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FILE - In this May 19, 2015 file photo, actress Cate Blanchett poses at the screening of the film &quot;Sicario,&quot; at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. The 71st Cannes Film Festival, which begins Tuesday, finds itself, unlike it has in decades, in tumult. Selfies have been banned. Netflix has been turned away. One of the festival’s most favored princes, Harvey Weinstein, has been disgraced and Cate Blanchett, an outspoken member of the Time’s Up movement, is head of this year’s jury. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Is Cannes ready to adapt to the age of #MeToo?

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2011 file photo, director Lars Von Trier poses for portraits to promote his film &quot;Melancholia&quot; at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Seven years after being banned by the Cannes Film Festival for jokingly calling himself a Nazi, Danish director Lars von Trier has been invited back to the French festival. Von Trier was declared “persona non grata” by Cannes after expressing sympathy for Adolf Hitler in a 2011 press conference for his film “Melancholia.” (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Previously persona non grata, Cannes welcomes back Von Trier

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos arrives at the season one premiere of &quot;Santa Clarita Diet&quot; in Los Angeles. Sarandos says the streaming service is pulling its films from the Cannes Film Festival. Cannes earlier banned any films without theatrical distribution in France from its prestigious Palme d’Or competition. That essentially rules out Netflix movies. Netflix films could still play out of competition at Cannes. But in an interview published Wednesday, April 11, 2018, Sarandos said he wants Netflix releases “to be on fair ground with every other filmmaker.” (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Netflix pulls out of Cannes Film Festival in growing dispute

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Actors John Doman, from left, Joaquin Phoenix, Alex Manette, director Lynne Ramsay and Ekaterina Samsonov pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film You Were Never Really Here at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Cannes Palme d’Or goes to Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square”

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Actor Robert Pattinson poses for photographers during the photo call for the film Good Time at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Pattinson, Sandler lead Oscar contenders out of Cannes

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by Amazon Studios shows Millicent Simmons in a scene from &quot;WonderStruck,&quot; which was featured at the Cannes Film Festival. (Mary Cybulski/Amazon Studios via AP)

Child actors take the Cannes Film Festival by storm

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Actress Nicole Kidman poses for photographers during the photo call for the film The Beguiled at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

Coppola, Kidman put Cannes spotlight on gender imbalance

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Actors Will Smith, left, Collin Farrell, Christopher Waltz talk after actors and directors from former Cannes selections posed for photographers during the photo call for the 70th Anniversary of the international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Cannes fetes itself with massive 70th anniversary bash

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by True Studio Media shows Leon Vitali, an actor turned assistant for film director Stanley Kubrick, in a scene from the film, &quot;Filmworker.&quot; (True Studio Media via AP

Kubrick’s little-known right-hand man takes a bow in Cannes

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Actors Dustin Hoffman, left, and Adam Sandler pose for photographers during the photo call for the film The Meyerowitz Stories at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 21, 2017. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

With catcalls and applause, Cannes debates rise of Netflix

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Actress Kristen Stewart poses for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film 120 Beats Per Minute at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Kristen Stewart dives into grief in Cannes directorial debut

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2011 file photo, actors Brad Pitt, from left, Jessica Chastain and Sean Penn arrive for the screening of their film, &quot;The Tree of Life,&quot; by filmmaker Terrence Malick, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. The film, which won the Palme d'Or award, was booed by critics at the film screening. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

At Cannes, boos can crush a film (or not)

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Jury members Gabriel Yared, from left, Park Chan-wook, Pedro Almodovar, Will Smith and Paolo Sorrentino pose for photographers during the photo call for the Jury at the 70th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Will Smith, Pedro Almodovar open testy Cannes Film Festival

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

In a Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 file photo, film director Michael Moore speaks to the crowd during the women's march rally, in Washington. Filmmaker and activist Moore will perform the one-man show “The Terms of My Surrender” at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway starting July 28, 2017, for 12 weeks. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Michael Moore new documentary Fahrenheit 11/9 on Donald Trump

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Outcry over Netflix films prompts Cannes to change rules

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. Polanski’s latest film is heading to the Cannes Film Festival. Polanksi’s “Based on a True Story” will play out of competition. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Roman Polanski’s latest movie added to Cannes Film Festival

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FILE - In this April 8, 1951 file photo, Jean Cocteau, left, and Jean Marais kiss Michele Morgan whilst holding their awards at Cannes Film Festival in France. Michele Morgan, a French actress who starred with Humphrey Bogart and Frank Sinatra and whose sea blue eyes captivated French audiences for decades, has died at 96. (AP Photo/File)

Michele Morgan, first Cannes best actress winner, dies at 96

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In this Aug. 4 2016, file photo made from video, Nissrine Samali, 20, gets into the sea wearing traditional Islamic dress, in Marseille, southern France. The French resort of Cannes has banned full-body, head-covering swimsuits worn by some Muslim women from its beaches, citing security concerns. A City Hall official said the ordinance, in effect for August, could apply to burkini-style swimsuits. (AP Photo, File)

Cannes bans full-body ‘burkini’ swimsuits from beaches

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