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Cannes Film Festival 2018: Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-eda wins Palme d’Or; Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman awarded the Grand Prix
•The Palme d’Or was awarded to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters; a tender portrait of a poor, impoverished family.
Cannes Film Festival 2018 chiefs sign charter, make a pledge for gender equality and inclusion
Ians •The signing was done in the presence of this Cannes Film Festival 2018 jury including president Cate Blanchett and members Kristen Stewart, Ava DuVernay and Lea Seydoux.
Cannes Film Festival 2017 might be the first and last for Netflix if it doesn't release its movies in cinema
Fp Archives •Netflix will not be allowed to compete at the Cannes Film Festival after this year unless it changes its policy and gives its movies a cinema release.
'We apologise,' says Cannes director over high-heels controversy
Fp Archives •The director of the Cannes Film Festival has apologised after a controversy blew up over women being denied access to the red carpet for not wearing high heels.