Talk:Cannes Film Festival/Archive 1

2004
Some good information on this page would be an English translation of all the award (other than Golden Palm and Grand Prize) as well as some explanation of what criteria these awards are based on. (English award list)

The list of winners from the Palme d'Or is making that page awfully long. Would there be any objections to moving it to a seperate page? Ambivalenthysteria 04:23, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)


 * The article is still quite short so it might be preferable to keep it together, afterall Prime Minister of the United Kingdom includes article and list for a better overview. -- User:Docu


 * If I moved the Palme d'Or to a page on that, then it'd be easier to build a larger article up, ala Pulitzer Prize. There'd be more chance of the other awards getting done then, too. Ambivalenthysteria 01:07, 3 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Improvement drive
A related topic, Pulp Fiction, is currently nominated on WP:IDRIVE. Vote for this article.--Fenice 06:51, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Graph
Considering the sizeable European bias inherent at the Cannes Film Festival, the current graph used to illustrate the Palm d'Or winners by region is somewhat misleading. Perhaps a graph based on continent rather than nation would give a better view of the climate a Cannes? When considered in this way, Europe surpasses North America and gives a more accurate impression of the award patterns at the festival. Thoughts?

Winners of the Palme d'Or by country of origin
This section has been moved to Palme d'Or and would be redundant here. Shawnc 11:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy dispute
At the end of the year 1930, shocked by the interference of the fascist governments of Germany and Italy in the selection of films for Mostra de Venise, Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, decided, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger, to create an international cinematographic festival in Cannes.

Given that Germany was still ruled by a (decaying) republican government, this statement is either POV or factually incorrect. I don't know enough about Cannes to correct it, but it's clearly wrong. Mackensen (talk) 00:17, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

As far as I know, Hitler reached power in 1933 not in 1930...so I think you have to review your notes or POV

Answer from former German: Hitler did indeed reach power in 1933. However, the NSDAP Parliamentarians in the Berlin Reichstag had been growing steadily in the few years prior, especially since the 1929 Wall Street crash and the subsequent Depression extending into Europe. With more Parliamentarians in the Reichstag came more influence (behind the scenes), so it is not just POV.

What I would have liked to know is this: Is the Festival a Corporation? Who puts up the capital to hold it? Who gets the profits if there are any? Entities whose legal status is unknown always look to me like someone owns it who does not want that known. 144.136.192.6 (talk) 00:38, 17 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's my point. I didn't add the statement, I noticed it and questioned the veracity here. Mackensen (talk) 19:48, 7 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Furthermore, simply removing Hitler doesn't address the fact that the article, as written, is factually incorrect (as is the French wikipedia article, from which this one was translated). Given that, we don't know what the truth is. Is it correct to assert that it was Mussolini's interference? What proof do we have? Mackensen (talk) 19:50, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

''There's festival history. The French launched it in 1939 to counter the fascist domination of the Venice Film Festival. After the opening night screening of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," before "The Wizard of Oz" could be loaded into the projector, Hitler invaded Poland and Cannes was canceled. (It started up again in 1946, and with the exception of 1968, when it was halted midway in support of national strikes, it has continued uninterrupted.)'' From "Mon Dieu! You Can't Mean They Don't Show Films on the Beach?" JACK MATHEWS. Los Angeles Times May 3, 1992. pg. 21, book review of Cari Beauchamp and Henri Behard, Hollywood on the Riviera. Thatcher131 23:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

multiple awards?
Please note that the statement according to which no more than one prize can be awarded to one film is wrong : there are many counter examples (Barton Fink, 1991, Palme d'Or, Best directing, Best male performance ; L'Humanité, 1999, Grand Prix, Best male performance, Best female performance).

un certain regard
What is the award for? thanks. - TheMightyQuill 04:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * There is no award for, but Un Certains Regard help to distribution, or distributors ! In Fact, this prize is just film preojected ... 82.253.64.63 05:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Translation
Hello, why don't translate the french article ? fr:festival de Cannes ? 193.49.125.218 11:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I can do that, but i'll need someone who speak english to correct all my mistakes, and i'm sure there will be a lot ! actually, i'm sure there are already a lot in that short message... ;-P Tell me if you still motivated ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.114.52.127 (talk) 19:13, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Standing Ovation
A number of wikipedia articles and other sources mention the (extreme) length of standing ovations received at the premier/screening of a film during this festival. I feel a section should be included regarding this phenomenon.

certain regard-special recognition
I'm no expert on French, dispute claiming I'm bilingual. But when they claim an award is for a certain award, I'm pretty sure the translation is Special Recognition. My user name is -b, posted the 1st of Sept. from my BlackBerry. 216.9.250.106 08:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Un means "a", Certain (french) means "certain" in english, and Regard means "glance", or "look". Either way, in the Cannes Film Festival website in Englsh, they don't translate Un Certain Regard into English--Wafry 10:03, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, i'm french, and i can tell you, in my poor english, sorry, that "un certain regard" doesn't mean special recognition. Actually, it means that the movie which is selected brings an original way to see his subject, interesting considering art. I hope i've helped. Good festival ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.114.52.127 (talk) 19:09, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

"Un certain reguard" is a official Cannes Film Festival competition aside of the main competition. It has a different film selection.It is indented to promote innovative films.

There's (or not) also in the main competition some "Prix pécial du jury".

Yeah, I'm french, and I can tell you, in my poor english, sorry, that I'm right.

Ericd (talk) 06:52, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

tense problems
The combination of past and present in this sentence doesn't make sense.

"Today it has become the first international platform for film commerce."

As written, it suggests that somehow, when it started, it wasn't the first but now it is the first today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.119.204.117 (talk) 15:53, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Translated parts from the French article
Some small uncited parts of the new section on "Authorities of the Festival" diff here have been rendered from the corresponding French Wikipedia article, attributed to User:Stef48 original diff here, plus hard-to-trace later edits. Hoverfish Talk 17:41, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Refs removed that could be usefull
I save here references I removed because they did not specifically support the text preceding them, but seem to be "read also" or general interest topics. Maybe in in a stub they can be used to justify notability, but at this stage they simply stand out of context. One is a NY Times placeholder for various articles on Cannes Film Festival, another a very journalistic style article concerning the 2012 event only and one is a forbes article more to do with lifestyle than with anything stated in the paragraph. And this one is outdated to support the present president Hoverfish Talk 15:46, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Jean Cocteau
The article made reference to Jean Cocteau's being named honorary president for life, with a citation needed tag.

"In 1965, an hommage was paid to Jean Cocteau after his death, and he was named Honorary President for life."

However, multiple biographies of Cocteau make no mention of this. Cocteau's official website does not mention this, nor does the Cannes website. All references to the honorary president for life seem to be word-for-word copies of this wikipedia page. I've removed this item because it is not verifiable.

Golden122306 (talk) 23:51, 19 August 2018 (UTC)