May events

The Riviera resort of Cannes should have been playing host to the world's biggest names in film. Instead, with its annual film festival postponed and the red carpet rolled up, locals made do with a drive-in cinema in a beachfront car park.

A year after 82 women protested en masse on the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival on May 13 defended its record on female filmmakers and for the first time divulged data on its selection process.

The first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest has sent 10 countries' performers to the Grand Final - and ended the dream of nine others, including Greece.

Preparations are ongoing in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade.

As in the past, Russia will use the ceremony on May 9 to celebrate victory over fascism in the Second World War, and to show off its military might.

Celebrities hit the red carpet as world's biggest film festival opened in Cannes on May 13