Cannes International Film festival

Cannes Film Festival

The most famous international festival of the film occurred since more than 60 years in a city inthe south of France called Cannes
This festival is becoming famous for his notoriety and for the famous “Golden Palm” which is the highest prize given to a competing film at the Cannes film festival. If you are free the last 10 days of May you should have to take a plane and go to Cannes

The famous golden palm

To beginning let me tell us about The history of this festival
In 1939 the French education Minister proposed the creation of a world film event in France. The city of Cannes was chosen for " its charming frame". Then, on September 20th in 1946, the former “Casino de Cannes” welcomed the first international Festival.

It was the first big international cultural event after the war. The only two exceptions to disrupt the festival were both 1948-1950 for lack of budget and 1968 due to political turmoil in France.

At the outset, the festival was principally a tourist and social event and virtually of the screen walked off a price. However nowadays the festival become more and more popular and more and more producers want to present their film so the competition is more difficult. One example of this is that there are more than 4000 journalists whose come here to watch the films and critics it and more than 1600 media companies ...

How does the festival works ?

Every year you can present your new film at the jury of the year even if it’s your first one. If you want that your film is selected, its shooting must have been finished less than twelve months before the Festival and he must have been exploited only in his country of origin. Besides, he must not either have been presented in another international Festival.


If your film has all those qualities, you can present him self.
If you are student in the cinema, you can also come to Cannes as a cinephile student, and have the possibilities to watch some movies. It’s important to say that to have access to the film you never have to pay. It’s just by invitation.


The famous red carpet ....
This carpet is very famous for the presence of lot of famous star in the top. 60 years of festival and more than Grace Kelly and other members of the Principality of Monaco, lot of famous
international actor/actress
Penelope Cruz, Georges Clooney, Brad Pitt ,Angelina Jolie Tom Hanks, Monica Bellucci, Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro, Pedro Almodovar Morgan freeman, Leonardo Di Caprio, sone french actor/actress like Sophie Marceau, Jean Reno,... And lot of more
Producers Quentin Tarentino,(Kill Bill) Michael Moore (sicko), Gus Van Sant(Elephant, Paranoid Park) Brothers Cohen (No country for old men) Tommy lee Johnes
singers or groups like Michael Jackson, U2, Avril Lavigne

The 6 last gold palm winner:

• 2002
  The Pianist
  Roman Polanski
  
• 2003
  Elephant
  Gus Van Sant
  
• 2004
  Fahrenheit 9/11
  Michael Moore
  
• 2005
  The Child (L'Enfant)
  Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
  
• 2006
  The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  Ken Loach
  
• 2007
  4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile)