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Ukraine, Gaza and #MeToo in the spotlight as Cannes Film Festival opens

The Cannes Film Festival opens on Tuesday, with stars of world cinema from Juliette Binoche to Tom Cruise expected on the red carpet. Glitz and glamour aside, this year's event highlights the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as well as sexual harassment in the film industry – as one of…

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Cannes Film Festival makes it official: No nudity on the red carpet or any other area of festival

It's a 'non merci' from Cannes to any flesh on the red carpet (or any other area of the festival). The new policy has sparked attention, as sheer and "nude dresses" are a current red carpet staple...

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Leonardo DiCaprio to present Robert De Niro with honorary Palme d'Or

Leonardo DiCaprio is to present his 'Killers of the Flower Moon' co-star Robert De Niro with the honorary Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony on Tuesday (13.05.25).

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Cannes set to open with a 3 film salute to Ukraine and De Niro getting an honorary Palme d'Or

The 78th Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday with expectations running high for what could be a banner edition

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The 2025 Cannes Film Festival Dress Code Trades Naked Dresses for "Decency"—and Debate

"Nudity" is not allowed—but neither are flowing trains.

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Cannes bans nudity on the red carpet ‘for decency reasons’ amid naked dress trend

Model Bella Hadid donned a completely sheer Saint Laurent dress to the 77th annual festival last year

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Cannes Festival tells celebrities: No nudity on our red carpet

The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is perhaps the most rigidly controlled red carpet in the world

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Cannes Film Festival imposes new rule banning 'naked' dresses

Stars won’t be given red carpet access if they don’t abide by the rules

Evening Standard

Cannes Film Festival bans naked dresses and long trains from red carpet for 2025 event

Cannes Film Festival has banned three types of gowns from the red carpet in the name of ‘decency’ and efficiency — and it could play havoc with actors’ outfit plans

Evening Standard

Culture Agenda: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

A new art exhibition by Bob Dylan, Cannes Film Festival, Eurovision, and the sixth instalment of Final Destination — here are this week's cultural highlights.

Euronews

Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon

Perhaps as much as ever, all eyes in the movie world will be on the 78th Cannes Film Festival when it gets underway Tuesday in the South of France

The Independent UK

Who are the 2025 Cannes Film Festival jury members?

Gathered around their president Juliette Binoche, the jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival – which begins on 13 May – are a truly international panel, hailing from the Americas, Asian and African continents. They're tasked with choosing which one of the 22 films in competition walks away with the…

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Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d'Or in Cannes. Here's his history with the festival

Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’Or next week at the Cannes Film Festival, a culmination for the 81-year-old actor whose history with the French film festival stretches back half a century

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Cannes Film Festival organisers announce women-majority jury

American star Halle Berry and Franco-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani have been chosen to serve on the women-majority jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, headed by French actress Juliette Binoche.

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Everything you need to know about this year’s Cannes jury members

The 78th Cannes Film Festival is set to showcase a diverse and star-studded jury led by the acclaimed French actress Juliette Binoche, who will preside over the selection of this year’s prestigious Palme d’Or. Here’s who will be joining her on the jury.

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Cannes unveils jury including Juliette Binoche, Halle Berry and Jeremy Strong

Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will be among the jury members at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deciding the Palme d’Or winner

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'I want a loud death': Cannes Film Festival to honour slain Gaza journalist

Cannes Film Festival organisers said the screening of a documentary about Gaza photojournalist Fatima Hassouna at the event next month would honour her work, after the "horror" of her death in an Israeli air strike.

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Cannes Festival dual posters celebrate timeless romance with cinema

For the first time in its history, the Cannes Film Festival is featuring a double poster. Bathed in soft, pastel colours, the scenes of two lovers embracing on a beach comes from the 1966 Palme d'Or winner Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) by French director…

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Cannes Film Festival unveils historic first for 2025: A look back at the best posters

In honour of the newly revealed 2025 edition poster - which pays tribute to Claude Lelouch, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée - here are the best Cannes posters of the past 20 years.

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Photojournalist Fatima Hassona killed in Gaza day after documentary selected for Cannes

The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.

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Cannes Film Festival unveils diverse line-up of veteran stars and fresh talent

Cannes Film Festival organisers have revealed the films competing for the coveted Palme d'Or prize on Thursday. Six women are among the 19 directors nominated, including the 2021 winner, French filmmaker Julia Ducournau with her new film Alpha.

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Cannes Festival: Films In Competition

Nineteen films were announced Thursday in the main competition at Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on the French Riviera on May 13.

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Cannes Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup with Julia Ducournau, Wes Anderson and Ari Aster

The 2025 vintage is looking big, bold and star-studded.... Here's everything you need to know about the line-up of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The Independent UK

Cannes Film Festival sets lineup with Ari Aster, Richard Linklater and Wes Anderson

New films from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, and Richard Linklater will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

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Tom Cruise brings final chapter of 'Mission: Impossible' to Cannes

Three years after his last appearance on the Croisette, Tom Cruise will return to the Cannes Film Festival to present the latest and final installment of the blockbuster franchise Mission: Impossible. Entitled The Final Reckoning, it premieres on 14 May, before a worldwide release in cinemas the following week.

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