Cannes Film Festival

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Image:Cannes Film Festival logo small.png Image:Cannes Palace.jpg The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival international du film de Cannes or simply le Festival de Cannes) is a film festival held in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. It was first held in September 1939. The first festival coincided with the beginning of World War II and thus was considered to be a failure. It was revived from September 20 to October 5, 1946. Since then, it has been held annually in May with a few exceptions.

Given massive media exposure, the non-public Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the world.

The most prestigious award given out at Cannes is the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year. The jury of the festival, made of a small international selection of movie professionals, however grants other awards, include the Grand Prix (Grand Prize, the second most prestigious award).

1 Other awards
2 See also
3 Cannes portrayed on film
4 External links

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Other awards

Image:Starlette.jpg Feature Films

Grand Prix
Prix de la mise en scène
Prix du Jury

Prix du scénario
Prix d'interprétation féminine du Festival de Cannes
Prix d'interprétation masculine du Festival de Cannes
Prix un certain regard
Prix du public

Short Films

Palme d'Or du Festival de Cannes - court métrage
Prix du Jury - court métrage

Other

Camera d'Or - Created in 1978 to honor the best first film in any category.

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Cannes portrayed on film

Evening in Byzantium (1978). The film festival is overtaken by terrorists. Directed by Jerry London and starring Glenn Ford and Eddie Albert. From a novel by Irwin Shaw.
Almost Perfect Affair (1979). A romantic comedy about an affair between a filmmaker and a producer's wife, set during the film festival. Starring Keith Carradine.
La Cité de la peur (1994). Comedy. Directed by Alain Berberian. Starring Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby, Gérard Darmon.
Grosse Fatigue (1994). Comedy.
Festival in Cannes (2001). Entertainment industry farce about filmmakers trying to make deals during the Cannes film festival. Directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell and Ron Silver.
Femme Fatale (2002). After pulling off a risky heist during the Cannes film festival, Laure double-crosses her partners and tries to disappear by assuming the identity of a dead woman. Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas.