cannes brought us that movie magic.s the opening night film here at cannes and in many ways it was an appropriate choice to open the festival. it had a glamorous french leading lady, the oscar—winning marion cotillard, and it fulfilled the hollywood quotient by having an american actor, adam driver, as its leading man. then there was the director, a man by his own admission very much influenced by the french new wave. having given you all that information, here is nicholas barber with his review of annette for talking movies. what a choice to open this year's cannes film festival, a surreal avant—garde rock opera in which all the dialogue is set to music and the title character is a pinocchio—like puppet. annette is certainly weird and sometimes wonderful. it is a kind of unique, slightly crazy passion project that you want to see here at cannes, but i'm not sure if the film is as exciting in practice as it is in theory. what she sees in me... it's a little more puzzling. driver plays henry, a misanthropic stand—up come

the cannes film festival opens.e'll bring you a run through of the films and analysis of this year's jury headed by spike lee. the most, how can i put it, female friendly jury ever. in the news, a political rival of alexander lukashenko jailed for fraud, a verdict described as insane by an exiled opposition leader. in business, oil prices briefly spiking this tuesday to a near 70 peak after the opec -- near 7 year peak after the opec entrepreneur meeting. the opec plus meeting. all of that discussed, live from paris. thank you for being with us. our first destination, yes, cannes, ,and the famous film festival. olivia is there for us. we can join her live. olivia, i will say great to see you when you are there. great to see you. covid caused the cancellation of last year. how is covid marking this year's event? olivia: it is true, there are a lot of health and safety measures here. there are a lot of controls at the door. we have to show health passports, a qr code or a piece of paper to show your status but has not

day two of the cannes film festival. our correspondent is standing by with the latest, especially a very french offering. olivia will bring us all on that very shortly. good evening to you. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. there is international condemnation at the assassination of the president of haiti. a two week state of emergency has been declared. heas killed by gunmen, his wife critically wounded. she has been airlifted to miami for emergency care. the french foreign ministeto condemn the cowardly assassination. his words echoed by the whole of europe, the u.s.a and the u.k. the haitian ambassador to washington heights dismied claim -- to washington has dismisseclaims they acted as dea agents. >> the interim prime minister taking to the airways with a shocking announcement. the country's president assassinated in what he called a barbaric attack. >> everyone in this country must unite to condemn what is happened. this is a painful blow to our nation and this killing will not go unpun

—— cannes is about glamour. it glamour back, as well? -- cannes is about glamour-— about glamour.r. it depends on where you look. when i arrived _ about glamour. it depends on where you look. when i arrived here, - about glamour. it depends on where you look. when i arrived here, my . you look. when i arrived here, my first encounter with cannes was a hospital tent where i had to get a covid test, we are being tested every 48 hours for good reasons. but a very strange site because they were collecting it by way of our saliva, so that had very little to do with french glamour. on the walkway tonight just do with french glamour. on the walkway tonightjust on the street level behind where i'm standing, there was some glamour, but things are a bit toned it down this year. cannes is usually bold and brassy, but people are aware of the times in which we are living. covid is having an impact on the festival, but we hope there is strong at cinema in the offering. brute hope there is strong at cinema in the offering-— hope there is strong at cinema in the offering. we certainly do, and tom

your film is screening here in cannes.ner of the mountains," charting your journey to algeria for the first time, the birthplacef your father, and you document what you see, but watching the film it feels like it is more about your mother. can you explain the? >> yeah. searching for a fatherland in that sense. algerian fatherland. and it is tied to my mother. there is a feeling that she is always present, and she's an absent character. it is a very personal film but the biggest challenge of making this film, how can i make something personal that is relevant to others? it is coming from a very interesting moment in history, the 1960's. a lot of hope there was in the 1960's, a lot of changes, and the fact that the algerian man meets a brazilian woman in the middle of the united states is something very specific of that moment. so, it is, i think it is about them but it is also about that time, and it's about colonialism and the fight against colonialism. that met and shaped -- they allowed them to meet and shaped the histor

