Ban in China
Chinese authorities have banned the film director Lou Ye from making films for five years because he failed to seek permission from them before his latest work, set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen uprising, was screened at the Cannes film festival.
Coppola Film Booed
Sofia Coppola's $40m (£22m) portrait of Marie Antoinette was premiered in Cannes yesterday, and while some in the audience of critics and film writers clearly enjoyed it, many did not.
Latinos Make a Big Noise at Cannes
Brad sent his apologies because he and Angelina were still waiting for the baby, but other big guns were wheeled out to praise Alejandro González Iñárritu's new movie Babel, that yesterday swept the Cannes audience off its feet.
Cannes Diary
A Monkey movie, a burger whopper and a Saudi comedy. By Charlotte Higgins
Cannes' Pictures of Resistance Stir Up Political Rows
Political rows erupted at the Cannes film festival yesterday as censors in Beijing rejected for domestic screening a Chinese film in competition for the Palme d'Or, and Ken Loach, the director of The Wind that Shakes the Barley, launched an attack on the British government's recent actions in Iraq.
It's Spamalot Without the Jokes
There is nothing, but nothing, the Cannes film festival loves more than a Hollywood movie which is complimentary about France.
Fans Out in Force for Da Vinci Premiere - But Even Kinder Reviews Are Scathing
Cannes film festival Spiritual home of art-house cinema revels in Hollywood hype and hoopla.
'Da Vinci Code' to Open at Cannes
Early this month, the Louvre said the movie's producers were trying to decide between the museum and the Cannes festival as a site for the European premiere. The movie will not be in the running for prizes at Cannes.
Belgian Duo Beat Bookies to Win Palme D'or
The Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne took the coveted Palme d'Or at the culmination of the Cannes Film Festival, and immediately dedicated the award to a kidnapped French journalist.
Fear and Self-loathing in Cannes
The best films at this year's festival seem a guilty response to the Iraq war. Mark Lawson
G2: Jon Henley Examines the Seamy Side of Cannes
Cannes is in the spotlight again. This time, however, it is not movie stars who have attracted the world's attention, but a missing British earl. Jon Henley examines the seamy side of one of the Riviera's most glamorous towns.
Spirit of Guevara Rides High for Palme D'or
The revolutionary spirit lives on - at least for Walter Salles, whose Motorcycle Diaries, one of the hot tips for the Palme d'Or, was screened at the Cannes film festival yesterday. The film is based on the diaries of Ché Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado when, as young men in...
Peter Bradshaw on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11
It was strident, passionate, sometimes outrageously manipulative and often bafflingly selective in its material, but Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was a barnstorming anti-war/anti-Bush polemic tossed like an incendiary device into the crowded Cannes festival.
Fahrenheit 9/11 Could Light Fire Under Bush
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is without doubt the most flaming-hot ticket at the Cannes film festival. And with good reason: Moore hopes that it will bring down the US government. The American film-maker has hitherto kept a tight lid on the contents of the documentary, saying only that...
Fears for Cannes As Unions Plan Festival Protests
Organisers and politicians were scrambling yesterday to head off the threat of the Cannes film festival being wrecked by protests from showbusiness workers. Officials at the event, which runs from tomorrow until May 23 with a guestlist that includes Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Michael...
Cannes Red Carpet Rolled Out for Homeless
Director who gives outsiders a voice brings his stars to festival on a bus. As Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron and Cameron Diaz hold in their tummies for their final dress fittings ahead of Cannes, film director Robert Biver is wondering just how much more he can tighten his belt in time for the film festival, which opens on Wednesday.
Van Sant Wins, and Critics Are Left Reeling
Elephant carries off Palme d'Or, with no prize for Dogville, amid belief that festival is losing its way. The French delivered their own version of shock and awe last night when the American film Elephant won the Palme d'Or in the biggest turn-up for the books for years at the Cannes film festival .
Taliban thinking
The Cannes film festival is an uncomfortable place to be an American. Or that at least is how it is beginning to be viewed through the distorting night-vision goggles of homeland security.
Reloaded's ropey moments cannot spoil the shock of the Neo
The Wachowski brothers opened up a family-sized can of shock and awe at the Cannes film festival last night with the European premiere of The Matrix Reloaded, the sequel to the smash-hit cyber-thriller The Matrix.
