What is the Cannes Film Festival for?

Brief introduction of Cannes film festival

Cannes Film Festival, one of the largest and most important film festivals in the world. 1939, France decided to set up its own international film festival in order to fight against the Venice International Film Festival controlled by the Italian fascist regime at that time. The outbreak of World War II brought the preparatory work to a standstill. The first postwar film festival was held in Cannes, a tourist resort in southern France, on September 20th. 1946. Since its establishment, except for 1948, 1950 and 1968, it has been held once a year for about two weeks. It used to be held in September every year. From 195 1, it will be held in May in order to catch up with the Venice International Film Festival. 1956 The highest prize was "Golden Duck Award", which was changed from 1957 to "Golden Palm Award", and was awarded to the best feature film, documentary film, science and education film and art film respectively. In addition, over the years, awards have been awarded for romantic psychological films, adventure detective films, musicals, biographies, entertainment films, debut films, directors, actors and actresses, screenwriters, photographers and editors.