in an oscar, bafta's, and two prizes here at cannes.ow we are off to meet her. hello. it is a pleasure to meet you. >> thank you. >> proceedings are under way. you are an ambassador for the official brand for the festival. after such a strange year, a cultural hiatus, what is it like to return to cinema? >> there was maybe not a dry eye in the house for the feeling that life, it can carry on. there was a time when you really felt that chain -- that things had changed forever. and there's nothing wrong with that, incidentally. i think resettling is sometimes not a bad idea. sometimes festivals, many of the things just get over inflated, or it constantly gets bigger and bigger and bigger until it explodes. to reset is not such a bad thing, and cannes this year is in my experience quieter than normal, but just the fact that it is back, the appreciation of film, the fact that cinemas and film and all sorts of detainment where people gather together have been so curtailed. >> l'oreal is celebrating the 50th anniversary of that slogan, "becau

tom brooke, bbc news, cannes.e hospitality industry? we will be discussing that next. hello there. monday was drierfor a while across england and wales, but we certainly saw the weather going down hill from the south. this rain here is marching its way northwards across the uk up into northern england and scotland, where already in the past few days in edinburgh, we have had a month's worth of rain. now that early rain is moving away, but this area of low pressure is taking a band of rain — heavy at times — northwards up towards scotland and northern england with blustery showers following to the south. for a while, we will have some unseasonably windy weather along the coast of england all the way from dorset across to suffolk, gusts of 50mph in the morning. it won't be as windy in the afternoon, but there will be some heavy showers around, and we have still got this more persistent rain, never really clearing away from northern england, pushing into eastern scotland. elsewhere, some brightness and maybe some sun

cannes film festival will underway. our correspondent near the red carpet.he will bring us all the news about tonight screenings. good evening to you. and thank you for being with us. cannes film festival will underway. it is me to check in with our reports on the french riviera. who are following each and every development, every screening of every film competing for the top prize, the coveted palm d'or. olivia salazar leading the team. tell us about the films in competition this evening. olivia: just behind me the casting crew from the french from -- just entered the theater to see the premier. this comes from a director -- who stars a prolific french actor. before the festival i would've described the director as up-and-coming, only 37 years old. but with this film in the competition you can say she has officially arrived. earlier on we had an iranian director on the red carpet for the first time here at cannes. he is presentin a film called "a hero," centering on a man who faces a moral dilemma and he wants to do the right thing but he wants to appear to

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cannes is not a very big town.hose numbers have evened out somewhat but the festival in the city, the main herself did think about this -- tnthose non film industry people. the fireworks all over france, but also and event they have this year at cannes which is expanded. this year is a more full program, it is called the cinema -- an outdoor screen n ext to the festival hub on the beach we can a film. films. steve mcqueen is presenting his latest film and the classic from 20 years ago, the french director, and spike lee himself, the president of the jury will be presenting his own documentary " american utopia" on thursday evening. you do not have that prestidigitation to catch something interesting in cannes. >> tell us about the films in competition this evening. olivia: the red carpet behind me will be filled imminently with the french director presenting his film, a very hotly anticipated event because he is won the palm d'or quite recently in 2015 for his film. he's also won other films of this festival -- oth

cannes is traditionally a place where big deals can be struck.erence? (n0 sound) screening giants like netflix. they have been very, very strong about keeping the french cinema alive, which is good, but it has made it very strange because i can't think of anyone that i know who would just continue their online streaming service like netflix, or whatever, and go to the cinema. it is an interesting dance that the cannes film festival is doing. i think the film industry in general has shrunk ten years down into literally one, because ten years from now... a lot of stuff will be online. what difference will this make? some are releasing films online, within a few days, and also releasing them in the cinema. do you think this will be short—term or long—term? be short—term or long—term ? the be short—term or long—term? the thing that will dictate that it will be money, of course. it looks like that is the way it is going. hollywood would spend all this money, and festivals like cannes spent all of this energy on publicity for the film, and it is yet to

the french new wave defined cannes in the 1950's.ra: speaking of better things, cannes is about glamour. it's the glamour back? reporter: it depends where you look. when i arrived here, my first encounter with the hospital tent where i had to get a covid test. we are being tested every 48 hours. a very strange site because they were collecting it by way of saliva. tonight the walkway down on the street was some glamour, but things are a bit toned down. cannes is not as bold as bresee --. . oldham bresee people are away. we hope there is strong cinema in the offering. laura: we certainly do. how are filmmakers ackwledging the pandemic? reporter: some of them in interesting ways. there is a moving caed the year of an everlasting storm in which filmmakers created movies under lockdown using metaphor in a way that shows off their skills. in other ways it is coming through, another film with the theme of rebirth. laura: the paris show has been delayed twice because of covid and finally open today. our pars correspondent caught a sneak pre

