The Cannes Film Festival, sometimes known as the International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, that showcases new films of all genres, including documentaries, from around the world.
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The invitation-only event, which began in 1946, takes place yearly typically in May in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
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It is one of the “Big Three” major European film festivals, alongside Venice and Berlin, as well as one of the “Big Five” major international film festivals, which includes the three major European film festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, and the Sundance Film Festival in the United States.
The festival has established itself as a major venue for European cinema.
Furthermore, due to its widespread media coverage, the non-profit festival attracts a large number of celebrities and is a popular location for filmmakers to debut their new films and try to sell them to distributors from all over the world.
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