Importance of the Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival is undoubtedly one of the most important international film festivals in the world and the birthplace of a growing variety of artists, works and works that thanks to their recognition and presence at the festival can make themselves known worldwide.

The Cannes Film Festival arose in 1939 in the city of Cannes, in France.

One of the most exclusive and richest cities in terms of tourism, located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, Cannes convenes year after year thousands of world-renowned artists and filmmakers to promote and exhibit their works of the seventh art on the screens of this festival

The most precious film award considered art or with a more intellectual profile than Hollywood, the Palme d'Or, is what makes this festival also one one of the artistic events of the year, awaited not only by the artists and filmmakers who participate in it, but especially by fans and lovers of good cinema.

The Cannes Film Festival is an international festival, which means that films, shorts and works from all over the world can participate in it in search of being awarded the highest award.

It takes place in the month of May for several days in which numerous works of art are exhibited that gain important recognition and diffusion from this event.

Among the most important awards of this festival we must mention the Palme d'Or, the Grand Prix, the Jury Prize, and the Palme d'Or for actress, actor and short film, among others.

As with many other festivals in the world (for example, Berlin or Venice), the Cannes International Festival is a showcase for a type of cinema that normally does not have the reach of the public that commercial cinema or films from Hollywood.

With an exclusive and intellectual profile

Although year after year there is a greater integration and collaboration between artists, directors and critics from both worlds, the reality is that the profile of the Cannes Festival is much more exclusive and intellectual than that of American cinema for the most part, taking place in a greater variety of independent films or European, American and Asian films that cannot be having a presence in other countries due to the low diffusion or economic capacity of local industries compared to those of the main film powers world.

a cultural meeting

From the foregoing, it can be deduced the evident relevance that this film festival has in the world, not only when it comes to promoting a film, an artist, or a director who does not have a super production behind him, but also in terms of cultural diffusion turns out to be a meeting that allows above all things to generate a communion of cultures willing to be discovered and disseminated by those who participate in the industry cinematographic, and also by the specialized press that gathers there.

A prestigious window that involves going through a severe filter

One of the main singularities and values What we can attribute to this festival is that it deals with rewarding films that have not yet been premiered, which will be seen for the first time there, and which are the result of a choice made by a rigorous jury.

In other words, not everyone makes it to Cannes, you have to pass a strict filter, and of course, that adds more mystique and attraction to the films that have not yet been seen by the great public, even most of the films that go through Cannes are busy shouting it through their promotional trailers, like a gallant worthy of appreciate.

That an actor or filmmaker be summoned to Cannes is an unavoidable commitment due to the prestige we were talking about, and Also, because by bringing together the best in the industry, whoever attends will be able to rub shoulders and make contacts that will boost their career.

On the other hand, we cannot ignore the prestige inherent to this festival, an appreciation that has accompanied it since its creation, and which, by the way, means that everything that it happens there enjoys a cult halo, which is later reflected in the public's interest in appreciating those award-winning films during the edition of the festival.

Few festivals enjoy such consideration and that makes Cannes unique and a mandatory place for many new and established artists who want to receive a pampering from the critics, and then the favor of the public when their job reach theaters, prevailing first in such a well-regarded festival…

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