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
1946 Cannes Film Festival International Peace Award 1946 Cannes Film Festival The 1st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 20 September to 5 October 1946. Twenty-one countries presented their films at the "First Cannes International Film Festival", which took place at the former Casino of Cannes. Only one year after the end of World War II, most of the films were about the war. There arose several technical issues, such as the tarpauline cover blowing away in a storm on the day before the winners were to be announced, the reels of Hitchcock’s "Notorious" shown in reverse order, and George Sydney’s "The Three