Video. Everything you need to know about the 79th Cannes Film Festival
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“The 79th Cannes Film Festival is underway on the Côte d'Azur”
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The claim is confirmed by EuroNews and a web search result explicitly stating the 79th Cannes Film Festival is underway on the Côte d'Azur.
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— The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in 1938 when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of high-ranking official and historian Philippe Erlanger and film journalist …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival
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— Video. The 79th Cannes Film Festival is underway on the Côte d'Azur, kicking off with the French period-comedy The Electric Kiss and an honorary Palme d'Or for Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson…
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/13/everything-you-nee…
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— The Cannes Film Festival is an international film festival. The 78th edition will be held from May 13 to 24, 2025.
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
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“kicking off with the French period-comedy The Electric Kiss”
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Multiple independent news sources (EuroNews and France24) confirm that the festival opened with the French period-comedy 'The Electric Kiss'.
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— kicking off with the French period-comedy The Electric Kiss
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/13/everything-you-nee…
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— opening film 'The Electric Kiss'
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20260512-peter-j…
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20260512-peter-j…
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— opening feature "The Electric Kiss"
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20260506-film-sh…
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20260506-film-sh…
“an honorary Palme d'Or for Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson”
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The claim is corroborated by EuroNews and multiple web search results confirming Peter Jackson received an honorary Palme d'Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival in 2026.
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— The 79th Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday evening in spectacular fashion, with New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson receiving the honorary Palme d'Or and 22 films beginning their competition for cin…
https://planet.news/article/cannes-2026-opens-peter-jackson-…
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— Peter Jackson received an honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes 2026, 25 years after he debuted the first footage from 'The Lord of the Rings' at the fest.
https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/peter-jackson-cannes…
https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/peter-jackson-cannes…
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— As Cannes honoured Peter Jackson with a surprise Palme d’Or, the filmmaker revealed how the festival once helped turn ‘The Lord of the Rings’ from a mocked studio gamble into a cinematic phenomenon. U…
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/cannes-2026-pe…
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/cannes-2026-pe…
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