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Location:
Europe, France,
Cannes
Category:
Film Festival View
Description:
View of
the
red carpet leading into the Palais
des Festivals et des Congrès, site
of the Cannes Film Festival
Location Information:
The
Cannes Film Festival (French: le
Festival de Cannes), founded in
1946, is one of the world's oldest
and most prestigious film festivals.
The private festival is held
annually (usually in May) at the
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès,
in the resort town of Cannes, in the
south of France.
The 63rd edition takes place from 12
May to 23 May 2010. The President of
the Jury is to be American film
director Tim Burton. The festival
has become an important showcase for
European films. Jill Forbes and
Sarah Street argue in European
Cinema: An Introduction, that Cannes
"became...extremely important for
critical and commercial interests
and for European attempts to sell
films on the basis of their artistic
quality" Forbes and Street also
point out that, along with other
festivals such as Venice and Berlin,
Cannes offers an opportunity to
determine a particular country's
image of its cinema and generally
foster the notion that European
cinema is "art" cinema.
Additionally, given massive media
exposure, the non-public festival is
attended by many movie stars and is
a popular venue for film producers
to launch their new films and
attempt to sell their works to the
distributors who come from all over
the globe.
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