The Cannes Film Festival opened with Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’, broadcast live in France with a retrospective on Robert De Niro’s contribution to cinema.

Lady Gaga kick started the Cannes Film Festival by performing ‘Judas’ live on France’s ‘Grand Journal’ show followed by a Q and A in front of huge crowd.

Robert De Niro, who is President of the Jury, has an ‘all-star’ line up including the likes of Jude Law, Uma Thurman, Michel Gondry and Emir Kusturica on the panel.

Cooked , a short animation directed by Jens Blank has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival s Cinéfondation competition

The Cannes Film Festival has announced today the official line up of films in competition for the Palme d Or. This year includes a diverse range of films from controversial Japanese director Takeshi Kitano’s Outrage , to British director Mike Leigh s Another Year .

Jacques Audiard’s ‘ Un prophéte’ or ‘A Prophet’ is his first since the international stomper that was 2005’s ‘A Beat That Skipped My Heart’.