the cannes film festival has an animated movie by a top israeli director.en getting strong reviews and generating controversy as tom bruck reports from cannes. >> this secret apartment will be our hiding place. reporter: much of the new animation set while anne frank was hiding in amsterdam, but moves between the past and future, with a focus on kitty, anne's imaginary friend from her diary. it is being hailed as the first international holocaust film for children. the israeli director has emphasized frank's humanity to make her engaging with a new audience. >> she is a teenager with all the cliched problems of a teenaged girl. she has endless issues with her mother, coming-of-age issues about boys. >> come down, i am waiting for you. >> she was sometimes funny, sometimes mean. reporter: his film has won praise, but at a reception for israeli cinema, it was controversial because the narrative suggested the plight of refugees in contemporary europe has characteristics in common with the persecution of jews during the holocaust. >> it took the memory of the h

and the cannes film festival building climax this weekend. our. olivia salazar joins us with the news of the movies being streamed behind the scene. thank you for joining us. we start with the cannes film festival, heading towards a thrilling denouement. in the meantime, hard work to be done, even more films to watch. olivia salazar wins. is there, joining us -- olivia salazar wins fear -- olivia salazar winspear is there, joining us. >> the red carpet behind me is primed for a filmmaker known for daring, sometimes provocative cinema. this time, he is focused on a group of young people in an underprivileged casablanca who are excited about hip-hop. it features many actors who come from that area. earlier on, we had a filmmaker known for an austere, intellectual cinema, which almost always focuses on his home country. he has won five rises here over the years, and in keeping with that tradition, his latest film focuses on an anchor at a television channel, a news channel in france, and it goes quite deep into the murky world of politics, power, the

tom brook, bbc news, cannes.he country was a deliberate and well—planned attack on democracy. cyril ramaphosa also acknowledged that the authorities had been unprepared and slow to deal with the crisis. gail maclellan reports. under heavy guard, the president visited a shopping centre, a clean—up operation is ongoing. cyril ramaphosa has ruled out declaring a state of emergency, he says calm has returned or is returning to most of the affected areas. the events of the past week, he says, a deliberate attack on the country's democracy. these actions are intended to cripple the economy of our country, to cause social instability, and severely weaken or even dislodge the democratic state. the violence sparked by the incarceration of former president zuma spread across kwazulu—natal and the country, killing 212 people and causing millions of dollars in damage. the president says the instigators had been identified and are under surveillance but they have not been named. he also announced the introduction of social re

tom brook, bbc news, cannes.n western europe, these pictures from a town in germany show this year scale of the destruction caused by flooding and mudslides. goodbye. hello, if you place has got close to 29 degrees on friday, slightly over the weekend we will get above 30 for the first time this summer. mostly with hot sunshine and it is all because of high pressure which is taking up residence right on top of the uk. but notice there is a frontal system to the north, that will provide more cloud, especially across the north—west of scotland. some cloud to start the day across the irish sea coast, england, north wales, quite a lot of cloud for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some of the scout for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some of the scalp further for north—west scotland, 17 degrees burst in aberdeen, highs of 25. the cloud in northern ireland retreating to the coast, 26 inland t

it is day four of the cannes film festival. olivia salazar wins will join us with the latest from the red carpet. first, our top story. haitian police say a 28-member hit squad made up of colombians and americans murdered the haitian president. questions remain about mastermind it the assassination. the united states and colombia say they will send investigators to port-au-prince. >> police drag suspects through an angry crowd in port-au-prince . others were arrested after they tried to break into the taiwanese and busy in the haitian capital. nearby residents are nervous. >> [indiscernible] >> the captured men were lined up along with weapons and gear. three others were killed in a gunbattle with security forces. haitian police say the assassination early wednesday of the president in his bedroowas carried out a group of 28 foreign mercenarie twof them haitian-amerin. the rest colombian. in response to haiti's request, the united states is sending fbi agent and homeland security officials to assist in the investigation. the tw

