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The official poster of the 68th Cannes' film festival on the Festivals' palace facade in Cannes. (AFP)
The official poster of the 68th Cannes' film festival on the Festivals' palace facade in Cannes. (AFP)

New York — There will be no selfies on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year, but, rest assured, there will be every other type of image-making at the French Riviera extravaganza.

Photographers will form flashing gauntlets through which many of the top stars and filmmakers in movies will stream on their way to premiering hotly anticipated films on screens that are less theatres than movie cathedrals.

Nowhere are films and filmmakers taken more seriously or superficially than at Cannes, the Cote d'Azur capital of cinema, which kicks off its 68th annual edition Wednesday.

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