Widespread French power outage shuts down Cannes Festival theater, closing ceremony expected to continue By Katherine Donlevy Published May 24, 2025, 8:32 a.m. ET ...

Cannes got its own cliff-hanger ending on Saturday, the final day of the 78th film festival, when a power outage, apparently caused by deliberate sabotage, shut down the power grid serving the ...

The sun was still shining when the 78th Cannes Film Festival came to an emotional, exhilarating close with the Palme d’Or going to “ Un Simple Accident,” from the Iranian writer-director ...

On Thursday, a few minutes after 10 p.m. on the 10th day of the Cannes Film Festival, a multitude of exhausted attendees — critics, programmers, industry types — abruptly woke up.

The Dardennes are two-time Palme d'Or winners. Cannes' award for best first film went to Hasan Hadi, for "The President's Cake," making it the first Iraqi film to win an award at the festival.

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