and nervous laughter in cannes, as the director spike lee accidentally lets slip the name of the winnerf the palme d'or. hello and welcome to bbc news. rescue crews have been racing to find survivors of floods that have wreaked havoc across western europe, killing at least 170 people. hundreds are feared missing after record rainfall triggered severe floods in germany and belgium. european leaders have blamed the extreme weather on climate change. chancellor angela merkel is due to visit affected areas on sunday. with more, here's our berlin correspondentjenny hill. in ahrweiler, everything, everyone, is covered in a thick, sticky mud. there is no power, nowhere to buy food, not much mobile reception. but they're doing what they can. willie told us they've never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents', grandparents�*, time. "the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes," he told us. "people tried to save their things, went on to their basements, and unfortunately got trapped. i was lucky," he said, "i could get out the back of my basement." around 100 people have died in t

tom brook, bbc news, cannes.h siddiqui — who was killed reporting on the conflict in southern afghanistan. he'd been embedded with special forces in kandahar. reuters said he was an outstanding journalist and will be remembered as a much loved colleague. the bbc�*s tim allman has more. in southern afghanistan, special forces come under attack. you can hear the gunfire and see damage to their vehicle. they are trying to rescue a police officer trapped at a border post. travelling with them, and taking this footage, a photojournalist and only with his camera. daneesh siddiqui was chief photographer for the reuters news agency in india. he was on assignment, embedded with afghan troops when he was killed in an ambush. earlierthis when he was killed in an ambush. earlier this year, when he was killed in an ambush. earlierthis year, he could be found in the hospitals of delhi, chronicling the covid pandemic in his own country. these images of mass funeral pires went viral, earning him global recognition.— pires went v

film festival right after the pandemic. figs cannes film festival right after the pandemic.iers being _ after the pandemic. as you say, some barriers being broken. - some barriers being broken. tell us more aboutjulia tell us more about julia ducournau tell us more aboutjulia ducournau and her when and how significant it is. it is ducournau and her when and how significant it is.— significant it is. it is very significant. _ significant it is. it is very significant. julia - significant it is. it is very i significant. julia ducournau significant it is. it is very - significant. julia ducournau is only in her 30s, so she is not a director who has been around for a long time and a long time outside of —— and a lot of people outside of france might not really know her. she had some type of frame or fame in 2016, even with this film, titane, people were saying that the film was so graphic that some people lately walked out stopping at attorneys, that is what she doesn't she is really breaking out and making an international impact which is wonderful and i think it also sends a

and nervous laughter in cannes as the director spike lee accidentally lets slip the name of the winnerlme d'or. hello and welcome. rescue workers searching for victims of the devastating floods across western europe have warned that more bodies may be found in submerged cars, cellars and collapsed buildings. at least 170 people are known have died, most of them in western germany. chancellor angela merkel is due to visit affected areas on sunday. with more, here's our berlin correspondentjenny hill. in ahrweiler, everything, everyone, is covered in a thick, sticky mud. there's no power, nowhere to buy food, not much mobile reception. but they're doing what they can. willie told us they've never seen anything like it here, not even in his parents�* grandparents�* time. "the water rose two metres in 15 or 20 minutes," he told us. "people tried to save their things, went into their basements and, unfortunately, got trapped. i was lucky," he said, "i could get out the back of my basement." around 100 people have died in this district alone. many more are still missing. there was so little

. >> "france 24" interviewed h before the cannes film festival.isten. >> i wanted to tell the story of a woman, about two women from different generations. there were a few characters in the film. but the mother is the pillar of it all. i wanted to depict motherly love, of a woman alone and keeps going just for her children and will keep going until her last breath for her children. i also wanted to show this character -- that you rarely see in film. i wanted to film in housing project before they were torn down. >> [speaking french] >>>> we learned gradually about the full extent of nora's employment commitment and how may people live with her or depend about her in a housing project where the elevators never work. nora's smile is wistful but she lives by a personal code of kindness posted by never ending effort. if urban isolation and loneliness are reoccurring topic in films, nora could be said to have almost too many human connections. she is dignity personified. and when hit with unexpected excesses, she is pragmatic, but there's endless sacr

