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Hollywood and Bollywood may rule but once a year attention reverts back to the nation that invented motion pictures. The 69th Cannes Film Festival features a potent mix of star-gazing and deal making, where shameless promotion meets high art and struggling art house filmmakers rub elbows with Hollywood high rollers. But why does Cannes matter so much? Beyond the box office, there's the enduring appeal and influence of what the French call the seventh art. Just how strong is cinema's soft power?
Cannes will always be Cannes. Or so it seems. We're in the thick of the world's most famous festival which is celebrating its 70th edition: a frenzied fortnight of screenings, parties, and deal-making that's about much more than stars coming out for world premieres. It's all part of a business where the red carpet serves as launchpad for what producers hope will be the next blockbuster or summer sleeper. What does the future hold for movie theaters, for movies and for Cannes?
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Austria faces the very real prospect of a far-right President, Boris Johnson draws the ire of EU officials over Hitler comments, the search for the wreckage of EgyptAir flight continues in the Mediterranean, pressure builds up against Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro over inflation and rationing, the first Chibok schoolgirl was rescued from Boko Haram and the Cannes Film Festival draws to a close.
Calvin Klein brought out the big stars at the Cannes Film Festival for the 'Women In Film Event' including Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel Weisz, Sienna Miller and Emily Blunt who spoke out against the festival requiring women to wear heels on the red carpet.
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