Cannes pronunciation

Cannes Film Festival

Annual film festival in France

The Cannes Film Festival (; French: Festival de Cannes[fɛstivaldəkan]), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.[1] The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951.[2]

Cannes is one of the "Big Three" major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the "Big Five" major international film festivals, alongside Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Sundance.[3][4][5][6]

History

The early years

The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist Rober

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The Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), a long-standing partner of the Cannes Festival, also stands by the Cannes exhibitors, who are today the fervent defenders of diversity in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
Your city has the largest number of cinemas classified as «Art & Essai» in the region. It is in Cannes that exhibitors are most concerned with transmission, especially with young audiences.
I am sincerely grateful to you for this, because renewing audiences is a major challenge.

It is also your city which, along with the International Film Festival, evokes the magic of cinema for the whole world. For the general public, the name of your city resonates first of all as an invitation to dream but also to excellence.
To love the cinema is to love the actors and actresses, to love the directors, who would not miss their appointment

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The Suquet

From the top of its promontory, the Suquet district watches over Cannes. This is where it all began, when the town was just a small fishing village. By exploring the Suquet...

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The Croix des Gardes

Less than a kilometre as the crow flies from the mythical Croisette, lies the Croix des Gardes park. A real bubble of nature, it is the ideal place to escape from the hustle...

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The Old Port

Authentic and friendly, the Old Port is a typical Cannes place. At the foot of the Suquet and open to the Croisette, it is here that yachts, shuttles from the Lérins Islands...

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The city centre

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