Matrix Makers Declare War on Pirates
The Matrix Reloaded, the most eagerly awaited sequel of recent times, premiered at the Cannes film festival yesterday amid the kind of security that usually accompanies summits of world leaders. With the GDP of several small countries riding on its box office success, just getting to see...
Arts: What About Jack at Cannes?
There were more exciting things in Cannes than The Pianist, says Peter Bradshaw.
Nicholson Dazzles Audience With His Misery
Jack Nicholson yesterday said that he played the most miserable role of his life in the Cannes shortlisted tragi-comedy About Schmidt. But his performance may well be just good enough to win the film an award at the festival, judging from the enthusiastic reactions from audiences and critics...
A-list turns out for taste of Scorsese gang epic
Director tells of dream to delve into America's history, and of 'fruitful' battles with producer, at the Cannes film festival.
Manchester of 80s is Lost on Cannes
Three of the titans of British cinema - Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Michael Winterbottom - are in Cannes this year to compete for top honours.
Cannes diary
Burly polymath Stephen Fry arrived in Cannes yesterday to celebrate the clinching of a deal with FilmFour to fund his directorial debut, Bright Young Things.
Cannes highlights
Stars on La Croisette
George Lucas, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Sharon Stone, Ralph Fiennes, Adam Sandler, Emily Watson
Can Cannes still cut it?
British directors are back on the Riviera this year, along with a trio of American young guns, a glimpse of the new Scorsese and a Bollywood musical. But would they be better off in Berlin or Venice?
Laurent Cantet's Entre les Mers in first French film in more than 20 years to walk away with Palme d'Or
As 'indy' Mania Sweeps Cannes, Harrison Ford Resigns Himself to a Critical Lashing
Back after 19 years, Jones film premieres at festival Spielberg says action is 'old school', not digital
Cannes Toasts Birth of a British Star
Rebecca Hall, daughter of Sir Peter, steps into the limelight as Woody Allen's newest heroine
Blindness
4 stars Cannes film festival
Depp Set to Play Poisoned Russian Exile Litvinenko
Johnny Depp is lined up to play murdered Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in the film of a book that still has no ending, his widow told reporters at the Cannes film festival yesterday.
Cannes 2007: Death Proof
High octane schlock that fails to roar...By Peter Bradshaw
Cannes Preview for His Dark Materials Adaptation
Cannes preview for His Dark Materials adaptation - Director plays down books' anti-religion theme
Moore Defies Us Ban Threat
Director tells Cannes festival that government action against film about healthcare would be 'insane'.
Singer Jones Takes Lead in Cannes Opener
Film festival gets under way with tale of heartbroken part-time waitress.
A Film About Watching Films for Cannes
Hollywood's favourite subject has always been itself, but now the Cannes film festival has come up with a new twist on cinematic self-obsession - a film about going to the cinema.
Director Hailed at Cannes Faces Five-year Film Ban in China
Chinese authorities have banned the film director Lou Ye from making films for five years because he failed to seek permission from them before his latest work, set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen uprising, was screened at the Cannes film festival.
Coppola Film Booed
Sofia Coppola's $40m (£22m) portrait of Marie Antoinette was premiered in Cannes yesterday, and while some in the audience of critics and film writers clearly enjoyed it, many did not.
Latinos Make a Big Noise at Cannes
Brad sent his apologies because he and Angelina were still waiting for the baby, but other big guns were wheeled out to praise Alejandro González Iñárritu's new movie Babel, that yesterday swept the Cannes audience off its feet.
Cannes Diary
A Monkey movie, a burger whopper and a Saudi comedy. By Charlotte Higgins
Cannes' Pictures of Resistance Stir Up Political Rows
Political rows erupted at the Cannes film festival yesterday as censors in Beijing rejected for domestic screening a Chinese film in competition for the Palme d'Or, and Ken Loach, the director of The Wind that Shakes the Barley, launched an attack on the British government's recent actions in Iraq.
It's Spamalot Without the Jokes
There is nothing, but nothing, the Cannes film festival loves more than a Hollywood movie which is complimentary about France.
Fans Out in Force for Da Vinci Premiere - But Even Kinder Reviews Are Scathing
Cannes film festival Spiritual home of art-house cinema revels in Hollywood hype and hoopla.
