Kubrick: Died in March 1999

The Kubrick retrospective at the Normandy festival will include every film from Killer's Kiss (1955) through to Eyes Wide Shut (1999), which Kubrick completed shortly before his death.

There will also be a showing of Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, a documentary directed by Kubrick's brother-in-law, Jan Harlan.

Over the years Deauville has developed a reputation as "a French lookout post" for some of the most creative independent works of the year, say the organisers.

The festival's aim is to present "a true American cocktail to the French audience".

Sci-fi fairy tale

AI, which has already opened in America and Japan, has been described as "a fairy tale within a bold sci-fi film".

Jude Law plays robot lover Gigolo Joe

It stars Jude Law and 13-year-old Sixth Sense star Haley Joel Osment.

Kubrick came up with the idea 20 years ago, sketched it out in detail and suggested that Spielberg direct it.

He told Spielberg in 1994: "I think this movie is closer to your sensibility than mine."

The pair had fax machines locked in secret rooms so they could send each other pages of the script without it being seen or leaked by anyone else.