Pandas, Indiana Jones and the Hollywood pack storm Cannes

Comic actor Jack Black arrived by boat with 40 people in giant panda outfits to promote Kung Fu Panda, an animated tale of a bear who loves martial arts.
Harrison Ford will be among the stars flying in on Sunday for IndianaJones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which is screening out ofcompetition.

Black, who provides the voice of lead character Po in Kung Fu Panda,performed twirls and kicks at the Carlton Hotel pier before posing forpictures with people who have provided the voice of Po in differentlanguages around the world.

"Together we will create an international panda sensation," he told reporters.

Some 22 films are in competition for the Palme d'Or, includingBlindness, Clint Eastwood's Changeling and Synecdoche New York, thedirectorial debut of Being John Malkovich screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.