British cinema bosses are acting as a" moral compass" at Cannes, as the BFI steers filmmakers away from Russian cash being offered on the Riviera. The film festival placed a ban on official Russian delegates this year, but an" approved" group of representatives has been allowed to attend despite a backlash from Ukrainian officials, and they have been quietly seeking to make deals. The government-backed British Film Institute( BFI) is understood to be maintaining a boycott of Russians at the film

PARIS— Films by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d’Or at a Cannes Film Festival set to unspool against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.... Cannes film festival artist director Thierry Frémaux and president Pierre Lescure announced the lineup to this year’s festival, Cannes’ 75th, in a news conference Thursday in Paris.... After canceling the 2020 event and hosting a slightly scaled down 2021 edition, the French Riviera festival is looking t