but the fact that cannes is coming back is very good psychologically.rs are crossed that it's going to proceed in a good way. obviously, ou aet to proceed in a good way. obviously, ou net to to proceed in a good way. obviously, you get to some _ to proceed in a good way. obviously, you get to some screenings, - to proceed in a good way. obviously, you get to some screenings, what i you get to some screenings, what about the films that you have seen. any standouts? 50 about the films that you have seen. any standouts?— any standouts? so far, i've only seen one _ any standouts? so far, i've only seen one film, _ any standouts? so far, i've only seen one film, i _ any standouts? so far, i've only seen one film, i got _ any standouts? so far, i've only seen one film, i got up - any standouts? so far, i've only seen one film, i got up at i any standouts? so far, i've only seen one film, i got up at the i seen one film, i got up at the crack of dawn today and it was a net, the opening night film. it is a very ambitious film. it is an operatic music and it sta

and the cannes festival is back. stars hit the red carpet in the french riviera for one of the most prestigious competitions. >>> at this hour, million of people in florida and along the southeast are bracing for impact as tropical storm elsa closes right now on florida's gulf coast. also briefly strengthened to a hurricane late tuesday. it has since lost a little bit of its punch. still, 33 counties are under a state of emergency at this hour. the storm is expected to make landfall late wednesday morning. before that though, elsa battered the florida keys with wind and heavy rain. this was the scene in key west on tuesday as the storm skirted west of the lower keys. for more on what we can expect from the storm, we bring in tyler malden. it has been keeping you guys on you are why toes. in terms of where we're at with not just location but wind speed. >> the wind speed has actually dropped. it is now a 70-mile-per-hour storm but there's not a big difference between 75 miles per hour and 70-miles-per-hour. at the mom

tom brook, bbc news, cannes.land, northern ireland, the rest of england and wales, sunshine, some showers, some of which could be heavy, but also areas of cloud and more persistent rain at times, so it really is a mixture of pretty much everything. temperatures a little bit lower than what we expect at this time of year — around 15 to maybe 18 or 19 degrees in the sunnier spots. it stays unsettled as we head through this evening and overnight. there will be further areas of cloud, some showers, too, some of which could be quite heavy, but for most of us temperatures remaining in double figures overnight. hello this is bbc news with anita mcveigh. the headlines: hello this is bbc news with anita mcveigh. the headlines: in an hour's time, the education secretary is expected to confirm that pupils in england will soon no longer have to isolate if a classmate tests positive for covid. the health secretary is about to announce plans for people who have received two vaccination jabs and what it means for self—isolation

we can cross live to cannes and bbc talking movies reporter emma jones. hi there, mi.moment. to be there, he was asked what the winning movie was, wasn't he? weill. winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is sort _ winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is sort of- winning movie was, wasn't he? well, he kind of wise. he is sort of see - he kind of wise. he is sort of see what happens, and there was a lot of confusion amongst the press going what on earth has spike lee just announced, but it is very clear that they did ask him what the first movie was, so you can, either he was handed the wrong envelope, or he did later they take what the winning movie was, and it went that way. i suppose it's made for a wonderful viral clip which is currently going around the world publicising the film festival and the movie and spike lee. so it's not all bad publicity, but it is ce

the cannes film festival opens.ll bring you a run through of the films and analysis of this year's jury headed by spike lee. the most, how can i put it, female friendly jury ever. in the news, a political rival of alexander lukashenko jailed for fraud, a verdict desib

on the cannes film festival. lebanon is pleading for international help, morning the country is days away from a social explosion. global help is urgently needed to prevent economic ruin. the currency has fallen through the floor. it has lost about 90% of what it was worth. blackouts are common because of dilapidated power grids. some areas are getting two hours of electricity a day, while fuel shortages mean even private generators are failing. hospitals have dropped elective procedures and our rationing medical supplies, and lack of fuel has led to fights. they warned that the lebanese people are running out of patience. >> might plea today and call on the united nations and all international agencies to help save the lebanese people. lebanon is a short distance from a social explosion. reporter: the country is in crisis, it has been in crisis for more than a year. the state is nearly bankrupt. it is a daily struggle. we are outside one of the gas stations, you see the long lines. people wait for hours just to

