Iran has sent a letter to the French Embassy in Tehran protesting the screening of a movie about the country at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie under dispute is "Persepolis," an animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's novel about growing up in Iran after the Islamic revolution.

Michael Moore's new documentary film "Sicko" was opened at Cannes Film Festival in France. The film was warmly welcomed and earned lots of applauds.

Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev will make his debut at the Cannes Film Festival Friday with a new movie, The Banishment, the first of two Russian features in the Cannes movie competition program.

American actress Scarlett Johansson is to play red-haired monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, in a historical film epic. The deal was announced Thursday by production company Relativity Media at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Cannes Film Festival celebrated its 60th edition Wednesday with an opening movie that blends an indie sensibility and a glittering cast: Wong Kar-wai's New York-California road trip tale starring Jude Law and Norah Jones in her acting debut.

As celebrations get underway at the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival later this month, some of the film industry's leading legal minds will congregate at the world famous Palais des Festival to evaluate the most recent trends in film finance and the latest developments in distribution.

LG Electronics, announced today that it will be an official sponsor of the 60th Cannes Film Festival held from 16-27 May 2007, in Cannes, France. Supported by an impressive line up of LG Full HD TV's; LG will be allowing all attendees to always feel at the centre of the action.