I make sure that there is no producer, as should be the case on all films. And total freedom should be given to the artists. Michel Seydoux, producer of the film Pater by Alain Cavalier

On Thursday 19 May, Thierry Frémaux, Festival de Cannes General Delegate and David Lisnard, Deputy Mayor of the City of Cannes hosted 40 influential Twitter users. Thierry Frémaux confirmed his...

The actors expected to be in attendance in Cannes today are: Sarah ADLER, Tetsuya AKIKAWA, Elena ANAYA, Yvan ATTAL, Irene AZUELA, Edouard BAER, Antonio BANDERAS, Alice BARNOLE, Mikhail...

The Japanese director Takashi Miike and the whole team from his film, Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) held a press conference. Here is some of what they had to say...   Takashi Miike,...

Pedro Almodóvar presented his film, La Piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) in competition at Cannes, at a press conference, accompanied by actor Antonio Banderas, actresses Marisa Paredes, Elena...

Thierry Frémaux launched a tribute to Egypt, Invited Country, yesterday evening in the Salle du Soixantième, with the world avant-premier screening of Tamantashar Yom (18 Days), a collective...

Tonight’s Cinéma de la Plage schedule includes Le Cri d’une fourmi (Ant Scream) by Sameh Abdel Aziz, a funny, quirky film about the beginnings of the Egyptian revolution.     As part of...

Cannes Classics is showing the new print of Facteur (Al Bostagui) by Egyptian filmmaker Hussein Kamal.  As part of the tribute to Egypt (guest country) several events have been held, including...

Cannes Classics honours the director of Roma, Città Aperta (1946, Jury Grand Prix), and president of the Feature Film Jury in 1977, with a screening of La Macchina Ammazzacattivi (1952).Film...

Three years after Versailles, the French director returns to a Certain Regard with L’Exercice de l’Etat, his second feature film. A film about the exercise of power, against a background of...

The Korean film-maker returns to the Official Selection after Ha Ha Ha took the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize a year ago in 2010. Filmed entirely in black and white, The Day He Arrives explores...

The Festival pays homage to perfectionist and visionary Stanley Kubrick, whose 1972 adaptation of the novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess caused quite a stir in its day. Cannes Classics is...

Cinéfondation Programme 3 kicks off with four short films to be screened in the Buñuel theatre at 2 p.m.   Young Brazilian director Alice Furtado is delighted to see her film Duelo Antes da...

The four short films in Cinéfondation Programme 2 are to be screened this morning at 11 a.m. in the Buñuel theatre.   “It was my dream to be part of this Festival,” confides young Korean...

The Austrian director, productor and screenwriter, Jessica Hausner was awarded a Special Mention from the Cinéfondation for her short film Inter-View in 1999.  She made her first feature film...

The Festival de Cannes has organised an exhibition dedicated to the Pin-ups of the 7th Art - "Certaines l'aiment show (Pin-ups, Some Like it Show)" - in the foyers of the Grand Théâtre Lumière...

Pedro Almodóvar makes his fifth appearance in Cannes. His fourth In Competition offering, La Piel que Habito, is a disturbing film noir which reunited him with Antonio Banderas 20 years after Tie...

Do you need to find out the times or the location of a film screening? The Festival Daily provides you with the screening schedule for the day, as well as for the following day. These listings are...

Ichimei (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai) by Takashi Miike is presented in Competition at the Cannes Festival. The Japanese director’s latest feature film is a 3D remake of Seppuku (Harakiri)...

Hong Kong director and producer Johnnie To is a member of this year's Feature Film Jury. A master of genre cinema and a prolific film-maker with an impressive filmography, he has been in the...