<h5>What is the Cannes Film Festival?</h5>  <p>Cannes is a beautiful city on the French Riviera. Every year, usually in May, the world’s most prestigious film festival - the Cannes Film Festival - is held here for twelve days. During this time, some of the best movies and documentaries from all over the world are shown to the people attending the festival.</p>
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<p>Actors, filmmakers, models, producers, writers, and other people working in the film and entertainment industry attend the festival. The twelve days of Cannes are full of film competitions, screenings, parties, meetings, and premieres.</p>
<p>Today, Cannes is also very famous for the flashy fashion displayed by celebrities on its red carpet. 
</p> <h5>What are the awards given at the Cannes Film Festival?</h5>  <p>There are several awards in different categories at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s highest award is the Palme d’Or (meaning Golden Palm in English). The Palme d’Or is considered to be one of the most prestigious movie awards in the world and is immensely coveted by filmmakers.</p>
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A jury comprising film industry professionals from around the world picks the films that will win the Palme d’Or and the other awards.
</p> <h5>What was special about India at the Cannes Film Festival this year?</h5>  <p>This year marked the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Each year, alongside the main festival, the Marché du Film or the Cannes Film Market takes place.
From this year onwards, Cannes is observing a new tradition. The Marché du Film will be honouring one country each year.  The very first country it’s chosen to honour is India!</p>
<p>Other than showcasing and appreciating India’s film industry on a global stage, this honour also gives us one special opportunity. Usually, the films screened at Cannes are selected by the festival judges and juries.</p>
<p>Thanks to us being the country of honour this year, India got to share six films to showcase at Cannes.
</p> <h5>What’s India’s history at the Cannes Film Festival?</h5>  <p>The Cannes Film Festival began in 1946. An Indian film called ‘Neecha Nagar’ won the festival’s highest award that very year, the Grand Prix (which is what the Palme d’Or was known as back then). In 1954 and 1956, India again won this award with two iconic films, ‘Do Bigha Zamin’ and ‘Pather Panchali’, respectively.</p>
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The first Bollywood film to premiere at Cannes was Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Devdas’. Since then, other movies like ‘The Lunchbox’, ‘Bombay Talkies’ and ‘Monsoon Shootout’ have been showcased there. The last Indian film that won an award at Cannes (in 2015) was ‘Masaan’.
</p> <h5>How did India do at the Cannes Film Festival?</h5>  <p>This year, the only Indian film that’s a part of Cannes’s official selection is a documentary called ‘All That Breathes.’</p>
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<p>Two old Indian films, Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pratidwandi’ and G. Aravind’s ‘Thamp’, are also being shown at Cannes this year.</p>
<p>I left the most fun part till the last - our very own Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival this year. She, along with eight other members of the jury, will decide which film wins the Palme d’Or this year!
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The Cannes Film Festival is the most prestigious international film festival in the world. The 2022 edition of Cannes is very special for India. Let’s find out why.

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