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The Jury, lead by Jane Campion, had a tough time choosing. After Campion’s remarks about gender inequality at the beginning of the festival and her criticism of the machismo still prevalent in the film business, they awarded the Palme d’Or to one of the last films shown – Winter Sleep.

And The Winners Are.

The Festival Sideshow Cannes wouldn’t be Cannes without masses of starlets and wannabes who have no film and no business here. Or a business that has nothing to do with art or cinema.

CANNES REPORT: The moon went for a million and that was the least of it. At the end of the night the stars had raised an unbelievable 38 million for AIDS research, more than tripling last year’s record.

The moon went for a million and that was the least of it. At the end of the night the stars had raised an unbelievable 38 million for AIDS research, more than tripling last year’s record.

Cannes wouldn’t be Cannes without masses of starlets and wannabes who have no film and no business here. Or a business that has nothing to do with art or cinema.

Cannes Day 8She came, spoke and conquered: Sophia Loren was the guest of Cannes’ master class series, and the lines in the hot and humid Palais de Festival started forming two hours before the much coveted event. The security was powerless against the onslaught.

Longtime HFPA member Avik Gilboa, teacher, a Hollywood correspondent and a uniquely charming man of the world, died in Los Angeles on May 19, 2014, at age 85, surrounded by family and friends, following more than a year of failing health. Avik was born of Russian-Polish heritage in Palestine and attended an agricultural boarding school where he was a shepherd.

Ryan Gosling in CannesRyan Gosling presented his directorial debut Lost River, and seemed to have no clue how it was received when he started doing interviews the next morning. Some actors should stick to acting was the general consensus after the screening.

Finally the tide turned. After days of less than stellar screenings – remember, by this time last year we’d already seen Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska and Fruitvale Station - the festival turned a corner Sunday and Monday with the screenings of Cronenberg’s Maps to The Stars and Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher.