Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Fremaux had a special bond with David Lynch. During his very first edition of the festival as artistic director in 2001, Fremaux had programmed “Mulholland Drive,” which won best director at the festival and went on to earn an Oscar nomination.

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Cannes is also part of France's train network, and you can reach the city on TGV from Paris or on Trenitalia from Milan, Rome and Venice, Italy. The City Palm shuttle runs a circular route to most ...

Iris Knobloch, the respected former boss of Warner Bros. France and Germany who became the first female president of the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, has been re-elected by the festival’s board for another three-year mandate.

An undocumented 23-year-old Guinean migrant living in France who won a prize at the Cannes film festival last year has been granted a work permit, enabling him to avoid deportation, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Abou Sangare won a prize at Cannes last year for his portrayal of a migrant seeking to stay in France, and has himself now secured a visa on his fourth attempt – to work as a mechanic.

The Cannes Film Festival has paid tribute to director David Lynch who was a long-time habitué, winning it Palme d’Or prize for Wild at Heart in 1990 and serving as jury president in 2002.

The board of directors of the Cannes Film Festival has unanimously re-elected Iris Knobloch to serve a second term as festival president. Knobloch, a former executive at Warner Bros. France, took over from Pierre Lescure as the first-ever female president of the Cannes festival in 2023.

Iris Knobloch has been unanimously re-elected as president of the Cannes Film Festival. After taking over in 2022, her second three-year term will now take her through July 2028.

Event agencies worldwide have until 20 January to take advantage of the early bird deadline for France’s Heavent Awards 2025. Normal submission fees will be accepted, with the awards ceremony scheduled to take place 27 March,

Cannes director Thierry Fremaux talked to Variety about his relationship with David Lynch, who showed "Mulholland Drive" at the festival.

France's cinemas show the way in post-Covid recovery Cinemas worldwide are still struggling with the after-effects of the Covid pandemic, but France's screens bucked a broad downturn in developed markets last year,