Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom has been tapped as the guest of honor at the Cannes Film Festival's "Europe Day", on Tuesday May 17th. The festival annnounced today that Winterbottom will participate in a debate on the topic, "European films in the Information Society," along with a number of European Ministers of Culture. After the discussions, Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner of Information, and the Ministers of Culture of the European Union, will talk with the media about the discussions. Winterbottom was a member of the Cannes jury in 1998.