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
1968 Cannes Film Festival 1968 Cannes Film Festival The 21st Cannes Film Festival was to have been held from 10 to 24 May 1968, before being curtailled due to the turmoil of May 1968 in France. The festival opened with the restored version of "Gone with the Wind", directed by Victor Fleming. Peter Lennon's documentary "Rocky Road to Dublin" was to be the final film screened at the festival on 17 May. Immediately after the screening Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Lelouch and François Truffaut got on stage and announced that, in solidarity with the workers and the students who were protesting across France, the festival