What to know ahead of the Cannes film festival
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Read the original article: https://www.france24.com/en/what-to-know-ahead-of-the-cannes-film-festival
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“The 79th edition of the world's most famous film festival begins on May 12”
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The claim that the 79th Cannes Film Festival begins on May 12 is explicitly confirmed by a Wikipedia entry and corroborated by multiple independent news sources including France24 and Google News results.
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— Cannes Film Festival 2026 Dates And All Details. The 79th Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 12 to May 23, at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on the French Riviera.
https://www.goodreturns.in/news/cannes-2026-date-time-indian…
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— The 79th annual Cannes Film Festival will take place from 12 to 23 May 2026. South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook will serve as jury president for the main competition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cannes_Film_Festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cannes_Film_Festival
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— The 2026 Cannes Film Festival begins next week: Here's what to expect, including special screenings of 'The Fast and the Furious' and 'The Devils'.All the French films at the 79th Cannes Film Festival…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“will run for the next two weeks”
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The claim that the festival runs for two weeks is supported by the Wikipedia entry (stating dates from May 12 to 23) and a film preview article explicitly stating the 79th edition unspools 'over the next two weeks'.
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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.After British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker last year, Leïla Bekhti will serve as Pre…
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
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— Oscar season only just ended and the summer movie season has barely begun, but cinephiles won’t have much time to catch their breath: The Cannes Film Festival begins Tuesday, unspooling its 79th editi…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/movies/cannes-film-festiv…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/movies/cannes-film-festiv…
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— The 79th annual Cannes Film Festival will take place from 12 to 23 May 2026. South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook will serve as jury president for the main competition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cannes_Film_Festival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Cannes_Film_Festival
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