Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Festival can be called the successor, or even competitor, of the oldest Venice Festival Created to popularize and promote international films, the Cannes Film Festival has become one of the most prestigious in just over half a century The film festival was created in the mid-1930s, but it only began selecting the best films in 1946 The initiator of the creation of the film festival was Jean Zay, the French Minister of Education, and the chairman of the jury was the inventor of cinematographic art, Louis Lumière The French city on the Cote d'Azur, Cannes, created a unique atmosphere, attracting directors, actors, and film critics From the very beginning of its existence, the Cannes Film Festival has opened the door to films from all over the world In 1946, the Soviet film “Berlin”, directed by Yuli Raizman, was also shown at the festival program In the 1950s, the Cannes Festival became one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world Since 1952, the festival has been held every year in May The Cannes Film Festival has certain conditions for competing films Selection for the festival consists of several stages One of the main conditions is to present a film that was shot no more than 12 months ago The film also cannot be previously presented at other festivals Two types of films can participate in the competition program - full-length and short films Since 1970, the festival jury has selected films independently After selection, the films participate in the main program of the competition, the result of which is the awarding of the palm branch Since 1978, competing films have been participating in a program called Un Certain Regard There are also separate competition programs for short films and films made by students of specialized universities The Cannes Film Festival jury consists of eminent directors, actors, and established film critics Cannes became the first pedestal for many actors around the world, among them Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, and others