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The 76th Cannes Film Festival kicked off on Tuesday with the red-carpet premiere of French director Maïwenn’s historical drama “Jeanne du Barry”, about French king Louis XV’s scandalous relationship with a lowly courtesan, starring Johnny Depp as the monarch in a high-profile comeback that has generated plenty of controversy.

Films in contention for this year’s Palme d’Or include Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, while Johnny Depp’s Louis XV kicks off proceedings

Award-winning director's latest - and last - film, set in Durham, becomes the the third in his locally-made trilogy to be picked for Cannes Film Festival where this May's premiere will mark his record-breaking 15th appearance in the competition

Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan would lead a delegation to Cannes International Film Festival this year, the Ministry said on May 14.

The Old Oak is about the rehousing of a group of Syrian refugees in a run-down former mining town

Souleymane Cissé is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest African film-makers of all time – and the world’s most prestigious film festival, Cannes, agrees. The Mali-born director has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Carrosse d’Or (the Golden Coach) award. David Murphy, a critic and scholar of…

The 76th Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday with the premiere of “Jeanne du Barry,” a historical drama starring Johnny Depp

Martin Scorsese and Ken Loach – as well as a record-breaking number of female directors – have new films premiering at film festival, which starts next week

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