The Cannes Film Festival
History
The Cannes Film festival was founded in 1946 and has become one of the oldest, most famous and well respected film festivals in the world. Originally the first proposal to host a film festival in France came about in 1939, but so did the second world war, so this idea was shelved until after the war. Cannes was originally chosen because of being such an enchanting setting and because of the sunshine. Then after the war in 1945 the French association for Artistic Action was again asked to develop the idea of the Cannes Film Festival.
About the Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes film festival did not actually set out to be an awards ceremony, it is more of a film forum that would draw tourists and become a social event. This is how the festival has evolved and has become one of the most prestigious film festivals alongside Berlin and Venice. The Festival de Cannes is usually scheduled to be held between around mi-may of each year. The Cannes Film festival has evolved into a very important showcase for European films and has become a critical factor in commercial interests. Particularly for European film makers who have to find a platform to showcase and sell their films. The Cannes Film Festival is known for selling films on the basis of artistic quality. Cannes also affords an opportunity for filmmakers to portray a certain image of their countries and is generally given massive exposure by the media.
The non-public Cannes festival is attended by many well known movie stars and is extremely popular with producers to launch new films in an attempt to sell them to world-wide distributors.
