2010 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Palme d'Or: Cannes Classics places the spotlight on documentaries about cinema and restored masterworks from the past. World Cinema Foundation The Cinéma de la Plage is a part of the Official Selection of the festival. The outdoors screenings at the beach cinema of Cannes are open to the public. The following films were screened for the 49th International Critics' Week (49e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition Short film competition Special screening The documentary film "Benda Bilili!" about disabled Kinshasa street musicians Staff Benda Bilili had its world premiere at the festival, with the group in attendance
Cannes Film Festival origins may be attributed in part to the French desire to compete with the Venice Film Festival, which at the time was shocking the democratic world by its fascist bias. The first festival was planned for 1939, Cannes was selected as the location for it, but the funding and organization were too slow and finally the beginning of World War II put an end to this plan. On 20 September 1946, twenty-one countries presented their films at the First Cannes International Film Festival, which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. In 1947, amid serious problems of efficiency, the