Christoph Waltz was left shaken after his television interview at the Cannes Film Festival was interrupted by gunfire.

Acclaimed antipodean screen director Jane Campion will lead a judging panel at the upcoming prestigious Cannes Film Festival.

Michael Haneke has won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, Amour.

It has a reputation as one of the most glamorous global celebrity events, and it seems organisers of the Cannes Film Festival have no intention of letting standards slip.

New Zealand short film Blue has won a top critics' prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Unlawful Killing claims Britain's royals are racist "gangsters in tiaras" and Prince Philip is a womanising psychopath.

A new film professes to shed light on the rise to power of Nicolas Sarkozy.

A graphic image of a dying Princess Diana is set to be screened in a controversial documentary into her fatal crash.

Film director Woody Allen could see French President Nicolas Sarkozy playing a role like those of Humphrey Bogart, who was famous for his cynical and hardboiled anti-heroes.

Scott packages his elements well, going for gritty realism in the battle scenes... But his take on this myth is as chilly as a northerly wind.

Hard times for the Cannes Film Festival, at least in terms of the splashy Hollywood films for which the world's most prestigious cinema showcase is known.

Film buffs are hoping this year's selection will be high on cinephile pleasures - since it seems unusually low on both star power and scandal.

Hato Paparoa was once one of the faces of Child Cancer, but this year signed autographs until his arm hurt at the Berlin film festival.