And the award for most bizarre press conference goes to ... Lars Von Trier

CONTROVERSIAL director Lars Von Trier may not win the Palme d’Or at this, year’s Cannes Film Festival but he appears odds-on favourite to take the prize for the strangest press conference.

The Danish film-maker managed to talk about Adolf Hitler, porn films and the drinking habits of some of his stars as he joked his way through a 40-minute appearance in front of reporters.

His film, Melancholia, is the story of two sisters, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kirsten Dunst, and how they deal with the knowledge another planet is about to crash into Earth, destroying it.