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Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of Vicky Cristina Barcelona by US director Woody Allen at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.

Emotional Cannes triumph for French classroom film

The director of Entre les Murs, the French classroom drama that won the main Cannes film prize said on Sunday says he had been deeply moved by the applause that met the film when it was shown at the festival.

Cannes festival

French classroom film wins top prize

Entre les murs (The Class), a film set in a tough Parisian high school, won the Palme d'Or for best picture at the Cannes film festival. Directed by Laurent Cantet, the picture is the first French winner in Cannes since 1987.

Cannes Diary

Where class tells

The ultra-glam Cannes International film festival has just concluded. Anjali Bhushan and Ashok Rai give a wrap-up Cannes report.

Fest forward

Quentin Tarantion's master class to the India Pavilion, Anjali Bushan tracks all the happening at the Cannes Film Festival.

B'wood at Cannes

Anil Ambani's Hollywood deal signals bigger role for India

The Anil Ambani-led group's deals with eight Hollywood production houses gives credence to the prediction of American billionaire investor George Soros that India will play "a crucial role" in the global entertainment and media industry in the coming years.

Paris museum to organise Indian Summer in October

Indian Summer, an annual film festival hosted by the Guimet Museum of Asian Arts in Paris, will mark its fifth year in September-October 2008 with a full-fledged celebration of "the stars of Bollywood".