I didn’t expect to spend most of my time at the Cannes Film Festival in the beautiful French Riviera with my eyes glued to my phone, furiously refreshing the ticketing pages to get a coveted seat at a screening,

Our expectations were set sky high and still we left with an even 10 titles that floored us, including new work from Lynne Ramsay, Jafar Panahi and Nadav Lapid.

An arson attack and damage to a transmission tower cut off power in the area, the authorities said. The festival’s closing ceremony on Saturday is scheduled to proceed normally.