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- CANNES FESTIVAL 2010


The very best of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival

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Cannes...the red carpet, the stars, the spangled dresses and the winners. Since its opening on May 12th, the 63rd Cannes Film Festival has been a constant show of powerful films, magnificent actors, controversy and beauty. FRANCE 24 gives you a round-up of the festival's highs and lows.

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High-speed thrills with Sir Jackie Stewart
25/05/2013 - CULTURE

High-speed thrills with Sir Jackie Stewart

Get ready for a high-speed thrill ride in today's Cannes Festival culture special... Catherine Nicholson will be putting you in the driver’s seat with Formula 1 legend Jackie Stewart as a new documentary about him is presented at Cannes.
French-language lesbian romance wows critics
23/05/2013 - CULTURE

French-language lesbian romance wows critics

They invented cinema 120 years ago, so it's little wonder the French are ruling the roost at the Cannes Film Festival. We check out Franco-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche's lesbian love story, "Blue is the Warmest Colour", which has blown away the critics, and also look at the other French films in competition.
Walk-Outs and Weinstein
23/05/2013 - CULTURE

Walk-Outs and Weinstein

We look at the most anticipated but also the most walked-out-of film of the competition, "Only God Forgives", starring Ryan Gosling, himself a no-show at Cannes. Also on the programme: we speak to Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, president of the "Un Certain Regard" category, and meet the latest protégés of Hollywood power producer Harvey Weinstein.
Too Gay For Hollywood?
21/05/2013 - CULTURE

Too Gay For Hollywood?

The film that was said to be too gay for Hollywood has reached the Croisette in Cannes. We look at Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra", starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. Also on the show: Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad on his new film "Omar", hope in the Middle East and Cannes.
Flops, tramps and cartoonists in Cannes
20/05/2013 - CULTURE

Flops, tramps and cartoonists in Cannes

We check out French director Guillaume Canet's English language debut "Blood Ties", starring Marion Cotillard and Clive Owen. Also, Eve Jackson meets "Borgman" director Alex Van Warmerdam, whose film is the first Dutch competition entry in 38 years. And Cat Nicholson speaks to the Cannes cartoonists who want to change the world.

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