Jérôme Salle’s Cape Town-set thriller Zulu, starring Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom, will close the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, running May 15-26. By Melanie Goodfellow

Despite the recession there was no stopping the global film industry in 2012 as box office take grew 6% to reach a record $34.7bn.

Gathered Moss Productions is proud to announce that a feature documentary project it co-produced with US-based Silverwood Films and Tfor2 Films continues its run of success on the international festival circuit.

The movie, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, and written and directed by Neill Blomkamp of District 9 brilliance, won't be released until Aug. 9. The distributor, Sony (Media Rights Capital produced the movie) screened the trailer.