21.   French filmmaker Maripol, who uses just one name, on Friday remembered him as gentle, timid man whose frenetic work betrayed his inner struggles.

22.   French filmmakers Jean-Xavier de Lestrade and Denis Ponchet came to Florida hoping to do a documentary about a wacky lawsuit.

23.   It had the supposed financial backing of the French filmmakers Cinefin, and was to have wrapped up in mid-August.

24.   Jeanne Moreau, Jacques Cousteau and other celebrities joined hundreds of admirers who flocked to bid goodbye to French filmmaker Louis Malle at his funeral Friday.

25.   Jean-Luc Godard, the French avant-garde filmmaker, is to be awarded the Adorno Prize for a lifetime of artistic achievement, city officials said Thursday.

26.   Rounding out the festival, French filmmaker Eric Rohmer will receive a Golden Lion career achievement award.

27.   French filmmaker Claude Berri will stir poignant feelings next week by raising the Nazi swastika flag over the city hall in Lyon.

28.   French filmmakers, backed up by the government, regularly complain that Hollywood films dominate the market.

29.   The festival is designed to bring Southeast Asian artists together to compare their cultures through film as well as promote contacts between them and French filmmakers, organizers said.