RFI at Cannes

Radio France International is reporting from Cannes on the 61st Cannes Film Festival from 14 to 25 May. Listen daily for interviews with filmmakers and stars. Get the latest festival news bulletins and on-line debates with RFI's David Page and with our on-line journal.

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Director Laurent Cantet and the actors who starred in award-winning film "The Class."(Photo : AFP)

French film wins Palme d'Or

The French film The Class directed by Laurent Cantet, about life in a tough Parisian classroom, has won top award the Palme d'Or at Cannes. It is the first time in 21 years France has won the coveted prize.

2008-05-27 10:38 TU

Palme d'Or winner Laurent Cantet and Best Director winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Cannes 2008

Harrison Ford is mobbed by photographers (Photo: Elisabeth Bouvet/ RFI)

Indy's back ... and so are ET and Poo

"On the way to the Palais des Festivals, I’m intrigued by a particularly weird-looking group, standing around a giant sign which says 'ET is looking for a producer' ... " Grainne Harrington meets the raelians and various other interesting folk on her last day at Cannes.

2008-05-22 08:34 TU

Getting chatted up by a man with a big cigar

Squeezed out of a sports premiere, Grainne Harrington encounters humourless Romanians and permatanned Californians-- all in a day's work, as she tries not to trip up on the entrance to the Palais in Cannes.....

2008-05-22 08:29 TU

Cannes 2008

Scarlett Johansson - Sightings of George Lucas and Dustin Hoffman have been notched up, but still no Scarlett...© Warner Bros. France

"The really famous ones are the nicest"...starspotting at the bar and on the beach

Cannes is no longer sunny. In keeping with the sombre choice of films this year (main themes so far: apolcalyptic epidemics, war, imprisonment and death), the sky darkened today and it rained on the party all day. Grainne Harrington reports from somewhere between the beach and the bar

2008-05-17 16:39 TU

Cannes 2008

Blindness by Brazil's Fernando Meirelles - shown yesterday and in with a chance for the Palme Dog © Pathé Distribution

Star dogs and a kung fu panda

Toby’s a little sad this year, as Muttley, his dog, died just five weeks ago. He assures me that Muttley will be at the awards in spirit though ... Grainne Harrington on the Palme Dog and the second day of Cannes

2008-05-17 09:20 TU

(From L) French actor and MC Edouard Baer, filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, US actor/director and jury President Sean Penn with jury members at the opening ceremony(Photo: AFP)

Pink badge girl meets the good, the bad and the weird

They play the theme music, and I am nine years old again. I can’t stop myself smiling. Time to go to the movies… Click on the photo to read Grainne Harrington on the first day of the festival

2008-05-22 08:42 TU

David Page's interviews