1992 Cannes Film Festival were selected to be screened out of competition: The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or: The following films were screened for the 31st International Critics' Week (31e Semaine de la Critique): Feature film competition Short film competition The following films were screened for the 1992 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs): The following films and people received the 1992 Official selection awards: Golden Camera Short films FIPRESCI Prize Commission Supérieure Technique Ecumenical Jury Award of the Youth Awards in the frame of International Critics' Week 1992 Cannes Film Festival The 45th Cannes Film Festival was held from
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