Cannes 2007: The contenders

Romanian actor Anamaria Marinca, director Cristian Mungiu and actor Laura Vasiliu arrive at the Festival Palace for the screening of their film 4 Luni, 3 Saptamini si 2 Zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days). Photograph: Valery Hache/AFP

Actors Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak and Nursel Kose attend a photocall for the Turkish film Auf Der Anderen Seite. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Actors Kang In-Hyung, Zia, Chen Chang and director Kim Ki-duk attend the premiere of the movie Soom (Breath) at the Palais des Festivals. Photograph: Peter Kramer/Getty

Zoe Bell, Tracie Thoms, director Quentin Tarantino and Rosario Dawson arrive for a gala screening of Death Proof. Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

French actors Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric, plus Canadian actor Marie-Jose Croze attend a premiere of Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). Photograph: Ker Robertson/Getty

Austrian actor Paul Hofman, director Ulrich Seidl, actor Michael Thomas and actor Ekateryna Rak arrive for the screening of Import Export. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

Actors Konstantin Lavronenko and Marie Bonnevie and director Andrei Zviaguintsev attend the premiere of Izgnanie (The Banishment). Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

Tilda Swinton looks uncertain about whether her film - The Man from London, directed by Béla Tarr - will make the grade this Sunday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

Norah Jones and Jude Law arrive at the premiere of My Blueberry Nights, which opened this year's festival. Photograph: Peter Kramer/Getty

Director Ethan Coen, actors Kelly MacDonald, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, and director Joel Coen attend the premiere of their film No Country for Old Men. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

US actors Gabe Nevins and Taylor Momsen with director Gus Van Sant at the screening of Paranoid Park. Photograph: Christoph Karaba/EPA

French actors Simon Abkarian and Catherine Deneuve pose with director Vincent Paronnaud during a photocall for Persepolis. Photograph: Christoph Karaba/EPA

Maria Pankratz, Mexican director Carlos Reygadas and actor Cornelio Wall pose during a photocall for the film Stellet Licht (Silent Light). Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

French director Raphael Nadjari (second right) arrives with Israeli cast members Michael Moshonov (left), Yonathan Alster (second from left) and Limor Goldstein (right) for the screening of Nadjari's film Tehilim. Photograph: Christoph Karaba/EPA

US actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Chloe Sevigny arrive for the screening of David Fincher's Zodiac. Photograph: Francois Mori/AP

Actors Song Kang-ho and Jeon Do-yeon arrive with director Lee Chang-Dong at the screening of their film Secret Sunshine. Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP

Actor Eva Mendes poses during a photocall for the film We Own the Night. Photograph: Lionel Cironneau/AP

Actors Asia Argento and Fu'ad Ait Aattou kiss during a photocall for the film Une Vieille Maitresse (An Old Mistress). Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Guests arrive at the screening of Alexandre Sokourov's Alexandra. Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

An employee of Swiss jeweller Chopard uses a blowtorch to make this year's Palme d'Or trophy at the company's headquarters in Geneva. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP

And here is the finished, shiny award. Who will walk off with the gold prize this Sunday? Photograph: PA