Far From the Madding Crowd ****

Arthouse directors and Hollywood royalty will converge on the French Riviera for two weeks from tomorrow as the Cannes Film Festival rolls out the red carpet for the giants and mavericks of the movie galaxy.

Matteo Garrone's Italian mafia movie 'Gomorrah' swept the board at the European Film Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark - scooping five of the annual event's most prestigious gongs.

Billy Elliott star Jamie Bell will be using an American accent on screen for the first time in Dear Wendy, a film written by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier.