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The Arts Show
Tuesday, 26 May 2009Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes film festival closed on Sunday night with the Palm D'Or going to Michael Haneke for his film The White Ribbon. There were many films in competition and for sale at this year's festival with little consensus on what the highlights were.
Vincent Woods talks to Grainne Humphries - Artistic Director of the Dublin International Film Festival.
Great Writer's Series:The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of 100 tales told by seven women and three men who have fled to the hills above Florence trying to escape from the Black Plague.
Vincent Woods talks to Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin Associate Professor of Italian at Trinity College Dublin and crime writer.
Sanjay Subramanian
Sanjay Subramanian is a renowned Indian musician and is one of the best known exponents of the Carnatic Music of Southern India.
Vincent Woods interviews Sanjay Subramanian with examples of Carnatic music.
