France, May 9 -- As the international cinema industry descends on the southern French city of Cannes for the world's biggest film festival, one hot topic will no doubt be US President Donald Trump's threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on foreign-made productions.

Trump announced last Sunday that he was directing relevant government agencies to "immediately begin the process of instituting a 100 percent tariff on any and all movies coming into our country that are produced in foreign lands".

In a post on his Truth Social network, he added in capital letters: "WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!"

Trump claimed Hollywood was being "devastated" by other countries' "incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United Stat...