Okja, a Netflix film starring Tilda Swinton by Korean director Bong Joon-ho. Photos courtesy of Festival de CannesStars, film professionals and journalists have descended en masse to the South of France as Cannes Film Festival opens its 70th edition tonight. This year there's no Thai film in the official selection and there's only one Southeast Asian title, Indonesian drama Marlina The Murderer In Four Acts, screened in the sidebar Directors' Fortnight. The auteursThe 70th Cannes Film Festival will see a number of its past alumni. It's proof that Cannes, the grand dame of cinema, wants to move forward even when it has turned 70.

Source: Bangkok Post May 17, 2017 00:00 UTC