What to look out for at the Cannes Film Festival

The glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival returns to the French Riviera next Tuesday. Here is AFP's selection of the issues, stars and films likely to dominate on and off the red carpet during the May 13-24 extravaganza:

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He's never been a mainstay of the festival and hasn't made a film in three years, but French cinema legend Gerard Depardieu is likely to be one of the biggest talking points on Day I of the festival — for all the wrong reasons.

A judge is Paris is set to hand down a verdict in the first of two criminal trials involving the “Cyrano de Bergerac” star over sexual assault allegations. The problem of violence in the film industry was the subject of a highly critical parliamentary inquiry into the industry that published its findings last month.

As for almost every public event nowadays, from elections to art exhibitions, it's hard to miss the outsized shadow of Donald Trump as he cranks up his “Make America Great Again” revolution. The cinema industry is still reeling from Trump's weekend announcement of 100-percent tariffs on foreign-made films, casting uncertainty over the future of overseas productions.