When was "Festival de Cannes" started?

Answer 1

The Cannes Film Festival is the world's most prestigious film festival, first held from September 20 to October 5, 1946 in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France. Since then, it has been held annually in May with a few exceptions.

Given massive media exposure, the non-public Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

The most prestigious award given out at Cannes is the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year. The jury of the festival, made of a small international selection of movie professionals, however grants other awards, include the "grand prize" (the second most prestigious award

This years is the 58th Festival.

Answer 2

The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival international du film de Cannes or simply le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is considered one of the world's most prestigious film festivals, along with the Venice Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, and Toronto Film Festival.

The non-public festival is held annually (usually in the month of May) in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France.

Answer 3

Cannes experienced restrictions, occupation - Italian first, then German - and, in August 1944, its last attack from the sea. During the Allied Landing on the coast of Provence, a great actor who would have been likelier to visit Cannes for the Film Festival, bombarded our shores from his US Navy ship Prince Stewart of which he was the captain. His name was Douglas Fairbanks Jr and he was a friend who was there to help us.
With the return of peace, the Film Festival would be able to start. It would thrive and develop and, driven by the mad popularity of celluloid over the years, it has become the world’s premier event after the Olympic Games.