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The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 23 May 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called Directors' Fortnight was added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.
The 29th Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 28 May 1976. [4] American author Tennessee Williams served as jury president for the main competition. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese won the Palme d'Or , the festival's top prize, for the drama film Taxi Driver .
42 years – Jean-Luc Godard's first film in official selection was How's it going, screened in the section Perspectives du Cinéma Français in 1976. He won his first and only Palme d'Or for The Image Book in 2018, which also marked the first time in the history of the festival that a director was awarded with a Palme d'Or Spéciale.
Saudi Arabia has landed its first film in the Cannes Film Festival official selection with “Norah,” a drama by pioneering director Tawfik Alzaidi set in 1990s Saudi, when conservatism was at ...
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The first Sudanese film ever to screen in Cannes official selection, “Goodbye Julia” is the story of two women — one from the North, the other from the South — who are brought together by ...
The 52nd Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 23 May 1999. [2] Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg served as jury president for the main competition. Kristin Scott Thomas was the host for the opening and closing ceremonies.
Saudi Arabia Scores First Cannes Official Selection Slot With Drama 'Norah,' Set When Art Was Banned. Judging by the titles unveiled today, however, the festival has no shortage of highly ...