American directors Clint Eastwood and Steven Soderbergh will headline the streamlined competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which features fewer big-name directors and more emerging voices from across the globe.

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The Cannes Film Festival usually starts with a movie that's light and goes down easy. So Wednesday's dark, apocalyptic opening film seemed a puzzling choice - even to the movie's director.

Actor Jack Black participates in a stunt on the Carlton beach pier while promoting the film "Kung Fu Panda" during the 61st Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.
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The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.

Puerto Rican actor Benicio del Toro holds the best actor award he received for his role in the film "Che" at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, May 25, 2008.
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Rounding up a lot of the usual suspects, the Cannes Film Festival presents a lineup from an illustrious if somewhat predictable gang of regulars, including Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, Atom Egoyan and Wim Wenders.

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Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) concluded its participation at the 61st Cannes Film Festival with a series of successful events and networking opportunities that brought together global film players and industry representatives interested in doing business in the region and promote Dubai?s emerging film talent to the world.

You don't need to be a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury to have a say in what movies deserve awards. All it takes is an Internet connection and an opinion.

American director Spike Lee poses for a photo following an interview at the Babelgum Awards during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
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A crowd has gathered in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center, where a security guard is about to unlock the main entrance. It's less than a minute before 9 am, the official opening of the 2008 National Association of Broadcasters Show—typically a sleepy sales and marketing event known more for schmoozing than buzz. But as the glass doors open on this April morning, a hundred people race toward a large crimson tent in the center of the hall.  read more »

Caption: Gael Garcia Bernal , Julianne Moore and Alice Braga The 2008 Cannes Film Festival - 'Blindness' photocall Cannes, France .... Mexican movie hunk GAEL GARCIA BERNAL will show off his singing skills in ...

Indiana Jones 'Crystal Skull' Set For Cannes Premiere by Staff The eagerly awaited movie Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month .