The Latest Breaking News from Cannes

The race for the Palme d’Or wound up with a bang on Friday with the screening of escaped Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”, adding a geopolitically charged red-carpet appearance to a 77th Cannes Film Festival that has delivered several strong contenders for the top prize…

There were no overt boycotts this year, but there were entries about theocracy, Trump and the far right. There was still room for love, though – and sex. Here’s who I think will win, and my alternative ‘Braddies’ awards

The film has received both five-star and one-star reviews

"Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know" won the First Prize of La Cinef section of the Cannes festival and a grant of 15,000 euros (approximately Rs 13.5 lakh). Must follow the story on Dynamite News:

Say it louder for the people at the back :clap:!!!

Some of the biggest stars in the French Rivera for the Cannes Film Festival made appearances at the 30th annual amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research

Payal Kapadia’s glorious Cannes competition selection is an absorbing story of three nurses that is full of humanity

“I stood my ground.”

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” when he decided to flee Iran