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The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 2018. [2] Australian actress Cate Blanchett served as jury president for the main competition. [ 3 ] Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or , the festival's top prize, for his drama film Shoplifters , marking Japan first win after more than twenty years.
The 1st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946. Twenty-one countries presented their films at the "First Cannes International Film Festival", which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. Only one year after the end of World War II, most of the films were about the war. [3]
The 49th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 1996. [2] [3] American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola served as jury president for the main competition. Sabine Azéma hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. [3] British filmmaker Mike Leigh won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film Secrets & Lies. [4] [5]
The 33rd Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 and 23 May 1980. [3] American actor Kirk Douglas served as jury president for the main competition. During the festival the showing of Andrei Tarkovsky 's film Stalker was notoriously interrupted by an electricians strike.
The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. It is the second-most prestigious prize of the festival after the Palme d'Or .
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.
Eggs are a kitchen workhorse: They can be used as a binder or leavening agent while adding rich texture and flavor to many recipes. But what do you do if you’re cooking for someone who doesn’t ...
The Apostle is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Robert Duvall, who stars in the title role. John Beasley, Farrah Fawcett, Walton Goggins, Billy Bob Thornton, June Carter Cash, Miranda Richardson, and Billy Joe Shaver also appear.