Video. Did You Know? In 1946, Held the Long-Awaited Opening of the Very First Cannes Festival on the Croisette
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Madrid, 20 Sep (EFE).- A day like today in 1946, now 80 years ago, was created the Festival de Cannes, in the city of the French riviera of the same name. Its highest award, the Palm of gold, refers to the palm trees that border its boulevard.The entry The Festival de Cannes was created 80 years ago was first published in HolaNews.
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FRANCE - 80 years ago, on September 20, 1946, the history of Europe's most important film festival began in the French city of Cannes. The first annual event in Cannes, France, was not just an ordinary cultural event, but a deeply political and symbolic act, intended to demonstrate the triumph of the free world over fascism. The organization took place in the extreme conditions of devastated post-war Europe.
80 years ago, the first real edition of the film festival, created out of spite for the Venice one, was held in Cannes. The zero attempt lasted only one evening because the war began. The real festival premiere took place later, in September 1946. Scandals, bans and controversies have accompanied the festival since its inception, and the latest ban concerns – dresses with train
On September 20, 1946, the first International Film Festival was launched at the municipal casino in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), a film festival full of joy, at the end of the war that had cancelled the first edition.
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