Festival de Cannes 2008

Courtesy French Culture  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 17:12

The Cannes Film Festival, founded in 1939, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice and Berlin.

The private festival is held annually (usually in the month of May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France.

The 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival will be held 14 to 25 May 2008. The festival is organized in different sections: Feature films in Competition

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