World Movies from the UTV Network, presents exciting footage and award-winning movies from Festival De Cannes in the special series ‘Cannes Calling’ this May. Cannes Calling: The Countdown brings you the best moments from Cannes in the last 10 years with red carpet events, gala parties and interviews with the stars.

Cannes Calling: The Late Show’ brings you a selection of the best movies showcased at Cannes over the years. Cannes Calling: Festival De Cannes 2008 brings you a daily feed from the Cannes Film Festival 2008 comprising interviews with major stars and directors, extensive coverage of the red carpet events, access to the gala parties every night and directors and actors whose films will be showcased at Cannes 2008.

Dilshad Master, COO, UTV Entertainment Television Limited, said, “Cannes is a not-to-miss event. It is the world’s biggest and the most glamorous film festival but India gets to see only glimpses of it. As India’s only international movie channel, World Movies is proud to bring Indian viewers comprehensive coverage of this spectacular event for the very first time.” Tune-in to World Movies at 11 pm for award winning, entertaining box-office hits showcased at Cannes:

On May 16 watch  A Special Day (Italian), May 17 _ Taxi Blues (Russian), May 18 _ 400 Blows (French) _ Directed by François Truffaut; Genre: Drama, May 23 _ Identification of a woman (Italian), May 24 _ Taste of Cherry (Persian) and on May 25, watch Ploy (Thai).

Meanwhile, Saurabh Kanwar from Mumbai has been declared the winner of Cannes Calling contest brought by World Movies in association with Jet Airways. The winner gets a fabulous opportunity to win free tickets to Cannes.