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My award for Best Actor of the festival goes to Sean Penn for his work in 'This Must Be the Place'.
CANNES, France — Now that the Festival de Cannes 2011 is bidding us a final adieu, this Cannes first-timer has a few awards of her own:
Lars Von Trier speaks Wednesday during a press conference for Melancholia at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, France. On Thursday, the Danish director was labled "persona non grata" by festival organizers following comments at the press conference.
CANNES, France — Suggestion to all filmmakers during international press conferences: Never try to make jokes about Jews and Nazis unless your first name is Mel.
'Tree of Life' stars Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessican Chastain. It is directed by Terrence Malick.
Today marks the first full week of the Cannes Film Festival, and there's plenty of buzz about possible front-runners, including 'We Need to Talk About Kevin', 'Le Havre' and 'The Artist.'
Excluding the town's residents, the visiting film industry, attendant press and the 700 police officers hired to work the festival, let's take a look at who's spilling out into the streets.
Portland native Gus Van Sant returns to the Cannes Film Festival with critically acclaimed 'Restless.' The director appears with his movie's leads -- Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper.
CANNES, France One of the Cannes Film Festival's most anticipated films was Gus Van Sant's Restless, which was given the premiere opening spot in the cutting-edge category called "Un Certain Regard."
Antonio Banderas, left, and actress Salma Hayek attend the 'Puss in Boots' photocall at Carlton Beach during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2011 in Cannes, France.
CANNES, France It was with great anticipation that I lined up to see my first official Cannes film, the Australian movie 'Sleeping Beauty' starring Emily Browning. But beauty? If a girl repeatedly drugged to a state of unconsciousness while angry old men molest her, burn her with cigarette butts and throw her on her head is considered "beauty" ...
'Melancholia,' which stars Kirsten Dunst, is among the featured movies at the 64th Festival de Cannes.
That said, the word "Cannes" isn't as plural as it looks. The 8-square mile seaside town, perched in the Cote d'Azur region of southeastern France is pronounced "can." As in trash can, can-do and "Can you believe it?"
The Cannes Film Festival runs May 11-22 in Cannes, France.
Although the Festival de Cannes may not be the oldest film festival in the world (its 1946 debut makes it a spring chicken compared to Venice Film Festival's 1932 birth), Cannes takes the prize as the most storied, most prestigious, most star-studded spectacle.
