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• Froth, frocks and film at an anxiety-tinged Cannes

  There was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, red carpet glamour and a crop of new Academy Award contenders _ but this was also the year the global financial crisis exploded onto movie screens at Cannes.

• Cannes' female-free directors line-up criticized

  At this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East _ but no women.

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  Feminists decry lack of female directors in competition at Cannes Film Festival

  At this year's Cannes Film Festival, there are directors in their 30s and their 80s, directors from Europe and North America, directors from Asia and the Middle East — but no women.

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