Lars von Trier set for Cannes return after seven-year ban
(The Guardian Denmark)

Festival boss hints that Danish director´s new serial killer film will join lineup - overturning expulsion imposed after `unacceptable´ comments in 2011Cannes is set to add the newest film from Lars von Trier to its 2018 lineup, ending a seven-year ban of the controversial director at the film festival.Von Trier was made persona non grata by Cannes after jokingly declaring himself a Nazi and expressing sympathy for Adolf Hitler during a 2011 press conference for his Palme d´Or-nominated film Melancholia. At the time the Danish director´s comments were described by the Cannes board as `unacceptable, intolerable, and contrary to the ideals of humanity and generosity that preside over the very existence of the festival`. Continue reading...