| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"On September 20, 1946 the International Film Festival - the first important international postwar cultural event - opened its doors at the former Casino de Cannes. It was run as a non-profit organisation with a board of directors, attaining charitable status in 1972. Apart from 1948 and 1950, when lack of funds led to the cancellation of the event, the Festival has taken place each and every year, at first in September, then in May (as of 1951), running approximately two weeks. In 1968, the Festival was interrupted due to political turmoil. At the outset, the Festival was principally a tourist and social event, more a film forum than a competition, since nearly every film screened walked off with a prize. Over the years, the great increase in participants and new economic stakes involved shifted its orientation. The Festival became the most media-covered annual event of the film industry, with today over 4,000 journalists representing 1,600 media companies." web |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC2 broadcast May 28, 2008. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Executive producer: Kirstie McLellan Day; director: Michele Lehmann |
| Performer |
Narrator: Kirstie McLellan Day |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Rated: M |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Cannes International Film Festival
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Film festivals
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Film festivals -- France -- Cannes
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| Author |
Day, Kirstie McLellan
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Lehmann, Michele
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ABC-TV (Australia)
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