spike lee going off-script, accidentally revealing the winner of the top award at the cannes film festivalwe will show you what happened. >>> good morning, everyone, it is sunday, july 18th. thanks so much for waking up with us. i'm amara walker in for christi paul. >> good morning, amara. always a pleasure to share sunday mornings with you when we get the chance. i'm boris sanchez. a frightening situation in the nation's capital. >> chaos in washington, d.c., during the major league baseball game between the nationals and the padres after gunfire erupted right outside nationals park stadium. >> yeah, police say two vehicles were involved in a shootout on the street and three people were inj injured. inside the stadium fans were scrambling for cover, even running into the dugouts for safety. chris was at the game and witnessed the mayhem. chris, an uncomfortable situation to say the least. walk us through what you saw and what you witnessed. >> sure, boris. i was at the game with mu wife and my two kids and we were sitting down the third baseline and middle of the sixth inning the field wa

and later on the show where the stars go to shine and dine at the cannes film festival. but 1st one of the rising stars of britain, music scene 24 year old pasa lou, the british can be an artist wraps about racism and crime in his hometown of coventry, a city that's been called the most dangerous in the u. k. now pass, i lose says coventry is just a place where people have fewer opportunities. and yet he's managed to make some of his own opportunities by sharing his experience. they don't know about the block filled him. i told him, man is just store zone was zone as in, so live in and everything was on what's happening in front of you know, poverty and i was on violence was on friends, day in was trans, turned it into crack scenes, was on schools in frontline was on, you know, like frontline, the know about the building ramps about life in coventry, a tough city in britain, the front line for the under privilege and the forgotten that said, a kid, even going to school, we have to pass frontline. my secondary school was on front end of long street. you know, as i said, y

and later on the show where the stars go to shine and dine at the cannes film festival. but 1st one of the rising stars of britain's music scene 24 year old pasa lew britta can be an artist wraps about racism and crime. and his hometown of coventry, a city that's been called the most dangerous in the u. k. now pass, i lose, says coventry is just a place where people have fewer opportunities. and yet he's managed to make some of his own opportunities by sharing his experience. they don't know about the building the building man is just story was on as in. so live in the everything. so i was on what's happening in front of, you know, poverty and i was on violence was on friends day and was friends, turned it into crack scenes. was on schools in front 9 or zone. you know, like the front 9 this know about the building ramps about life in coventry, a tough city in britain, the front line for the under privilege and the forgotten. and that's the kid. even going to school, we have to pass frontline. my secondary school was on front end is a long strip. you know, as i said, you

and nervous laughter in cannes, as the director spike lee accidentally lets slip the name of the winnerf the festival's best picture award ahead of time. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours switzerland, luxembourg and the netherlands. at least 160 people are so far known to have died across europe, some 140 of them in germany alone. hundreds remain unaccounted for, and thousands are now homeless. thousands of residents of wassenberg, an area west of the german city of cologne, have left their homes after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. german officials say the country's flood warning system functioned as it was supposed to — but the amount of rain — and how rapidly it fell — was unforeseen. from the village of erfstadt, near cologne, my colleague, kasia madera, reports on the rescue effort. there is a lot of solidarity, a lot of volunteers have been coming together, have been offering supplies. care centres setting up after

reporter: it is every director's dream to come to cannes, and for this young mexican filmmaker, thisg. after a residency in paris for the festival program for young directors, he has to pitch a movie project to the france film-funding body. >> it is the first thing i have done this kind of thing. and you have to be confident about your project and who you are, try not to make mistakes while talking. i hope it would be a good experience. reporter: this iranian is another young filmmaker from the program. >> after six months of hard working in the cinema residency, finally, i am here. reporter: the head of the young directors program says it is a golden opportunity. >> six directors are selected to stay in paris for four months and a half, writing their first and sector feature film -- and second feature film. they receive money so they can think only about their scripts. reporter: a couple of days later at a club, there are nerves and excitement. this is where pictures take place. each filmmaker -- pitches take place. each filmmaker has 5-7 minutes to their story. he pitches his kurdi

