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3-D Titanic documentary for Cannes

Director James Cameron's 3-D documentary about the wreck of The Titanic is to be shown at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Audience members will be given special 3-D glasses to view 'Ghosts of the Abyss', which follows Cameron back to the ship that inspired his 11 Oscar-winning film 'Titanic'.

Actor Bill Paxton narrates the film, footage for which was shot in 2001 using specially developed remote controlled robots and high-definition underwater cameras.

'Ghosts of the Abyss' will be shown on 17 May at Cannes. It is already showing at Imax theatres in the US, Canada and the UK.

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