It took 80 years, but Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington finally won top prize at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival.
The award was presented Nov. 16 in Orléans, France, where the heirs of Cannes' founding father, Jean Zay, re-created what was supposed to have been the very first festival — except that the Nazis invaded Poland on Sept. 1, the day the fest was meant to start, postponing it until 1946.
The founder's two surviving daughters, Hélène and Catherine, were the instigators of a weeklong event set in their father's native ...
The award was presented Nov. 16 in Orléans, France, where the heirs of Cannes' founding father, Jean Zay, re-created what was supposed to have been the very first festival — except that the Nazis invaded Poland on Sept. 1, the day the fest was meant to start, postponing it until 1946.
The founder's two surviving daughters, Hélène and Catherine, were the instigators of a weeklong event set in their father's native ...
- 11/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It took 80 years, but Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington finally won top prize at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival.
The award was presented Nov. 16 in Orléans, France, where the heirs of Cannes' founding father, Jean Zay, re-created what was supposed to have been the very first festival — except that the Nazis invaded Poland on Sept. 1, the day the fest was meant to start, postponing it until 1946.
The founder's two surviving daughters, Hélène and Catherine, were the instigators of a weeklong event set in their father's native ...
The award was presented Nov. 16 in Orléans, France, where the heirs of Cannes' founding father, Jean Zay, re-created what was supposed to have been the very first festival — except that the Nazis invaded Poland on Sept. 1, the day the fest was meant to start, postponing it until 1946.
The founder's two surviving daughters, Hélène and Catherine, were the instigators of a weeklong event set in their father's native ...
- 11/22/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
- Ioncinema.com presents: Best of Fests60th Cannes International Film Festival When: May 16 to May 27th, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('May 16, 2007'); Where: Cannes, France Official Website: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/index.php?langue=6002What: In 1939, French minister for Public Instruction and the Arts (Ministère de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts), Jean Zay proposed the creation of an international film event in France. Cannes was chosen for its "sunshine and enchanting setting". The first International Film Festival (Festival International du Film), to be presided by Louis Lumière, was postponed due to the war. In 1945, the French Association for Artistic Action (Association Française d'Action Artistique) was asked once again to organise a festival to be held under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères), the Ministry of National Education (Ministère de l'Education Nationale) and, from 1946 onwards, the newly founded National Cinema Centre (Centre Nationale de la
- 5/15/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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