Frears will be joined by 'sure things' Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel) and most likely by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls).

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The festival's gala section features new works from Bernardo Bertolucci, John Sayles, Notting Hill's Roger Michell and Amores Perros director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

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As well as the Cannes Palme d'Or winner, the festival announced it would show Babel, which won best director at Cannes for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

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