Our Cannes

On the steps of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, where the red carpet is re-rolled and re-laid each morning Photograph: Xan Brooks/guardian.co.uk

A hopeful filmgoer holds up a notice asking for a ticket to a red carpet screening of Che, Steven Soderbergh's four-hour-plus epic about south American revolutionary Che Guevara Photograph: Andrew Pulver/guardian.co.uk

Cannes by night: crowds gather for the premiere of Steven Soderbergh's Che Photograph: Xan Brooks/guardian.co.uk

The International Village on the beach, where the sharks wear suits and minnows get eaten Photograph: Xan Brooks/guardian.co.uk

Photographers' step ladders stored in front of the red carpet area at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès Photograph: Andrew Pulver/guardian.co.uk

Quentin Tarantino is seen on a big screen giving this year's La Lecon de Cinema, or Cinema Master Class. The former Palme d'Or winner received a standing ovation for his efforts Photograph: Deborah Agulnik/guardian.co.uk

The flamelit entrance to the celebrity-strewn Soho house party, which takes place each year in a sumptuous villa just outside Cannes Photograph: Peter Bradshaw/guardian.co.uk

The line of flags above the Cannes International Village Photograph: Deborah Agulnik/guardian.co.uk

Will your film take Cannes by storm or end up here? The recycling bin at the festival Palais Photograph: Xan Brooks/guardian.co.uk