'Da Vinci Code' to Open at Cannes
Early this month, the Louvre said the movie's producers were trying to decide between the museum and the Cannes festival as a site for the European premiere. The movie will not be in the running for prizes at Cannes.
Belgian Duo Beat Bookies to Win Palme D'or
The Belgian filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne took the coveted Palme d'Or at the culmination of the Cannes Film Festival, and immediately dedicated the award to a kidnapped French journalist.
Fear and Self-loathing in Cannes
The best films at this year's festival seem a guilty response to the Iraq war. Mark Lawson
G2: Jon Henley Examines the Seamy Side of Cannes
Cannes is in the spotlight again. This time, however, it is not movie stars who have attracted the world's attention, but a missing British earl. Jon Henley examines the seamy side of one of the Riviera's most glamorous towns.
Spirit of Guevara Rides High for Palme D'or
The revolutionary spirit lives on - at least for Walter Salles, whose Motorcycle Diaries, one of the hot tips for the Palme d'Or, was screened at the Cannes film festival yesterday. The film is based on the diaries of Ché Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado when, as young men in...
Peter Bradshaw on Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11
It was strident, passionate, sometimes outrageously manipulative and often bafflingly selective in its material, but Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was a barnstorming anti-war/anti-Bush polemic tossed like an incendiary device into the crowded Cannes festival.
Fahrenheit 9/11 Could Light Fire Under Bush
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 is without doubt the most flaming-hot ticket at the Cannes film festival. And with good reason: Moore hopes that it will bring down the US government. The American film-maker has hitherto kept a tight lid on the contents of the documentary, saying only that...
Fears for Cannes As Unions Plan Festival Protests
Organisers and politicians were scrambling yesterday to head off the threat of the Cannes film festival being wrecked by protests from showbusiness workers. Officials at the event, which runs from tomorrow until May 23 with a guestlist that includes Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Michael...
Cannes Red Carpet Rolled Out for Homeless
Director who gives outsiders a voice brings his stars to festival on a bus. As Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron and Cameron Diaz hold in their tummies for their final dress fittings ahead of Cannes, film director Robert Biver is wondering just how much more he can tighten his belt in time for the film festival, which opens on Wednesday.
Van Sant Wins, and Critics Are Left Reeling
Elephant carries off Palme d'Or, with no prize for Dogville, amid belief that festival is losing its way. The French delivered their own version of shock and awe last night when the American film Elephant won the Palme d'Or in the biggest turn-up for the books for years at the Cannes film festival .
Taliban thinking
The Cannes film festival is an uncomfortable place to be an American. Or that at least is how it is beginning to be viewed through the distorting night-vision goggles of homeland security.
Reloaded's ropey moments cannot spoil the shock of the Neo
The Wachowski brothers opened up a family-sized can of shock and awe at the Cannes film festival last night with the European premiere of The Matrix Reloaded, the sequel to the smash-hit cyber-thriller The Matrix.
Matrix Makers Declare War on Pirates
The Matrix Reloaded, the most eagerly awaited sequel of recent times, premiered at the Cannes film festival yesterday amid the kind of security that usually accompanies summits of world leaders. With the GDP of several small countries riding on its box office success, just getting to see...
Arts: What About Jack at Cannes?
There were more exciting things in Cannes than The Pianist, says Peter Bradshaw.
Nicholson Dazzles Audience With His Misery
Jack Nicholson yesterday said that he played the most miserable role of his life in the Cannes shortlisted tragi-comedy About Schmidt. But his performance may well be just good enough to win the film an award at the festival, judging from the enthusiastic reactions from audiences and critics...
A-list turns out for taste of Scorsese gang epic
Director tells of dream to delve into America's history, and of 'fruitful' battles with producer, at the Cannes film festival.
Manchester of 80s is Lost on Cannes
Three of the titans of British cinema - Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and Michael Winterbottom - are in Cannes this year to compete for top honours.
Cannes diary
Burly polymath Stephen Fry arrived in Cannes yesterday to celebrate the clinching of a deal with FilmFour to fund his directorial debut, Bright Young Things.
Cannes highlights
Stars on La Croisette
George Lucas, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Sharon Stone, Ralph Fiennes, Adam Sandler, Emily Watson
Can Cannes still cut it?
British directors are back on the Riviera this year, along with a trio of American young guns, a glimpse of the new Scorsese and a Bollywood musical. But would they be better off in Berlin or Venice?