Cannes

Cannes 2025: Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or award; check full list of winners

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi's defiant political thriller 'It Was Just an Accident' takes top honours at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

India at Cannes 2025: Aishwarya stuns in saree, 'Homebound' earns praise

With vermillion in her hair and elegance in every detail, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a powerful cultural statement at Cannes 2025. Meanwhile, 'Homebound' movie received a 9-minute standing ovation

Cannes 2025: Janhvi, Ishaan walk the red carpet ahead of homebound premiere

The Homebound cast and crew walked the red carpet at Cannes 2025. The film is part of the Un Certain Regard lineup at Cannes

Cannes 2025 Day 8: Meet Ruchi Gujjar who turned heads with Modi necklace

Emerging actor and model Ruchi Gujjar turned heads on Day 8 of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, walking the red carpet in a full bridal look, complete with a custom necklace featuring PM Modi

India at Cannes 2025: All about new releases, debuts, jury members and more

The 78th Cannes Film Festival 2025 is being held from May 13 to May 24. India may not have secured a spot in the main competition this year but has gone on to mark its presence in several ways

Cannes 2025 Day 3: Nitanshi Goel, Jacqueline, Anupam Kher steal the show

From debutantes to legends, Indian stars lit up Day 3 at Cannes 2025. Jacqueline Fernandez was honoured for 'Women in Cinema', while Nitanshi Goel and Anupam Kher dazzled on the red carpet

Cannes 2025: Urvashi walks red carpet; list of all Indian celebs attending

Urvashi Rautela is back on the red carpet on the Cannes 2025 first day. So, in the upcoming days, these 9 Indian celebs are all set to walk. The 78th Cannes Film Festival kicked off on May 13, 2025

Cannes to open with 3 film salute to Ukraine, De Niro's honorary Palme d'Or

The 78th Cannes Film Festival opens on Tuesday with expectations running high for what could be a banner edition. All of the ingredients an absurd number of stars, top-tier filmmakers, political intrigue seem to be lined up for the French Riviera spectacular. Over the next 12 days, Cannes will play host to megawatt premieres including those of Mission: Impossible The Final Recoking, Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest and Ari Aster's Eddington. Things get underway on Tuesday with the unveiling of Juliette Binoche's jury, a three-film tribute to Ukraine and the opening night film, Amlie Bonnin's French romance Leave One Day. At the festival's opening ceremony, Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d'Or, 49 years after Taxi Driver won Cannes' top prize. Cannes is coming off a 2024 festival that produced a number of eventual Oscar contenders, including Emilia Perez, The Substance, Flow and the best picture winner, Anora. Asked if he's feeling the pressure this time around, festival

Cannes festival readies for 78th edition with new challenges on horizon

Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's vow to enact tariffs on international films. Cannes, where filmmakers, sales agents and journalists gather from around the world, is the Olympics of the big screen, with its own golden prize, the Palme d'Or, to give out at the end. Filmmakers come from nearly every corner of the globe to showcase their films while dealmakers work through the night to sell finished films or packaged productions to various territories. You release a film into that Colosseum-like situation, says Brazilian director Kleber Mendona Filho, who's returning to Cannes with The Secret Agent, a thriller set during Brazil's dictatorship. You've got to really prepare for the whole experience because it's quite intense not very far from the feeling of approaching a roller coaster as you go up the steps at the Palais. Perhaps as much as ever, all eyes i

Martin Scorsese joins Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' as executive producer

Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese has boarded the team of Neeraj Ghaywan's upcoming movie "Homebound" as an executive producer, the Indian director announced on Saturday. The film, which is Ghaywan's second feature directorial effort, is set to have its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard category. Ghaywan shared the news on his official social media handles, saying he is "still in disbelief" to have an icon like Scorsese lend his name to his movie. "(It) is an honour beyond words. I'm deeply grateful to our co-producer Melita Toscan, who introduced us to him. Mr. Scorsese mentored us through the screenplay and multiple rounds of editing. "He listened with care, understood the cultural context, and offered thoughtful, incisive notes each time. His kindness and commitment are extraordinary, and to have him nurture our film has been both a rare privilege and a profoundly humbling experience!" he wrote on X. Scorsese, known for classic film

The urge to throw a stone

In Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light, the symbolic protest of two working-class women echoes a rich and radical tradition in Indian cinema

India's first Palme d'Or contender in 30 yrs emerges as frontrunner

One of the final few main Competition titles to premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, Payal Kapadia's "All We Imagine as Light" has instantly emerged as a frontrunner for the Palme d'Or. No Indian female director has ever competed for Cannes' top prize nor has any filmmaker from the country bagged the coveted award. Universally applauded by critics at the festival due to end later today, the spellbinding, magnificently crafted drama about three women finding their way into and out of Mumbai, a city with which they have very tenuous relationships, has put India on the threshold of history. Kapadia, flanked by her four principal actors, Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Hridhu Haroon and Chhaya Kadam, cinematographer Ranabir Das and producers Thomas Hakim of Petit Chaos and Zico Maitra of Chalk and Cheese, addressed critics at the festival's press conference hall on Friday morning. Critics have heaped unstinted press on the film. BBC described "All We Imagine as Light" as universal an

Why Donald Trump's biopic 'The Apprentice' caused a stir at Cannes

Biopic gets eight-minute standing ovation in French Riviera town, angers former US president

Cannes 2024: Aditi Rao Hydari wants us to wish her good luck for event

Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari is all set to attend the 77th Cannes Film Festival. She will go to the prestigious film festival as an ambassador for L'Oreal Paris

Injured Aishwarya heads to Cannes with daughter Aaradhya, fans concerned

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been representing India at the Cannes Film Festival was spotted jetting off to the French Riviera yesterday

India platform renamed as 'Bharat Pavilion' at 77th Cannes Film Festival

The India Pavilion, rechristened the Bharat Pavilion, was formally opened on Wednesday morning at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Explaining the rationale behind the renaming, Mr. Sanjay Jaju, secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting, said: "It symbolises the country's assertion of its traditional storytelling practices while it actively looks for collaborations with the rest of the world." "India," Mr. Jaju said, "is the sutradhar (narrator) of the world." The large Indian presence in the festival is a recognition of that status, the secretary added. The astounding variety of films that India produces and the growing importance of the Diaspora combine to bolster the reach and impact of the nation's "soft touch", Mr Jaju said, adding that he would refrain from using the word "power" in the context of Indian cinema. "We are happy that India is back in the Cannes Competition with a film by a gifted young filmmaker," he said. "This festival is a platform for networking and .

'All We Imagine As Light' first Indian film to compete at Cannes in 30 yrs

Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light has been selected for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in the "Competition" category

Cannes Film Festival 2023: Everything you need to know about Indian celebs

The 76th edition of the auspicious Cannes film festival 2023 celebration started off on Tuesday with the debut of the Louis XV period drama Jeanne du Barry, featuring Johnny Depp

Cannes 2023: MoS Murugan wears 'Veshti', shirt with Tricolour on red carpet

"Since we are doing so many events and showcasing our heritage at the G20 year-long plan, it is only fit that we tell the world about it," he added

Anurag Kashyap's Kennedy to be screened at Cannes Film Festival 2023

This is not the first instance when Anurag Kashyap's work has made it to Cannes