the cannes film festival is back after one year break because of the covey pandemic american director. spike lee is the head to the jury. this year, as he arrived just before the cost of the opening film and met the excitement was palpable. the annette is one of 24 films in competition for the prestigious palm dual prize, the musical comedy by french american director, los correct dom mario court. yeah. and adam driver is my favorite festival can. i've always before i came here, we looked at it as a marker of great film. festivals. director says its return is cause for celebration which are due in january and even february we have no idea if the festival would be possible because last year we had to cancel it or into the demick. so it's usually satisfying to be buying such a pleasure under relief. it's not any the movie industry, i'm fine for the delighted by the return of the festival attract tens of thousands of visitors and after very difficult year for the tourism sector, there are many in the city that are very happy to be back in business. lack of tour it forth this luxury hotel

to fresh with new febreze touch. >>> filmmaker spooik lee stunned the audience at the prestigious cannesnounced the winner of the pop prize palme d'or top prize by mistake. cnn explains the mishap. >> there was a collective gasp at the cannes film festival saturday as the jury president spooik lee revealed the winner of the preteenlgious palme d'or much earlier than intended. lee was asked to announce the first prize of the night but misunderstood and read out the best movie winner instead. the french willem "tetan" the director is the second woman to have won the top award but didn't come up to accept the prize until the formal announcement was made at the end of the evening. lee apologized after the ceremony. >> i messed up. i'm a big sports fan like the guy at the foul line misses a free-throw, a guy misses a kick. so i know apologies, i can say i messed up, as simple as that, and i was very specific to speak to the people of "tetan" and tell them that i apologize. they said forget about it, spike. so that means a lot to me. >> this isn't isn't the first time. in 2017 at the oscars yo

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and the taliban are meeting for talks me for the horror film teton has one of the top prize at the cannes film festival director, if you need to call now collected the pumped off. i have 1st film about a young, the serial killer. she's only the 2nd female director to win the award. this is the 1st time the con phone festival has been held, the clone of virus and demick. again. since d w. news from berlin, there's more on our website at d. w dot com, the ah, ah, shoot on a 2nd. we're in corolla. for centuries, the city has been famous for its marble, used by michelangelo and many other artists. but for some years, cora has been not only concerned with the quality of its marble. today, a real environmental disaster is happening here, perhaps one of the worst in europe. this is sandra on friday, a rebel, and a whistleblower. and he's been raising awareness about trouble. the quarries for years. i guess i've got a demo with it. we managed to film illegal activities at this quarry here. and it was one of the biggest victory on me, but it was bitter sweet because right afterwards about a loose

career, that has spawned 25 albums and seen the maels, whose musical annette recently opened the cannes. with such rich history to mind, it's unsurprising that this documentary seems at time to be a grand work of comic fantasy — an elaborate hoax by a film—maker with a sharp eye for a gag and a keen ear for a well—placed pop tune — a perfect fit for ron and russell. but what's most impressive is that the sparks brothers manages both to unpack and to preserve the air of mystery that's long surrounded the duo, creating a film that's every bit as dazzling as its subjects. the sparks brothers is in cinemas now. that's it for this week. thanks for watching the film review. i'm off for a few weeks now, but anna smith will be your host for next friday. there they are! frank, follow me! stop her! god, sorry, frank! it's all right, strong form. well, friday brought quite a nasty spell of weather to some south—western and southern areas of the uk. gale force winds around coasts briefly. they were very, very strong indeed, brought by storm evert. you can see on the satellite picture here thunderst

royale, to starring in the oscar—nominated danish historical drama a royal affair, and winning a cannesthe cannibalistic dr lecter in tvs hannibal. now, mikkelsen further demonstrates his range in riders ofjustice — a totally unhinged offering from writer—director anders thomasjensen, whose extensive credits include scripting susanne bier�*s oscar—winner in a better world. mikkelsen plays markus, a gruff soldier with a crew cut and an unruly beard whose wife, emma, is killed in a train wreck after a fellow passenger gives up his seat. it looks like the set up for a grief—stricken drama about morning and loss, with markus�*s teenage daughter, about mourning and loss, with markus�*s teenage daughter, mathilde, who was on the train with her mum, struggling to find comfort or common ground with her dad. but instead, the film turns into something completely different — first, a paranoid conspiracy thriller as the disconsolate algorithm expert who fatally gave emma his seat convinces markus that his wife's death on the same train as a biker gang trial witness could not have been a coincidence