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Stars and guests, including Sharon Stone, Dylan Penn and Spike Lee, arrive at the famous amfAR gala, the most exclusive evening on the fringes of the Cannes festival. The event is held every year to raise funds for AIDS research in Cap d'Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes). IMAGES
Cannes (France), Jul 6 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Marco Álvarez San Román). Spike Lee showed up to the Cannes jury press conference reluctant to speak much but delivered biting statements as he denounced that Black people are still “being hunted down like animals” and the lack of morals of certain world leaders he called “gangsters.”FOOTAGE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE.SOUNDBITES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE OFFICIAL JURY IN CANNES:Spike Lee (President of the Official Jury), in English:Kleber Mendonça Filho (member of the Official Jury), in English:Maggie Gyllenhaal (member of the Official Jury), in English:Mélanie Laurent (member of the Official Jury), in French:5.- "I dream for everyone that this is the first and last festival in which there is a debate about women. I don't know, I'm a bit naive. But if we could let the planet breathe and let women breathe at the same time and that there are no more debates, no more absurdities, and no crazy things then it would be wonderful. And it is wonderful that a festival proposes so many strong documentaries and films about ecology because, ultimately, cinema is a weapon that transforms people and makes them change".
US director Spike Lee wins the runner-up Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival for his film "BlacKkKlansman", which tells the story of a black police man who infiltrates the racist Klu Klux Klan. SOUNDBITE
Nicole Kidman with fellow famous Cannes Film Festival Juror Ang Lee walked the red carpet in a stunning gown for the premiere of the movie "Nebraska". Laura Dern was there to support her father Bruce Dern at the premiere and news conference
Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee and Christoph Waltz are on this years Cannes Film Festival Jury. The festival begins with a premiere of "The great Gatsby" and Leonardo DiCaprio, Baz Luhrmann, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan are at the Festival conference today to talk about the movie. We will have all the action in Cannes.
"We were aiming to do a wild, entertaining movie where we had a content that we thought was important, where the audience should discuss afterwards. (...) I'm very very happy that the jury acknowledged that", says Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a surprise winner of the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, earning a place among the select group of directors who have won the festival's top prize twice. SOUNDBITE
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