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9 de fev. de 2010 · The first annual Cannes Film Festival opens at the resort city of Cannes on the French Riviera. The festival had intended to make its debut in September 1939, but the outbreak of World War...
- Bold Selections
- Inbetween Art and Industry
- May 68: Rebellion Takes to The Stage
In 1959, to mark the establishment of the 5th Republic in France 1959, Culture Minister André Malraux found himself heading the Festival organisation and in charge of approving the selection of French films. Malraux was well aware of developments in the film industry and opened the competition up to a new generation of directors, such as François T...
At the Festival, all eyes were on the films and stars, but for André Malraux, film was also an industry and a business. In 1959, he granted official status to the Marché du film which had been held in secret since 1946 in the cinemas on rue d’Antibes. By welcoming film industry professionals into the Palais and encouraging them to network, the Fest...
In the late 60s, France was beset by a deep social malaise, which boiled over on the night of 10-11 May 1968. Nevertheless, the 21st Festival de Cannes opened on 11 May with a screening of the restored copy of Victor Fleming’s 1939 masterpiece Gone with the Wind. But the event rapidly descended into a forum for meetings and protest. The members of ...
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 Robert Favre Le Bret decided to set up an international cinematographic festival.
In 1938, this historian charged by the French government with finding ways to encourage international artistic exchange, visited the prestigious Venice Film Festival, which has been open to films since 1932. In the context of fascist Italy, the list of winners deeply shocked the democratic world.
The birth of the Cannes Film Festival in 1939. The second first Festival in 1946. The 50s: a Festival in the Cold War. The 60s: The Festival and its Film Market. The 70s: a new beginning after the crisis of May 1968. The 80s: opening up to new media. The 90s: a festival of discoveries. The 2000s: an evolving Festival.
Award-winners and contenders from Cannes Film Festival (1939)
23 de mai. de 2024 · In August 1939, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by William Dieterle, was screened privately and became the first film entered into competition at the very first Cannes Film Festival. It...
