Cannes Classics sidebar will open with a restored version of French filmmaker Abel Gance's silent epic Napolean. A major work of the silent era, Napolean has taken sixteen years to restore. The festival said today that "various sources were used to rediscover the original storyline" of the seven-hour feature,

After a colossal 16-year restoration effort, Abel Gance's seven-hour silent classic "Napoleon" will finally return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers said Thursday. It will finally see the light of day as part of the Cannes Classics section of the festival,

After a colossal 16-year restoration effort, Abel Gance's seven-hour silent classic Napoléon will finally return to the big screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers have said.

Studio Ghibli will be awarded an Honorary Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival this May.

The Cannes Film Festival has chosen to bestow its highest honour, the Palme d'Or, upon the renowned Japanese anime studio, Studio Ghibli.

For the first time, the French film festival will give its highest honor to a company, awarding its lifetime achievement prize to the legendary Japanese anime studio.