Sawa Pontyjska is one of several film festival guests filmed in encounters with a security guard.

Bristol has won the City of Film award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France.

US director Sean Baker's latest film exploring the world of sex work has been greeted rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival – and it could be his breakout commercial hit.

The first Indian entry in the Cannes Film Festival competition section in 30 years gets rave reviews.

"Lyrical" and "delicate", Payal Kapadia’s universal, emotional film, premiering at Cannes, will "win hearts everywhere".

At the Cannes Film Festival, standing ovations can last for more than 10 minutes. It begs the question: what drives human beings to smack our hands together to applaud?

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, a new generation of young female film-makers is calling out sexual violence and sexism in the industry on screen.

Along with the red carpet, sunburned film critics and warm rosé, awkwardly long standing ovations at premieres are one of the Cannes Film Festival's defining traditions.