the cannes film festival is being held in cannes, france this year.
the cannes film festival is being held in cannes, france this year.
where is the cannes film festival being held this year?
cannes , france
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the cannes festival (; ), until 2002 called the international film festival (') and known in english as the cannes film festival, is an annual film festival held in cannes, france, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in may) at the palais des festivals et des congrès.
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turkish film directors have won numerous prestigious awards in the recent years. nuri bilge ceylan won the best director award at the 2008 cannes film festival with the film "üç maymun". this was the fourth time that ceylan received an award at cannes, following the awards for the film "uzak" (which was also nominated for the golden palm) at the festival of 2003 and 2004, and the film "i̇klimler" (also nominated for the golden palm) at the 2006 cannes film festival. these three films, along with the other important works of ceylan such as "kasaba" (1997) and "mayıs sıkıntısı" (1999) have also won awards at the other major international film festivals; including the angers european first film festival (1997 and 1999), ankara film festival (2000), antalya golden orange film festival (1999, 2002 and 2006), bergamo film meeting (2001), berlin film festival (1998), brothers manaki film festival (2003), buenos aires international festival of independent cinema (2001), cannes film festival (2003, 2004 and 2006), chicago film festival (2003), cinemanila film festival (2003), european film awards (2000), istanbul film festival (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007), mexico city film festival (2004), montpellier mediterranean film festival (2003), san sebastián film festival (2003), singapore film festival (2001), sofia film festival (2004), tokyo film festival (1998) and the trieste film festival (2004).
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