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The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival got under way on May 16 and runs through May 27 with eagerly anticipated films from several masters of cinema.
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The cast of 'Moonrise Kingdom' including Bruce Willis and Edward Norton will be present at the festival.
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Just who exploits and who is exploited in the sex tourism industry is the question asked in director Ulrich Seidl's 'Paradise Love', a powerful and unsettling exploration of female loneliness and economic imbalance in Africa.
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Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he is excited to have achieved such a feat, a first for any Indian actor.
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Obsession with celebrity is the focus of Italian director Matteo Garrone's new movie 'Reality' at the Cannes film festival, one of two pictures in the lineup exploring the corrosive power of instant fame and the desire to be watched.
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Ashim Ahluwalia's 'Miss Lovely' has been selected to be screened at Cannes this year.
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Rising stars will compete against established Hollywood names for the limelight at this year's Cannes film festival.
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Uday Shankar's 1948 directorial debut 'Kalpana' has been chosen for screening at the Cannes Classics 2012 programme.
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Arjun Rampal will walk the red carpet at the 65th edition of the festival starting on May 16.
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The movie buffs at online travel adviser Cheapflights have compiled a top 10 list of their favorite film festivals across the globe.
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Sonam Kapoor would be joined by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Freida Pinto, Eva Longoria, and Jane Fonda at the red carpet.
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The 65th Cannes International Film Festival is to take place from May 16 to May 27.
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This will be the 38-year-old's 11th time on the red carpet at the French Riviera and her five-month-old daughter Aradhya also might accompany her.
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Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is on cloud nine after three of his films have been chosen to be a part of 65th Cannes International Film Festival.
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Arjun Rampal recently expressed a desire to showcase his upcoming film 'Heroine' at the Cannes Film Festival.
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The actress is shooting for 'Immortals' in Canada