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Watch: Suspected sabotage causes Cannes power cut 'meltdown'

The prestigious film festival was disrupted, about 160,000 homes were without power and businesses were left without power.

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Jafar Panahi in dark glasses holding up a case containing the Palme d'Or

Iranian director speaks out after Cannes triumph

Jafar Panahi uses his Palme d'Or acceptance speech to send a message against the regime's restrictions.

The store front of "Village Glacier", an ice cream shop with its name in bold red letters. Outside, a woman wearing a white dress with a wide-rimmed hat and red-and-white scarf sits on one of the blue chairs.

Sabotage suspected as power cut hits Cannes Film Festival

A substation was set on fire and a pylon damaged, interrupting screenings and affecting 160,000 homes.

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The 12 Cannes films you need to know about

From the hundreds of titles that premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, here are the ones which are going to be big talking points all through 2025.

Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Value (Courtesy Cannes Film Festival)

Why Sentimental Value is Cannes' buzziest film

With a record 15-minute standing ovation at its world premiere, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is winning rave reviews and generating the biggest buzz from the Cannes Film Festival.

Wagner Moura at a phone booth in The Secret Agent (Courtesy Cannes Film Festival)

This Brazilian thriller could be an Oscars hopeful

Set in the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, The Secret Agent "makes up in pulpy excitement what it lacks in subtlety", and "bursts with sex, shoot-outs and sleazy hitmen".

Homebound: The Indian film that got a nine-minute ovation at Cannes

The film, shot in India's rural North, follows two men from the Muslim and Dalit communities who form a bond.

A still of two men and a woman in It Was Just An Accident (Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival)

Revenge thriller favourite for Cannes' top prize

After years of imprisonment and travel bans in his native Iran, Jafar Panahi returns to Cannes with a furious but funny revenge thriller that could scoop the Palme d'Or.