Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is set to provide the most excitement at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Steven Spielberg directs Harrison Ford in his first outing for 19 years as the epic adventurer.

Meanwhile, Clint Eastwood's latest movie as director, Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie, and Steven Soderbergh's four-hour biopic of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara are among the films competing for the Palme d'Or.

Madonna is also due in Cannes during the festival, to attend a fundraising gala for Aids research. The singer has made a documentary entitled, I Am Because We Are, about children orphaned by Aids in Malawi.

Out of competition, Woody Allen is also showing his latest film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, starring Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.

Actor Sean Penn leads this year's jury, which also features actress Natalie Portman and former Harry Potter director Alfonso Cuaron.

British hopes are on Love You More, a film executive-produced by the late director and writer Anthony Minghella and made by artist Sam Taylor-Wood, which has been selected for the short film competition.

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