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Cannes Film Festival: 5 Rising Stars To Watch Out For

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 14, 2019

Cannes film festival's main competition is bursting with big-name stars and directors

Cannes 2018: 5 Takeaways From The Film Festival

Entertainment | Saibal Chatterjee | Sunday May 20, 2018

This year, not one but two women from India had independently helmed films in Cannes - one in Un Certain Regard, the other in Critics' Week

Cannes 2018: Cate Blanchett To Lead Women-Dominated Jury, Lars Von Trier Returns

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday April 18, 2018

In a year when the #MeToo movement has dominated the headlines, the organisers clearly felt the need to make a stronger gesture towards women

Netflix Banned From Cannes Film Festival Competition, Its Movies Can't Win Palme d'Or

Akhil Arora | Monday March 26, 2018

Cannes head Theirry Fremaux said that Netflix can still showcase its films out of competition at the festival.

Smita Patil At Cannes 'Light Years Ago,' Posted By Son Prateik

Entertainment | Thursday October 12, 2017

Prateik Babbar posted a picture of Smita Patil from her visit to the Cannes Film festival in 1976

Cannes Film Festival: Sofia Coppola Wins Best Director. See All Winners

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday May 29, 2017

Cannes Film Festival: The Square won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival Sunday while Joaquin Phoenix won best actor and Diane Kruger won best actress

Take A Bow-Wow: Naughty Poodle Scoops Cannes Prize

Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Saturday May 27, 2017

Bruno the white standard poodle, who does serious injury to Dustin Hoffman's character in the new Netflix movie "The Meyerowitz Stories", was awarded the Palm Dog prize -- the spoof answer to Cannes' most coveted award for humans, the Palme d'Or.

Cannes 2017: 70 Years Of Scandals

World News | Agency France Presse | Tuesday May 16, 2017

The 70th Cannes Film Festival starts on Wednesday at the French Riviera

Cannes 2017: Here Are The 19 Contenders For The Palme d'Or

India News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 16, 2017

Cannes 2017: Here are the 19 movies competing in the main competition at this week's Cannes film festival

Indian Celebs Pay Tribute to 'Cinematic Genius' Abbas Kiarostami on Twitter

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 5, 2016

A Palme d'Or winning filmmaker, Kiarostami, died in Paris. He had been receiving treatment for gastrointestinal cancer and had travelled to France for a series of operations.

Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami Dies at 76 in France: Report

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 5, 2016

Abbas Kiarostami who won the coveted Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for Taste of Cherry, left Tehran last week to undergo treatment for intestinal problems in France

Iranian Director Ababs Kiarostami Dies In France At 76: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday July 5, 2016

Acclaimed Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami has died at the age of 76 in France, Iranian media reported on Monday.

Cannes 2016: Jean-Pierre Leaud to Receive Palme d'Or

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 10, 2016

Jean-Pierre Leaud, 71, made his debut at Cannes at just 14 in 1959 in Truffaut's semi-autobiographical masterpiece The 400 Blows, with the director later admitting that the actor was effectively playing him

Cannes 2015: Tamil-French Refugee Drama Dheepan Wins Palme d'Or

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 25, 2015

Dheepan is about the story of a former soldier, a young woman and a little girl pose as a family in order to escape the civil war in Sri Lanka

Cannes 2015: Cate Blanchett's Lesbian Love Story is Leading Contender for Palme d'Or

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 17, 2015

Early reviews for the film, directed by American filmmaker Todd Haynes, have been so glowing that it is already generating Oscar buzz - at the very least for Australian actress Cate Blanchett